... WEEKLY COMPENDIUMt. t Owin to the scarcity of 'shearers in the reighbourhobd, of Sunderland, the soldiers of the 85th Regiment have assisted in getting in the harvest. r An elephant belonging to Batty's menagerie, at Holyhead, B got loose, and, descending some cellar steps at the George D, Hotel, made itself comfortable in the wine-cellar, wherei he was discovered in an intoxicated state, from ...

... ,1.-Xit-vVA'v VRAFFIC REIURNS. Cekodling Sept. if. l'acgrI 0,850 -Ilerro ?? 941)( 0 £2010D 0 0 Carresionr i'n. week laot 1 89k'4 I00 Pa~segers.~3 Week eldlng Sirt. 10 Galo Is, ?? 857 5 1 £11,113 5GC~ Corr-esperadir.4 week last ?? . 1 1,199U5 8 £nnnNBernrrl & Una.socoy Rtit.wv.k Wet-k cadieg, Sept. 9 I'nis-engerc, 333,234!,-Receipts, --t351i0 4- 5 GUosed e_ ., 2222 1,3 ( ?? 10 95 ...

... SECOND EGITIONG I BY ELECTRIC TELEnGR4Prn MERCURY OFFICE, 3 O'CLOCK. GOLD ARRaVALs.-The arrivals of specie last week were about cleven hundred thousand pounds, including 650,00& from Australia, and 340,000 from the United States. Some remittances have beer made to Paris, but on the whole, the exports for the same period have bcen comparatively small. THE WAR. There is no later news from the ...

... To TSZ'DZTO OF Ted CALEDQNIAP 33JRCURY. l I Edinburgh, Sept. 16, 1854. Snm,-At a time when various extraordinary methods of bre-akinr Russias teeth are proposed, and are exciting some degree of public attention, perhaps you will find space for a further description of a plan rhib1 occupied a corner of your paper of the 27th April last. I then started the idea that if all the guns of a battery ...

... r i Tue Instns Csscu1. :-Thc Lord-Lieutenant has offered the Archdeaconry of Ardagh, vacant hr the elevation of she Venerable Marcus Beresford. to the bishopric of Kilmore, to the Rev. J. C. Martin, D.ID, rector of Killeshandr,, and for- merly orne of the most distinguished junior Fellows of'rrinitv College, Dublin. It does not appear whether the riceregal offer has been accepted. The Queen ...

... TgE fifth annual meeting of the subscribers to the Aberdeen Lodging-house Association was held within the Victoria Lodg. ing-house on Friday. The Lord Provost presided; and there were present-Mr Thompson, M.P. Provost Henry; Baillie Watson; Rev. Dr M'Gilvray; Rev. Mr Baxter; Councillors Bothwelliand M'Hardy; MeMssrs N. Burnett advocate; Chel. mers, Northern Assurance Co.; G. Lyel, silk mercer; ...

... PO thtc Edit0of 't1e Glasgmow Hcrald. Sim,-While the prevalence and fatality of cholera imparts so much interest to any suggestions as to the best mode of treatment, and Dr. Johnson's advoeacyof castor oil has brought that remedial agent into so much repute, I hope you will not fail to publish as early as you cnn the very sensible letter of Dr. Joseph Ayre, which appeared in yesterday's Tihes. ...

... RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE Ci3.'TUIIE OF BOi\lARSUND. I1 Ar 1 ?? :1 ?? ?? an w T n a~;n i s l- ?? 77 D.. J.) A. The following ire the terms in which the Ivloide 1T'1ss, as I copied froiln the St. Petersburg Journal, Di' the 21st August i (Septembter 2), announees tile capture of Bonlalosund by the allied troops:- Still'S FlOM TilE' IBALTIC SEA. The last news from the Isles of Aland stops at tile ...

... INNERLEITHE.9N AN'D TRAQUAlit I(Ui' TrCULTUR AlL II IU('l[Y. 'flit society ]el iets scecndt show IfUr thle season in LIre pith lie hall. Iritierleitlien, jer Tiiirsrlzi the, 14th Sc'preiher. BY th ior ajppujirteri fur tie j' ilges ecnuminefi*ci their- lairoir;, tieli wili s Coat ?? fill el With Vegetrile'F, Crrift., Indn s.ilerdl flif. LejaieM i csn ?? .Ir H -Lmr rn, Puirtmorc ; a i 14 Mr ...

... . FRII)AY :6fla~¢MO G , SETEBE 15 'I .I ' FRI1)AY MIORNING1, SEPTEMBER 15. The Allied ariament as our readers are already | a wtare has sailed from Varna ; and, although no l accounts of the landing have yet reached us, we think it perfectly safe to say that they have landed, and also that the struggle on the Crimea is begun by this time. The spirit which, as described, ac- tuates all engnged ...

... us The following dcspatfchos have' ei eevda h di 10 ?? tatcinihisli Plicenix, at Four- Tsland Sir,-liree liiye Point, JUly 9i, 1854. Ss 1 Si,-Thee aysbeck L despatched by thc Diligence to le England at letter conitainling anl account of' ciii proceedinlgs up1 I to futhdateiili (a duplicate, ofwhich, I now enclose). The oppor- *s, tronity that will shortly offer of sendiiig by ~I Danish vessel ...

... FOREIGN' INTELLIGENCE. ns or 1-1 TIlE WAR. Paris, Wcdnesday. The news from the East is awaited with interest. It is re- ported that the Afoniteusr will publish on Friday or Saturday an Imperial decree, calling out 60,000 recruits. A loan is also talked of, amounting to 400,000,000 of francs. It is cven said to be coneluded witis thrce of the first bankers of Paris, in 3 par cent, stock, nt 70 ...