... he PROFESSOR FARADAY'S JUVENILE LECTURES. 'ed Yesterday Professor Faraday delivered the third 08 of his course of lectures on the Chemistry of Combustion. ad He commenced by reverting to the experiment of the de- composition of water by passing steam through a heated he tube containing iron turnings, and he produced the iron ed turnings from the tube to show the change they had under- t' gone ...

... his A return presented to both Houses of Parliament th-by command of her Majesty supplies some interesting in. an formation relative to the railway traffic of the United er, Kingdom. As regards England and Wales alone, it appears . that is the halt-year ended June 30, 1864, 41,987,969 pas. ir- sengers were conveyed on all the railways in those parts of aed the United Kingdom, of whom 6,615 ...

... Ye By the United States' mail steamship Union, Captain H as Adams, which arrived off Cowes on Saturday evening on her m way to Havre, we have dates from New York to the 16th of 'or December. Of The steamship Northern Ligit arrived at New York on the de ea 16th, with the Californian mails, $83f,707 in gold dust, and la I dates from San Francisco to the 21th of November. T nt The allied fleets ...

... [BE MAGNETIC TEIECLEGRAP1H YESTERDAY'S LONDON NEW.S. A TY S T II A I1IAI Yesterrday, tho Lialy Joeelyn, steamer, arrived at Southampton fiom Australia, Ier news as beent aniti- cipated, her dates being Melbourne, October 1st, and Sydney, September 23rd. The total value of gold dust andl specie on board the Lady Joeolyn is half a million sterling. Sihe was only I9 days reaching Eng- land after ...

... THE WVEA THER. ABSTRACT FROM A METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, FOR DEC., 185i. Highest reading of the barometer, 30.462 on the 29th corrected to 321 Fahr . ?? Lowest reading of the barometer, 208 915 on the 13tb. corrected to 320 Fahr . ?? J Mean, 9 a.m., 29.845. Mean, d p.m., 29.855. Greatest range for the month, 1.547. Maximum of the therniomleter, 54°.6 on the 14th. Minimum of the thermometer, 250 ...

... i HEAL YR of LONDON DURING Mm I am| [FROM T111i REGISTRAR OEHERAL'S Rj-, In the week that ended last Saturday tbe death, persons, narnely 789 males and 719 femanies, were r ia London. In the ten corresponding weei; ;t! 1814-53 the average number was 1,165, a rnd in proportion to inerease of polpliation it Leeo- present return shows an excess above tile errre- amounting to 228. In the first ...

... 5 In ?? ITALIAN5 RYS: GRASS QUESTION.-If asked to name the most irem~arkable truth 'which has been'illustrated by the agricultural experience of the past year, we should point to tj the proved productiveness of Italian rye-grass under the liquid , method of manuring it. On the 7th1 of last month, at a i -meeting of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of d 5Ireland, a paper onss hIgh ...

... BIMETING OF THE TOWN COUTNCIL. TlEa montilly mecling of the Town Council was held on Mkonday, tho lirst day of the new year, at twelve o'clock, noon, in the Town ltall. The attendance was numerous, and several ratepayers were also present. The mnace and the other municipal paraphernalia were placed on a sill velvot cushion on tile table op- posite the mayor, the whole being covered by a hand- ...

... Tills reverend court met yesterday at eleven o'clock¢. Devotional exercises wore conducted by tilh mode- rntor, the Rev. Dr. Murphy. Tliere was a large attendance of tih members. After the reading of the minutes, the Rev' sAi. Woods of Lancashire Preslytery, was requested to sit and deliberate with the Presbytery. TfIl NATIONAL BOARID QUrSTION. The Rev. W. JOIINSTox rose to read thie r eport ...

... MEETING OF HIARBIOUR COAMMISSIONERS. 'Ins ordinary meethig of time ilnrbetii Comnmissiolners oats hlde yesterday, 'in tite ljoat'dl-rooin. 'There Nvere Ili'O5ilt- WilliaII Va'lenittine, EsqI., Williamit Pirrio, Esq., Glustavus 1 levil, TEt;., Johnt Clarkev, Esq., Wi.e Blottonilloh', Esq., Glor-ge M01'ear, R~1,Ioitet- Co~y, Esq., Rl~lnt l-leittersoit, Esq., WVilliam~ Moltiatl, EsqI., W'illiaml ...

... A meeting of this board was held on Wednesday last, in the Guildhall, there being present WILLIAm GOODWIN, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair; Aldermen-Mr. Forman, Mr. J. Havwood, Mir. Jessnpp, Mr. Peet, Mr. Sandars. Councillors -Messrs. Allen, Barton, Bates, Cartlich, Chadwick, T. Clarke, W. M. Cooper, Cock, Corden, H. Darby, Dunnicliff, Evans, Etches, J. Gadsby, Gamble, Glaborne, Henley, Hol- ...

... ?? The arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, one of the I of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company's i steamers, brings us intelligence from Sydney to the i 1 23d of September, and from Melbourne to the 1st of I October. The Sydney Legislative Council had been oceu- pied with a protracted debate on a want-of-con- fidence motion, couched by Mr. Cowper in the following terms:-1. That the Government ...