... proves ADDIIESSPND BTTH AsTa~ofoX8R TO THE OBSERVATORY can pr I vMMTThE OF TUB TOWN COUNOIL. iated &,t t he ?? f the Briltih Association for theoAdvance.- Commc( met ~Scece n hi ?? last, the Pro- both paatonofpaer t e ea bfoe hesctions Ont matters proper conete it te beratryad throfficial duties so a littis ~uiyocuid y ietatitws hught desirable to whse a deerte epr, hihha hrtoo eobn presented ...

... The Paris correspondent of the T2nses, writing on Saturday, says- Tge date of the emperor's departure for the Crimea is not accurately knowno, uteeything is in sucii a state of forwardneig. that the shertest notice weill sufflice. ?? comininsiderc6f flud impeirial yachts, psassed n the 7th in psost baste through Ilyons, onl his wby toToelon, for the purpose.Of bringting up the Reine'lHortense ...

... .5 Mr. Smith, a chemist, of Auchterarder, is said to have Ls discovered a means of transferring the impression of If natural objects to glass with minute accuracy. a The court house at Downpatrick was destroyed by fire if on Friday night last, and next morninmI, vihen the judges it were about to open the awsizes, they discovered they had r no court house to preside in. The fire was accidental. ...

... The greatest excitemet 'wa's _m-ani~fested at Oxford, on C Mlonday, to hear the trial of the Rev. Joha Allen (liles, .q1 D.C. L., for marrying at uncanonlcal hoers, and making a fales entry in the register. The court was densely It crowded. The defendant was placed in the deck,'and II appeared calm and collected. S Mlr. Heating, Q.9., and Mr. Huddlestone were counsel U1 Ifor the prosecution ; ...

... o LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.-The half-yearly meet- O ing of this company was held on Wednesday, at the 0 Limne-street station, Mr. E. W. Hassell, chairman, o presiding. The statement of traffic account, including o the sum of £111 19s., brought forward from last half. 0 0 year, showed a balance of £89,341 18s. 10d. ; out 0 of which the directors recommended a dividend to is, be paid at the rate ...

... ?? .: - - k - ?? - I - 7 ~ 5 31d. 31d FRANCE. - ad th nwr f terh0nesteae o r ~z Cofr ad VIONA,-WicDNESDAY, MARCHE 7.-.Intelligonce from he Constantinople has been received up to the Ist instanlt. ay Archbishop Halleras had died from cholera. Seven! shocks rod of -earthquake had been experienced since the 28th: Feb. Ily The town of Broussa was almost entirely destroyed. Two to thousand. ...

... A VIEW OF HEITHEN MYTHOLOGY AND OF FRE RMASONRY. BY JORN TAYLOR. granD (ContinuWd from ?? MOrcry of Fridy, Marc1 2.) whicl As the primitive ?? a-,i masoni figures, th hi the triangle, the cobe, the straight line, the circle, the Thebv sphere and cylinder with the cone represented by the appev compasses, and the circle with its tgent line, 'vere z i placed in the sky utder the names of til ...

... TOWN COUNCITl PROCEEDINGS. - Ir1 V I llf-r t7 WEiDNESDA&Y, MAnciI 7. O Asehlmeigof the council was sumimoned for fun Taoseday, to takev into consideration tho thruc ?? now A, before p~ariainentt and pace such resolutions mnd jus'rec- was tions to the Committees or otherwise ase might he neces- a sary. Owying, to thle absence of the nsrayor, the town-C clerk, anti thle chairman of thu dock ...

... Nicholas of Russia died just when the quarrel U with which he was more personally identified than fa princes commonly are in the wars they undertake X had arrived at a critical point, and the first in thought suggested by his sudden departure from to the scene was clearly one of relief and congratu- fe lation-whether well founded or not it behoves m us to inquire. The late Emperor of Russia ...

... The 1ith annual ploughing match in connection with the t above club came off oai Friday last, at the farm of Mr. Richard 6 Jackson, Noctoruma Owiug to the fineness of the day, a large t number of spectators were on the ground, and the proosedingd . excited considerable Interest. A large field ou Mr. Jacksons a t oxtensive farm was kindly appropriated for the match, and I staked out In sections ...

... le PUcBIc LuloA.-The followiegisastatistical return of books a )a issued during the past month:-Hiitory, C4; biography, 65; C ) topography, 11; natural history, 9; natural philosophy, 17 ; t td theology, 16; poetry and dramin, 37; fiction, 207; political 4, economy, 0; BOo arts, &c, 0; general literature, 10 total a B issue, 4'25 volumes, se ResuLT or A CARtousAt-On IVednesday last, an inquest ...

... 0 TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES. I Sir, -I have no reason to be dissatisfied with your re- marks on the services of the Baltic fleet; you have done them justice, and I am sure officers and men will be pleased. . As to myself, you observe, If we understand the cas hrightly, Sir Charles Napier's objection turned much more .e on the lateness of the season and the uncertainty of the it ...