... SCOTLAND). r Edinbaugh Wool Scde3.-Tlie August sale took eplace on Tuesday in the Corn Exchange, when the wools catalogued, amounting to about 700 bales, were all disposed of, with the exception of a few small lots, d principally unwashed white wools. There was a fiir attendance of buyers present for laid Clheviots, as well as Southdowns. The competition was very animated, and the prices ...

... OFP' TO THE DIGGINGS. I~ ~~~~~ _ PART II. abi Monday, January 16, commenced rainy aend cold (tlier. 64 me( deg.) Welhad iiitended to start froi-tim diggings inithe morn- ing, but had to wait till after dinner, when it cleared aind be- We Caime very fine. Our dameaged dog-car-t had beeti~ very avll re- ste paired by Mr Walker's carpenter, and we now set out with only do one0 horse. We started ...

... r (Fromn the Examiner.) Our doubts of the completeness of the work done at Sweaborg are confirmed by the official despatclies. t e The fortifications and guns of the place remain nearly E t uninjured, although the destruction of naval and mili- e tary stores has been greater than was at first supposed. c The enemy has received a severe blow, without any a appreciable loss to the Allies; but ...

... 0 III t4 litc-1114tilM I1) j ENGLAND. MR NTAGlSTRATE HALL.- Air I-fall is about X retire upon a good pflnsion, from lhis magisterial dlaties at 1ow Street. We arc not aware whether his recent remarks that all Englishmen were drunkards- remarks which have excited much attention in the press-have any conuection with his retirement. TIE COLONIAL CONTINGENT. -The Eng ish colonies have ...

... The ?? most interesting information regarding the 0 Pitcairn Islanders; descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty, a is derived from a letter of date 31st March last, received by the 0 e family of a young gentleman belonging to Greenock, who is an e officer on board I.M.S. Amphitrite, one of the British squa- V edroil in the Pacific:-- At daylight observed Piteairn's Island r I about 30 ...

... UtUOrAN X1. We have received a copy of the report by the directors to the shareholders at their statutory half-yearly general meeting, on Wednesday, 5th September, 1855. We make:the following abridgment:- t s t a The directors now lay before the slareholders tlmir usual periodical statement of the capital and revenue accounts of the company for the half-year ending on 31st July last. The ...

... LETTEIR OF SIR CHARLES NAPIEIR TO THE SECRIIE'1ARY OF THE ADMIRALTY. - 1)ost~or W r~l.rxs'~lox, NnaorN, (iCA. Io, 1854. Sir,-Befbrc I reccived i our letter of the 4th of October, I had written the accompanying lettcr, No. 558, giving my reasons f6o withdrawing from this an- choragc; an ?? dinlgtihcir lordships' letter of the 4th instan , I still think it my duty to persithin my intention. I ...

... (From the Daily News.) (From the Daily News.) At the outset of the war, everybody who is fond of speculation-and everybody is fond of speculation when it takes the form of fortune-telling-was talking about the new aspect which war would assume in consequence of the improved civiisation of our times, in comparison with that of forty or fifty years ago. We thought we knew all about it-or, at ...

... I IT r a I c I,. t ? I t i ?? ?? ? -t i t IT t ? t II , t. TIlE HARVEST'-WEATHER AND CROPS. A'Y1B.siIE.-Tbe harvest has generally begun. and though the weather is by no means so fivourable as could be wished, the grain has ripened rapidly, and is everywhere ready for the sickle. Fields either whllly or partially in sheaf may be observed in all directions; but what is rather a novelty, this ...

... . s. 1 Paris, Monday. Morning. rs The most magnificent ball, it is said, ever given by the city ill of Paris took place on Thursday evening in honour of her of Majesty's presence in the capital. Orn this occasion the Hotel ily de Ville-the most magnificent of civic palaces-was decked pi. out in very gorgeous fashion. Imagination and cost were alike is, put in requisition to render these ...

... Q fluliai -4-lsl ltll~lt -4 CANADA. AN ASSOCIATION FOR THIE 1MlMlDIATE DISSOtUTION OF THlE POLITICAL. UNION BETWEEN TIME CANADAS. [CIRCULAR NO. 1.] Toronto, August 1855 Sin,-There are but few persons whom this episode will reach in Western Canada who requirc new argu- ments to convince them that the political Union now subsisting between Upper and Lower Canada is, ever has been, and will ...

... INVERURY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE Society's second show for the season took place at Inverury, i on Friday week, in a tent erected for the purpose on the Square. The professional class was but poorly represented in the plant Department, but in the fruit there was an excellent turn out., The amateurs also excelled in fruit, the currants especially. The black and the white were large and well ...