... m1 - A _1 I 1. . - . . .. f 1T s - w - V Vt - t X. 1 X IS - The Council resolved itself into a meeting of water commis- sioners. The minutes of the last meeting of commissioners and of the t various committee meetings were read by Air. Burnet, tile clerk. a Bailie TAYLOR gave notice that he would move that the Water Committee should consist of the whole commissioners, viz., the Council, so ...

... A U S T R A L I A. r . (From the Times.) Southampton, Nov. 14. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato last night, with the West India and Pacific mails, we receive, vid Panama, dates from Melbourne, August 15; Syd- ney, August 18. At Victoria a groat publi r meeting bad been held for the a purpose of organising an association to agitate for the opening of the Crown lands. ...

... SC O 1, A ND. Ave are aliforiscdl to state that the Rev. Dr. John Crtithie Iof, conc will be proposcd as Moderator of' tie enw-ing (General Assecibly.--Edinbura/h Post. N' fk 13o7W.-.W-e untlerstatid that MIr. Konnedy, the mainntagr of the Royal Banik liere, has just purchased 1 for that camnautn tile property at the corner of Sand- gate atid \ewimarket Streets, Aid that a fine building will ...

... 'i 0 t t I q ?? '41 II I t t I I A, t II i t. - ?i? FRANCE. ACQUi1rrAL OF A MUrDsR~E:R. A trial for murder lis caused rather a sensation in Paris. An Italian of the name of Pizzala, aged sixty- two, who had for more than twenty years been in the service of M. Mignet, the historian, as valet, all at onec shot his wife dead some months back, and has been iniprisoned ever since. Two days ago lie ...

... AG RIMLTURAL STATSTICtS.-In our issue of yesbt- day, we omitted to state that the commuaication which we gave from the circular of Messrs Story, Macandrew, and Co. svas an extract from a btter lof an expeiienced and wveliinformcd friend of theiTs, who has devoted much attention to agricultural staitisfics, showing, as it nppeasstto them, the fallacy of Otbe pre- mises on which Mr Oaird's ...

... (From the Times.) How far may we count on the speedy exhaustion -of the Russian empire ? It is evident that the power of our adversary is a question second only in import- ance to that which regards our own resources. The -levies of men in the depths of the Muscovite terri- tory, the marching of barbarous and even pagan tribes from beyond the Ural range and from the frontiers of the Chinese ...

... E N G 1, A N D. A Cabinet Council was held ou Tuesday afternoon at the Foreign Utlfice. Thle Alinisters present were Viscount Palmerston, tile Lord Chancellor, tile Mar- quis of' Lansilowne, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, tle Iall of Clarendon, Lord Paninure, the Chancellor of the Exchiequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right llon. R. Vcrinion Smnit h, Viscount Calning, and the Earl of Illirrowby. ...

... nalilig In all za vtmulA.. The second division of General Mouravieff's report occupies upwaid s of seven columns of the Journal de St. Petersbourg of, the 0th jlst. Tuesday's Daily News however contained the s portion possessing more especial interest for English readers,.- e the part now before us consisting of a narrative of the order of e retreat, the unavailing efforts made by the Russian ...

... lv-- thER nhwrA (From the Exanitler.) The recent appointment of Sir Hamilton Seymour affords a pledge that the war will be prosecuted wvith vigour, no less decided than that since given by the promotion of Sir William Codrington. We are glad to welcome such indications; for that a nervous dread of offending Austria must have possessed some mem- bers of the Cabinet not merely since it has been ...

... 'The Clintonz County Express publishes the followinuL, and. vouches for its authenticity. It is certainly a curious history:- If In different parts of Central Michigan there are two tribes of Indiens, the Ottawas and Chippewas. Tlhey are friendl) to each other, and during the hunt- ina season, frequently encamp near cach other. In thqe' Fell of 1853, a party of one tribe built their cabins ...

... (The following appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.) THE ClIiME A. Crimea letters to November 3 inclusive, arrived. British troops returned from Kinburn. Only a snnall portion left to guard our flag which waves with the French from the ramparts. The fort had been rapidly repaired. Tbe batteries on the Spires are to be destroyed. Sir E. Lyons had presented one of thic captured rafts to ...

... THE DUM FRIESSUIZE HOUNDS AT FAULT. (PI sin the Dllifrtles Courier.) One day last wleek the place of meet for the Dumfries-shire hounds was an ancient horder tower, at the base of which stands a long, low, rambling counltry house; around are extensive woods, and especially ontc, rich in stately tries anl open glades, spreads, out in natural bewity to the shores of the Solway. A ftr the field ...