... PUBLIC MEETING AT ST. QEORGE'S HALL. wI W( A public meeting of the friends of the Sabbath was so held on Tuesday, at St. George's Hall, for the purpose of by diffusing information as to the alarming state of the ques. lig tion- in this country, and adopting a petition to Parlia- nu - meneton the subject. The large hall was crowded in a n tevery part. The chair was ocoupied by T. B. Horsfall, ...

... [c THE BRITISH AND SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.J FRANCE. PPn}I, FBIDAY.-The Paris unds closed to-day as fnllowi -4t per cents, 91f. 60c.; 3 per cents,' 63f. 65o. *-RUS3IA.-THE NEGOTIATIONS. It is thought that Russia, desiring to avoid a rupture with -the Austrian Cabinet, will reply to the so called ultimatum in the sense of its declara- tion of the 22nd of December.. THE SWEDISH ARMY. A telegraphic ...

... X.^. -^n -IIl v e- A HA Ac aun 4- ?? - No one will venture to say that when we. embarked in the present war we had not justice I on our side-that Russia was not the first aggres- sor; and if there are any who. still retain the opinion that, though the war was on our side a 1 Jus- o- from. .the beginning, it was not a necessary one, we think that they have only to reflect upon the stupenlous ...

... ?? o I;Y , . !: THIE. s BE v AN OE ;OF, T El B6UB S . : . - _ I . . - ?. . I . I T 7 ?? , W was , ; -. i i ,- ' itl u f TO THEl5 EDITORS OF TUE9 IAVnEPOOL MnpoUny' - 'w Gentlemien,-77Thoiighl am niotea rich mnan, and there.' 'gi Ltedl fore' followy a trade, whioh. A' e.lusly wiatchiid b'y the' c law and 'unjustly. cenisured' by.:many' people, I hope y'oa~ ' I by- o I -much. of' th IEn.IhpI ...

... tnIt is said that Madame Goldschmidt refused £600 a-night for three nights in Edinburgh. e The celebrated operatic singer, Mdlle. Cruvelli has become the Baroness Vigier. Her marriage was solemnisedon 8atu-. dday in Paris. h The Independence Belge revives the story that the Emperor e5 Napoleon intends placing himself at the head of one of th e expeditions in the coming campaign. * Dr ...

... THE BAeTLE OF KILLIECRANIE. (17rom alcauicey's Hfsfery of Englandf.) A Eal ntemring of Saturday the 27th of July-, Dundee ar- by riveat lairCasle.There he learned that Mackay's troops -were bleey ntlervn of Killiecrankie. It was nccessary~ to come to ip~mp deison.A cunil f ar was held. The Saxonth ofies eegeeal againet hazarding a battle. The Celtic mna cheswr fadfeetopinion. 'Olerngarry and ...

... RENIT.NISCENCES OF WILGIAM THOM, TEE INVERUMRY POET. inQ BY A. GORDON, CLUNY. he ABOUT the end of the summer of 183-, I was a short time whi in Dundee, and to wile away an hour, I stepped into the at I White Sheaf, kept by one James Martin, who had formerly gen kept Burns's Free and Easy Singing Club, in the Shiprow, 'I 8 Aberdeen; and it being a common rendezvous for all the the Aberdonians ...

... 7 ?? A , ?? _!ATURB;A Y dur6,18156. ' STRIoTLY. speaking, the wair pitelligence ,of the week is 'limited to rumoiurs of peace; which have.'now, however, ,assumed a character significant of the continuance of hostilities. Much has been heard of the Austrian ulti- matum, sent to St. Petersburg. by Prince Esterhazy. It is now admitted to be a simple message, and no ulti- matumu; probably, a ...

... tormpahart. e I- d ~ THE MfEN OF BUSINESS. 7, To the Editor of The Bristol Mlercury. If ry e pess ILSIR-We have heard a good deal lately through the rs that the gentlemen of the Town-Council consider that the membere of certein~other bodies in this city are '1 not men of if itbusiness ;1 fromnwhich it may be inferred that they thinktbem- ei . eeivea, ~par excellence, to merit, that ...

... j-lCOLONIZATION' OF MEW 2,ALAD.. The lecturev comefhenoed by' alludin to his own connexion with thecdolony, and to the Op atuites which some fourteen years' official residence. there had afforded for travelling over the country (which the described as being salubrious. well- 'Jo watered, and well-wooded), and for gaining a nowledge both 12 of itsandof itsinhabitants. Havingggaaced at the ...

... I Vednesday's TiMeS Makes-and wishes to call particular ention to-the following statements is the misfortune of Lord Stratford to live in a state of t snsion with almost every man with whom be is brought into tact. Although his age and position are subicient to insure respect, and those who approach him have no wish to be on Sr than amicable terms, yet few can hope long to escape eoutbreak of ...

... COOKING TI11 SPE¢C ii. (From ac Ministeri'al Paper.) CONS(DEIn.UI.I difficllty having occurred in tile corn. position of the speech with which her Majesly's Mi- nisteis propose to open Parliament on 'T'ursday next (suclh diflfeilty luving cliicfly arisen flol ?? ?? that thie Cabinet has little to say, except what plU- denti:d reasons make it undesirable should he said at the present or any ...