... - I One hundred and ten tons of very excellent French,, gunpowder have just been wasted in sending all that remained of Fort Nicholas into the air, and the explosion has disclosed the interesting fact thats the fort was in a great measure a sham fort, carefully faced with cut stone towards the sea, nothing but soft rubble inside. Had our valorous Dundas mustered courage enough to try his hand ...

... ustal Ntwo. 1, ?? ?? -.1- - _ The new Hlelrew congregation of Hall, founded about sx ten months ego., haeelected therbio i eso a Chester, the Itev. lii. Seliillcr-Sziriessy, as their chifrbi The rev. gentleman will still remain attached to his duties in this town. TuE Ooorvxto- Conauecsy,-The petition from Mnhse in favour Of thle conimutalion of the senteuco passed upor', this criminal, was ...

... |I. . T-THEHEALTH OF OLDON. |* The mortalty of L ondon iasmuh lbelow the avr rge; uint catarrhal affections preval and three deaths from. influenza have bee n rcorde d. One thoissand and thir ix Kdeaths were ?? the week that ended on Saturday,' FNb 16, Or 115 ?? in number than the deaths in the previous week. Four hundred and eighty-one children and young prsens died under 20 years of age; 169 ...

... AT a Meeting of the Senatus of King's College and tVniver. gsity, on Saturday the 16th instant, we understand, that the t afollowing resolutions, moved by the SUn-PaINo1rAL, and a seconded by Dr SCOTT, were adopted:-] I. That the Soniatus adopted, on the 19th October 1853, Rseso Ni lutions in favour of a Union of King's and Marecial Colleges, ii awith single Faculties of Arts, Laws, Medicine, ...

... THE Conferences are now sitting with shut doors, and every member bound, when out of doors, to keep his mouth shut. All that seems to be known is that the Fifth Point, which is the postscript of the Allies to the Austrian proposals, is to come first under consideration, in order that the ultimate question may be brought within the scope of probability as-speedily as possible. Should the Fifth ...

... MUBIC IN ABERDEEN.- ., , - rl 1L.-HISTOSRIC A OL NOTES CONTIUDb ti SItCo our last paper on. this subject appeared, further ti investigation has discovered some gleanings on the hisbtorical in part of the subject, which we are unwilling to omit. . i First of all, we shall dispose -of the communication' of a A Correspondent, who, in reference to an expression in our pl first article, says:- : el ...

... TV LED W ARB., OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (Tidnes Correspondent.) I FORT SICHOLAS. CAMP IIEFORtE BXASTOPOL, Feb. 8.-e The quantity of powder used the other day in the explosion of Fart Nicholas was 50,000 kilbgramines, or ] 00,'000 French pounds. Double that quansity was found under the fort when the engineers commenced their operations. This is not the only concealed store of' powder the French ...

... 1. St Chrysostom, whose prayer is read every Sunday in all churches, says.- After the congrega- tion is dismissed, every man may apply himself to his lawful business.-Homi. v. on lfMatt. i. 2. St Athanasius ?? keep no Sabbaths as the ancients did, except an eternal Sabbath, which shall have no ?? de Sabb., p. i83. 3. Eusebius, the ecclesiastical historian, speaking of the Patriarchs, says :- ...

... THE LORD's-DAY AGITAnToi.-The third report of the select committee of the House of Commons shows that there are now lying on the table of the hon. House fifty-six petitions, signed by 4,130 persons, against opening the British Museum and the public galleries on the Lord's day. Some of the petitioners also object to music in the public parks, a provision for the amusement of the people ...

... ct I I Notlyertal X? lialliolf. [BY ME AGNET .V TE L E It AP' 11 HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTIn'iAY. TuII House met at five o'clock. TIIE MEIICAiNTIIT.I LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR drew attention to the second report of ille Coulmissionors appjointed to inqiqire into the ni'racintile law. Thl noble loid enumerated many of the anomalies amd alburdilties in the present ;lav, and urget1 the necessity for ...

... IortLjII 4!'te¶tnLg _ A Il E 1 IC A. ARRIVAL OF THIE ARABIA. ['BY EXPRESS., (From ?? Sjwcial Corr'ospondent.) LIVEaRPOOL, MONDAY. TiIE Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain Stone, arrived yesterday evening. She sailed from Boston oil the 13th, and Halifax on the 15th. The Africa reports tile arrival of' the Porsia, Captaist Judkins, after a passage of 1t days; but up to the 15th inst. the ...

... ANO D )Ifti.- ill R fkil g t R t 1. , . I ? ?? a,/, ENGI4&ND. e e THE SOUND Dues.-It appears: that the composi- tion which the maritime nations propose paying to Denmark in respect of the Sound Dues will afford *s little relief to the commerce of this country, which bears the largest share of these exactions. The c Danish Government have imposed heavy transit d duties on all goods carried ...