... Ve (Fromu Traits of American unmoor,) its Pineville, December 27, 1842. by. Dear Sir, I; Criasius is over, and the thing's ded. You know I told ymo re ir, my last letter I was gwine to bring Mlias Mary up to the ? chalk at Crismns. Well, I done it, slick as a whistle, though it in coiue mighty nigl ben' a ser ious uidertakitit'. But I'll tell you it all about the whole circumstanee. es The ...

... MO(NDAY MORNING(* 2\OVEMIBER ?? On acebunt of bad weather in the Chainnel, the India, mail: did not reach London until nine ,ck ox Saturday night, instead of five, o'clock as was expected. The briefoutline of the.newg now at.hand is not, very dissimilar from what hasalready been pTublished, and wherie'there is any diffeslence' itpor'&`bn e ?? le. more favourable. It appears that at Lucknow. ...

... TESTIMONIAL DINNER TO WILLIAM GLEN, ESQ OF HAWKHEADMAlNS. On Thursday evening a large number of the members of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society and other gentlemeh enter~ tained their treasurer, William Glen, Esq. of lawlkheadinains, to a public testimonial dinner, in the Abercorn Rooms,. Bank d Street. J. Hall Maxwell, Esq. of Dargavel, occupied the chair, supported on the riglt by the ...

... ; -. (From ?? e ?? In gold the current year, i~s been '4 great, co'nrast to its pre. tdecessor, edhsia'kd i~ts effect on, the. ret-'irns pf the pro.. ducts of the gold fields. During. 1856 the 'gold fields were Labundantly, supplied with water; until within, the preest month of Septemnber there has 'bean a continual outcry this y'ear at the scarcity of this demand. 'Lis yield of the geld ...

... /s>_AE 44.A tt.AN n~ ?? (Front the Times.) One of those interesting occurrences which have latterly been of'gratifying fieqnciece at the Li verpiull Sildlors' II loie-namely, the presentation, throccghl the Ltical Marince Board, of rewards to merchant cuptains or seanion for gallant conduct at sea-took place oct Saturday afteriooen. The members of Ilte Local Ma- rine Board who wvere rlescflt ...

... ag. The following is from a gentleman long resident in India to Or his relative in Glasgow:- WI] Calcutta, 6th October, 1857. 1 ie vil The work of retribution will now, I truAt, goon; but we have the lost in Geneital Neill the man of all others who knew how to tili Tdeal with the murderers of women and children, and I fear that an a maudlin spirit will induce mutich misplaced lenity where ...

... iROBRtT GORDONI'S HOSPITAL. I-Tni hlfi-yearly yieltationi of the' Hospital for the distribu- a tion of prizes took place -on Thursday, when ]3ailio Header- ~e son presided, in the unavoidable ab-ec of th or roo )f who wafs, engagedmrlth' the -Upiv'ersity Commnission.; - The it *boys'l~ipwigS' ung af fewverses,,;accomrpunied by Mr Colston ir on, the ?? ?? u ryr a1 to. 6re~b that1 the 64Anity ...

... C?ERAL I'OST-OFFXCfl, ?DINI3URGIL . ?? ?? Boxces Close. IDP( $- Gencral Receiv'g R. 0. IS Bdh;il.: P. Oldice. Houses. L~it.JL I ALei M.AILS. -- - - I Ahe-,dhn. Dundee, Pertlh,) a40A. 10 Os' 10 Or I 40X; StnIrieog, Aioa, be. . j af 7, 20r 7 OP . op ! 301P BEmeerloic and E. o~f Blnglaud, 1 30r ll Os' 1 Op 0 40Ak Bor~wiek, Dunbar, IHsd.L dingtou, ac., E. of ng-t k lS 15 4 SOY 4 30r' 3 OP land . . ...

... HALF-HOLIDAYt ASSOCIATION. The second musical reunion, under the auspices of hec Saturday lialf-holidav Association, was held on Saturday ~e'senbig, in the Music Ha'll. Bailie Black- adder occupied the chair; and on the platform Were -Piofessor Miller, Mr Duncanu 3'Laren, Mr John Hoe Mr George Rloy of Glasgowv, aluhor of G~ene- ralsliip,; SXr Oliver, of Messrs M'Laren &; Oliver, Mr St-ewart ...

... Strange to say, we are still without a word from India. Under ordinary circulmstances, we ought to have had a telegraphic despatch oal Monday. A The cause of the delay is not knowrn, Lord Pal- a merston himself, at the Lord Mayor's banquet on ?? evening, having expressed his disap- r pointment that he w as not able to announce the . gratifying intelligence which he expected to have .received' ...

... ,R ?31 altb M?4i itary a , I WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL,' Nov. 6. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-I-eutenant H. Dal- ton Wittit Lyon to be Captain, ivithout purchase, vies Foantaine' Hogge Allen, ?? and Sub-Lieutenant John Grahamn 8iith has been per- G mitted to retirefrom the servie by the sale of his r' commission. 1st Dragoon Guards-Constantfie McDougall Moorson to be Cornet, wvithout purchase. 6th ...

... ?? Playfair has addressed the following letter to the Society of Arts' Journal:-In your Journal-asp- pears an interesting report, by Messrs Longridge, h Armstrong, and Richardson, on the consumption of mn smoke in marine boilers. They obtained by their 1, experiments an evaporated value of 10 lbs. to 12 lbs. of water for 1 lb. of Newcastle coal, and they draw , attention to the fact as ...