... A GO UP2 WITH~ C'OX~ELL, :BY TH& dMAA'HSE G~xrs uARDnIA.> -4-- ale On Saturday evening Mr. Coxwell made an ascent from than the Belie Vise Gardens, Manebetter, in his balloon, Tue t?t Queen,'.' acoenspanied Our own reporten Daring the day a stiff breeze had been blowing from the north. tely west, and the sky had been covered with a veil of cloud. but At seven o'clock, when everything ...

... TRHE MORNING CHRIlONICLE. LONDON: IVEDNES~DA 1, A Uc.EUST 25.; iSIS. WVe arc glad to perceive that, pub~lic attention is beginning to be awvakenedl to the condition of the laws relating to Lunacy, andl the manage-| ment of the establishments for treatment of sulch disease under the most distressing form in which it| visits our race. It is much to be feared, that mental maladies have been of ...

... A clergyman named Leech was entitled under tho will of his fatber to an absolute reversion in the stm of 3O,aOOL. He was living in a retired manner at Bayewater, and it is admitted that he entertained strong views upon religious subjects, and that he wore a beard. His relatives were tolerant of these enormi- ties, but when he announced that it was his intention to marry his servant, one result ...

... THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND THE IGOVERNMENT. The examninations instituted by the Society of Arts, in connect on with Mechanie'7 Institutes, at the suggest on o° Mr. Harry Cheater, have just suferedi a satisfactory practical test; thtus staited in the At7hexae2mt :_ Twelve adidates, teleetd from various quarters, had been nominated by Lord Derby to compete for four sppointments in the estoms Two ...

... | IBERIA FARLIAMENT: I HOUSE OF LOBD8.-MONDAT. TnE TuENhna PICTURES.-If reply to Lord St Leonard's, tbe Barl of Derby stated that tbegovernment would ser it0 best exertions to fulfil the obligation attached to the bequest by the late Mr. Turner of pictures to the nation. TnE ATLAiTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY bill was read a third time. TuxE COgsWALL SIJB3MAIRINE JINIES bill was read a se- cond time. ...

... FILTH OF THE SERPENTNE. On Tuesday a deputation, appointed by the recent meeting in Sloane-street on the subject of the bad condition of the Serpentine, waited on Lord John Manners, at the office of the board of works, with the view of urging on that department the necessity of remedying the evil complained of. The deputation consisted of Dr. Copland, Dr. Lenlester, Dr. Petti- grew, Dr. ...

... NIAGARA IN MIDSUmIMEIR -- - fl1. NIAGARA iei 8 ?? t NiegU.5a p01all, Jitly 4. 1858 I suspect this is j ust the coolest Spot in the United States, gave the few points elevated 5000 feet or over above the sea f ee.The incessant and copious ?? of the great cataract is5 continually modifying the temperatr, l co l mois 1, breeze is ever rustling tile abundant foliage. The roaro ,f the fall is borne ...

... TssANsKSoIVING SrnavicE.-On Tuesday evening the Vicar preached a sermon of thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest. The congregation was very small, the labouring portion of the population being still engaged with the harvest, while the class above them were as busily employed in making preparations for their annual carnival. Tne occasion was somewhat too prematurely selected. Fdilt.-The show ...

... The Royal mail steamship Liverpool, Monday. The Royal mail steamship American, Captain Wickinan, - arrived this morning with the New York mails of the 4th r inst., and $725,641 in specie. The Persia and the Vigo, hence, arrived at New York on the 3d inst. e The New York Times has the following despatch from D XaVshington _ The Government is perfectly satisfied that the steps taken by Great ...

... DIOCESAN SYNOD OF GLASGGI- AND GALLOWAY. - r The annual meeting of the Diocesan Synodl of Glasgow e and Galloway was helld on Wednesday, Aug. 25th, withint St. Mary's Churah; Glasgow, and was attended by all the t incumbents of the- diocese, together with all the licensed t elergy, except three-, who were unavodably absent.-. After the routine business of the day had been gone through, the ...

... (From our owniorrespondmt) P Saturday, 21st August. COLLISIOX BETWEEN THE ARaBfA AND EccROPA.-Alueh interest and anxiety, and no small amount of disappoint- sE ment were excited in Livecrpool this morning by receipt of Q the first private- business message transmitted bythe Atlantic Telegraph. It was a brief intimiation that the British and 01 North American Royal MTail stenmships A rabia and ...

... ARRIIVAL OF, THS1L GLASGOIO. LATER FR1031 lERuuaA. The Glasgow, David Goodwin, commander, from New York the 7th inst., arrived in the Clyde on Saturday, with a full cargo of merchandise, 22 cabin and 104 steerage pas- ,sengers. She came by the North Channel-has experienced thick foggy weather throughout the passage. On the 8th inst, in lat. 40' 32' Nbrth, long. 70 0' WVest, passed a large ...