... FRANCE. hG PARTS, Wednesday.-The representatives of England, Au-hrit, to ind Prussia at the Court of the Tuillecies have alieatiy receive,! ,te the Lull powers necessary for converting the itrotocol of thle ;yli its inst. into a format convention. a ti xcteti that before hits departure of thre Emperor fo;, -t vy adAg.ra h Atmbassadoro; of Rttosianat thle Porte wVill flyI have likewise received ...

... oho YTLUNSIDE, 4th August.-The heavy rains of June were Me followed by upwards of two weeks of unmitigated and moost of ioent dou, t The temperature, moreover, was fre. ow unlor we may say generally, rather low, especially_ of to nights. Such weather had, of course, an uinfavourable cf- foot on crops of all kinods, but more especially npon itil rn- olneely-eropped grass of our pastnre fields, ...

... (Fernl our (7ocrcajcoclent.) SYDNEY, 14th June, 1860. o ellOexsts between tico mining and pastoral in. of tbmclollive, wih regard to their respective coatrlbu- the eeuerahscltwi. The mines have produced for the in value of gold and coals, somewhat over a million 'dby reference to our statistics of the same year, we kthit th~e value, of wool, tallow, bides, horns, &c., ox- eis abolit £1,200,000 ...

... er INDUCTION OF MR. DAarlACK, AS RECTOR. i1 ON Monday morning, on the re-assembling of the Gralualci ;c School after the vacation, the Lord Provost, Magistraten, and Town Council proceeded to the School, for the purpone v. of introducing Mr Barrack, the lately appointed Rector, tr. rs his colleagues and to the classes. There was a numerous as attendance of the pupils, and the Patrons on ...

... FREE CHURCH COMMSSION. THE August Commission of the Free Church met in the Freo Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, on Weduesday last-Dr Ba- chanan, Moderator. S rTTE OP THE SUSTrNTATION FUND.. Mr Wilson, Dundee, read a special report from the Sus- tentation Fund Committee, calling attention to the fact that at the commencement of each financial year there was a de- crease in the revenue of the fend, ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN MAlLS FROM ABERDEEN. 6 Mails Box Closes. o DrcSTreATIONS. Despatehed. o 0 America-.-UnitedlStates, California, and British North America (by Every Saturdlay. 11.50 A.bt British racket via Liverpool) .. Ditto-(by U. S. acket, va South- Moday 145 . ainpton, vna 14r. Australia, L oaud) 19th of every ll.50 A.M. up. New South, Waeania onth. efi- ritius, via ...

... THE MOORS IAD FORENS. Thle party at Sir Charles Forbes's, Barb. -of Newe, shoot- ingeat Deluadamuph, consisting of his two sons, Ali Charles JoHn Forbes, and Mr George Stewart Forbes, and Mr Chas. Leith Ray of Rannes, bagged 376 brace of' grouse en the three firstodays. ir George Stewar~tForbes, Sir Charles'st youngest son, for the firsbttime used a double-barrel gun, beina youth 15 years ...

... r We (Army and Navy Gazette) understand that the nun- t her of new regiments of the Line to be added to the army, in consequence of the extinction of the local European force in India, will be nine altogetbher,.of which three will V be cavalry and ala infantry. In these regiments promotion will not be regulated by the purchase system in operation in the rest of the Line. It will he mere on the ...

... PARLI A M E N T. HOUSE OF LORDS-Taesdaii, August 2l.. The ameudments of the Commons to the Crown Debts and Judgments Bill were considered a nd agreed to. The following Bills were read a third time and passed :-Rifle Volunteer Corps. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland), Fortifications (provision for eXpeneSC), CostonB (No. 2), Stamp Duties (No. 2), and Defence of the Reams Bill. The Exciee Duties ...

... a l We (A >*mp and Wavy Gazette) understand that on relin- si1 quishing the office of Deputy Quartermaster General, Colo- cc nel the Hon. A. Gordon will be appointed to the command w e of the troops at Colchester, vice Major-General R. B. Wood, at who vacates it on promotion. ea g It it very probable that Colonel Gordon will be succeeded pI . as Deputy Qaartermaster-General at head-quarters by ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPI., FtANCE.-PAmlS, Monlday.-There will bh no meeting between The the Emperor and tho Qucen of Spain this year. The consider- P.MS., able falling-off in the Customs duties duning the first 7 moIts Tho of the prosont year having caused some uneasiness in financial Tho circles, an official explanation has been published, to the effect riatic that it has been eaused by thle ...

... THE PECULIAPJIITIES OF THE AUTUMN-STATE OF THE COUNTRY. TEE circumnstsnces of the country at the present time na- , turally cause some anxiety as to our prospects for a part y of next year end for the coming autumn. The singular e features of the season are too conspicuons to hate been overlooked by any one, and they have inevitably occasioned a some apprehension. a s In the first piece, it is ...