... kNATIONAL DEFEN iES AND VOTES. - - - - F- fA nir (Abr.dged from Blackwoo&s Magazine for AUgUSt.) .Hpreweleavethe s Report of.thei ommiiseioners appointed E to consider the tefenbes of the VUmited Xingdom,y and, re- serving :, few remak regarding ou'r feet, and means of.op X f - posing or delayisig;~laldilg, for the conclusion, take the case ofanactual hivsis, when the whol~e army-of- England ...

... . IA.MIVAL OF TH1E ASIA. (From our own Correspondent.) Liverpool, Sunday Evening, A ug. 26. The British and North American Royal Mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, arrived this evening in Liverpool, from .. NWYgrk, whence she sailed on Wednesday the 15th inst. THE G6a= EAsrny.-The Great Eastern, on her return from Chesapeake Bay, left Annapolis at 7' A.M., on Satur- day the 11th instant, and ...

... Tfl GARIBALDI ,FUND. : . The tenth' instalmenet from the Glasgow Committee was . .remitted, on Wednesday, tinging 'up the total to 21630. ye This last remittance- includes ;12, Is. lOd. from Cumnock, per Mr. Willias Wallaces;.£5, 14i5 from ?? Western Volunteer Rifle Corps; per Mr. Merry; lOs. Cd. from Mr. th E. K. Taylor, SLobeross Street, being.balance of damagees l awarded to bin by the ...

... i-L;ATES_--NE S. , EnAL ORn3 0FriJBy Morning.OY S de d 'B ELECTIC TLEGRAPIH,. HOUSE OF LORDS-T: uRs3DAY. 21 e LonD CANoE Lto, took Isis seaton the wooksak at *rj fi 5v'cook. . gave notice to Earl GRAN'VIL gveLE gave thatt h would on Friday L, move the suspension of the standing orders, in order to, ets enablethae ?? Baniks Bill tobereat eed a second me: Theh Ear of JONOUGHMORE thought the ...

... IFATE N;EWS.- _d5 £t 3.. !.S Kl .5.. O . F1 S-a * V # Wa BY. B~ELI~CTBIO:TELE4GRA;rH. HOU-U37SE OF.COMMONS-Ws nvBD . The S Psx= took.the chairat 12 ocockl . A new writ waa ordered4 for West Cumberland, in the room of Major-.eneral Wyadham, deceased, Mr. MELLOR gave notice thab,. ?? next, he in. tended to call attention to the refusal of the House of Lords to entertain the Savings Banks and ...

... LOCKERBIE LRAI; -sometimes exceeds tw Jcwa. Us - j, we ca Sote'ti ?? ?? deficiency being the;ey involed of haybout onhas froina the averageshow; but s- fthe 1sas_ of be vfiots . ?? was much geairca. ~moun ang to tjo~tuid aleailt if not three-fourths ofhs~; Ordin' number brought ?? asseksr staicgy, t ht .l ffn . of the flocks during the last, winyter and terriblg nd proves tha ou statements ...

... , +1.ILri TmEVB.) / ~ From the Times.) Tetr~ffo ret, j- of railways in the, Usilted Kingdom s Th SG teti9 ofu te ml tth&to 9588E,310,and. for the *eek ending August 4, amoutdt£5,10 n for the correp6nding week of 1859 to £549,020 h ' inoreae of *39,290. /Thefollo'ing are the reaeipts on the principal linesfor the Spas~t w/i\k: Miles Opened. IReceipts. | ;:75 ' R~x~w^Ys, | 1589. 186 0 1d. 186D. ...

... MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. ROBERT. STEPHENSON. A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen, friends of the late 3 Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., was recently' held at'Fen- dall's Hotel, Westmipgster, for the purpose of taking into . consideration the most appropriate mode of testifying, in a I public manner, thegeneral respect for his memory.,. i 'Lord LnaovxR was unanimously requested to take the chair, ...

... I To aes Editor of tas Glatgo- HrlaX. Sin,-On the 6th inst. there was passed An Act for Pre- venting the Adulteration of Articles of Food or Drink, gnd, as the providions in the A-ct are expected to be of some use and service to the public, perhaps you will be kind enough to insert the following clauses, extracted from the Act in queation.-I am, Sir, y u obedient servant, A. B. Ci I. Every ...

... I AFTERNOON EDITIONS HDMNsD OFFrcW, Mo,:daik 2 P.M. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPT. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, The Post's Paris correspondent writes that great surprtse is expressed at the non-publication of the Emperor's letters in the Moniteur. The protocols were signed at four on Saturday, The expedition to Syria is expected to sail on Tuesday. Paris, Sunday. The Daily Tetegraph ?? alone sends aher .600 ...

... uAiAn&bLiJJL'nUZ i1r inn Lnrncq. - The Post's correspondent at Messina writes, under date of July 30:- b The fortifications commanding the straits are proceed- n ing with great alacrity at the Forti del Faro, and Garibaldi is is out every day inspecting their progress. Speculation has If been extremely rife among the volunteers about the rumours E now circulating, to the effect that ...

... 1LA T 13- NEWI - N: - : d IHnD OFFIo, Thursday Morning. S BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. k. HOUSE: OF COMMONS-WED~S5PAY. Tbe SPEnA took the chair at twelve o'clook. I The Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctorisand Certificated Con- h veyancers' Bill passed through committee. a On the order of the day: for gbing into ecemittee on the s: Metropolis Local Management Bill, c - Mr. BRABDEY moved that the Rouse go ...