... TOWN COUNCIL. .The usual monthl' meeting of Town Council was held in ?? House here, ?? Kennedy presiding. The minutes of former meeting having been read, written objections to them were given in, signed by Messrs. Erskine, Goudie, Dalziel, and Brown. The objections were, that the meeting called to consider about providing additional bury- ing ?? a meeting of the ParochialBoard under the Act, ...

... I M ADCaD. ALMN ON TED NA.TIONAL J)EFZNCJM ?? rd. Alson delivered a lecture an, thle The Beat System of National De B 1 ace. e This was the ol ^ ing lectnre of a series on CCo on m on Things, got up b y the 2erectors of the Glasgow Ab- b stainers' Union. The hall was -l , filled by a respectable I audience. The chair was occupfe-d by Neil M 'Neill, Esq., President of the AbstainAers' ...

... LONDON,I SEPTEMBER 15. Lord Clvde visited Belfast on Saturday last. 'We regret to learn that Lieutenlant-Geteral Sir Harry Smit, G. C.B., has been attacked hy disease of the heart, and it is feared he cannot recover.- Globe. CUBA AS]D HER PLANTATIoNs.-The islarid of Cuba, in spite of Spanish misrule, says tbeLendowmerican, is one of the most prosperous po1tions of the earth. Her present ...

... The Northern ?? publishes.the following opiaions upon the prospects of the crops in the north ofireland:- From all parts of the north a much more cheerful tone prevails, and the letters of our correspondents speak most 'lopefully of the progress which the crops of every descrip- tion are ?? towards naturity. In many instances reap- ing has comanenced, and the yield of wheat and oats is well ...

... LETTER FRON PpALERMo. From our Correspondent (a Mlaszow Matvitile Gestler,..) al Palermso. i Palermo, 2Sth Auugast, 1SIM (Tuesday} We are very much in the dark as to the movemnents - Calabria. Since learning last Friday morning that two brigades bad surrendered at discretion, leaving Garibaldi master of their arms, artillery, animals, materiel, aoi the Fort of Pezzo, the only other piece of ...

... I FIRST DEPARTMENT-JURISPRUDENCE - ~~~SECTION A. -. Sv U aroeSECrTION A. The LOxD-ADVOCATE presiding. Mit M'PIus read a paper on Patent law, making varo,,m suigestions on that branch of the law. BnANKRurPcY LW. Sheriff BEL stated that the committee who had been ap- pointed after the interesting discussion on bankruptcy law on Wednesday had agreed upon a set of resolutions which -hetroduDnow ...

... TtESDAY MtORNING, SEPTEMBER 25. A ,-vAFrJI.D report, said to have been received in ]ptijs r ...

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... SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSCIATION-D. . GILLAI'S SERMON. The following is an abstract'of Dr. Gillan's sermon on the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, delivered yesterday afternoon in St. John's Church, which was filled-to overflowing. The Rev. preacher took his text fromn Luke vi 44, Every tree is known by its fruit. He began by saying that the religion we profess may be ...

... -OTHES XY-srmims IS. ..-A ha th. RiAth irnn W ^11A It is reported here that the Right Eon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, left Toward Castle yesterda7 morning, and proceeded up the Clyde per the steamer Ruby,. ea routetior Drummond Castle,'the seat of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby. ' WEiArmen nn Caors.-Since last notice there hi&'been excellent weather for harvesters ; and it was so ...

... (From the Spectator.) c The eff'ectsof railway enterprise in America. are, as we might expect, on a truly Transatlantic scale. In c our last notice of the subject, we showed that the a total cost of all the railways in use was, respectively, £314,989,826 in England, and £216,887,750 in the United States. It is understood that the main sources C of this excessive cost in England are, the' very ...

... yRoM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT. Jttu.i vun ± s -v. Paris, Monday Morning. Italian complications are fastthickening. In anticipa- t-on of tbe immediate conquest of Naples by Garibaldi, fear- jog the ascendancy of the Mazzinian element, and notwith. swanding the loyal declarations of the Dictator in favour of annexation, Victor EmmanaQl is making preparations to teke c assession of the capital A ...