... The Mexican correspondent of the Time* concedes his letter by saying the Congress has now been week extraordinary session, the whole tiuiti occupied in party squabbles. The utter impossibility o£ governing tbis country by means of a congress be- very day more and more apparent. Business there none, and rain stares every one in the face. ...

... polughaafflag lost, FRIDA'Y, OCTOBER 18, 1861. NEWS OF THE DAY. 'tnn late Major SiBTanor had soarcely ceased to exist, when the two parties in Lincoln set about obtasning eandidates for the representation. The late member was a Conservative, and naturally enough the party turned to hia brother, Lieutenant- Colonel Sc1rTIoRr, who entertains similar poli. tine convictions. That gentlemacn, ...

... Ifwuba Nli lot TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1861. NEWS OF THE DAY. Earl RussELL has been feted to his heart's con- tent in the North. He visited Sunderland on Saturday, and was very warmly received. The Corporation presented an address, to which his lordship replied principally alluding to his family safairs. tast night he was entertained at a banquet at Newcastle, when he delivered an interesting ...

... CANNOCK AGRICULTURAL ABSOCIAT[ON MEETING AND CATlLE SHOW YESTERDAY. The seventeenth annual meeting of the Canock Agri. cultural Asacication was held yesterday at Cannook. The morning was exceedingly dull, and occasionally the rain fell in heavy showers. This, however, did not prevent the assembling of a goodly number of visitors. The ploughing took place at Mrs. Carti's farm, Loa Croft, whore ...

... FRANCE. PARIS, Thuirsday. - There is an absonce of news, chiefly al-is- onlug fromt the xpc~tattion of what, may transpire about the Iissue of the latevisitat Coipi~gsle. In themuesiitinie the next tilaiig in hand seens a conferenec about Mexican affires, to wbirih, besides the Minister of Foroign Allejirs, time Mtinister of EMarine, Aduiira Juriesi Ligreericec, destined for tVie command I. of ...

... | No. ILL. GLADSTON E. From Disraeli to Gladstone what a step! It is like coming out of a vault to the open, health- ful air of heaven, or from a dark jungle, full of doleful creaturEs and strange, mysterious, perplexing noises, on to a broad highway, over a breezy (town. Sonme, however, may ask, Is not Gladstone as much an enigma as Disraeli? BHas not the Chancellor of the Exchequer changed ...

... MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c., FOR THE V3EEK. TnURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. First Dny's Competition of City of Edinlburgh and Mid-Lotbian Rifle Association--Hunters' Bog and raid Ilills-8 o'clock, A.M.. Meeting of Subscribers to Free Buccleuch. Spire-No. 1 P'ark Place-S i'.bi. Queen's Theatre--Jack and Jack's Brotber-The Census-Mr Gorilla-The Birthplace of rlodgers- Half-past 7 P.31. IHoward's Operetta ...

... MElRTIMG OF sUREY fMAGISTRATES. ; .: ,g, : ' ?? ' ' . ' ' ' . , ?? I . Kngioi!PonTM es,, aund as thy wa2 sm0vr m pbli blasinaes to, be brougtfradtee-a nd Wsip= of nigistrates, 'Major Peurhyn# 0h on of u cliitniii who had beeii un ini6sly N Wete at a rivate meeting oF he maglstratu vi4 t. tl eeourt , Y. IL. B .aaoe Baq.; aptay q; ..0win I TeClatairin hbual .P e aas o tt, graaq;W j tre, t,ah ...

... THUnSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 8 TO 9 £L. B. MLI. D. F. C. L E. NAUN . 3.0.. 30.30 42 41 B W. 2 2 b I ABX ?? 30,33 43 41 W. 3 3 e i LEITH ?? 30.34 47 44 W. 1 7 m I BERWICK ?? 30.83 40 42 W. 2 4 b I ARDROSSAN ?? 30.36 48 46 E.SE. 2 6 f 2 ?? 38 53 61 S. L 2 5 r I SHIRv s . ?? 839?44 4) N. W. 3 3 M S GOALWA ?? 30.82 42 40 2. Z 7 c I SoAUSoCOUGH 39.40 40 45 W. 1 6 e 2 LiVEpOOb ?? 00.39 40 44 8.E 1 5 m I VA ...

... IHOIRTICULTURE. GARDENINGG OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEIK. PLANT DCPARTiigXT.-CoflsCiVatOrY &c.-As has been ?? sIatffl, S11muic1t -floVwol ilig twine] , Whichl usually get un1sig0lhtly ?? thlis sau;n, ?? be cut back freely, as shoeld alsn any others that will submit to that kind of ?? In tile case ei cold pits, thle tile has unov artived for getiing straw shutters, or whatever else it may be ...

... A SUu-MA.lINEl PAILWAY SCHEME. FiFTrY Ye:e ?? j, til! man %vonlil liave been considered W-1!o UraVely ?? that it was ?? to tr-ave! -itb sarfity fi ly mi h s in ian lhotir, to send ssnie Ihinireds ot mit sat a speed of twenty p *et-as n 'fitiite, to walk driy-ibiot uider the Thnmes, o t1 clo(s the Atlantic in fiv- dove, to maeli the sun P elmI 1,rtrlnt-ba'Llinter in ol-iriary, anid the ...

... t I 'T 1: E C(IN VIL W A It I N' . ll - , It ICA . MRt. RUSSlMLl ATi1,1;AID-Q~UUIT'ER1S. TFiIl Rkpeia~tl Ce'.'i'spontli'it o1 tile TLimsiS hais ?? to tite, licad-quarleri of thle Fel-eral snry onl the Potolialc, atid a letitur from- him, datud October 4, isI 1xnilINh ed this mono iniw. It bcg-i s by denlying, the,' Istatuiei~t. that Gen~rirti Wool hadt superseded Genleral Frimmont. Guenera Wo; ...