... SPIRIT OF.PUNCII. Tnim WAY Tinii WonRD GotS,-You k-now a gentle- man by his g~it, and a ?? by hiis;Billingogate. An 0V0 USQUE AD DoNUMr.-Amiong the persons who, following A&' Punch's example, have sent appro- priate presents to (Oaribaldi,. is a gentleman of a pis- civorous character, who has forwarded to the Italian Liberator a great quantity of salmon's eggs. We accept the omen. May it ...

... (FROM THIE TIMES.) The invasion with which the North has been threatened has now taken place, and New York, Boston, and Philadelphia are in complete posses. sion of the enemy. The United States Trea- sury is a prey to insolvency, the New York banks, with rare exceptions, cease to pay their debts. and the third instalment of the Federal Loan fails. For the ugly word insolvency a gentle ...

... DESTRUCMiVE FIRE IN FORFAB. One of the most destructive fires that has taken place in Forfar for many years occurred on Thursday morning at the east end of the town, About four o'clock in the morning, flames were seen issuing from a dwelling-house in that quar- ter. A large crowd soon collected, buit, most unfortunately, being the mnorning of the Nocw Year, very few of them were able to render ...

... AM E IC A.. INe (BY sPECIAL EXPRESS FROM ILIVERPOOL.) ste LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. is The Cunard mail steamship America, from New 'm .York on the 4th, arrived here at ten o'clock; this pa morningg. The Asia, Adriatic, and Persia arrived at Hali- fax on the 31st 'lt. The Etna, Borussa, and Niagara had arrived out. TUF TRENW AFFAIR. The Tribune of the 1st, in a leader entitled be] England's ...

... allburg vost-virt. BOXES CLOOS MAzts. .aon'ralt Reev'i p. r} n Is P. m OI:ole I smI dr 'Aberdeenl ?? . 5 5 IO OA 10 0.,;I ( o o 200 Do.(OnSundays at 4 Pat.) 2 OtP 7 P 7 j7 ?? 7 liA 10- OPI 1) 0PI *Do.) IneludIg N.E Di- j 1 SOP 11 0.. I 12 Di.a vision of Eng3ld 3 b ?? 3 Pi' 5 ' I 7 404 Dalkelth, Peebles, ?? 5 16A 0i 10 PI3 P Dablia & S of Ireland . 40P O6 ° 6 O, 7 o0 Do n *fles 7. 7 10P 7 oP 7 ...

... THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT HARTLEY -. ' I 'COAL PIT. I ABANDONMENT OF TH1E 215 MEN TO THEIR FATE. IA correspondent of the London iTelegrapA, writing on Saturdayat noon, says:- Onarriving at the scene of the accident this morning at nine o'clock, the position of matters was not much changed from that last recorded. 'What a change in the usual aspect of the place the short space of forty-eight ...

... SECOND EDITION OF YE-TERDA.Y. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. The Paris paper, Patrie, has a despatch from Cherbourg that tile Government despatch boat, Forfait, was under orders to hold herself in readiness to proceed to the North American waters at a moment's notice. The Patrie adds that the English frigate Doris had received simi- lar orders from the Admiralty. The Patrie sup- poscs these ...

... (FROM THlE STAR.) The Federal Government of America has read a lesson to kings. It has acted in a spirit worthy of even its earliest and freshest days, when the impulse of new liberty was still a passion and a religion. Placed in a position of the uttermost danger, it has not lost courage or composure; tried by the strongest temptation, it has not s;fi&rved from the right. In' surrendering the ...

... -lrERToTl'S!OMT-,=T' LECTURE BY BAAIE JOHNSTON. On . Friday evening last the tenth -lecture df this year's course was delivered by Bailie Johd- ston. Amongst:the visitors present were6 Bailie Auch'ie ; Councillors Alexander, Bnrns; 'Pearson, Anderson; ?? Fqriestei sii, ?? * arwicl, W. Marwick, D,.Dicksqn; IL. alier,. a&c. Under the title, of Recollectios,' the Bailie -gave an interesting and ...

... C l k I) I AN , I - E l - lEWMIN5 ) - ?? f.i VER( lty. MEzrcuYav OFscIK, TUMD;AY, ELEVEN 0'1,0UKi. FRANCE. Crade is somewhat better in Paris, but accoints flora the provinces are uot so iaryourahle. Lyous aol St Etienne are not the only owns in which the manufactllring population Sar suffering ex- treme distress. T'urcoing and Roubaix are nearly as badly off. An application having been made ...

... ?-iailtjaj atafft gutipts. The following are tite IRlalway Receipta for the past week:- .1a2 1861. Belfait and Nortberm Counties * X1,753 £:1,079 Bellaat and County Dowu - * 5;;d 4t6 Blyt ianaT yne - 1,161 1, 49 Bristol and Exeter - - -,.68 5,222 Caiedonian - - 15,758 16,54 Cork Atid Bandon - - - - i 314 Cork, Blaekrock and Paorage - 183 193 Cormwal ?? ,0' 944 Daeeide - - . 8 2SI Dublin and ...

... glailwag Co rafat ?41ucipts. The following are the Railway Receipts for tbe past week:- 1382. ISO. Belfaut and Northern Counties . I, 5G £1,d22 Belfast and County Down - 501 538 Blyth and Tyna?* . * . . I5 1,dbl Bristol and Exeter - - - . o I6 5,354 Caledonian - - - .- . 1d6 16lO3 Cork 4nd Bandon - . . . 279 278 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1 . 23 2 7 Conuwai 1,000 - 52 Deaside 2.54 191 Dublin ...