... ?? XECUIf- OeP- ;ePFB*AY'--sP - AT KInRKDALE. I 1: I 1.~ ?? On Saturd4, 'at noon, Patricl MI'Cafferay, a youth of ?? exeduted in fronteof Kirk- ?? It for the 'mnrder of Colonel Hugh Den~is Crofton, ?? John Hanham, At Fulwood., Barrac s, near Preston. TThe culprit was of 'al- most bovish appearance `And the hardest hearts in the crowd that witnessed his execution ouilld not but feel a`pang of ...

... The London critics have falleil in love with a young vocalist, who visited Scotland in the sum. mer or autumn of 1859, which was then her first professional tour. Mile. Lanciad who is a native of Ireland, was brought tip in Italy, and educated there. She made her debut when 19 years of age, in the winter of 1858, in the theatre of Turin, before the King and Court, where she met with a ...

... MUV. CHAMBERS 0 BUILDING ?? 8i,,,S IETIE. ?? ' Lia nit, a nseetsug of Pie Architectural In- t Ltit e ?? Was held: in Queen 'Strqet -Hlllifrt~e! ofuripotlaf. Mr Wili-ns Chanf rpos~ shearing an ?? 8 Mr Wihbra, Chii elbrs ?? sutject of 'L'and5 k and Building Societies as conducted in England. 1. Mr J. D. Peddie occupied the chair; and there *as a full attendadxce of members and of the e gceneial ...

... . - _ FRANCE. The Tinted' correspondent, writing on the open- ing of the Freach Parliament, says :-The atten- dance of the public was more numerous than usual; but I do not think, and my impression is shared by others, that on the wbole the exhibition of feeling was rather cold, and some of the prin- cipal personages seem to think so too. AMERICA. Thu Tbwes' City arbicle says that on Tuestlay ...

... I The Morning HIerald, in a short leader, thinks the arrival of the Europa without any definite information respecting the Commissioners must be classed in the category of unfavourable intelli- gence, but adds, the hopes of peace are not ex- tinct; but the debate in the Senate, and the pro. jected construction of a naval depot on Lake Michigan, are certainly not evidences of a peace. ful ...

... THE AMERiCA:N DIFFICULTY. Tche Teimes' City Artiel~e says :-Thec contradic- U tory telegrams fromd New York announcing that l 'there is. a general disposition to. do what is right, and :that' the general impression is that the Southern commissioners, will, under no cir- 4im,3tances, be' given up,' produced, little effect onte tc Exchange V'his morning, and consols sequtently the ...

... SUMMAR Y. The Popeo ha fnvoared the Frnchcl ETiuporor, the Imperial Faraily, and the wholo l'rc!i firarny with his benediction, as a Neol Iea,'s , ift Gcneral Goyon waited on his Iloliness oil Now Year's Vcay fur the purpose of a3suriwng huill of the devotion with which France was inslpirei to thle Holy See, and of cravinlg thle Ap.;t~ol.c benediction on the offieers and soldiers whomn hej ...

... (PRO 4o 1 LIBERATOR.) From a letter late]y addressed to the sixteen established clergymen of Edinburgh, we get a glimpse at the way in which' these reverend gon- tlemen obtain their incomes. Mr Bailie Thomas Bussell has been for many years a firm opponent to the Annuity-tax; and, esteeming a good con- science better than household goods, and the will of his fellows a lessor law than the will ...

... DIR G X%,TO IN L'il yI , ' L4iYINGf OF ?? FIO N-}AjIOONE OW'-TJ'E E -1 EPISCOOPiL (HAtIL3 IN lEITH. f ?? fdiirdtinstttiej'ofa nev(,Episcopial'Cha;:el;, ] in Con stitutlon Street, teith, wa's laid OD'n Satulr- day by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chan- cellgr ojf the Exclehqyer. . {TE tly1'lqfore twelve o'clock, a large nnmber df' ?? bit d other gentlemen, including the I Dov~'JVhite- aed ...

... CALEs IONIA.N __MERCURY. MauavRY OFrlCz, FMUAr, EUVme o'CiWMo. FRANCE. A species of panic seemed at one time to pre. vail in France' when the budget was made public. The passage of the report which was particularly ,rearhed, is that which states that the French overrnment hold the indemnrity bonds paid by Piedmont after the treaty of Zurich at a price be. low that at which the} received them, ...

... SPIRIT OF IUNCH. JUSTICE TO IRMLAND.-The O'Donoglhue ceases to be a Justice. ENOt1ND'Ms Nationa Reserve maey hang back, but Englaud's'Avral lleserve comes forward. CaiissTmAs WA'rcs.--Yes, and so does England too, and that most anxiously, for an answer from America. We trujst with all oar patriotic and cosmopolitan heart that it may be favourable and of a peaceful tendency, so that it may ...

... ITUMMAI'Y. Austria, it is aitld, is preparing for i reaction- ary campai.igi of extraordinary proportions. A conference of Austrian dignitaries is reported as having taken ?? at Venice. Time Nearld dignii'ies it by the teril Congress. 'The h:1te speeches of the Einporor to the troops nt Werona and Mantua are interpreted to mean somethinig imnmnrei;itt1y hostile to Frncec or Italy, espe- ...