... :LTET N{'L'&ESA]S- B-Y ELZB0T:AY0 TELEGRAAPH LATEST FROM 'AMERICA. -AFIUVAL OF THE AFRaiA. Qusentown,'Wednsd~y,3.30 i s. 4 The Afica ha arrivd. Shebdungsno deisive nows re.I TheKewYor Ties f. thDie. uSam- that Lord Liyons Govrnmnt AnInpresin I sid to preAU a New York that the affair maly be Amicably settled, if thW ?? of England awe couched in moderate terms. - THR AMZRIAN tFIFFCULTY. ...

... Accorpndent of the Tiroes, writing from AlexandrI cl VWrglioahe 13th of December, makesthese interestingand a a os commentB on the levies of the United States:- his%, UThere is io country exising which could have raisd an his army of 650,00D men In so short a time as it has been done hbewin Ameriea Ti army I wedl paid, fed andclad, and ts. en-toably'welldisciplined and drilled. &have seearegi. ...

... bLIV'ERR BOYDS NEW EDINBtUYRG ALMIANA FOR 1862 In zs now ?? years oince thiscok or lmenled to be publiahed ia an enlarged form. The ?? 'to bave been so long identieied with this national ,- pouity, have grad oaly extended the Information oonveyed so as to keep pace with the requirements of the times Altogether we may safely asy, that we know of no work of a IOe nature that contains 80 much ...

... GREAT ERUPTION aP VESUVIUS. (Fom the AthenuM.) Dc 7 81 : : - $pW 3Z.17, 18GI. I It is with sorrow that I describe another of those awful phenomena which hsve so often desolated this hir land Within the course of a few yeras I have .witneesed several violent eruptions of Vesnvius, even more brilliant than the present, and have felt my hous roeking beneath me fron the upheavinge of that ...

... |AFTERN00N .ED.ITION. H' u Orripur, WednO S P: M.. .B Y ELECTRIC TELZGRApf THE NAMCIOA DIFFICULT.Y. Queenstown, W- nsYa. ilhe Poyal Mail l steamer Africa has artlved. l i, 49 pssengers and proceded at 2.45 A 2m. al eL Shaft .,eNw York on the 20th ult. Eiperianced stroug ?? winds. . .1. N-w York, Deoc , Even.ing lhe naws of the deetructive fire ?? ox i oonfiiq Id. A Laire portion of the city ...

... DIEREENCIX-IN THi LAW OF, DEBTOR-D I - CREDTOR STILL ERSTING BETAWFN. THE ILAWS OBENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.- (PomM tbie Mercantle est.) , ow that bankruptcy procedure in England has bien so clozely assimilated to the Scottish system, tis deirablethat 4ke few diffrences. utill exiatingin: the law of debtor and p oredhor should likewise be assimila Thee are praccal dificultieotf a formidable ...

... INDIA AND OBtA KAILi B-y the mrrivalof the Caliattamall we have received paes tanmd correspondence from Calcutta to the 22d of November, ff andi from Eoig Kong to the 16t of November inclusive. 0 The Calculta Correspondent of the Timer, writing on the 2at 23dof oveber sas tat he ?? on 3nt the 16th Isst., all its members being present save Sir Barnes ' Peacock. A.messagefrom ?? was red. ...

... (F.-om the 7ournal of iclture 4Quarerly Ptblithed by e a W lackwood 4 Sons.) 'We bad & longer ?? of diy pleagant weather in last October than during the three previous months; for, though the beginning and end of the month were rather wet, the middle of it was somildand unusually dry that the fruittrees began sgain to blossom, and the birds to build in some districts. It Is seldom that this ...

... -X DTOSPEOT OF TEE YE&R. .. :: othetTlmes.) - The year 1861 ha, til nehr its close, parsed aver England in ?? domwic trauquillity, and the warand revoln tions wbich seemed to threaten the peace of Europe had bee suspendid or postponed during its course; yet no portion of a period unprecedentedly fertile of political surprises will be more conspicuous in history. The krenuh war with Auatria ...

... I= MAVEOD ON THKTRELTMENT Oi, . :~ ?? 8;E]VIANT& Dr.. Normon Macleod referred beelyin his recent speech .n -the Quee*leoome, to the proper. treatment of servante z by th xrmireeses, The following i an exactr ftoin his Deborah- this subjecS:- Greeconsideratlon is due to the social wanutof servants. P In the sphere of life, and within the circle of duties to which e they are confined for years ...

... MI. THOUVENEL'S DESPATOEL '(Frow, te spectmtwr.) j M. Thouvenel's despatch to the American Govern.-. Ev ment will not altogether please those who remember an that under the modern system of Europe, every public gir act constitutes a precedent. It is, of course, prin I fascie pleasant to find our conduct approved of by a sensitive and exigeant neighbour, and to be sure that In we are not ...

... ENGLANiD. FATAL WRECK Oi M ARGATE SANDS.-A sad sip n wreck took place on Margate Sands during a heavy d: gale of wind from the eastward on Monday night. The p: Mllfated vessel was the Sparkling Foam, Captin _ Mackey, which left St Katharlne's Docks at the close fc of last week, laden with a general cargo of maerchan. ti dise, for Berbice. She was in charge of Mr. Thomas p Falrbairn, an old ...