... PROGRESS OF THE COLONY OF .SCUTH A U>STRALIA. (FROM TIHE SOUTH AUrTRALIA'cN RECNLTE- OF -illE 25th'l JAST-ARY.) The vear that has j ast passed has ?? ill lnany respLeets, one of the most important in the cl nv's history. The exports of staple produce lnave not onidy been larger than at any former parii.l, bat they have inereasedl in a ratio that pae niisc, in a rhaurt tin:e, ?? ?? expans'on of ...

... 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 ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 0111ptfi~ tiial ltlt c HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY.t Their Lordships met at five o'clock. The Newcastle County Down Railway 'Bill, and the Dublin and Meath Railway Bill, were read a third time and passed. TIHE LATE CONVICTION AT YORK ASSIZES. Viscount DUNGANNOIN called attention to the case of James and Isaac Watson, and Joseph Tomlinson, lately convicted at York Assizes for ...

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... HLOUSES OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Mnel Yesterday afternoon, a meeting was held in stai Qucen Street Hall to take into consideration the tha best means of improving the state of the dwell- mei ilug-houses of the working classes in Edinburgh. Lei Tlhere was a very fair attendance. Sir John be M'Neill, ?? presided; and among those lial present on the platform were the Rev. Dr Hunter, pit the Rev. ...

... SIHERIFF COURT ACCOINMODATION. A meeting of the Commissioners of Suoply for the county of Edinburgh was held yesterday in the County Hall. On the motion of the Dnke of BUCC'LEUCII, Mr TROTTER of Mortonliall, convener of the county, was called to the chair. The UrIXU of Srrrizr read the following report by the committee on the Sheriff Court-house ac- comnmodation 2 ' The committee beg to report ...

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... SUI TMATRY. A manl, ?? to be ineane, wnas an es'etl onl Tues,,day in Beriin whloce intention it 'Was to assassinate thle I Ua; . By the opening of a telegrrah station on all island ill the PI'el nSez, a savinlc will be efict oil of three days in tlte nllilct i;tion of news fromi -the East. A letter firon Veo ?? StilteS tilI t tile Austr'ill 11 Goverenlent blsat ?? eil r; infor1atlton of tile ...

... 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, ...

... Thee King of Portugal has officially announced his approaching marriage. There is another arrival from America, but still no ncws of a decisive struggle. General Be.uregard is reported to have stated that if the Confederates -re defeated at Corinth, they mney probably lose their cause. Holding that view, lhe ksm recommended concentration of effort at that point, where he is reported to have ...

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... The Emperor of the French is reported to m have instituted inquiries with the view of ascer- taining the number of wooden vessels worth covering with iron. The published results of PI the experiments at Shoeburyness may, however, I alter any plans contemplated. w The Moniteur contains a decree prohibiting st the celebration of the massacre of 1562, pre-.b scribed by the Archbishop of Toulouse. ...