... CALENDARI OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. (WlRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR TillS JOURNAL.) VINEurES.-Grapes that are now ripening should have fire heat withdrawn from them, espe- cially during the night. If it be necessary to fire at all, either for the puipose of drying up exces- sive moisture, or to guard against excessive cohl, which has been sadly felt this week, let this be done ...

... DISTRESS IN TIHE COTTON DISTRICTS. r The distress in the cotton districts is appalling; but it will be more horrible as the winter ap- t proaches; and it will spread into other regions, for one member of the social community cannot suffer long without involving the v hole body in its affliction. Beyond the cotton districts, trade t is pretty good at present. The woollen and r many other ...

... The corps forming the Ist Battalion of Cum- berland Rifle Volunteers were inspected in Rick- erby Park, Carlisle, on Friday last, by Lieutenant Colonel Harman, inspector of volunteers in the northern district. The vohlnteers mustered nearly 800 strong, and the ground was kept by the Westmoreland and Ciumberland Yeomanry I Cavalry, the Carlisle Artillery Volenteers, and i the Camberland ...

... LOED PALMERSTON ON CANADA. The following is the speech of Lord Palmerston tsupplementary to telegraph) made on Friday f, aight, during the debate on the defences of t} Canada:- cl Lord PALHERSTON-I agree rather with the 0 right hon. gentleman who has just spoken than T Writh the right hon gentleman the member for t( ?? Staffordshire in the view which he takes 5' with respect to the connection ...

... letters to tfe abittr. MADAME LEFEIqVRE AND LORD ARD)MILLAN Sias,-I trust that you will not refuse t o a d distressed sister the opportunity of your wiley 'epic lating journal in order to refute, as far as lies in t' power, the false assertions made in the Scotch Judge'! summing up against Mrs Theresa Yelverton, who I must ever maintain, is one of the most pure.minded'of her sex; and I would ...

... Orlierall PttIligelict.. The Grand Jury have returned a true bill against William Herdiman, for the wilful mur- der of the late John Herdman, of Belfast. It is announced that M. Louis Venillot, the doughty Ultramontanist champion, is about to marry a great Iady-the Marquise de Champayne. The Chevalier da Silva Cabral, Secretary of the tioT Portuguese Legation, has just left Paris ?? Bill to ...

... OAfEDON1AN MERCURY. 3 00ND EDITION. MgltRcuY OPFP101E, FfiuAvy, Eleven o'clojk, Tae House of Comn' ns sat till three o'clock this n rniu3, in cnsequ-nce of the warm contest on the night Poachiag Bill. There were nine div isions, The Ministerial W;hitehait Dinner will take place o Welnedt iy next, aa l Parliauiant will pro- bl be proro)gted on Tttes3:ay, August 5. SUEZ CANAL-The Times thinks it ...

... I I- orbital A - wilitAry. Orders were on Saturday received at Chatham for the cavalry and infantry troops, together with the de- tachments of Royal Artillery, who have been placed under orders to embark for India for the purpose of augmenting the various corps now serving in the Bengal, Madras, anld Bombay Presidences, to be held in readiness to embark at Wociwich and Gravesend be- tween the ...

... Garibaldi's recent speech at Palermo has called forth the protest of the French Consul there, and the newspapers that published it have been seized. It will be remembered that the General alluded in his speech to the humili- stion of delay in waiting on the French Govern- ment. The Minister of War in Berlin has brought forward a Bill asking credit for the establish- inent of a fleet; and a ...

... gai'lipg El raft Nectipts. The followil g are the Rtaliway Receipts for the past week:- 1362. 181. Belfast and Northern Counties * £2,019 £2,055 Belfast and County Down - * - 37 703 Blyth and Tyne - -* - - - Briosol and Exeter 7,292 7,803 Caledonlan -15,354 15,0e9 Cork and Bandon - - - I- 38 S62 Cosk, Blackrock, and Passage . . 303 22i Co nivai; - . . - . 3,5S0 1,4(0 Ceasido- 8 *00 . . SIB S ...

... WAS TUE FAIR LADY THE PLRSUER OR THE fi PURSUED? th As the vital part of the Yelverton Marriage ou ac Case turns upon the point whether Major Yelver- th ton was the pursuer in the case or the pursued, - the following extracts from the correspondence sh nay serve to solve the question. tim In the first lettter of Major Yelverton to Miss Ye Longworth, (dated in March 1853, he intimates to to her ...

... DESTRUCTIVEflIRE IN MONTROSE. On Friday afternoon, shortly before six o'clock, a fire broke outin Balic Street, Montrose, in premises occupied as a saw-mill, joiners' work- shop, and wvood.yard, by Mr.Charles Brand, il-a- way contractor. Only three men were in the place at the time, the others being employed at the Links on the erection of the grand stand and other things necessary for the ...