... ,, TSnB TRUE DANGER IN .CHINA I ?? o0r t the iooncits - Lord REssel's speech in the House of Lorde on Monday nighi, If it stood Alone, would, to a crtain extent, soothe the anxiety which thoughtful peDple. entertain in this country on the subject of our new Chinese war. His answer to tad Grey's able Fstate- inent of the 'dangers inherent In the change in the Government policy was apologetic ...

... A BAT IN A NEW CHARACTER . ,I. . . I . . . - Mr. B. G. Dartnell, of Arden House, Henley in.&rner, communicates the foliowing singular anecdote to the Fie newspaper.- Oa golg into my cow shed a short time since to see a newly' calved cow, I found her lying down, quietly chewing the cud, and, to my astonishment, I observed a buge rat lying at lull length between her bind legs, surkieg ...

... GLASGOW POLIEH :ILL. ?? , %s - I IXNUTE:S OF EVIDHNCE TeJIBN arrni0r THE :'SELEC COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. T'C EARL POWIS neN eiH Ca&ua. - 'kwuracy, 17th Jaly, 1862. Examination of Mr. ALEX ANDER MONRO onItihuqd. I direct your qtbnton now to seotion 391. You bve s4d the only exception tht you could observe In the previbuoly. read passage was the case of ruinoue fiousea 7-I said I did ...

... GAEII3AZ.Di & THE ITAU&NGDVERNME TT. norm tha Snirirlav ?? ?? m(FSM the Saturday Review.) i fron an Saeof B6urprises it is prudent to abatain eaven fron'propliecles hlch ioo e tA sms. ' Althopgh Garibaldi Wi eald to!be iwa derilng W Itbdut hopf o definite purpose, a.tlhe head of.a ?? baf-aried volunteers, he may,-perhap,- suddenly be found'oom- manding. au army;! and supported by a unanilaous ...

... LONDION, lUGUST 6. InoN,,.rPATFD STZxjse~s ARICAN- C sum -Th~exAD~ICI-A'' crpt~denlt of the MMcj es ' t dU a (lbslethis vssel, whose ?? a Wi~LO rccordedt,)ote a:_Hxbl. s11 fc ,L l~ng ?? f 50,foet, and she is constructed P of~~ ,i, fo~ot thick. *FJr Armour coflsists of a iD exiid ?? ~~ And her deck's are coverud with four -.ad bj-t jickness of the 651ne material, - Bomb- se proof ~~~adtni4~~~ ...

... WELLINGTOX STREET U,. .au,.a (R v. D )t. . .~~~ROBSON'T). Tbis oburob, which has been closed for nearly two mouths for the purpose of makiug various Important alteratioua, WAs on Sabbahlast re-opsned. The alterationsinsidethechuroh consist of an entirely now pulpit, new sunllght, and varloats other Improvements, the whole being tastefully decorated Ip ?? and gilding. The former pulpit was ...

... MUNIOIPAL POLICE BOARD. . .. - . - . - , The first meeting of the General Police Board, under t be new Police Act, woe held yesterday, the Lord Provost pre. slaing. The LOBD ?AftBoT Bald-We meet to-day for the Arat time under the flew Polle Aot, Of course the Ganeral Board will remain as at present constituted, the members being the same In number; and some alteration. will be made on the ...

... I .-asg1lt 3 lo SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23. THE Royal Mall steamer Australasian arrived at Queenatown yesterday, bringing news from New York to the 13th Inst., most of which eeems to consist of a seties of victories gained by the Southl The Southern journals state that a battle had taken place near Cam- berland Gap, betw~en the Confederates, under Gene. cal Stevenuon's command, and the ...

... THE L&TE ACCIDENTS TO ACROBLTS AND ROPX.WALKE1tS. .flU&J4. ,, ^ww From the Observer. The Englsh, as a nation, are net generally remarkable for pmsslon for excltement. But still we share with other ai. tions the pleamure arising frotn senusations. We are far from being an Inhuman people; we have resolutely Het our faces against anything that savours of cruelty; and we have done, we hope, for ...

... GREEINOOK, AQUATIC SPORTS.-On Saturday, two saling matches, and several small-boat races, took place below the Harbour, off Seafleld. Of the former, a pleasureboat race was run, in which the Anne Williams came In a considerable way ahead of her three competitors; and a lug-sail race W*A gained easily by the Gipsy, Barr, over five other boats which contested the honour. Among the rowing matches ...

... SISTERS OF EH&RITY. ;ivrom the Coxnill Magazine for August,) In the days when St. Vincent de Paul, with the aid ofi Mademoiselle, Lgras,'first started tbe Soolety of the Sisters' ioi Oharit It was only nvery humble litil entterprile, Theyl t were efpie peasant girls from the provioces; they wore no, dress but their peasant dress; they-hardly formed a distinctl 4e soclety, but were the helpers ...

... EARL RUSSELL AND TBH REV. DR.-BLO,0fl. -. -Z - it - w~ _I - . The iev. Dr. Blood hsejU at addreswed ?? to Edrltunsell, in epmlanation of the true facts of the ?ae. in connection ?? etpoeed detentipna t.Roms: VillaE Rik near. Geneva, Swltzerland, August 10, '1862:. My. Loid,-;Peremt un to express mpke to hon. Lordsbip ftr yo r hindneess. intpeslyfg . Io thk tote 'communidation of the ...