... The usual monthly meeting of the Free Chursh Presbytery of Edinburgh was held yesterday- Rev. A. W. Brown, of Free St Bernard's, mode- rator. THE MEMORIAL AGAINST THE OPENING OF THE BOTANIC GARDENS ON SUNDAY. The CLERK read a letter from Mr F. Peel, of the Treasury Chambers, acknowledging the re- ceipt of the memorial from the Presbytery against the opening of the Botanic Gardens On Sunday. ...

... MESSRS. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE BREWERIY, BURTON-ON -TREN T. IlurnTox'oN-TinSrB , in Staffordshire, onzy be regarded as the home of pale ale, its chief emiporium, an(l its most fam1o0uls artt; and wo now propose to give a brief description of the great city of beer, and of the renowned pale ale brewery of the long-establislhed tirtn known in commnercial parlance as that of I Samulel Allsopp ki Sons ...

... LATEST INTEMIJGICF. I (BY MAGNETIO TELEGRAPHL) (RBWaaJ TeUws.) Athens, Tuesday, December 20. A great popular manifestation took place to-day, the crowd shouting for Prnce Alfred as King of ,Greece. The lon. Mr. Elliott has repeated the ro- fusal of the throne on the part of the Prince, at thli same time promising the Greeks the sympathy and good wili of England. Madrid, Tuesday, December 30, ...

... I THE O'COELL NATIONAL STATUE. I *% It would be confising to our accounts were we to acknowleqdge in this column any money which w7 have not received ourselves, and for which we cannot, therefore, be personally responsible.. We find it necessay, owing ta the in. creasing demands on our space, to request that parties forwarding cormmunications to appear in tbir particilar column will be brief. ...

... ?? THE SEBIOU8 AOtDENT AT MALTON. ?? : ?? -1¾ , ' . 1 : TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GzNmEM~f;-Permit me t&o'uayj in reference to thllett'r of 'Mr 'Wood o' Malton, whlich appes in WV~eaneswday't ?? p ph.,of. which ihe' complains 3tadeqno efereree to'ejthor-f71 os-his mop. The animism may.be exainiied by the fado that'Mr.Wood ?? nouto kee' the accident oit f the' -I iavelsho'wm tcaafiho ...

... ~ ILATBSTI TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. -- - - I ee arches ofthffe Lndon, C~ba and Dova halway fail inst lapham station yetelrday, causing ,* smou toppageo 0th Vhtraffis. BUMOURED CAPTURE OF THE ALABAMA. A psivate dssplch remeived tn Quebe from 3[Kea1, on th6 evenng of December 18Zth, nbaW t Cnfederate steamer Alabaa has bee cabptued byS * ?? Satebe sloo6p-of-w, TaE VOLUINTEMR FORCE. -The Gkk explains ...

... 'OVEKTRYK. MisnrTlIf OF THE CITY CouNcmL .-At a nieetinig of this fbof, 'sheld on Tuesday, thdre werp presnt~-th'e Mtasyofr' ?? $oden,, ?? Al dr'ma4, ar'e l; ' toadot, Jenkins,' tynes, Neiinoiii6, W. Barge rt,- H.- odon; Coanoillors JohnrnAstey , W. , mstey, t Baiiey, Barnes,' Biridley, Clarice, J.F.'Ehrvt, W. Eaves,; Field, Flint, Hick. litig, Aioifi :, .rattriews,. Yasterse Minster Rose, l. ...

... i ? . - FlUNCE. I dI(PROM Owi OWN COa rOcNDENT.) [The following appeared in our Evening Edition of yes- tettday.J . PARIS. TuESnxY EvEamG. The government journals, which had expected g~reat ?? from the speech of Marshial O'Donnell inthe Spanish Senate, express great disappoint- rnent at the telegraphic summary of it just received. The France complains bitterly of its want ofi justice, ...

... THIE AMERICAN WAR., INTERESTING [LETTER FROu THE SOIIUT he is ~~t4e' principal portioni 6f a ?? ITe fllowingeiv ~y-Bol~ merchant, from a6 corro. tion atlyW reevem opsndent in New Orleans &New Orleans, -p 1862. De~ar ?? a few lines from me at tho pro- suent time would nt be unacceptable, I ?? myelf-of the privilege of writing you, from having made your acq igint- ance last Summer. I ...

... EPISCOPAL DERaUNo SUND1AY MEOUBSION TRAINS. The archbishops and bishops of the Church of England have addressed a memo- rial to the chairmen and directors of a number of railway companies ' respectfully entreating them to discontinue the run. ning of excursion trains on the Lord's Day. They are of opinion that Sunday excursion trins are, in the first place, wrong in themselves, and, in the ...

... THE CORRESPON DENCEI ., SETWEEN THE RON. MAJOR YELVERTON AND TFEREa :k LONGWORTIH, HIS WIFE. EDITED BY THE HON. THEIUSA YELVERTo1T THE RIGHT OF RE4-UBLICATION iN ANY OTHER jor r s OR PrRIODICAL Is sPEcALLY NEEssvsnRV [CONTINUED FROM OU. LAST.] 41.-Miss Losowoar to MAJOR YELVERTo5, GALAO-A, Dec. ?? In truth I amn not friends with you, Mr Carlo- and you shall never sit on my divan again until ...

... A PRIEST ON-91HE TEMPORAL FOWEft IOF THE POPE. The following has, at least, the charu of variety. It'is a passage from i lecture delivered on Tuesday night in the City Hall, Glasgow, on the temporal power of the Pope, by Priest M'Corry The States of the Church had been usurped over and over again, and they had been as frequently restored. He had no idea of indulging in pro- phecy; bilthe said ...