... EASTERN ARCIUEOLOGY. The following is takenu from an; interesting crnmunrication by MKM. Melchior ?? and -WMddiDgtn ?? UPn the general results of their y0yage in the East, published in the Reviue Ar- ,rolog7itlue.- I ask permission to take you wth us into the. mountains between Antioch ,Alel)0, and Apamee, on the right bank f the Orolte, and which in the aountry are designated under the names ...

... AG EN TS. .- ?? ?? , ?? Abserdeeni---A. & R. Milne.. adding-ton -G. Smiles. Do. -.-Thos. Menzies, Hlawick --R. Black. Castle St. Do. --F. Deane. Do. ?? & J. Smith. Do. ?? Daigleish. Do. --D Wyllie& Son Innerleithen -Robert Small. Do ~-,llail. Station lnvergrdon .Hngh Graham. Aberdour- .31r Goodsir. lnverkeithingaiss Campbell. Abe.lady ?? Mitclell; Gnvesk J. Gordo. Abernothy-.-4 Peddie. ...

... ?? X11 loilou. (aoMr THLE COURT CIRCULAR). Osnomiz, May S. - The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday morning. Lady A. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel du Plat were in at- tendance. Prince and Princess Leiningen visited her Majesty. The Duke de Nemours and the Princess Marguerite and the Count do Paris visited the Prince and Princess of Wales yesterday at ...

... Thse following is the peroration of Earl Russell's speech, delivered in the House of Lords on Fri- day evening:- His noble friends (the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Earl of Harrowby) had gone a good deal fur- ther, and demanded-one, that they should de- clare Russia's title to the kingdom forfeit, ani the other, that they should demand the erection of a separate Kingdom of Poland. My Lords, I ...

... In the House of Lords last night the Corrupt t Practices at Elections Bill formed the slect f ( 'calong discussion in committee. Various clan-es xwere withdrawn, and others amended and, in mutilated or amended form, the Bill pass..d. A discussion, involving the interests of MilwAy i shareholders, on a, motion by Lord PRolesd tN occupied the remainder of the sittinig. In the Commons, Mr ...

... A&NTI-SECESSION SPEECH OF THE VICE- . PRESIDENT OF TEE SOUTMEER I CONFEDERACY Y i The following extract of a speech of the Hon. 1 A. E. Stephens, now. Vice-President of: the- h Southern Confederacy, is taken from the Lietar, and bag been furnished by Mr Hleniry C. Wright. a The speech was made at a' Convention' calle, 'for the purpose of inducing the people 'of Georgia to join the Confederacy ...

... BY ELECTRIC HOUSE OF COMMONS_1NVlrn',, The House met at twelve o'clocks MR SOMES' BILL. Mr ROEBUCK presented a petition fr~ a largest meeting ever held in Shefrllcl I Bill of Mr Somes for closing the Plllie il, t *Sandays. The petitioners stated tblit a number of persons who were not Dflrial . in the habit of travelling by excursion tree. - Sundays, and required reasonable for themselves and ...

... THE CANADIANS AND MANIFEST I .: DESTINY. (FROM THE BRITISH AMERICAN MAGAZINE.) British Americans who are true to the sym- pathies and patriotism of their forefathers, and who care to look forward to the future of their country, must view with some surprise, not un- mingled with anxiety, the spirit of inquiry which the people of the north-western frontier States of the American Union are ...

... Tl- 3 Synod of the United Presbyterian Church eonolrenced its annual sittings last evening in Queen Street Hall. There was an unusually iarge attendance of ministers and elders. The ball in every part was crowded by members of the body; indeed, there has rarely, we believe, been seen so large an assemblage on the first evening of meeting. The Rev. Dr Smith, the retiring Moderator, preached an ...

... I-(iViAters to Ot Gifor. ROADWAY BETWEEN MARKET STREET AND COWGEATE. SIR,-I observe there has been a memosial presented to the Town Council in reference to a level roadway, to be made from thie Cowgate to Market Street, to run under the New County Hall, present County Hall, and High Street. Upon examining the locality, I believe it would not be easy to overrate the great benefit it would ...

... SHEEPi AND CATTLE (SCOTLAND) BELL. The following is the Bill to render owners of dsogs in Scotland liable for injuries to sheep and cattle, prepared and brought in by Sir M. Shaw Stewart, Mr Dunlop, and Mr Henry Baillic :_ Whereas it is expedient to amend the law as to the liability of the owners of dogs for injuries done to sheep and cattle by such dogs: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's ...

... The following are Dr Guthrie's answers to questions submitted to him on this subject by E. Herfoed, Esq., of Manchester:- I have no doubt whatever that the order of your Church for the collections of offerings for pious and cha- ritable purposes from the congregation on the Lord's-day is most Scriptural; in fact, I have been astonished to find a practice so plainly en- joined by the Apostle ...