... ISKETCH OF A VOX'AGE TO THE ARCT'IC SEAS. I WE I pleiclI the folioswiseg extracts from a elsetchl of the Ieog ie f te Acutive, of Peterbeasd, which loft that Port nol Ti the 25th Februefry, to prosecute the seal and wh'lale fishli`g d on tle ActicseasPi THlE ICE. Cii the 519th Mtarch, tue fir-st pieces of ice were seen, end then ties pock i-s latitude 72.58 N. an'? longitede 0.3:? E. Upe to ...

... I. 11n101 Is A rumrour is current that Mr Adarn Black hiss expressed wa Ishis determination to retire from the representation of the Hig'I- *t city of Edinburgh at tlhe approaching election, trilbe it The Duke of Atbol has% let Blair Castle for the sum of csip n seven thousand pounds for two years. lHis Orace prsoposes Step 1, remcaining in thefGuarde for the preoent.-Courst Journal. hum ,e On ...

... i t -- I n -- mor tOzi Monday a mepeting of the Aberdeen Auxiliary to the dec`E 1British and Foreign Bible Society, was held in the Ball- inst, s Room of the Music Hall Buildings-Mr Thomson of ful,' Banchory, in the absenoe of Lord Aberdeen,' thle President heam I of the Auxiliary Society, in the Chair. There were on thle the platform-Rev. Dr Duff; Rev. C. M'Calloch, East Perish; song Rev. Dr ...

... Strangely enough a Mfuller and Brigga oase has occurred in India, a gentleman travelling in a railway carriage having been attacked by a fellow-passeng~er, robbed, severely ill-treated, and thrown out of the window. There is an lutter absence this morning of all news of special interest from the Continent. The Coast it utionnel authoritatively denies the rumiours current on Wednesday that ...

... AGE NTS. I Do -. &R. Miiue. Do. - .F.DeareL o Do. -,Thos.- Meuzies, Ho. ..J. Daigiaihl. O Castle St. rnnerleaten..Rsbort Smdl o Do. -I.,.. eats Srmith. Inrergorden -Hngh Gmrrd. Aberdonr..r Goodsir. lnvezesk --J. Cordo.. O Aboriady~ -.F. MSlitcheUt Inverness-.C, boltSb Aberuethy.A Peddie. JsdburghA & W. EPsi Alo -f Lothian. Do. T. Small. Do. -W. M'Dooald. Juniper ...

... Tows qoNCIL PrROC.E DINGS.. A meeting of Town Council was held yesterday- ?? Provost presiding. After the reading Of the minutes of last meeting, Mr.C GRaHnA, who was recently re-elected Deacon Convener, made the unual declaration and took hie TUB rROPoSAL FOR A NEW oITY' HAL. The LonD PROVOST reminded the. meeting that nothig had been done with regard to the memorial *presented to the Conlcil ...

... ARRIVAL O, A CONFEDER ATE STEAMER | 1:. . ?? FALMOUTH. , : - ,, . I ?? I I I - (orom the Western Daiy' Meory.) The Flamingo, ICaptain Collier, a Confederate tbree-finiiel ste'amu-'r ?? San- 'day. From easeigeron bdaid'te liafeivsd some very itieestimg 'inf rratian. e' lie, Confederate 'teiasner, w ea captered on the 5th~ult. by two Yankee menrof.war steamers off Oharlestan -the stealn ...

... LIVERPOOL NSEWrS - - lr I (From outr ?? 00tra5iotl.tl Liverpool, Thursday. Si1OtC;flt CASE OF DIIASILAUGHTFER ix LIVzirroO ShY A DAUt TEha-At the Coroner's Court to-day &u inqueet was held on tbe body of an old woman, iamed Ellen Jones, when the following horrible oilse vae disclosed. The deceased lived veithherdaughter, and both were given to habits of drankenness. For some time past the old ...

... FOItALLOCI FiARMING 'SOCIETY., qil1e annual showv of th~is society took plaes at Kui- martin on 'Tuesday the 27th nlt.' Ye following were the prizes aWarded: CLASS 1.-CATTLE. WEST HiIGHLAND DREbRD. C . Boll, from two to seven years oldl-Ist, G. Ciampi bell Ardifuir; 2d, A. M'.Donald, N. Largieo; 3d(, A M'Gilp Dutnans. Cow a-nd calf-ist Jlas. M'lechnie, Torran; 2d, R. Lawiie, Finoban; 3d, A. ...

... (Feor our own Oorrespondcntj SALE OP THE MACUINERY, &C., Or AN OIL WORM. -The machinery, ae., of the Albion Oil Works, at Birkenhead, the largest establishment of the sort in Lancashire, were sold by auction on Friday and Sa. twday last, by Mr. Griffith, an eminent auctioneer of Liverpool. The sale was an attractive one, and brought purchasers from all the large manufacturin, towns in the ...

... The following particulars respecting the defences of Wilnington, furnished by a correspondent of the Mlfornin1 .Post, will be read with interest, now that Admiral Firragut is preparing to make au attack upon that port:- The city itself is about 30 miles from the mouth of the Cape Fear River inland, and is not a place of importance except in connection with the blockade- running business, and ...

... SaoZIOW IQ,-Iralt I Tim NorthAmericanarrived ?? yes- terday,with advices from NewYork tothe even- ing of the 8th inst., being three days later than those brought by the Persia. There has been a good deal of fighting at the different seats-of war, but nodecisive engagementof anykind has taken place, unless we except the action fought at Big Shanty, between the forces of General French and ...