... JAMAICA, TO THE EDITOR OP THB DATLT NEWS. Sit,-The gentleman who will hand you this will accompany it with 21., which I respectfully beg you to hand over to the treasurer of the Jamaica Committee, as my small contribution towards the fund to pay the ex- penses of the prosecution of Mr. Edward John Eyre, ex- Governor of Jamaica, for the murder of the unfortunate Mr. George William Gordon. In ...

... . runioansu a. ?? ~ -- A meeting of the Town Council, acting as the Local e Government Board, was held at the Guildihall yesterday At, (Tuesday)afternoon. ThIe Mayor (E. Emanue, sq.), pre- sided; and there were also present Aldermen E. M.Wells, t., Smithers, Robbins, Humby, Sheppard, and Messrs. Han- it mam, Mervin, Hellard, Edwards, Rind, Helby, Cousins, G. co E. Kent, Chambers, Absalom, I. ...

... TW : F . .- I SA TE . S-; i ?? !VI.TW.O-,FNC~t STATESME N.* Thee ~e f 1~tkeapo: the tmost intetrestisg pz~d o TM&nc inognal'thinkr Mr 1reia ?? 1lene lieloolewith impartial eye upontetogetpr a tjj~lilc~dde~duingthe .series of 'kinks-lie tli ginn'k ih Henr -1L iad endixig ~'ith Louis'='V am ~ thughthe n yalie.G1prist~rft nd ingcraft, ?? ~i'ii h p~ilr~eiin the infallibility~ follow, thenir ...

... LLANRIAN.—The poor of Llanrian beg leave to return their sincere thanks to G. Harries, Esq, Rickeston, for his liberal donation to them on Christmas Day.—' He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.' The Rev Arthur Richardson, B.A., Curate of Bettws, Abergele, Denbighshire, (son of the Rev A. H. Richard- son, vicar of Llanwnda, Pembrokeshire,) was instituted by the Lord Bishop of St ...

... 'Tg a REJOICINGS ON THE RICHMOND ESTATES. and an pound TnE Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, a first attained his majority on Thursday, and the joyful event holder was celebrated with enthusiastic rejoicings throughout the have 1 extensive ducal domains, from Gartly in Aberdeenshire, to priatel Kinrama in Inverness-shire. At Fochabers, Huntly, Duff- guinea town, Keithusore, ...

... The following summary of latest colonial intelli- genea is from Messrs. S. W. Silver and Co.'s Circular:- VIecrorA, Oct., 18066-Parliamont has been again pro- rogued, Under the new tariff, so much objected to, reve- nue returns show a decrease, viz,, £96,988, against £129,738 for corresponding period last year. 400 China- men left for Hong Kong, hbving in their possession £6,000 in sovereigns, ...

... SOCIETYFrIORTHE BENEFIT op CHILDRER OF MINISTERS OF THE FREE CHURCH I ~~OP SCOTL-AND. The annual meeting of the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of Ministers and Mission-l aries of the Free Church of Scotland was held on Wednesday in the Bible Society's Hall, Edinburgh.' Lord Colvan, in the absence of Lord-Dalbousie, the chairman of the society, presided. Among those present ...

... THRE TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL Jay Toms event, which has become an almost indispensable New ay- Year's Day inetitution, came off as usual in the Music Haq1 ud- last night. The hall was crowded in every part;- and Ur mie William Clark occupied the chair. Among the gientlernar a it on the platform we observed Re6v. Dr Longmueir; Rev. hr ted M'Arthur; Rev. John Allan, Potterton ; Mr Rattray, ay, ...

... CUTTING OF TRE FIRST TURF OF THE HUNTLY WATER WORKS. West to the ON Thursday, the cutting of the first turf of the lHuntly Water Works took place on a field at Milton, about a mile York- to the west of Huntly. Being the day of the majority of rds of the Earl of March, the Commissioners of Police agreed to rgister cut the turf on that day. The aqueduct pipe, which io four inches in diameter, ...

... | South America is the home of this tree. Dam. pier, the voyager, who visited the Caraccas in 1682, Eays- Tho coast is a continual tract of high ridges of hills and valleys which alt ...

... TEEY- R THIE N,.EW YEAR. The year 1866, with all its records of anxiety and sorrow, of comfort and hope, has passed away into the days of many generations, which history has written upon her ample page; and the Calendar of Time has ushered in the beginning of 1867. It is a period of fresh hopes and resolves, of mutual good- 'will and universal congratulation; and so in cordial conformity with ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TIE EMP'EROR NA1OLEON yesterday received I the amnbassadora and other great funotionaries at the Tuileries, according to custom on Now Year's-day. His Majesty's speech was pacific. EHe expressed good wishes for the stability of thrones and the prosperity of nations. He hoped that the world was entering upon an era of peace and conciliation, and that the Paris Exhibiticu ...