... Florence, D. 2s The following additional despatches Iron the Italian green book throw some light upon the present and future relations of the Cabinets of Florence and Berlin:- The Prussian Ambassador at Florence to the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Florence, Aug. 25. The undersigned Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Prussia has the ...

... (From the Times.) It is us1911 to herald the Nrew Year with a flourish of great blessings at hand, and mighty works to be done. Waking from the Old Year as out of the night, we are bid to prepare ourselves for golden opportunities, for which we aire snupposel to possess liberty of choice and inexhaustible powers. They who 50 write are addressing themselves to free meen, and are conscious of no ...

... PARLI..j TARY C .rip Una nE t . . -- .ae close of the session Ve ilankgs which had taken placc aot th u tie ?? duig the eittih 1tbe tV !tilvely ew ?? ~nat~ti btaccs bet ' 1lyfR, lti M anlyrn~h,bt.. Do 4§e4bom Ip1Qtet fo3 thbe a yea9 ' WA I W-e u~La~ 511o %P4J - Wrdeeimlk~- . MeFordyce; Ir; 1 .Ahe number of constituencies representaives hI the- year was forty.. he L1atitf eirwatsviz, ...

... A VISIT TO UPPER EGYPT-KAI.NA AND LUXOR. (ANbviilged fromn . Paper by wilhaiiin Gihforcl Palgrayie, XacmflL 's Magaz~e for January). The wonder of Karnak is the so-called Palace-it may have been as well a tribunal-hall, or some kind of forum-next beyond. The entrance, loolcuig west, is between gigantic wedge-shaped walls of solid masonry, each even now, when half-buried in Nile deposit, some ...

... THE GRANITE CITY.-Concluded. re (Fromt the Building News.) fis B ilnas its granite, for which, ats wo have shown, the city of lfn Aberdeen is pre-cisinently eclebiated, she is also fimons for, shlip. be buing for01 the manufacture of combs, and for paper ma~king. In the matter of granite tico Aberdonituis are indebted, in the~ cn first instance, too nature, or, in other words, to the ...

... NEW YlE ARS' DA.Y. The rust day of the year was celebrated in the city yesterday in the usual manner. Opportunities for visiting distant friends were afforded on inviting terms by the railway companies, and appeared to be largely taken advantage of in the morning, but there was doubtless a much greater number of incomers to enjoy the entertainments which the city afforded. A keen frost ...

... ENGLAND.On ENGLAND.becau 0Ocloc On Christmas-Eve the Qseen, assisted by the Royal Tb, Ir'amily, distributed gifts to the labourers and their wives Brigb on the Osborne estate. to pri We regret to hear that Her Majesty caught cold On thle Th, day of visiting the Mausoleum of thle Prince Consort. Thle wyitl cold resultod in P. Most piainful attack of face-ache, from ture Which thle Qscelsis ...

... THERE was issued from the Board of Trade on Wednesday miricrs a series of roturns relating to the acreage of land under lkcu 9cops, hare fallow, and grass in the Urit-d Kingdom in the Lanarlk year 1866. Ill England, Wales, and Scotland, the acreage Linlith returns have been collected from occupiers of five and above Nairn- five acres of land. Porky. .From the first taible, we, leairn that ...

... GRlEENOCK. Tomwi C'OUCaIL AID HARPBOUR TE13T-The orli. |r nI statutory monthly meeting of the Town Con' - e cil and Harbour Trust, were held ?? Gxieve occupied the chair. :No business w-as teen- sacted, how ever, a formial motion for adjourument * being carried ess cots. MELANCHOLY Accr.nT.-On Monday night, he- e twixt ten anid dcvc'rt o'clock, whilc a numn nasned John MT'I'ni'drit;k was ...

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... BY ELECTRTC 'TELEGRAPH. COMN5EERCiAL.-Thie Daily Newvs' City Article says -The di- vidends will be payaible to thc paniui at the Bank of England on Wednesday week, 9th January. Telegranms from Havanna of tthe °°, 1 ilE report the suspension of specie playmlients by inst of olll banksk hat inecager s sent off late is the day, advised a partial ressiptioul o1f specie psyneints by th e banks. The ...

... THEi wet, disagreeable weather which prevailed up to Sunday TE night held out anything but a pleasing prospect to holiday- Y, ed seekers, at this festive season. Fortuniately, Isowiever, a sud- las )N. den change took place, and on Monday morning the welcome W sururise of Nature in her white mantle, coining forth, as it on were, to perform the obsequies of thle dying year, greeted M4 the eight ...