... , :.IOT - ENERAL .E . I | OOm;H GESRA ABS: EBLIES | ESTABLISHED OHUROIT. .:Qn Monday, the moderator announced' that he hld received a communication for Dr. Woodford, .1 stmting t~m preseuitatlona to the' lib~iar'yf r copy of his edition of ?? 'Catechismo and sug4 gesting'6tpropriety of making a transcript of the minutes of the Weatminiter Assembly of Divfnesf from which le had introduiceY ...

... South America is the home of this tree. Dam. pier, the voyager, who visited the Caraccas in 1682, esys- The coast is a continual tract of high riages of hills and valleys which alternately run pointing upon the shores from north to south. The valleys are from two to five furlongs wide, and in length from the sea three or four miles. Cocoa. nuts, of which chocolate and cocoa are made, are the ...

... . Mr. H. J. Turner, of Richmond, Yorkshire, if who has just been over a great portion of the o midland and northern counties, thus reports on o the appearance of the crops in those districts- I think I never saw spring-sown oorn come up better; but the cold weather we had from about ` the 10th of May gave a check to the growth of aU grain crops. Beyond delay I see on good Idry land no injury ...

... I REINTO OF MR R. LO E. e At the mon thln ?? ofethis board, held yesterday at the; publ ic offices, ligremont, M~r. Ir. 0. Boyd presided, andthe becmer a members present were the Rer. W. .e L Mr.n B. Lnesra. Re Lowundes, Dixon, Buchanan, Williams, Davies,g and thadhurn. n R;ESIGNATION OF MR3. 1B. LOWYNDE3. h The CHAIRMAN said he had received a communication which had caueed him more regret ...

... BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS ;, The monthlymeetrin or thie board was held yesterday at the Commhissioers' OffIces, thmiton-equarev the 3 I membere p resent being Messrs. Wi. Hind /in th'cheir, - Mocatthe Mpoil Evans, Walker, Taylor lovdrb Lloyd. Lovati Scott, Cook, Ferguson, Brattan Moit, and 3 AeplnaU.lL^ LMIHTING AND WATCHllNG COtiPITTEE. Mr. P'aososro in moving the confirmation of the pro- ...

... TO CORRESPOD3DNT, Wa4nnot undertake to return oonmunuleatlons of which WO do not avail ourselves. Communications should always be leogbly written iu Ink, and on one 8e of the paper ontay ength Increases the difficulty of ndleg space for them. whatever in Intended for Ineortilon nust be authentloate d by the name and addre of the writer, not necessar iy'or publication, but as a gurane of his ...

... Lsy TnLRGzAP.] . The Horning Advertiser hears that the Sootch Reform. Bill will not be proceeded with till after . the gli~slh bil las pased through Parliament. Tdhe Daisy Teeraph un derstands that the two -offiers who wer~e dismised from the Phoebe foran outrhge on a midshipmanl have been reinstated . , , , [Ezra' rN~aAS.] AMERICA. :NJW YOBB, JUM 5, SIX P.M. The monthly statement of the ...

... 1MULTUMJM IN PARVO. The total duty paid on fire insurances during the year 1866 was £999,153 4s. The Minister of War at Bucharest has been dismissed because he spoke in terms hostile to France at a public dinner in that capital. The yield of the various gold fields in New South Wales was 15,000 ounces during the month of February last. The population of New South Wales, on the 31at December ...

... I I The fortnightly meeting of the water committee was held yesterday in the council chamber of the Town Hall. Mr. Beloe presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Rigby, Melladew, Rimmer,Bairstow,Melly, Holt,YJackson, Fletcher, and Harriaon. The Engineer submitted the following report:- The average rainfall for the fortnight ended on the 28th ultihno has been 694 of an inch, and ...

... SHOCKING AOCIDENT AT A I COLLIERY. I- NINE LIVES LOST. Within a week of the accident at Walbottle c Colliery, involving the loss of two lives, an occur- 4 rence of a similar nature, but attended with results more melaocholy, has happened at Washington Colliery. This pit is situated near tho village of Old \Vashiagtou, nbout eight or nine miles south of Newcastle, and is the property of sir. ...

... IMSERIALLPAIIANUT - TXLJ~' I B I I - ~ ~~TLGar~ IBY ,, Their lordsips I f t SUNZ 4. The Cheater C' ` &t five o'ock. nq the mo-,n of Lord de Tabky. -the C013 ' .ARious. Diseases (Akimals) BiU . tr -aty Courts Act Amexdj,4 Bill Md, fie Pier and Harbour Orders Confijrmfnf she Intestate Widows and Children Bila s Pier and Harbour Orders ConfirmaiZjn t Bill were read a second time. (No 2) The ...

... SINGULAR RAILWAY, ACCI- DENT IN SCOTLAND. DESTRUCTION OF HAMILTON'S flIORAMA. OnMondayafternoon, aserious accidentoccurred on the Clydesdale branch of the Caledonian Rail. way, between Motherwell and UddingatonBridge, to the pqaen3ger train due at Glasgow at 3 20 p.nn, :-resalting in Eerious if not fatal~injury to seeveral passengers, besides causing considerable -damage to railwaystock and ...