... SI RTHS. At Beach House, Portobello, on the 19th current, the wife o ALBxR. WRIGET, Esq.. Bombay Medical Establishmentof a son. At 28 Heriot Row, on the 17th current, Mrs DuNcAN, of a daughter. At 11 West Maitland Street, on the 18th curt., Mrs Axsnas os, of a daughter. At 7 Argyle Square, on the 20th current, the lady of GEORGE HENSDcSsON, Esq., of a daughter. At her father's house, 13mbank ...

... BIRTHS. At Greenside Place, St Andrew's, on the 23d curt., the wife of Mr Jonet TRAIL, draper, of a son. At 14 Carltou Street, on the 23d current, the wife of W. J. RENye of Danevale, Esq., W.S., of a daughter. At 16 Coates Crescent, on the 21st curt., Mrs HENDERSOs, of a son. At 3 Ainslie Place, on the 23d current, Mrs E. MacnY, of a son. At 13 Pitt Street, on the 21st current, Mrs Wsm. ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. fODILLY V. THOMAS. At the Bodsuin Assizes on Thursday an action was tried for a breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff is daughter of a glazier at Penzance, and the defendant is a son of a gen- ilernan who has been a Wesleyan missionary, and who had the good fortune to marry a lady of property in India. When he returned to England he became editor of the ...

... EtBIRTHS. At Raster Dalwick, Peeblesshire, on the lath current, Mms SAsnDERSO, of a daughter. IAt 51 Clerk Street, on the lth curt., Mrs ROBERT ROaERaSON, of a daughter. At 19 Walker Street, on the 15th current, Mrs A. H. WrYLE of a daughter. At 55 Cumberland Street, on the 16th current, Mrs Jnss B. M. WoIEsauspoos. of a son. At I Archibald Place, on the 17th current, Mrs &QaAzBD WHIaE, of a ...

... Se ee = LIVeCTpPOO!, After another rapid passage across the Atlantic, the Europa arrived on Sunday forenoon in the Mersey. She left Boston on the 26th ult. and Halifax on the 29th. Her advices extend down one week later than those received here by the Niagara on Tuesday week, and six days later than those by way of Southampton per the Washington on Saturday. The Cambria, which left Liverpool ...

... THRE A TY-TAX. On Thursday, Mr Lefevre held a conference with the College Committee of the Town Council on the subject of the annuity- tax, when the different plans proposed for the settlement of the question were produced. We understand that the greatest cordiality and good feeling prevailed throughout. Mr Lefevre, whose conduct was characterised by the utmost courtesy and frankness, freely ...

... B I RTH S. A1 43, Melville Street, on the 2d current, the wife of Ttot(As BELL, Esq. C.E. of a daughter. At 13, Howard Street, on the 5th current, Mrs RALE:IGH, of a daughter. At 54, Castle Street, on the 5th current, Mrs Woe. LA waIn. of a son. At Fasnacloich, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs MILEs LocSEAiRT, of a son, still-born. At the Free Church Manse, Lockerbie, on the 5th current, Mrs DuxcAN, of ...

... Witerature. Tue Cutyese London ; Henry Vizetelly, Gough Square, Fleet Street. Oxe of the most remarkable characteristies of the modern bibliopele is the rapidity with which volumes are issued on any subject that may, for the time, excite public interest or curiosity No matter how extraordinary the crisis—how sudden the emergeney—how remote the oceurrence—how extensive the subject — faets are ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Lonvox, Wepnespay Eveninc. Privy Privy Council was held this af- ternoon at Buckingham Palace. Adelaide papers reecived to-day contain nothing very important. The operations of the Assay Office were very brisk. The value of gold deposited was about L.7000. Srocxrorr, Wednesday, One o’'Clock.—The town per- fectly quiet up to the present time. One person dead and sixty ...

... COMMISSION OF ‘THE GENERAL AssEMBLY 01 THE FREE CHURCH. ' ‘ ‘The first meeting of the Commission of the Free Assembl { was held vesterday in Free St Luke’s Church—The Rev. Dr Smythe, Moderator. THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION, Dr aw reported from the committee appointed by ' the Assembly to make choice of a suitable person as assistant in the Divinity Hall, and to make the necessary ar- rangements in ...

... HOI'SS OF LORDS— Dec. 15. I ?? prefented rhe fecond report ?? gave notice, that on Friday Mould 1.-.ake rt n- ntion on that fub'-eft, r:.i ihey lliou'd be fumn-.oned for tha' Hct.LAMo faid he would take the f-.tne ?? of moving for a copy ofthe in.'lruc- ?? Sydney Smiih, relative to the ian of Egypt ; and that oiilhe meeting of pad Parliament he would make a irw. XX correfpondence between Lord ...

... -BIRTH.- At Fassfern, the With ult. Mrs Colonel MACPHrER- os, of Cluny, was safely delivered of a son. -M_ AR RI ED-. L~the 4th inst. JoiSe FiciRRsaR, Esq. writer to the signet, to Miss IMARaURET-WILSON, daughter of the late John Wilson, Esq. merchant in Paisley. At Glasgow, Mr JOHNN- S.SITHWAITE, Leeds, to MISS JEAN MNItNoz, daughter of the late Mr Hugh M'Indoc, Glasgow. At Airdrie, 3oth ...