Durtya the past week no public event of importance has taken place, Preparations for the Christmas holidays are being activoly pursued. The members of the Italian jiro Gorapany gove a euoceesful eatertalnment Inst evening, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the relief of the sufferers from the floods in Italy. The weather during the past week has been very cold, there having been occasional showers of sleet and snow and o succession of sharp The American mail ex Oceanic, with San Francisco dates to 11th Nov., arrived her on the 14th inst. by the M.B.M. Co.'s steam nor Hiroshima Maru.
The English mail of the 3rd Nov. arrived hero on the 16th inst, by the P. steamer Mirzapore.
'A mail for Enrops leaves to-morrow by the P. & 0, steamer Sut
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