... catbontian A£rmurv EDINBURGH. MONDAY, JANUARY 4. THE PAST YEAR. A POLITICAL RETROSPECT. While the good wishes of health and happi- ness to every one, and the bright anticipations of increasing and enduring prosperity to our coun- try, greet appropriately the advent of a New Year, we feel invited to perform another, less flattering, but probably more useful, duty to the public. We would remind ...

... Mr Campbell of Islay arrived at Drinoon at eleven o'clock on Thursday morning. On land- inig from the steamer, he was received by his Chairman of Committee, Mr Macfie. Three hearty cheers welcomed his arrival, and he pro- cceded to Leitch's Inn accompanied by a nume- rous body of his friends and supporters. At one o'clock he appeared on the hustings, at- tended by Mr Macfie, Mr Campbell of Dun ...

... LEITH DOCX COuMISSION. At a meeting of the Leith Dock and Harbour Corn- I mission, beld at Leitha on New Year's Day, the Lord nei Provost in the chair, nor The minutes baving been read, hut Mr Philip called the attention of theI meeting to a mi bei note of the Special Committee, from which it appeared, wo that Mr Howden attended and entered his dissent against tlic the general measusre of ...

... o. In ~r ^ -Cu 1 -.1 _6_ It _g 1 ?? . AA- -a A meetiilg of electors of the district of Mayhole tarnk place in the Towin Hall, Mavbole, on Wednesday the 24th corret,' for the purpose of forming a Reform Assn-. eistion for tlife district. Bailie John Stillie swas called ti, tile chlair. Eiias 'Catheirt, .E&q of Ar hendrain, in proposiig the esoliti'tions; observed, that before Lord Grey's bilt ...

... 1IlID LOTHIAN COURSING CLUB. Pb. A ,; -urat ?? -e Bo-o ag.; .1-, The Springr Mleeting wvas held at Dallreith on tie 23r1 a~nd 24th Februarv, and in conseqleenre of the heavy fail of snow, wans adjourned till the 8th of Mardc, when the following prizes ocre run tsr near the Homan Ca(anh, oa the property of the Mlarqulis of Lothian: . 1.-TII PUP'PY STAKRES, By Dogsunder TIwenty Months. Ist Clrae ...

... rgso THE LONDON rAzzTe. WAR OFFICE-July 24. 7th Drageon Guards-Lieutenmt J. H. Gibson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thewles, who retires-Cor- et C. EF. Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, r vice GisborOn.H, Schoiraitr to be Cornet, by purchase, t 10th LigCht Dragoons-Cornet W. Tomline to he r Lieutsnatit, by purcse. vice Preston,. who retires- ir . W. Willianms to be Cornet, by purobse, ...

... ZMPER!aL LPAILThA=.NT. HOUSE OF LORDS-3uly,; The Earl of LIMERlICK called the attedtion of the. Hoiise-to wbat he canlideored a libsel on his e iiaetert, |whic appeared in the Morni4 ti s ti s and ee atrinrdscopied in'to the Lmrc tr h paragraph rcfleoteJ upon his tauactsr as a landiord', an statated in so mrany woerdsn, that the last ?? wlan did in Delanird from starvition was 'otea nis (Earl ...

... CARLOW ELECTION COMIMITTEE. This Committee met to-day at twelve. Mr O'Connel was present, anrl expressed a hope that ?? proceeding of the Comamittee would be allowed to be publie, as he was anxionsr of having a fair and open trial. After a short discusshin it was agreed that it should be an open Committee, but The Chairman said be hoped every body would see tba propriety of not pulylisling the ...

... TO TIM~ EDI.TOR OF T11t CAL31DONIAi MERCURtY' ?? wV SR1was no itesrrsdteother day while distlriel .bouring town for, the arrival of their Honours, to see one ring gra ofthem Ste? le smkn Igr n keep poling away Ceedin,' to thre 00osmall amaizeeietjt..o~the liege& aes~embled, until 'plentifi the entry of.a. Nettle Lord, when hie ifih~atily doffed the rail this5 00 eitv oimblem of Ma~isteriall ...

... - a-rairvonian AergM ces, ?? pro- EDINBURGII. 'cla- _ ied MONDA Y, FEB11 UAR Y 15. the ser- There are some feelings implanted in the hu- e is man breast, which, to the honour of our nature, and for the infinite advantage of all our social 5berelations, are not easily eradicable. Of this kind ber, ron, is the indulgent forbearance which inclines us to this regard, almost forgivingly, the ...

... | clevonian AteIclurv# EDINBURGH. MONDAY. JUNE 6. Thle House of Lords did not sit on Wednesday. In the sitting of Thursday the eight millions con- solidated fund bill was brought from the Commons and read a first time. The Earl of CLARE presented a petition from the East India Company, praying that the duties, on East and West India sugar might be equalised' Lord MELBOURNE admitted that ...

... BiRITISH AUXILIAnlY LEGION. Listofnon rionani~soisod officers and ?? haereeved th Cross of Isabel thoe Second, for thei dsinuihe conduct in the action of the 5th of MAay oRITOSrO MSARINE ARtTILLERLY, V1 Sarjeant-Mlark Smith, THIRD RtEGHIENT Olt WETISE OILENADIERli bI Quremse-orentGog Ayogs. so ?? Fogarty, ?? uv~ncheston, John3 ri: Johnson, John Divine, George Hoirlhten.. ,~,,u~nr,,,.~anihrvWi ...