... To the EDITOR of the ABmERDEN JOURN AAL.. SIR,-Tn youz Jsurnal of the 2d instant, there appeared 3 a letter, regarding the Parochial Schools of Scotland, ad- cc c ,of that county? which is certainly calculated, if left unchal- a lenged, to misead the public, and injure our Educational Establishment. His erroneous statements havingl been cir- f culated far and wide, it therefore becomes more ...

... UNITED PRESBYTERI.rN SYNOD. I 1 , - I - - M1onday,Ma1. Th~ SYnod Ts4, 'according to adjournment, on 'Monday eveningat six clook-the Rev. Dr Struthers. moderator. The Committee in the case of'reference from, the Presby.. tery of Dundee; resoecting Temple Lane congregation, re- commended that the Synod should enjoin the congregation to. make immediate payment of the bill referred to in the ...

... 1, STRATHBOGIR HORTiULTuRAL -O CIETY. ,The second eompetitiinianddshowvor thiu 0ociety for-the season *as held in the sieml placeithe Duke of Richmond's IHaill Huntly, en Friday, '28tbult. A finer day or a finer eihigitilon could not have been desired, and .I11 clauss seenied desirous of taking the fullest advantage of these cir- Curstances for innocent amusement and instraetiv4 recrea* ,tion. ...

... STATE OF THE FUNDS-SATRDAY. Bak BRITISH. RES Bank Stock .. 197 Brazilian Five per Cent.. Ss 3 per Cent-Red. Anne. 88 Danish Three per Cent. 3 per Cent. Con. An..87, Mexican Five 3S per Cent. i726- Permuvin N ew 3s jOer Cent. .- -89; Portuguese s per Cent_ New 5 peil~Cent. Ans. -_ Converted.. .. Long Annuities to expire Portuguese 4 perwenZ - ...

... NUImB. i. I TAs IA BE RD E EN's JOURNAL. From TunsnAy December 29 1741, to TursDAY January 5 1748., From the London Gazette, Deeeeber 22. Ilnrnburgh, December 19. N. S. C THlE Accounts wvhich we receive of the late Hurricane are full f man disstrou Effcts; f 30Sail of Ships which I werelyig intheRoadof axhaentwoonly escaped either perisingor bing divena shre. t was feared that theI of the ...

... V&otaI *nteltanfe, AmRDnZEN, December 8, 1847. . irths. At 126, Ring Street, on the 24th uit., Mrs Wmn. Maitland, of a son. At Boghead of Cobairdy, on the 27th November, Mrs J. T. Mortimner, of a son. At No. 3, Low Street, Banff, on the 4th current, Mrs Wm. Grant, of a son. At Sheriffston, on the 6th inst., Mrs M'William, of a daugh- ter. At Elgin, on the 29th nIt., Mrs MIaede, of a son. At ...

... GARDENING, I FORCING SEAKALP, RHUBARB, ASPARAGUS, &C.-Although much has been written about improved modes of forcing these things, yet a few farther remarks may not be uuae- ceptable to persons of small experience. The old plan of forcing Seakale was a most expensive and unsatisfactory mode; expensive on account of the breakage of pots and the loss of labour, and unsatisfactory on account of ...

... I All Commnunications, and articles of intelligence, intended for publication, require to be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; and unless these directions are rigidly adhered to, Correspondents may rest assured that no attention will be paid to their communications w _*t-a _rr _ w u ~Il ...

... I IT a~fors us much satisfaction to direct public attention to our report of tilo proceedings, 'which took place on Thursday last, on the occasion of opening for traffic the Southern portion of this most inmportant and useful line. These proceedings were marked by every possible eclat, and tttended with complete success, to the delight and gratifieation of thousands who witnessed the novelty. ...

... I I TO 1he EDITOR of the-A0Z1EtE JOURNAL. Sly,-In your Journal ofthe 17th inst. there is a report of a Poor Law case,which is truly said to be of consequence to Parochial Boards and Poor-s Inspectors. I being the In- spector who brought the case forward, entirely on my own responsibility, and having lost it, find that I am held up by some as being ignorant in the way of my duty, and by others ...

... -ISCELLM~EDUS. M SC ELLA RED0 US Tnr GUEIRNSEY CInIINAL, COnE.-A thief, Convicted lately before the high tribunal of Guernsey, was sentenced to; be transported for three years to England! A BATCH Or LAWVrr. s-One hundred and sixty. eight gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted Attorneys in the Court of Queen's Bench. Su.SDAY Pi rres.-In one parish in Ireland the ...

... IRELANDS THER NATIONAL MONUMENT.-It is estimated that the collection of last Sunday will amount in round numbers to Isome 15,000; no very insignificant Sam, considering the appalling prospects of poverty contained in the accounts from all parts of the country. !The amount collected laS Sunday at the chapels in Dub- !Inn for the O'Conell monument was) in round numbers, el1300. The Eveni7ng ...