... This annual fair was held on Tuesday last. The attendance of both buyers and sellers was even less than usual, and the latter more so than the former, in proportion to the generally respect- able muster of the parties. However, ?? this chance ar- rangement might have augured much for a prosperous day, the prices were regarded, especially by disposers. asrather low. The sales effectied were at ...

... X -o .1 I -1 Is On ((Fromn the Ayr Observer.) On Tuesday the Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the General Agriciltural Association for Ayrshire was held at Ardrossan. That quarter of the county was chosen by the Directors in consequence of the recent establishment of a Tryst and Character Market in that town. which would command the influence and countenance of the principal agriculturists in ...

... STRATH-END1RICE CATTLE SHOW. r Q - A - - - - n1 a - n - - m , 1 In A ._ ..cX ?? .. Jld The second annual meeting of the Strath-Endriiik Agricultural re Society N'as held on Tuesday the 4th day of Jaly, 1t4S, in a field te, near Balfron, the property of John B]ryce, Eesl. of P.Lrihall; on en which occasion the display of Stock was such, both in point of le q'antity and quality, as to evince ...

... . _ -l _- - _IT . . _ ?? Cs in At the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, the past week was :ti to chieflvnoticeablefrom the number oflbenefit perlormnances. These, ,ihle, me are sorry to say, were rather poorly attended, iiotwiihstanding ' the many attractions announced iii tile bills. 'ITle season at this - theatr-e is now evidently drawing near aclose. We understand that ntion during this weeki ...

... ~!N1,VF a - - - - s I I - so -- It is stated that the first actions betwixt the Rus- i siaus and Turks will most probably be on the banks of the river Pruth, which runs south through Mol- c davia, and joins the Danube on the borders of BMs s sarabia. Preparatory to the description of the scenes which are likely to occur in those territories, our readers will not probably be displeased to have ...

... xi r S. (Fron the GreerlOck Advertiser.) To 'Isiia.9 I played upon the fiddle in my 3routh, And oti-as o'er its strings My b)*W I drew,. In all the sober sadness of dull 'troth- The powvers of Music frequelthl knew;- My sister 13!arbara, iii a dreadful frigit, StoppIng her ears, to some far corner flew,- Mv tabby cat gaped wide with all her tnight, Forgot to purrr, and oft begfan to inefw,- ...

... LX ttKA1~t~iL. WILLIAM DOUGLAS; or the Scottish Exiles. A Historical a Novel; 3 vols. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.. 15-2G. s This is a peculiar and extraordinary publication. At the a outset we'thought it homely;' but we soon found that this tb extreme simplicity of manner-was the means of allowing a greater scope to the fancy and eloquence-for he is often r eloquent '-of the author. We shall not ...

... CORN AND CAT1lOLICS. i 1 , l_ iL_ OPT - - ; t ~From. thei Timnes.)3 $t~pfiseu7tde ?? Mfr; T'wtss 5:Mosre. Utrumr horum ]DiriiS'bOrUm.4INCEBR.R AuCaows. What! sIM ?? two infernal questions; That with our meals, our slumbers mix- That spoil our tempers and digestions- Eternal Corn and Catholics1 Gods-! were there-ever two such bores? Nothing else talk'd of, night or moru- Nothing in doors, or ...

... BTm rOR AYER. AnnI' ol (.Es'°ei I¢;~i/Xocki:el5s Il.igiZtite.} - An oid oik forest rose Upton nay sight, Fantastic, with ist wreathed' and knotted boughs, :I'wag at a suimmer evenihsg's gentle cdoss; Anl yet the. peaks of ?? hills were bright WTith Ilngerifig sunliine, liat their siden arose 'I1 srknies 'mid trhe fair decayisig light; And, ever asid anon, the passing bros Zi Stirred, with a ...

... B'EST OF SCOTLAND EXHIBITION, &c. Incour last notice of the exhibition, we miade certain remarks e~ relative to the increased interest taken in artistic moatters by the ?? pblic generally, we are happy to have to add, ati this time, that tise same interesit continues to manifest itself. It gives us muoch IC ?? to mention the fact, that the eventing exhibitions are tnvisited by large numbers of ...

... POPULAR AMUSEMIENTS. -1 1- _- __ C A I E._ . n At Dunlop Street Theatre, the business has been carried on I with very varied success, in a commercial point of view, during e the past week. Onl soeie evenings the hobse has been well at- s tended, on others quite the reverse. This may havie been caused fromt the number of places of amusements open to the public on the several eveniegs. We are ...

... EXPENSIVE FUNER.jL EXHIBITIONS. fry ILm ?? (From the Thnes.j led The entire regulation of funeral ceremonies in Eng- n land is conducted upon a system not very consonant l with our claims to a prominent post in the vanguard of civilization. For some months past we have been oc- rausi and protesting, week after weekc, against the barba- rosadabominable custom of inbumnation in the most crowded ...