... 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 ...

... Price One-Halfpenny. adoration the Wisdom of our ancestors,” and consider that the fewer the number be who superintend our public concerns, the more honestly will they rule the roast,” and the happier will it be for the whole community. Unfortunately, however, for our self-considered wise men, the history of our municipal institutions will, by no means, establish their hypothesis. Never was ...

... jury, and sent heep ° 8,1 with John Frost and his solitary coKip ail ; . seas, for life. ® e Jon'd A litlle onward, John Knox was again sum appear at her court, on charge of treason f^ ?' ing crowds and preaching to them scditi ]' °' - Ile describes the court scene in the following 18 . “Thus, things being put in order, the Queen cam f and that with no little worldly pomp—m e ', chair, having ...

... done for me, I owe you much ; Your honour, I cannot I doubt, for you have been the friend, the companion of 1 one who was its very soul. I accept your offer, with the I certainty that I shall not long burden your generosity. Accept, in return, my boundless gratitude; ’tis all I have to bestow, save my prayers, and surely heaven will not j shut its gates to the petitions of one so utterly ...

... ~!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 ...