... (From the 'aledonian Mercury.) The varioun railways which terminate in this city have now had their hali-yearly meetings, at which the directors have submitted the usual financial exposition to the shareholders. We may say, as to one and all, that the present result is 'not eneouracing to thnae who.have invested their means in those undertakings, eminently, beneficial as these have been to the ...

... ?? I Tsr: NFrw, LogotB CM Cnic R}r4ISTsn.-Oa i1oday the Earl of Dalhousie attended in the First Division of the Court of Session, for the purpose of taking the oaths necessary on the Noble Earl assuming the office of Clerk of her Majestv's Registers and Rolls ii Scotlad, in thle room of the late Right Hon. William Dundas. Ten of the Jndges Mere present. The oaths were administered hr cthe Lord ...

... How T PRESEVE HEALTH, AND AVOID Thefoll owing Rules, prepared for distribution amongst the poor of G~lasgows- are excellent, simple, and easily fol- L lowved. We give them a place in our pages,-that other 2 towns may reap that beneflit whllich must necessarily result from practising what they prescribe:- General Rule.-Temperance, Cleanliness, and Breathing Pure Air, are three of the surest ...

... :D Es33yT August Il, 184 7. TIaE GENERAL ELECTION. In the review:which 'we took, in our last, of the go- neral character of this election, and the circumstances under which it takes place, we remarked that the only conclusion to be arrived at, was, that there never per- haps was an election of which the results could with less certainty be predicted, or that afforded more slen- der means of ...

... - . The Lammas Show. of.tihe Fettercairn 1armers' Club was held- on Monday. The number of animals. brought forward was less than on many previous occasions; uti the specimens exhibited were decidedly good of their kinds. The judges-Messrs Anderson, Inchock; Smith R-inbleth month; Knowles; Mondynes; and Stewart, albarake- after a very car-ful inspection, awarded the premiums as follows:- Brood ...

... I I HER IMAJESTY'S DEPARTURE FROM ARDVERIKIE AN0D ARRIVAL AT FORT WILLIAM. FoRT WILLIAM, Friday Evening. This, the morning of the day on whilch her Majesty, as i arranged, was to leave Ardverilie, dawned, as usual, in mist and rain. In the course of the forenoon, however, a artial clearing up took place, and fair and foul alternated Kuring the remainder of the day. The metropolitan police took ...

... ------------- sorrion EntrIliornre. The Frenich Mini.ster of War has ordered that learning to sing, on the Wilhelmo system, shall be obligatory in all the French in- Zantry regiments. The heat was, it appears, greater in Paris, on Satorday week, that it had been durin-, some years. A .kt two o'cloc',XC accord- ng to one letter, the thermoumeter (tReaunur) marked in the shade 25 deg., or Ss' ...

... CITY ELECTION-CAPTAIN FORDYCE'S. I MEETING. I A Meeeting aF the Electors, called by CaptainFordyce, was held or Wednesday in the Court-house, which was 6rammed to suffocation. Captain Fordyce came into the' room a little before three an wvas received with great enthusiasm; He proceeded directly to Colonel Sykes, who was present on Capt. For- dyee's invitation, and both cordially shook. hands ...

... l T-; very Reverend the Provincial Synod of Aberdeen met st B=ff, yesterday, when an able and eloquent sermon was preahledlv the Moderator, the Rev. Dr Pirle, from 1 Cor. Li. 14, verse 40, Let all things be done decently and in ° eT~resafr, the roll having been made up, the Synod pro- eded to elect a Moderator, for the ensuing half-year,when the ev. 3,. W. Grant, of Boyndie, was unanimously ...

... On Tuesday week, a public preliminary meeting of the Health of Towns' Association was held in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institution-Sheriff Watson, President of the Society, in the chair. The attendance was numerous. The Chairman, having shown that the object of the Asso- ciation is to promote both the social and physical health of the community, and would chiefly interest the working classes ...

... (eroses the Times.J The parallel betweni the King and the Emperor of the French has so long been in cverybody's thoughts, that it may seem almost suuperfluons to follow it out. If we ask for its origin, it Kwas certainly suggested by Louis Philippe's owe friends. It did not occur to them that they were preseribing a destiny which would come to an end, by a necessary law, Wilecn they placed ...

... I To the EDITOR of the AiBERDEEN JOURNAL. Si..-Your attention is respectfully requested to a pro- posed Prize Essay, to be written by working men (advertised in another column), to be devoted to the advocacy of the Christian Sabbath. The sadden spread of railways has been attended by a great outbreak of Sabbath traffic in the conveyance of passengers And the deserved reputation for Christian ...