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... to On Satr ayna theseting of 'the Comosissioners under the FT ly art fo carryin these eprovemenesi inot efbect, wao held I soin the Council Chamber, the Lard Provost in the Chair, nit fur the Purpose of receiving sloe report from the Committee IY ?? on the 9th instant. is The Lo~ni PROVOST stated that the Committee had n, not been idle in she interval which had elapsed since lost go s- meeting ...

... DINNEfR TO DAVID WILICIE, ESQ. IN.A., I AND LIMNER tO HI1S MAJMSTY FOR OC.OTI.ANI. Ewe are muchi disappainted at Leing deprivert of tire saj mt-tioeio of laying the folloiviog account iif thle dhnner gi- '-ii to Mr Wiikie at llama ebirre the prberd thrit thc intentions of the writer should hare hiers reidereri abortive. We! are at a loss to know, saher thle bloarr lays ; but tire fol-f ...

... H.TT _ INH.ABITANTS OF LEITH. . __TTE ne this Co.mmittee took place In ?? a t 1se VIAl meeting o tih 5555b~fl, ,a teheattentionof thn meotiug to r para n ?? ediburgh Ad-crtiser of thatday. m *wIchthe moo flelydeytheir hoeing thrown impedi- se r Co0 a of th-e ?? . he S mtt rae of opinion, that the whole poblic were so th ?? utetonttat v, that it was herdly necessary T Yie CtO ed I ittomttae ...

... a aonlian l ercurp'. EDINBURGH. t .MONDAIYtrRBRUARY 5. v By the contents of the French paperi; it would appear b that Portugal hWs, in the nean time, nothing farther tona- si prehend from any hostile aggreision on the pant of Spain.- t1 Indeed, it was not to bh believed for a romeni,' that FaTr. ri nand, after being folly uassured,of the tetrmmationoi.f Bri. tain and France on this subhjct, ...

... TilS i)UkiE Ok ' it (COURT CIRCULAR OF THUXISDAY.) r- A silver plate is to be fastened on the leaden coffin ~of the a-royal Dukie, havieg thle tame inscription as that on the toplate which is to he fixed on the state collie, a copy of which gvinolast. lie e flateDke, till within tim last three yeses, iwas a re. El* markably ?? and strong man, beieg scarcely ever ini- 'ddisposed. His Royal ...

... WEDNESDAY-MAscn 21. i THe DUEs orF CUMBEcRLAND.-Letters were yes- terday received at the residence of the Duke of Coum- berland, St James's Palace, giving an account of the I i indisposition of his Royal Highness, which arose from i the state of his eyes, brougist on from his late illness. The cataract, which hadl been forming some time, e was so bad on the 5tb inst. that his Royal Highness ...

... EDINBURGH NEW:CONTINUED. fnistern On Friday, the Senate of the University of Glas- from Gowe conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on the by Br Reverend Hugh Ralph, pastor of the first established taking congregation of ?? Presbyterian communion in and an Liverpool. was o MAsoNIc BALL.-The brethren of Dunbar Castle still n Lodge, with a view to assist in alleviating the distress Las of the ...

... BOTANY-UNIVERSITY OF EDINBUlGH. Monday Dr Grahram terminated the University Course of Lectures on Botany, when the following Prizes were award. ed-- To Mr Edward Mioore, of Plymoauth, a Gold Medal, fer the best Essay on the Plouts which are poisortrrss, either to man or thee iferioranimals, and lreegro ttheB irislr Flora, swith various cirumstranees (as stated in the intimation given last year ...

... HORT CULTURA SOC..X t.,. At a meeting of thc Committee, held ots the ilh instant, der IL the follow-iltg prilee werett rled:- d He v, A mnedal to AMr George Btrosco, gardener to the Hart of it. 9 Lauderdale, at Duba, e Houe, for trh best brace of cu- on wa c6cirhera, n theie history. They were the white Prihkly ehaeg kind;- 'Frnch variety, early, anid a great bearer. Norbi A mnedal to Mr ...

... FIRM THIE LONDON GAZETTE. ST JAMSS PALACE, JUNE 30. IS27. Tl-e King eas ehis day pleased to confer the honotr of D Keightbood on John Pleter Grant, Esq. OFFICE' OF ORDNANCE, Anc. 2. 1-27. Voyal ?? Lieutensant Horace n DlathiSs no'be First Lieutenant, vice Blackiston, resigned; ,dated 191t July IS27. c Ol3NSfANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. C First Ass=istant-Surgeon James.Veeling, M. P_ to be Str- t ...

... AGRfCULTUIRAL REPORTS. 4 atam LOTHIAN. Barley, and tlhe earlv species of oats, are ia a for.ard ;t:ate . aed, should we imset fasaesthble wehtser till tiefs Laid. did of August, they wrill, il many ittstance', by that time be reedy for the sickle. Wheat, fromn the thinesess of the emip. e ,sill not be ?? so early. Little or noc. of tits idesrfiptioi of crop calr be ready far at least three, or ...