... ENGLAND. Ar The weather has been generally favourable for the opera- tions of husbandry, and for forwarding the growth of all the Jal earth's productions. A few inclement days have checked Le the fruit blossoms, which were. previously in a state of the Ca utmost luxuriance, and retarded temporarily the progress of vegetation. Absorption of the superabundant moisture of Jal the autumn and earlv ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-FEB. 5. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, as Depute-Speaker, ,npened the House at half-past three, and prayers having been read by the Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Skelmensdale late Bootle WVilbraham, Esq.) was formally introduced by Lords Wharrcliffe and Colchester. The House then ad- journed, and met again at five o'clock. The order for the Committee of Privilege to-morrow at ten o'clock ...

... 1J Lisbon, March 14. CIIAMBER OF PEERS. el StrTING OF THE 14TII OF MiARC1t. CZ The Conde de M1esquitella read a letter from the Mini- F ster for the Affairs of the Kingdom, enclosing a Rtoyal let. ir ter of the following tenor, which was rcad by the Vice- President :_ P a P onnured Duke de Cadaval, Cousin and Friend, tl i1, the Infante Regent, in the name of the King, salute vou with much ...

... ' CALCULATION SNIMPLIFTED. TO THEI EDITOR OF TnRF CALVDONIAN MRIICUIIY. 0 Sul-In yoitr paper of Mlarch ast, jou have in~er'ted a Just Csommiunicationl, said to come from M~r John ilkitchell, euti 8, Keir Street, reflecting Oi mny character in sOL'I a way as Eec to make it absolutely nlecessary to request you to allow me licer space, in ?? coIlumns, to repel a most iniorious acelusa- theib ...

... O--- F C O --1 ?? ?? - I LUJJ11UAdr UV' ULA5ttUtI. Immediately after the oat crop is ofil, I plough the land tj intended for them, and let it lie during the winter. In the tA spring of the year I clean and pulverize it well; 1 then put t three horses abreast in a plough, and plough it as dvep as we can, harrow it well, and make drills from 24 to 26 inchest wide; then put in very short well ...

... A NEW CHIAPTER, LATETY DISCOVERtED IN A MISS. COPY OF TIlE IISTORY OF JOHlN 11UlLL,._ The cllarrt- r T 1 . A i\. . _ 1 - I The character I have given of .Tni'n - m uist have certainly inspirold osv reridero Bol t' 2Iut'nees estimable an old lady. 'i'he ver' decct:cy of hr r c utwtard f appearance was enough to occao:ir . prdiiccn iof r otwr favour-and the more that one got acqurititetr ttit ...

... ASTRONO~iiCAT. INSTITUTION. Ito On Monday last, Lord Napier, presidentaccoptpanied by the U1 Secretary and the Treasurer, hail lie honour of' an interview a?: with his Roval Highness the Lard 1I igh Admiral, when they Pi submitted to him the mninutes of a very ntil erous meeting of' tit the proprietors, which was held in Fcbruary last ?? it was resolved to solicit his Royal Higl:oess to become ...

... E; : -Igl'jG AND) GERlMiAN P'APERS. hA Ciiit'8$llAi tI ;IM N rsffo ion st erensborgT, ug1. bon the The, JTrnanl of St Petersburgh contains thle followig hr lisiletins, whlich b-ing, tite account of thle Military operations and( if, the gtantl aovow down to~thc 21s t ilt. (2ti inst.) weehs ...

... ?? olercurV. EDINBURGH. S 12TURDAY-AUGUST 2. The intention of France to send a body of troops to the diorca is no longer a matter of doubt. According to the French papers, the expedition will consist of eighteen hat. talions of infantry, a regiment of chasseurs, and a detach- mfnt of artillery, all under the command of Lieutenant- General Mlaison. The troops are to assemble at Toulon by the ...

... PRIVA TE CORRESPONDENCE. A. counts rrom London, Nov. 10. i ; Accounts from Gibraltar to-the 21st ult. have been receiv- ,. ed to-day, according to which the late prevalence of easter- 0 ly winds had considerably increased the violeijce of the fe- Y ver. The medical men of the place affirm that the mortality _ would have numbered at least a hundred victims per day, had iot numnerous vmigritiona ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MlERCURY. Srs-Te last number of the Christian Instructor, has throwvn out the stigestion that I am the author of a parmphlet recentlv published wvith the sig1natre Aliquis. h bave no wish to say one word calculated to arld to pre- sent tiIchief; bitt I hold it to be due to lite Christian sworld to declare, that I have not written a sin Ie line, or ...

... LOSS OF THE STsT..o STEA OAT ISince our last we have received some additioni ' of this lamentable occurrence, and of the truly artcl event in which it terminated. The ?? ftclancj, the ;, sel appears to 'ave set off on the 7 LI), Wh ile the 'ells, was so dreadfully tempestuous that not a ray of I, hea1 least possible chance remained of his beile able to latl any harbour. * The oldest man alive, ...