... WE *ere last o erk prevented by a press of local melter from adverting to the appointment, on the motion of Mr. Buxton, ol the 2ind It. of a select committee to inquire into i he situation of the 4pprenticel negroes. 'The numerous accredittd statements which live, from time to time, reache-d this countrv of the cruel- ties perpetrated by tie planters on this unhappy rce-, and which have ...

... ?? vae given, in our supplement, some interesting particulars, extracted fron 6he Courier, relative to a system of persecution recently resorted to by the clergy of Edin- burgh to enforce the payment of an obrnoxioms Impost, and we have now to record a proceeding somewhat analogous ron the part of the exclusive church party of our own city, havin reference to the enforcing of the payment of ...

... - ?? ?? GF - SYNOD OF ABE3RDEEN:. [ ?? 1-.. ?? ?? r ?? ?? , i,1 I| . | eiterloy ?? Very Ioev. tbe Syilotl of Ab)ei leen iliet ill thc West ChiI relI, rv tel, after selinorl, from Isitit liii. Ist by Mr ScM irT of Oil Mociear, the j late Nolerrtor, tbe Synod tliiceeileid to tile election if ;mt Mloderator (or the eensuing htmf-yeat, wheii NIr ANI) IIStIo. Or St. Pergs wais elenoel, by ai . ...

... ?? - ?? ?? I calebollialt isercurv. i ev EDINBURIH. of - _ too A1YONDA Y, APRIL 4. d ji- ~ ~ ~ ?? rur The last day of the unimportant sittings of the t, ,e Irresponsibles, commenced by the Duke of Rrc-e-V eb DIOND anrd tire Earl of HADDINGTON arresting the 1i in progress of the letter stealing (Scotland) hill, on P in the plea that the proposal for admitting prisoners to v a- bail ?? trial ...

... [The incident that constitutes this mystery happened just as I relate it. The writer can hurt no one by its recital, for those whose feelings might have been pained by the allu- sion, are no more.] In the summer of 1816 the inhabitants of the little village of were considerably excited by an occurrence of more than common mystery, which for a time roused their feelings to a pitch of ...

... DREADFUL FIRE AT SOUTH HETTON COLLIERY. On Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the No. 1, Engine House, of South Hetton Colliery, the property of Col. Braddyll, was d'9 covered to be on fire. It appears to have originate in a closet containing hemp for the use ot t e engines, and was first discovered by the brakeman. At that time there' were two men down the shatt of the pit, ...

... There has been another trial, and another con- viction, of some fellow who has been what is called dispensing Morison's pills, and in the evidence adduced upon the trial, it was proved—such is the wonderful gullibility of the English, that people are found who, in spite of the deaths of various miserable victims, are induced to take forty, fifty, sixty-nay, a hundred of these detestable ...

... RAILWAY MEMORANDA. In America about 3,0:)0 miles of canal have been cll,)!-ii neted i,l Canada, 200; in Great Britain, 2.77 J; in France, 2,250. Iu American railroads, completed and in progress, the extent is about equal to the agurpegate of its canal communication. Vast as this extent is, we believe, that the railroad specu- lations in America genera'ly yield a profit. The Ontario Messenger ...

... PARfSH OF SWANSEA. A meeting of the rate payers, for the ejecting of officers, took place on Thursday, according to annual custom. The Rev. Doctor HEWSON in the Chair. Reference having been made to the parish accounts, rendered by the Guardian, and as to t ie expenditure of the last year, a little discussion took place between Messrs. R uttl-r, Walters, and Walker, as to the management ...

... I, . Tniz PooR LAw BILL.-On ?? last tire following. were Relected to act as Gu ardians of the Poor for the Tunrbridge Union: -Mr. Cox. Turbridge; fvr. H.'Delves, Speldbhurst, Mr Satby, Asihuret; li. Sevier, Tudely; Nr. Carnel~l, adlow-, Mr.Chrivit-' ,mas, Perimbury; Mlr. H; Crundwit][1,Southbroo' Mr. \ewtpgoI, H16ismonden; M~r. Fagg, Capel; 1'dr,'Hooker, Brenchley. It does not appear to be ...

... ?? April 4 Castd ttle, ?? D)1i1cran, Gilsgow 5.., aIerotait, flitrhie, Killiough, grdil M1;crqltoi wellitigtoic, Crother.4, Carlisle, alabaster ' 'mi. lilcitsacja, Davis, IDubhini, gecceral cargo 11ilpiti ?? ullFce, Gi.;lnScccw il'icl-ccl, ,t), Iheidi, Lvrerlcd I owai Cdlstic, ?? ?? Glasgow Ill LOliciS frona Eoiglcc lid froin heftlhcid SAILEO. April l;..lerathl, It)oillsrot, l ecioci, ...

... The session of this institution was concluded oif f Tuesday evening, in Dr D. B. Reii's Class-room, e Roxburgh Place, on which oecasion the Right Ho- nourable the Lord Provost, Leonard Florrier; Esq. a Professor PiJlans, Dr Maclaiati, Dr Thomson, Mr Id Sinclair, Secretary, and others of the Directors at- a- tended. of Dr D. B. Reid delivered a lecture oii colouribyl matier, which he ...