... .IqUSE OF COAdIMONS-JtflE 2. l ._ . . . . _ - I a Anu lHon. MBember asked whether Government had Ceme to any conclusion with respect to making harhours {of refuge. Mr C. WOOD said, the whole eastern coast of Eng- land had been surveyed, and be believed there was 5no place in which-a barbour of refuge could be more effec- tual than at Redcar. Government had not come to any d.terminatioirxon the ...

... SBYTERY OF EDINBURGH. I The ordinary monthly meeting of this Presbytery was , hell here on Tuesday. n A report was received and read from the First United Associate Congregation of Northgate, Peebles,stating, that the Trustees had effected a sale of the property be- O longing to the congregation, which was purchased by 0 sorme members of Mr Adam's congregation, to the em- - ployed for ...

... ' I Everything tends most provokingly to show the essen;ial hollowness of that brilliant outside-the Peel banquet. It was-i.n point of moral effect- like one of those rainbow-tinted balloons which a child blows up from a tobacco-pipe, buoyant and gaudy for a moment, then subsiding into a drop of soap-suds. The exposures of the manner in which the nicely painted pasteboard scenery vas run up ...

... I SCOTTISHI PARLIAME'NTARY BUSINESS. r I I.LS. Feb. 27. Edrhborgh and Ula'gow Railway-Peiition for bill repsrited; report to lie nn the table. Trinity (North Leith) Hqfhonir and Docks-Pctiflon fromn Edinhurgh, cornplaining if non-cwsomuepliance with the standing orders; referred to tle Select Committee on petitio/ns f r private bills. Glasgo, Paislev, and GreenockRailway Bill-` For ?? a ...

... SPIRIT OF THE F.ELIO PRESS. e GOVERNMENT By HER MA3JESTY'S CONSERVA: TIVE OPPOSITION.-The Whig and Tory. jour. s nals honour us with so much of their notice just y now, that we cannot but pay them some atten-. tion in return. The Times, the Standard, and the Post, have lately vied with each other in reu presenting the Spectator as being convinced of the necessity of a Conservative Government. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-Dee. 5. - . > . X I The Merquis of BUTE presented a petition from the coun'y of Renfrew, praying for a reduction in the post. age du~ties-. TThe Earl of DEVON presented a petition from a Co- lonel Jones. conplaining of the delays in the trial of causes by the Court of Session in Scotland. IMPRiSONITENT 1'O, DEBT BILL. The order of the day for the second redding of this bill ...

... ra[e~ousan gIrruvm, EDINBURGH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28. The state of Lower Canada has already given rise to a long and animated debate in the House of Commons. This was to be anticipated, notwith.. standing the wish of the Ministry to defer discus- sion until the reassembling of Parliament on the 16th of January, when the Members would have had an opportunity of considering the information laid ...

... -NITED STATES. Liverpool, Dec. 25, 1837. By the packet ship Inlependence, which sailed rom New Ybork on the 8th inst. we have papers to St~iadate iechjs~e. They contain~ the President's Message, which eas submitted to Congress on the The Exchange on England had decined 2? per cent. More bills on London vere offered at 112 per cent. premium than could besold. ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-Dec. 6. PSBLIC SUBSCRfITiONS IN SUPPORT Or PLECTION rE:T'rTONS. Mr JILEWITT said, that in rising to move the seve- ral resolutitons of ?? lie had given notice, lie felt deeply impressed with the great responsiliiity that de- volved upon him. His attention hid been first called to the subject iry having seen accounts of sotes of money having been sent to Ireland Iby a ...

... We are ar~surei that, notwithstanding tire assertions to the contrary of the Government organs, there is a great probability that Admiral Napier wail succeed General Eva-s in the c;chiwand of the Anglo-Spanisli Legion, if the Liberl 1, of the Stock Exchanre can only muster rash enough for the occasion. General Shaw is, we are told, to alt as his military adviser.-UvRier! Saervice Gazette. ...

... Calrbonian trun EDINBURGH. MONDA Y, A UG US T 14. The English elections are now completed, and in the counties it is impossible to deny that the ba- lance is considerably against Ministers. In effect- ing this their opponents do not seek to coneeal the liberal use which has been made of the Carlton stock-purse I but there is another of the means re- sorted to by the Tories, so barefaced, so ...

... The festive board is spread, and sounds of mirth pro. claimc how well - - The %%ine cup bath perrormed its part, while, lise eome potent spdil, Joy hindles joy, and o'er and o'er are deeds of valour told, Oh ! every tougue is eloquent, and every heart is bold. But these-though fiends you trust, respect-may not; be fi iends of choice * May not be those with whom the soul can sorrow or re- ...