... avROCLAMIATIOt. By his Excellency Sir George Arthur, ?? Lieu. ?? of the Province of Upper Canada, Alajor.General commanding her Majesty's forces therein &c. &c. &c. Loval Inhabitants of Upper Canada-Upon my ar- rival among you early in the present year, bearing with awe her blajesty's Cernisaion to administer this Govern- mest 1 found Vou just recovering from the excitement that had raturally ...

... DIlENN AT STIRLING TO COLONEL ABERCROMBY, m.p. on P.4 .. . On Friday, a public dinner was given to the Honour. able Colouel Abereromhlv, Mlember of Parliament for Stirlingesbire, by the elecitrs of the county, in the Corn Exchange, Stirling which was fitted UP ftor the occasion asgetw expeses a hr in a style of elegance highly cre- g ?? haatllwas 150 feet long and I Feet wide, baviug a space ...

... The ?? lotbian Hortioultural Society held their | last meeting for the season, on Tuesday the 20th ult., when prizes were awarded to:- Best ChryBanthemums, Gee. Smith, Hirsel; second do., Wmn. Smith, Mount Lodge, Portobello. Best Tender Exotics, David Foulis, Woodhouselee; second do. do., George Stirling, Melville Castle. Beet Pe- rennial Asters, Wmn. Smith; second do. do, Geo. Stirling. Best ...

... catebaonian lrrutij. EDINBURGH. MfONDAY, MAY 21. We beg again, and at this most opportune season, to renew the question which we have repeatedly and explicitly asked, and hitherto always in vain- WHY WAS DR M'LEOD SELECTED TO REPRE- SENT TIHE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN A CONFER- ENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT? And this ques- tion is rendered necessary, because no answer has ever been returned to the ...

... VOUCHE;RS AT PRO.MENADES AND) BAiLLS.. TO ?? EDITORS OP THlE CALElDONTAN lUERCURY.: SIR-I perceive from the pulblic ad3vertisements there is to he a promenade in the Artists' Esihibition Rooms, on the evening of the let March thelat the price of ad. mission is to he five shillings; end that the fund thus raised ise to-be appropriated to the relief of the sufferinE: poor. This is all quite ...

... It must be known to most of our readers that the English fishermen have of late years been great- ly harassed by the authorities in France. We are glad to learn that there is a reasonable prospect of a satisfactory arrangement for both countries being agreed on by the mixed commission now sitting. f No small part of the difficulty has arisen out of a I concession made to Prince Polignac by Sir ...

... (Front our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, MONDAY AFTERNOON. The people here are so full of the approaching Coronation fete, that they can scarcely be brought to entertain any other subject-and from the num. bers arriving in town, and the arrangements making, it must prove to be a scene of powerful attraction and gorgeous splendour. This evening is fixed for bringing up the report of the Irish ...

... SPIBIT Or TER PUBLI PRESS. TimE MIINTSTRY.-In our paper on The Past Session, we adverted to the foolish cla. mour of the extreme section of the Radicals against the bombardment of the House of Lords with good measures, and we referred to it, in part, the change for the worse in the policy of Ministers, who found themselves upbraided for doing nothing, while they adhered firmly to their ...

... ? yj. i blA, tit U O OI.1, aIN V *J . I . Constantinople, October 31. The uncertainty and anxiety which, notwith. uanding the satisfactory nature of the accounts so long since received, still continued to be felt with regard to the real position of affairs in Persia, have now at length, I am happy to say, been entirely re- lieved by the arrival of despatches and private let- ter; from thence ...

... (From the New York papers received to the 1st instant inclusive.) (From t/he New YbrA Times.) CANADIAN Rumours.-.The tipper Canada papers came to us fraught with rumours of - can. soiracies and combinations, said to be in pro. gress on our frontier, and indeed throughout the States bordering on the British colonies, which are to eventuate, we are told, as the winter advances, in a grand ...

... THE GIBSON CRAIG , TESTIMONIAL. The Testimonial to Sir JAMES GliTSON CRAIG, Baronet, was presented at Riccarton, on Friday last, by the deputation, in presence of Sir JAMES'S family, and at few private friends, among whom were Lord CUNINGHAME and Mr MURRAY of Henderland. The LORD Pnovosr of Edinburgh, Chairman of the Deputation, addressed Sir JAM1ES in nearly the following terms :_ Ad Deputed ...

... Our readers must have perceived that of late va- rious steps have been taken towards the establish- mrent of a Zoological Garden in Edinburgh. The promoters of this scheme would require to be on the alert, else they will be anticipated by our en- terprising friend Batty, who, in addition to his many beautiful specimens of that noble anicnal, the horse, already comprises in his arena, the ...