... 5EQUESTILATIONS. September 19. JoHN HERRIOT, wine and spirit merchant, Jao. mraica Street, Glasgow-Creditors meet in the writing-chambers of William M'Ewan, Miller Street there, 30th September and 21st October, two o'clock. September 20. ALEXANDER MURRAY, farmer and cattle dealer, lately at Muirhouse. near Cramond, and presently residing at Canongate, Edinburgh-Creditors meet in Stevenson's ...

... PUNCH'S GUID TO PARTIES. To those who are ju st emerging from the verdancy of youth, and to those young men in the city' who w.ish to wrsiggle themselves into good society, .Punch affectionately addresses the following advice-commniserating the pitiable mortifica- tions inflicted on young gentlemen whom he has seen defiling drawting-rooms (consecrated to evening parties anod full-dress), ...

... THE FRE NCH AT TAMI. (From the M.achester Guardian) We have been favoured with a letter from Liverpool Writ- ten 1 a person (vwe believe born in this neighbourhood) Who has just arrived, by way of the United States, from the island of Tahiti. Re lett that island on the loth January, which, we believe, is a more recent date than that of any intelligence prevonsly receivcd in this country. He ...

... FRAN CE. |THE PRASLIN INIRDEtR. i The Gazette des T iWuAaux, of Friday, gives the following C additional intelligence in regard to this dreadful murder, a full account of which appears in another part of our paper On Thursday the investigation was resumed, whilst I f. Gannal was embalming the body of the Duchess, which, da- ring the night, was attended by two cleraymen. The first cir- ...

... EDINTBURGH INFANT SCHOOL SOCIETY. A meeting of the subscribers to this society was held on Saturday in the Council Chamber, to consider the expediency of transferring the model school in the Vennel to the kirk session of the New Greyfriars' Church. Mr Win. Chambers in the chair. The Secretary (Mr John Leishman, ?? read a report by the directors, which stated that the school in the Vennel, ...

... (Fronz our Special Correspondent,) LONDON, SATURDAY MoaNiJNd. The Easter recess has commenced, and nearly all the Mi- nisters have left town to rusticate for a few days, not however before they exhibited to the country tlhe success of their la- bours from what has passed of the session, and which it must be admitted is in the highest degree creditable to them. The pressure of Irish legislation ...

... PHTLOSOPI-IICAL INSTITUTION. ?? Westroacoti delivered his second lecture on sculpture on Friday evening, which compriied a general andL interesting history of the practice of the art from the earliest ages down to the time of Alexander the Great. Thze lecturer said hie would not attempt to prove in whet nation this art bad first arisen, was it was to be presumned that the faculty of imitation ...

... HOUSE OF COI'MONS--FOb 21. ADSJOURtlNI ED DEATE~o . i 1, Mlii ll IiS 11Sil Mr S. OIIIUEN t quite eznfilent the (soverit input rid ie wj~ I. Litilrl p ropry iii ?? tule rninulit cif trnmelii'e nt L..i. 'i'lie t~itit was fint npl. prtmehlilg when it wiouldt Ise impnpsibtle to coen e public op;ili, iri nd thlerefoire ?? slalutatry maensu res. ouglht to lie IildnIt c. Ile gaive. bil entire tiu ...

... TFS P-eshlyterV of St Andrew'il met on Wednssday the 2uth Srpteatelir, Dr Feirt'. hModeriatst. hir George Cookr aofer having rlelivered the usual trial., was or- dained to the office of tha holx ministry with the viaw of receiving an appointment in India. ie Fettle of An. Ftretuter Faster moved that the Presbytery memiotialise the Posimaster-General to put a atop to the running of the mnil ...

... 1,.S C(tlNCIL PRIAOCEED1INGS. 9 1 () IIgIA A-12- lc1nr ielit'ng of Council wits hlelil gbii i' iC 1sil~ou l ieit Chair. 'ii ' it) 1C1iC limil CONSTAIIICS it ll* said, hi bringing forwardl ihii mln it- linimI ?? %l tli goodt feelinig.I ?? In rintctil'iiil1eronttev ] liit I o, t ' tile C~otstihles, lIe' L'net t u5~wo of ?? Ivere inemberi (it Coinn- t li vei' of the ut lmost ktiliitweI 1. II ill. ...

... NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAIENWT. TO TVtillftntoR OF Tit OBSERVER. Stl-The workmen from whose evil influoere lthe a, strike of the masone at the new Houtes of Parlin. mnont hjis originated, having addrressed a letter to her Alojeaty's Commiseioners of Woaods ila Works, can. taming Iour speciflc charges of oppression against their fereran, we feel it a ditty wbirh we owe to ourselves and to Nor Allen ...

... I1t611r,A%5 JlI*vrTIS0;- On 'fliurc~liy the 24th itt urlil iae .Society celebraetedl itg Nijeteteltt', Antelvers4ary III ?? ?? 0 ?? buri. ?? tiny being ille', thle t crn oalt both eef ,trattegers atidl meoaalers wets greatter tiiei wre halve ?? 'lbfr sonrie yeairs. TPhi followitig gon i tisiecritI Were clocted liuffce-beretrs~' for the eusuinA teriti- Danieil Rocetertlentf. lit. P. Dankpil~l. ...