... Last night, the annual Celtic Blail took place inI the Assembly Rooms, and was attended by about 600t ladies and gentlemen. The Rooms A-ero decorated in It, the usual spiendid style, the vestibule representing tw an ancient baronial hell]. The company began to ne asrive at about nine o'clock, and during their assem- -I bling,, the Mlarquis of Breaaillbane's piper, Ilr Tohn u I Mackenzie, the ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-June 2. TOE CrITJCRMI or scoTrLAND. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented pe- titions from places in Scotland, and from the Pres- bytery of Newcastle.on Tync, against the intrusion of ministers inl the Scotch Church. The Noble Marquis proceeded to say, that tihe excitement pre- vailing on that subject in Scotland was already suffi- ciently strong, without any thing being said or ...

... BI~ll~S. June 1. Nairnshile Roads Bill-Read a third time, anil passed. Edibiobrgh Silk Yarn Company Bill-Reported; to be ingrossed. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (No. 2) Bill-Re. ported ; report to lie on the table, and to be printed. Fisherrow (Edinburgh) Harbour Bill-Read a third time, anid passed.- Oyster Fisheries Bill-Second reading deferred till Thursday 11 lh June. June 2. Edinburgh ...

... At the ordinary monthly meeting of Presbytery yesterdary, A letter from George I2lilne, Esq. was read, calling attention to a former communication relative to part- perism in Scotland, and requesting information rrnrenrt the state of the poor within the bounds of the Pres- bytery. Mr BEGC explained that the reason the Commit- tee ib ad delaverl reporting on the subject wvas, because they ...

... EDINI3URC.II CITABITY WORKHOUSE, On Mood ax' a in cc t of Ordi n ry Men?i get- was held in the Charity Workhouse, the Lord Pin- cost in the oliali'. A short dicussioii arose with regard to the adoiisvioo of reporters, some gentle- men contend ut, th:it they hail I liii iirto been cx- ci uded, and .hoiil ii sill he so, because tI ic OrB ii a ry Til'xnagers xi crc in fact a ('olli ?? o di era ...

... WV AR OFFICE-Sept. 4. 14th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant C. E. Doherty, to bie Captain, Iry parchitse, vice Colteper, taho retires- Crrrwuet V. Faber to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dolirettv. I 7h Li1it Dre~ncnns-Lieutenrint .T. R. Palmer to be Carptaini by imr-hase, vire Amnii, nho retbies-Cor- net and A nj a itnt T. LinilNny to hiave the ranti (if Lien- ?? E. C. Scribil to be Lieutenant, ...

... SPIRI'T OF TI'lE PUBLIC PRESS. IRISH TEMi\PERANCE AND TRtANQUI LLITIY. C(rccci/O~lce Dttblini Ecenicy Post.) Thle rare occurrence of' an, isolated erhimc such as thlat recenltly attemptedl in thle King's Clounty. hlas the elibet of fixing ?? mere pointedlly uipon thle general trangquillity of thic ounatry. Whien the O)ranige journlals avail th~emeelycs of an occasionial outrage, as the ...

... UNITED sTATES. Liverpool, Sunday Afternoon. The New York packet ship Sheffield arrived at this port last night, after a passage of seventeen days. Thie Louis Philippe, from Havre, had arrived out With French papers to I)ecember 4. London of the Ist, and Liverpool of the 30th Novernher, the latest advices received in the United States from Europe. A New York paper gives the following graphic ...

... I I WteiTtI)tlALL, SEPT. 23. The Queen has been pleasred to grant unt-R Major Neil Caml)bell, Deputy Quatter-Master General of the Bom- hay army, her royal license and permission. that he may accept and wear iuo insignia of the secofld class of the Order of the Doranee Enpire, which his Majesty Shah Shnoj n-ooi - IMealk, King of Affghauistari, hath Ihen Pleased to canter upon him in ...

... During their last official visit to Portsmouth the Lords of the Admiralty took the opportunity of inh specting these operations, by proceeding to Spithead on the 31st ultimo, in the Firebrand steamer, and going on board No. 4 lighter, where Colonel Pasley and Lieutenant Sy nonds were in readiness to re- ceive them. At four o'clock, being the period of slack tide, Corporal Harris went down in ...

... FRANCE, AND) BIITAIN. to rst; 5:tr)IOlt OtF Till' cALEt)ONIAtN MiECUiY. Ediulnsburgh, 10th Jan. 1841. Sin-As an old reader of your paper, I am mot anitbius th,.t it shoul1d coll aili useful and necessiary idrniranttion to the citizes of this country, anml hs- ing received last post a letter fromt a correspondent inl {lfe north of France, a merebualt mul not a news infirintecturer, I think it ...

... LE.T'l, I'ER lElO'M DANIEL1I O'C:ON N LL,, ?? ?? To ' i'll:: i:DT trt cil' 'itt ?? TIMEcS. D)iillio. Put'. 22, 18410. Sill-I liasteii to reid'cin (hot. pledlge which I gave - you inl tiy letter fromi I )crrylmife Abbey, tliiit I wot riild agaiinnoitlot thoe stat Iute. iii torce inl Eng- laudi respiectin nivuliceisigm tli'ierey Telildec'l'il legal. I haive ?? so, anI( I am;1 citable'1 now fli ...