... I TZE CALEDONIAN COUaRSIG PICTURE, Be- AIIHABD ANSSOELL, ESQ. This great national Coursing contest took. place last wveek in the neighibourhood of tanark. The spurts continued from Monday Wil Morning till Saturday night lest, inclusive. The following is thle the result :- sot I. MtCHeAEL ANGEOrt STAKE. 1. Mr. Elliott's hk d. Warlock beat Air. Geddes' iv and r d ?? Bank; Mr. Hl. Duadas'sbkendw ...

... I - - T - ?? - - . I .1 I ?? (Fromt Fraser's Mnqeaztiae for March.) . The evident tendency of thliates. systemn of tawationrfor a-new-istemr has arisen, and will he carried out vigor- ously) is to relieve as much as possible, the poorer classes, and to hay the burden upon the richer. All directtaxation seeks this end, provided it do not degenerate into a poll tax: for to tax property is to tax ...

... E N GL AND. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentle- men of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service on Sunday morning in the Chapel Royal, ?? Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Cflourenav officiated. 11er Illhbness the Grand Duchess Dowager Stephanie of Baden is expected to pay a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, during the Easter recess. A ...

... EN GLAND. A I Prince George of C'amridge.-His Royal Highness t Prince George of Cambridge and suite are expected to arrive at St. James's Palace at the close of the present, or r earlv in the ensuing month, from Corfu. 3 ;Sir Edward Kaotchbull.-We understand that there is i no foundation whatever for the report that Sir Edward Knatchbuil is about to be raised to the House of Lords. The Right ...

... R2AILWAY COMMITTEES. ?? of Commons, Wednesday-. Feb. 26. The GlascoV Junction Raitwv w as opposed hr Messrs. Robert- son and Connell, on behalf of the Glasgow an,3l Garlkirk, Railwav tCompanv. of tihe Clerce Rivcr TrU.stee , Of Mr. A. Campbell, of ?? i. 'Noipier. and Of the fenars of Blythswood. MSr. PlFitr Was acesnt for the bill. 'rite Chairman. beftre th.e case onernie, said that lie ...

... r 7wl Queez nu Don'ecr.-re are happy to hear that the Queen Dowager's hedlth is so much improved as to enable . her Xsajestv tO leave the house and talke carriage airings when the wcather permits. Her Ma-ajesty drove out for n the fir ,t time on Friday last as filr as Holt Castle and its e neirlibourhood.- _iorr-stcr Journal. i 1fawrri-;e hin High ?? matrimonial alliance will -e sliortlv le ...

... ?? ?? GLASGOW. DU-MFRTES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. A gene ral meeting of the subscribers to the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Ranilay was held on Wedresday. at one o'clock, in the Black Bull alla to receive the report of the Provisional Coin- mittee of Management, and to take into consideration the decision of the Board of Trade in reference to the competing lines of rail- way between Carlisle ...

... Mllessengers from the House of Commons brought up some bills C which wverc read a first time anrl ordered to le printed. w Lord COLCHESTER moved that an humble address be pre- tj sented to her Majesty to ]ay before the House a copy ofthe report b( of the commissionersappointed (by the Treasury minute of the I 2(th April, 1844) to inquireinto the subjectofharboursofrefusge. d( The Noble Lord ...

... Ti ST. Alie *JausM'S PALACEI, Za.1ucR 19. The Qi:ern ?? this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight- hood te3l:l Janies Cochrane, LReq.. Chief Justice of Gibraltar. Forrc.Goy, Orricr, ML-rcwir 12. 1 TIeP Queen has-: lhero pleased to approve of MI. Eretnmer, as I Acting Consul General in Great Britain for his Imperial Majesty tile E£in:eror of all the Russias. 'rile Queen lias also been ...

... GLASGOIW, MARCH 31. nt ly Fast-Day.-Thursday next will be observed as a fast- ty day, previous to the dispensing of the ?? sacrament f9 on the following Sunday. ty At the Glasgow Polief, Court on Friday morning, a slater to was fined in 5s., for enlangering the lives of the lieges, by throwing rubbish from the top of a building in King re Street, while he had no person on the Street to warn ...

... A meeting of this reverend body was held on 'Wednesday in the Preebytery House-the Rev. Mr. Burns of Kilsyth, Moderator. Some conversation took place relative to the Sustentation Fund, and the statement made by AIr. Handyside at last meeting, when several members brought forward the fact, that the large amount contributed by the Presbvtery of Edinburgh, as compared with that of Glasgow, was to ...

... FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAT. 1I RAILWAY D1AnErATnxNT, BOARD OF TAana, tv WHIITEHSALL, MAnRCi 25, 1845. to e Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted bv ?? f the LrIds of the Comrnittee of Privy Council for trade, for e the transaction of railway business, havinlg had under consideration St the under-mentiened railkay schemes, hare determined on report- u- mng to Parliament in ...