... . h FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. The polling for the burghs of this district took place on S Friday at the various towns, all hope of accommodation be- etween the rival candidates (which had been at one time en- etertained) being at an end. From an early hour great inte- srest, but not much excitement, prevailed in the different burghs, and the usual electioneering machinery was in active ...

... (Tronr our Special Correspondeit.) Loqnots, SATURDAY EVEssea. It will require the utmost -vigilance and judicious manage. ment of the board of superintendance- to suppress the oppo- sition now developing itself in the north against the new poor law, and rendering it as unpopular as that in force in England, You wilM perceive that it required all the skill and tact of the learned Lord Advocate ...

... RATILWAY MEETINGS. EBtsT or Fn'a RAILWAY.-A meeting of the share and. scrip holders of this company was heldlin Gibb's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, on Thursday. Charles Craigie Halkett of Lawhill, Esq. in the chair. After hearing the report read, W. H. Brown of Asbley moved. that the bill be approved of, which was seconded by Eagle Henderson, Esq. Mr Green, one of a deputation from Glasgow, moved ...

... a IX THE SOUTH SEAS. The Australian papers bring details of the loss of English teo- s eels and massacre of their crews by the savages inhabiting the New Hebridean group. The particulars were brought by the John M e Williams, missionary brig, which-had been visiting the out-stations e y of the London Missionary Society at New Hebrides nod New I California, and had made special inquiries into ...

... GENERAL SI HARRY SMITH. I I A.s ever, thing connected with our gallant countryman, Sir I. Smith, w-ftl be read with admiration we present our readers with the fovio ing beautiful sonnet, by his talented sister. Mrs Sar- gant, published in a small volume of poetry, about the year TO MY1 BROTHER. Oh ! shall I e'er again that face behold- On which enraptured I could ever dwell: Again thitt form ...

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... Talrbonlan Illerrarp. EDINBURGH. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1846. In the House of Lords on Monday eveninig, the Ali- nistry were in a minority on tile Charitable Trusts Bill, the object of which is to institute a new Court or Commis- sion for the supervision of those trests. Lord Cottenham moved as an amendment to the Lord Chancellor's mo- tion for the second reading, that the bill be read a second ...

... Cabinet Dinner.-On Wednesday evening the Earl of Aberdeen received at dinner, at Argyll House, the fol- l0wing members of the Cabinet :-Sir Robert Peel, the Dlake of Buceleuch, the Earl of Haddington, Sir James Grabam, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Right 3on. Henry Goulburn, the Earl of Ellenborough, the I EEarl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Right Hon. Sidnev Herbert, the Earl ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS. IMAY 7. 0 The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. The reports on the following bills were brought up, and the bills ordered to be engrossed :-The Caledonian and Dumbarton- shire Junction Railway Bill, Dundee and Arbroath Railway 2i Extensions Bill. to Mr. DIUNCAN moved that it be an instruction to the select committee on the Glasgow and Belfast Urion Railway Bill, to 10 ...

... TNZ OREGON qCESTIOXN.-nIlE xO'vICi. We have s-reeked. rid Havre, most Important adiceps fromt iI 'Washinctun. to thle 16th. tilt, inclusive. They bring the result ti -of the deb-ate in the, Senitee upon. the Oregon quzestion. It The 1procee'lirngs in the Senate are thus dc-tailed by oar corres- rondo-nc:- ~~~Washingtorn City (United eStatesj, P Ptordv April 13, 184. Jf In th'e - n: ?? morning ...

... ?? I b EThis Gatetne contains the official documentc connected with ?? of Peace entered into between Sir B. Hardinge ud an the government of Lahore. 1 DOWNING STREET, MAY B. a The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Barnev, EBq.; Lieutenant Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers, to tie Lieu- P ?? of North Australia, and to adnilnistur the go- . rerunient of that colony, under the style ...

... EDJINBURGJ GAZETT. SEQUESTRATIONS. May 16. ADAM PREENTICrE, spirit dealer and flesber in Airdrie -Creditors meet in Drummond's Royal. Hotel there, 27th May and 7th June, twelve o'clock. Jllav 19. WILIAM M'QuAxs, hatter, Glasgow-Creditors meet in the writing-chambers of Messrs Marshall, Hill, and Hill, WVest George Street there, .28th May and 17th June, two o'clock. EXAMINATIONS. lt. JAxES ...