... The examination of the schools of the Edinburgh Institu- tion, Hill Street, fora languages, mathematics, and general or commercial education, continuing for two successive days, was concluded on Wednesday last (yesterday.) The distri- bution of the prizes took place in the Waterloo Rooms, in pre- sence of the examinators and of a large and genteel assem- blage of the friends of the pupils and ...

... We find the following interesting sketch of the life and his- tory of General Taylor in the Nashrville Ore hopolitarn:-Gene- ral Taylor entered the army in 1808, immediately after the attack on the Chesapeak, aind has been in the service of his rcountry from that time to the present. Having entered the army as a lieutenant of infantry, he had risen to the com.- mand of a company at the ...

... SCOTLAN B. POST-OFFWiRAiitnir -c-errdrt ta on arid] a.. after Mondr'y the 2fith, the Post. Olijee autboritieg wIllII avail Vythremseves of tho facilities aWlorded 1hY the opening of the North its British h~allWaY froMi Edinburgh to 1Berwick, thus lessenling, [by ho aboit four houirsthe timaeiat present occupied in runinin'g-the hie night and day nurils between London and Edinburgh, and, as il- ...

... ABFRDEENSHIRE HORTIULThRAKL SOCIETY. I I - - I.. ,. r. .,: . , The second exhibition for the present. season of this society took place on Wednesday. The show of flowers was, perhaps, fully as magnificent as any that ever was witnessed at this pe- Inod in ansy preious season. The attendance was very numer- ons. The following is a list of the awrds of the Judges - For the best Twelve ...

... Tnr conntry, it would appear, is to be again subjected to all the anxieties of a Ministerial crisis, at the close of a session which presents a heavy arrear of business both of a public and private character. This juncture has been produced partly by the defeat of Alinisters-on the Coercion Bill; but more particu- larly, if report speak the truth, by some hitch in the Cabinet on the subject of ...

... CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGES. Tuerdag, J'u11 14. The Convention Met this day at 12 o'clock. The Lord Pro- vast of Edinburgh havink been chosen Preses. the very Rev. P~rincispal Lee conatited the meeting with prayer. Mr John Sinclair Depute Town-Clerk of Edinburgh was appointed As- sistant lerk in room of the late Mr Callander. Wed4 aV, J-l1Y 14. Mr CrAewford, W.S., (North BeIwDak, . Convener of ...

... [aleoniaJ Inercurp. EDINBURGH. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1846. It will be seen, from the proceedings in our Town Council. that a strong and universal desire has been es- pressed by that body that our present excellent Chief Ma- gistrate should agree to be re-elected in November nest, when his three years' tenure of office expires. Seldom it is that a similar flattering testimony is borne to the ...

... LEITIT. CsEssrzrmus.-Perhaps no town in Scotland a few years ago was more inconveniently placed, from want of appropriate resting places for the dead, than the ancient port of Leith. There were only two, one in North and the other in South Leitb, both of them small in extent, and situated in crowded portions of the town. We are gratified to observe, however, that a fortunate change has ...

... (fat ?? z 4. rn-r EDINBURGH. MUONDAY, JULY 6, 1846. The new Cabinet bas now been formed, and will. be fairly lauuched once soeie of the subordinate offices are filled, up. In this momentous task it has been the pri- mary ain of Lord John Russell, first to rally- around his standard the mos1t able men within his option, and then to appoint them to those offices for which their talents and ...

... THE WHIG'S AND THER PREMIER. (Douglas .Jerroldts Paper.) Sir Robert Peel gave thl;' whole glorn of corn law re- Peal to Mr Cobden. Certainly. Lord John Russell hal ¶Vitten his famous letter giving up his pet fixed duty. It 'vas a very nice letter-vyre. But like a schoolboy's holidailly mis.iive, it hadI been drawn up for hlim by his free trade ini'ster. Lord John at last wrote a very plain ...

... CITY TELECTID.V-1E'TT'R-?N OF mR' WILLIAm G~i,3kU CFRAIG. Mr William Gibson Craig was on Mon lay again retiurned to t serve in l ?? :is one of thle city's ivp a: seata ti ve Mrt Craig was accuiupauied to the hustings bv a con,,iderable uno-N her of friends, uaumntst whom we observed-the Lord Pro- f vost, the Right liuA. Fox Manale, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, f the Lord Advoi ate (Rutherford), ...

... AWFUL THUNDER STOR-1 IN STRATfSPEY. I On Friday, the i9th ultino, the districts on the southern side of the river Spey, extending from the Nethy to Ballindal- i loch, wvere visited by one of the most terrific thunder storms ever witnessed in this country. The morning, like several whichI had preceded it lately, was excessively hot and sultry, with a slight breeze bloning from the S.W. -The sky ...