... Morning dresses, made in foulards, poil de chevre, gris de lin, eceru, or poussiere (dust colour) are the most worn ; they are relieved with fancy gymp trimmings of green or blue. Venetian silks are nlso a favourite material ; the frillings ?? which they are trimmed being cut, and gradually separating from the waist to the edge of the skirt. Evening dresses are composed of gauze lisse, pink or ...

... |ORIGINAL FAMILIAR CoRREsPoNaDn]Scs BETrWEEN HESI- D DENTS sIN 1XL, INCLUDING SSETCUES OF JAVA, &C- Edinburgh: Blackwood &- Sons. The letters in this interesting volume, while more immedi- ately attractive to the kindred minds thrown together at a M'ofussil station in Benga],1 will be perused with pleasure by all emlbued with the literary taste that so conspicuously ap- pears in the lamented ...

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... There will be exposed to public roup, on Saturday the Ist August next, at Berryhillock, Dauneyshowes, Highlandman's Park, Dam Park, Powis, and Old Aberdeen, CEVEKAL ACRES of OATS and BEAR, in excellent con O dition. be put up in lots to accommodate Purchasers. The roup will commence at Berryhillock, at Two o’clock. P.-V Credit will be given on Security, as usual. Powis, 14th July, 1846. sale ...

... Des}co3rinats in AnsrutLs,, with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of ILM.S. Beagle, in the years 1837 to 43, by Commander J. Tr Lort Stokes, R.N. 2 vols. Svo. As necessarily happens in the description of an exploring expedition undertaken by order of the Lords Commissioners rl of the Admiralty, this work of Captain Stokes, in the shape of ri latitude, ...

... .SCO-rISH NAVAL AND MILITARY ACADEMY. The annual cxamination of this national school Cook place -&n Moldra and Tuesday week in the Academy9 Lothian road. The appearances of the pupils on this occasion were ecil as to attest the high talents of the masters, and to call frah the warmest acknowledgments of the directors. On Mon- dl' the claosss ,f Laiin, German, Arithmetic, and French, -crc ...

... Tte annual, examination of thO pupils attendinn this sc- minary took place on Monday and Tuesday last, in t h e variofl5 class-rooms; and the prizes were yesterday distribltecl by- John Cadell, Esq. of Tranent. The Lhall was crowded by bfath parents and friends of the scholars. Mr Cadell. in deliverin_ t.e prizcs, addressed the various successful canididate5 in terms hiehly complimentary to ...

... TimS QUARTERL-Y REVIErw, N o. 155 . Tihe first article here is on Borneo, the Eastern Archipelago, [ and the praiseworthy proceedings of that remarkable man, ?? [ Brooke, 1vtof ' unassistted from the public treasury or the funds of united capitalists, has devoted the resources of a pri- vate fortune to objects of national importance, and associated the British name with the protection of the ...

... LITERATUR E. VOICES FROSM THE Cnowbi, and other Poems. By Charles Mackay, LL.D. author of - The Salamandrine, L egends of the Isles, &c. London: Win. S. Orr & Co. With a strong and articulate utterance. these Voices from tmeC Crowd give poetic'd1 expression to the spirit of the age we live in-those sentiments of moral, social, and political rege- neration, which, bsy the strenuous ...

... REVIEW OF TIIOOPS IN IHYDIE PIAK. Yesterday the household troops, consistitg of the I st regi. ment of life guards, co(tinanded by Clu. Cavendishi, thle ?? horse guards, commanded by Colonel Bonvrrie, the 1st nnd 2d battalions of thu grentidier giaris, commanded hy Colonel Homne, the 1st batttalion of tIt( $old streamtiards, commandled by Colonel Shiw, awnd the l t hnattulipit of the Scots ...

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... ASSOCIATION FOR THE rPROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND. The twelf-th annuial general meeting, of this association was -fiel in thle Music Hail oen Saturday. For the purpose of hear- iog the report of the committee of management. and of (lit- tribetrin: thle wvorks of art purchased by themn amongest tire utwmhers. The meeting was veer large and highnly respectable: amioag-t others onl thle ...