... PIUVATE CORRESPONDENCE. (From our Special Conrespodenatj LoNDoo,, SAT.IRDAT Moaiyxxar. The proceedings in both houses of Parliament have not re- lapsed in interest since the accession of the new Ministry to power, although nothing more was expected from them than a mere selection of the bills in progress to be pressed forward to maturity, and the remainder abandoned for the present, to admit ...

... Sth Hussars-Captain Lord Killeen is to be one of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's Aides-de-Camp. 9th Lancers-Leave to Lieutenant Ajnderton from April 9, to October 9. 14th Dragoons-Cornet Woodran to Landour from, May 12 to September 12, on medical certificate. Foot Guards-On Wednesday a general court martial, con- sisting of fourteen officers of the brigade of guards, assembled at Portman ...

... 0 , ItImal stlimm. I id6u or WhYS. MNnday, July 20. Thie R&d of Polds -presented a great numbe, of petitlor§ trbia #sibtis places it, Wales against the ufion of the sees of St Asaph and lai9ik. The noble Earl than proceeded t tulat' tbe' principal groundg on rhich a tUnon of the two sees Iad been ProPosed, and tbe bonus which had been held out to the pelciphlity t Induce theb inhbtbitants of ...

... 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), ...

... I mpe4aL valt4iatr. . ZZ~~OUS1: OP LOaRa8 Monday, June 29. Several private bills were forwarded a stage and a considerable number were brought up from the House of inanions, and laid on the table. Lord Brougham, after alluding to the reports in the papers relative to the settlement of the Oregon question, inquried if those reports were correct. The Beart of Aberdeen had great pleasure in ...

... 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 ...

... AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT NiEWCASTLE. - uring the past week, the alnnual eti t RO'al Ag' :nitura Society of Engla. aha the liPon..Tvne. The businea of the Soit8 o~nJo u5 day by the exhibition of Impe~ns hr eeU esta andthe hI= mcluding all thre principl~ ri h igo best~ iaventi eeOf evepy denscitn weretx b oudi tibs prislng ColcinTeattepa on Tedyi h n and thenuw The Tht itestae met.d Was onlzr ...

... FOR JUNE 1846. During themonth of June360 died inEdinburgh, 155 being I males, 173 females, and 32 still-born-showing an increase of 54 above the mortality of June 1845. In Leith the mortality of June amounted to 54, 30 being males, 19 females, and 5 ( still-born-showing an increase of 7 above the deaths during June of last year. E The excessive heats of the montib'of June have, without doubt, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-Julv 9. A message from the House of Commons brought up seve- ral bills. The Earl of MUNSTER and other peers presented pe- titior.s for and against several railwav bills. Lord BROUGHIIAM presented a petition from a place in the county of Tyrone, praying for thle total abolition of capi- tal punishments. Several bills were forwarded a stage. The house then adjourned. FRIDAY, Jrly ...

... FREt PRES YTERY At ABEt&Et.N I The Free Presbytery of Aberdeen met On ThurgdaY, in Mel- nil'e Church-the lle-. Mr ANtErsoS, mederator. 500715 CHURCH. The minuheit of a uleeting of the South Church congregition, 1 eld on M)1onday evening, in reference to a call in favour of the Llev. - M Bonar of Larh4ert, w;ere read. It appeared that a co- j ittee of^ the eongregation had gone to Barbert to ...

... JUVENILE SCHOOL OF INDUSTR1Y. . .. .. - t .. . .. . . . . _ A Public Meeting in aid of this excellent institution, was held in the Mechanics' Hall on Monday evening last. On the platform were Baillies Henry and Ross,; Mr Sheriff Watson: Mr Thomson of Banchory; Mr Blaikie of Craigie- buckler; the Rev. Messrs Dewar, Bryce, Kennedy, &c. &c. The LoRD PROVOST presided. The Afeehanics' Hall,although ...

... Nbertreen %*Uvual+ , I WM Z8DAY, 'a'y 15, 1840., THF. MINISTRY.-The arrangements of the Russell Govern- qi met, both leading and subsidiary; have at length been corm- i pleted. The selections for the various departments appear to an have been directed generally by a fair regard to the personal Yr qualifications of the nominees, and seem to have given satisfac- a tion. Some denmur, indeed, has ...