... CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE I- THE HlfqHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. (Continued from ou? last pper.) (From the Times Commissioner.) Dinagall, Ross-shire, Sept. 25. Coincidences often arise from the existence of co-inci- dent circumstances. Trees of the same kind bear similar fruit. Like causes produce like effects. In the per- petual coincidence of starvation and helplessness in Ire- land and in the ...

... Tile rise in the different rivers and streams in East Lothian on Tuesday was greater than for many years. and the destruc- tion of bridges has been unprecedented. Besides the railway bridge at Linton, the one at Beltonford, and the one across the railway, the ChalLyford Bridge beyond Dunbar, near Broxbburn, the Garvald Bridge beyond Haddington, the Lint. mill bridge between Phantassie and ...

... THE NORTII BRITISH RAILWAY. The fu-wick Advcrtisec- gives tfle following account of the damages sustained ou this line, between Dunbar and Ber- wick - On Monday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the rain commenced, and it continued without cessation up to about the same timne next day. The newly formed banks and slopes at the sides of the line soon showed the effects, and in several places ...

... Itontrou TUESISDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1846. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY. Bank S.tock . - India Bonds under 1000 - Dittofor Account. -.South Sea Stock ?? - Three per Cent. Red -j Do. Old Annuities - Three per Cent ?? 5 Do. New Annuities..- Three per Cent. 1726. ?? per Cent. Anns. 1751.. - New 3S per Cents ?? Consols for Account . ?? 96i New 5 per Cents .. . 9, India Stock for Account - Long ...

... I Liverpool, Saturday afternoon. bi The accounts received to-day from. the scene of the disaster tl to this noble vessel are satisfactory, and announce that up to b I11 o'clock Yesterday morning the steamer lay upright and uno- u injured on the sends in her original position. The following a' communscations from Lloyd's agent at Tyrella contain the S most authentic report we have yet seen:- ...

... GEORGE TIERIOT'S HOSPITAL. A general mecting, of the Governors of this ilnstitntion inas hield within the Hlospical on Tuesday-the Lord Provost in tine chair. A report having come up from the education comnmriittce, of nwhich the late Dr Bennic was convener, tine Lord Provost. saih3 that he thoenllt the board ought to avail theunselies of the opportunityoftestifying their ih respcrt or tiem ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL The Indian maii. of the3 5th September, just receive4. is Ibarren of int ., re hut is ofeeito to the state elg-c fa x~nnt of the countcry in general. Trade bad. once 5 6 become brisk, and tme money markets hiu! lbcen relievec i. i'he pressure recently extaeco ill oi~ ~India. TheuiOf at [lu111mba had been mi-ost favuurable, . the culsivf o prO- lisirflg abtintdan t ...

... The London papers of Tuesday evening eontain tno politi- cal news of the slightest importance. and the rarket for pub- /lie securities remains nearly stationary, alternating only from buyers tr sellers. Consols have been done fur mone- at 93 942 Ed j. Redu ey athe per I and 94,. ai3 fbr thle account at 9i- Reducce three per Cetits. 94 and 933, and the Three-aad-a-Qaarter per Cents. a ad ?? ...

... SEQUESTRATIONS. September 26. MALCOLM & M'DoNALD, merchants in Dandee, Is as Comparny, and John Malcolmand AlexanderlM'Donald, met chants in Dundee, the individual partners of the said Company, as partners, and as ?? meet in the British Hotel there, 7th and 228th October, twelve o'clock. September 28. WrLISAM ARMOrln, mnas:- awni builder, Buc- cleuch Street, Glasgow-Creditors meet in the ...

... SEIUESTRATIONS. October 1. DAVID GRAY, solicitor, Supreme Courts, Edin burgh, ?? residing in 25, York Place, Edinburgh, now de ?? meet in the Royal Exchange Coffeehous there, 12th October and 2d November, two o'clock. October 2. WILLIAM FPLeAY, bleacher and manufacturer at Walkerton, near Leslie, in the county of Fife-Creditors meet in Smith's Green Inn, Leslie, 13th October and 3d November, ...

... LNI I ED ASSOCIATE SYNOD. TUESDAY. OCT. 6. The synod met to-day in terms of adjournment, and after gent coeistitnted in the Usual form, and disposing of some oftem ci routine, entered on the consideration of the busi- ,1e, connected with the proposal of union with the Relief cl w -then the Rev. Dr M'Kelvie, convener of the cora- irtee of this Synod-appointed at last meeting to correspona With ...

... fl& Wateboniall Illercurp. EDINBURGH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1846. It vill be observed that strenuous efforts have com- menced ii ?? and other trading towns of Eng- land, with a view to induce Ministers to open the ports. This is a step which could be justified only by a great scarcity, and the question is, wbether the existing state of things can be so characterised. Undoubtedly we think not, so ...