... RAILWAY COMMiISSION. TumnsorY, Nov. 10. The Commissiot resumed its sitting to-dav, in the Mferchants' Hall, when Mr. G. V. NMuir waas e/amninedL at consideralhe length Y in suppolrt of the scheme for a General Railway Terrninns at thr I site pi-esentily occpiied bv the buildings known as the Wyiids of I Glasgow. Mr. Muir's stateiments to the Comtnli-siclners wvent to -lhow the advantage to lie ...

... EDlINBURGR PIIILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION. T.. 1 -_a _ _ . - - . I I . . . I In our last we briefly alluded to the prniozcli-ngs which took cas niece at Edinburgh on the opening2 of this Society on 'Wednesday. dei From the vari o~is longl and eloquent speeches then delivered, for whichl we have no Space, we select that of Mr. Macunolay, as per- lad haps the most appocsite to the occasion. hry Mlr. ...

... (.61a, sop'b?, gir Taxb? FRIDAY MORNIN G, NOVEMBER 6. Notwithstanding the increased promise of foreign i supply, and the ordinary indication of a falling market at home, there is still a party clamorous for the immediate opening of the ports; or, in other words, for a virtual repeal of the corn law passed by Parliament last Session. Instead of being satisfied with the enormous concession ...

... JNIETED STATES, &c. Wednee zu.Ths lnack.- t shin 1 LivervadtJ ?? packet ship Roehester, Capt. vii Britton, has arrived in the Mersey from New York. whence she sailed on the 22d ultirno, and by her arrival we have been put in lyi Possession of papers from that city one day later than those re- be ceived on Saturday hvthe Josiua Bates. The news from England carried out by the Caledonia was ...

... Itot and Cold Blast Iran.--A correspondence in New- castle writes as follows :-Mr B. Stephensdn, the emi- nent engineer, has been making a series of experiments upon the relative strength of hot and cold blast iron, the result of which will be a complete revolution in the iron trade. Hitherto cold blast iron has brought a higher price, and has been considered, in every respect, superior to hot ...

... S C OTLAND. T'he El-i Burghs.-Captain Loch having 'been aph2 pointed to a command off Vera Cruz, and having no ex- pectation of returning sooner than two years henewihi which period a dissolution of Parliament must inevitably have taken place, he has given notice, through Mr. Grant f of Elgin, that he purposes resigning the representation of these burghbs at next election. He considers, that ...

... fr -o ?lRI-1111-nr xfItfnn?;- 1 e CFrom Blackwooda Magziezb) Our newspaper p~~ress is a very great honour to Great tue Britain, as well negatively in its abstinence from my riaris m ?? of tempting but objectionable topics, as well as positivels-r in the varied ability, the energy, accuracy, and ama'2- wi an ing promiptitude displayed indealingwiththe ever-changngus and often-perplexing affairs ...

... SOU-TH AUSTRALIA. - ~ ?? - k _.X L AAI It 5. e Late advices from South Australia give some interesting sta- tistics relative to the position of that colonir, which, in conse- n (uence of the recent mineral discoveries, prom ises to attract more -tnhan usual attecition in the mother country. Commencing with d the import and export trade of the settlement, we tnd that 114 s ships visited ...

... THIE ARMY. 'I DISUHARCE 01' SOLDIR:. 186 1 ?? Nor. Ie 1846^ Sir,-The arrangements for the settlements with soldiers on their discharge from the army and the allowances made to them on such occasion, having been under consideration, I have the honour to signify to You her Majesty's pleasure that in every case of the discharge of a soldier in Great Britain or Ireland, whether with or without ...

... BARONY PAUIISH. I ELECTION OF THE NE0 PAROCHIAL MAUD, I I A meeting of those qualified to vote in the Election of Elected ; Members, in constituting the new Parochial Board of this Parish was held yesterday in tlhe Barony Parish Church, pursuant to a notice duly published in terms of the Act of ParliamentMr. ROBERT MURoDocts, Cranhill, was unanimously called t6 the Chair.'I The Inspector read ...

... MIS C E L L A N E O U S. Rights of the Wife.The New York Constitutiona Convention has adopted the following section, by a vote o 58 to 44:_ All property of the wife owned by her at the time of her marriage, and acquired by her afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, or otherwise than from her hus- band, shall be her separate property. Laws shall be passed providing for the register of the ...

... ion rhunting Ajpaintments.-The Linlithgonw and Stirling- 9en shire fox hounds meet on Monday, the 23d Nov., at Pol- . kenimet House; on Tuesday, the 24th, at H-aln.ingside; rn- on Friday, the 27tb, at Dundas Castle; on Saturday, the of 28th, at Dechmont-each day at half-past ten o'clock. of The Ayrshire fox hounds will meet on Saturday, the 21st inst., at Eglinton Castle; on Tuesday, the 2-th ...