... STATE OF THE FUNDS-SATRDAY. Bak BRITISH. RES Bank Stock .. 197 Brazilian Five per Cent.. Ss 3 per Cent-Red. Anne. 88 Danish Three per Cent. 3 per Cent. Con. An..87, Mexican Five 3S per Cent. i726- Permuvin N ew 3s jOer Cent. .- -89; Portuguese s per Cent_ New 5 peil~Cent. Ans. -_ Converted.. .. Long Annuities to expire Portuguese 4 perwenZ - ...

... How T PRESEVE HEALTH, AND AVOID Thefoll owing Rules, prepared for distribution amongst the poor of G~lasgows- are excellent, simple, and easily fol- L lowved. We give them a place in our pages,-that other 2 towns may reap that beneflit whllich must necessarily result from practising what they prescribe:- General Rule.-Temperance, Cleanliness, and Breathing Pure Air, are three of the surest ...

... :D Es33yT August Il, 184 7. TIaE GENERAL ELECTION. In the review:which 'we took, in our last, of the go- neral character of this election, and the circumstances under which it takes place, we remarked that the only conclusion to be arrived at, was, that there never per- haps was an election of which the results could with less certainty be predicted, or that afforded more slen- der means of ...

... - . The Lammas Show. of.tihe Fettercairn 1armers' Club was held- on Monday. The number of animals. brought forward was less than on many previous occasions; uti the specimens exhibited were decidedly good of their kinds. The judges-Messrs Anderson, Inchock; Smith R-inbleth month; Knowles; Mondynes; and Stewart, albarake- after a very car-ful inspection, awarded the premiums as follows:- Brood ...

... ROMAN CATUOLIC RELIEF BILL. ON Wednesday last Mr Anstey proposed, in the House of Commons, the second reading of a Bill, of which the ob- 0 ject is the same as that introduced last session, but with- out success, by Mir Watson; that object being to relieve t the Roman Catholics from the few disabilities under which they still labour, by the total or partial repeal of certain statutes. The Acts ...

... CITY ELECTION-CAPTAIN FORDYCE'S. I MEETING. I A Meeeting aF the Electors, called by CaptainFordyce, was held or Wednesday in the Court-house, which was 6rammed to suffocation. Captain Fordyce came into the' room a little before three an wvas received with great enthusiasm; He proceeded directly to Colonel Sykes, who was present on Capt. For- dyee's invitation, and both cordially shook. hands ...

... The following letter, from a correspondent of the Times, dated ' Camp. Deccan, Sept 20, regarding the abolition of Suttee. under the administration of Lord Hardinge, will be read with interest:- Probably the most remarkable feature in the rule of Lord Hardinge will be the cordiality which has been exhibited by native Princes in regard to the abolition of Suttee. During the past two months the ...

... NEWt' Biras ANT) THE STANDING ORDERS.-How will the applications for new bills be affected by the early meeting of Parliament ? is a question that has been asked, and some dif- } ficulty has been found in giving an answer. The standing orders run thus:- That in the months of Oetober and No- vember, or either of them, immediately preceding the session of Parliament in which application for the ...

... I I TO 1he EDITOR of the-A0Z1EtE JOURNAL. Sly,-In your Journal ofthe 17th inst. there is a report of a Poor Law case,which is truly said to be of consequence to Parochial Boards and Poor-s Inspectors. I being the In- spector who brought the case forward, entirely on my own responsibility, and having lost it, find that I am held up by some as being ignorant in the way of my duty, and by others ...

... -ISCELLM~EDUS. M SC ELLA RED0 US Tnr GUEIRNSEY CInIINAL, COnE.-A thief, Convicted lately before the high tribunal of Guernsey, was sentenced to; be transported for three years to England! A BATCH Or LAWVrr. s-One hundred and sixty. eight gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted Attorneys in the Court of Queen's Bench. Su.SDAY Pi rres.-In one parish in Ireland the ...

... LONDON PROVISION MARKET. BUTTER, per cwt. ss. . CHEESES. S. S. Carlow .91 to 97 Cheshire . 54 to 70 Clonmel 0 o Co Derby 6e 64 Cork 90 91 Double Wiltshire 54 65 Limerick 86 go Thin ditto ..50 56 Waterford 82 go Berkeley 64 60 Dublin ..00 00 o BACON. Waterford..63 66 FO REIGN. IAmerican . 36 46 Friesland .. ...

... IRELANDS THER NATIONAL MONUMENT.-It is estimated that the collection of last Sunday will amount in round numbers to Isome 15,000; no very insignificant Sam, considering the appalling prospects of poverty contained in the accounts from all parts of the country. !The amount collected laS Sunday at the chapels in Dub- !Inn for the O'Conell monument was) in round numbers, el1300. The Eveni7ng ...