... V&otaI *nteltanfe, AmRDnZEN, December 8, 1847. . irths. At 126, Ring Street, on the 24th uit., Mrs Wmn. Maitland, of a son. At Boghead of Cobairdy, on the 27th November, Mrs J. T. Mortimner, of a son. At No. 3, Low Street, Banff, on the 4th current, Mrs Wm. Grant, of a son. At Sheriffston, on the 6th inst., Mrs M'William, of a daugh- ter. At Elgin, on the 29th nIt., Mrs MIaede, of a son. At ...

... GARDENING, I FORCING SEAKALP, RHUBARB, ASPARAGUS, &C.-Although much has been written about improved modes of forcing these things, yet a few farther remarks may not be uuae- ceptable to persons of small experience. The old plan of forcing Seakale was a most expensive and unsatisfactory mode; expensive on account of the breakage of pots and the loss of labour, and unsatisfactory on account of ...

... I All Commnunications, and articles of intelligence, intended for publication, require to be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; and unless these directions are rigidly adhered to, Correspondents may rest assured that no attention will be paid to their communications w _*t-a _rr _ w u ~Il ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE ENGLISH ON THE CONTlNENT. With regard to my statement that £40,000 per day is spent in Paris by the English, I think 1 shall be able to startle you with a few facts tending to show that my estimate is ander the mark. I have long seen with regret the action of absen- teeism on the currency in England. I am quite sure that our legislators, economists, and public men, have no idea whatever of ...

... PARTICULARS OF THE' RAILWAYS o01 SCOT- LAND SANCTIONED IN 1846. Length. C Airdrie and Bathgate Jtnction. Leased to the Ediiburgh and Glasgow. Engineers, AMessrs Grain er and MVartin - - - - 19f le I Alford 'alley (Great North of Scotland Com- Ln pany's line). Engineer, Alexander Gibb - 154 i- Ayrshire and Bridge'of Weir Junction (Branch ar of the Gla-gow and Ayr Company from their line near ...

... (Frmrn the Edinburgl Gazette of Tuesday.) Walter Thorbnrn & Co. coach builders, Glasgow, and of Waiter Thorburn, the sole partner of said Company, and as an individual-Creditors meet in the writing chambers of William Gilmour, writer, there, 27th January and 17th Fe- bruary. John Marshall, grocer and urovision merchant, Glasgow- Creditors meet in the office of David Jenkins, writer, there, I ...

... WE:DNLBDS3DA, Decomber 22, 1847. JEWIISH DISABILITMES. I THIs question, which has arisen out of the return of I Baron Rothschild as one of the representatives for the City of London, was mooted in the House of Commons, on Thursday last, by Lord John Russell. On that coca-: sion, his Lordship moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the civil and ...

... 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 ...