... PHTLOSOPI-IICAL INSTITUTION. ?? Westroacoti delivered his second lecture on sculpture on Friday evening, which compriied a general andL interesting history of the practice of the art from the earliest ages down to the time of Alexander the Great. Thze lecturer said hie would not attempt to prove in whet nation this art bad first arisen, was it was to be presumned that the faculty of imitation ...

... I Frown our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, SATrTEDAy MORNING. The business of the session has commenced in earnest, as you will perceive from the 'amount disposed of for the four nights since the assembling of both Houses. As a prelimi- nary towhat I have to offer, I mast direct your attention to the frank and manly avowal of support of the present Minis- try made by Sir Robert Peel in his ...

... TTIHE, -%OOS-TIlE 12mx OF AFGUST. Thle 12th oFAticust, a 0-tv so- important to sportsmen. Wag. bath foui and lair in, this district. Tim, early part was stornav Wit, windl noid raba ; tolanrds the afternoon) it settle'] into ?? weatheri. FX~,i's Were entt'rttitied that in comparisonI waitl former seas;on!s, grouse wouldl be scarce. This. cerrainle. if tlie case onl some raeors ; bitt not to ...

... ARGYLL CANAL REPORT OF CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCHER. 19, Arundel Street, 27th April 1847. Sm-In compliance with the instructions which I had the honour to receive from my Lords Commissioners of the Ad- miralty, under date 1st April 1847, and directing me to examine into the propriety of connecting east and west Loch Tarbert by such a canal as may facilitate the navigation of the adjacent ...

... SI IFBy OUR USUAL EXPRESS, SIX lOTJRS IN ANTTICIP4TION OF THE LONDINOT MAIL. LONDON, WVEDNESDAEY MIOatNiN. The Congress of the Nations has for the last week been in full operation at Brussels. As in the days of the French Re- volution, mankind have met by deputy to discuss first princi- ples. There is, however, no longer question of political theo- rems, but of customhouse regulations. It is ...

... LATEST INE S. BY SI USRAtL EZPRESS H six HiouRS I-N AIN'TICl:PATIO-N OF THE LON DONN MALIL. LONDON, TF_:-EDSESD MrOR-1N-G. The Queen took a drive in a char-a-bane on Mondav. His -goyal EHighness Prince Albert returned from Portsmonth on Mronday afternoon. The royal dinner circle included 'her Roya] Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Hi-rboess Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Anna Maria ...

... EDINBURGSn GAZETTE. SEQUESTRATIONS. September 17. JoN HEssrts GRaeG, lately writer and insu- rance broker in Edinburgh, presently residing in Dunblane- Creditors meet in the writing-chambers of James Bell, St James's Square, Edinburgh, 27th September and 18th October, ten o'clock. September 17. WVILL1aeL & Tnaotcs GrnMsELL & Co. mer- chants in Glasgow, and at Canton and Honet Kong-Creditors ...

... (From the Mfontrcal Herald.) The general impression continues, that a short session of Parliament will be held in February, and that, as the Parlia- ment dies a natural death in October I 4S, a general election will, most probably, be held during the sumnaer-what the result of that election will be, we do not feel competent to predict; but that his Excellency's present Cabinet, has but a ...

... IRE LAND. DEATE OF 31S REXCELLENCY THER LORD LIEUTENrANT. 1 I aon! Saunders' News Letter of Monday.) This melancholy event, now expected for some days, is con- I sumrnated. Ei.s e cellneocy breathefi his las at eleven o'clock ont Sunday nig$*ith&e 16Lh{d1nStcs~eacefo~lly, and wfirhobis ] struggle. Abiit haliran hour prekfionsly, $Es extellency rook; a last and afictiouate farewell of the ...

... UNIVERSITY OF EDINJ?URG?. CotM5ENCitMl5T O0 TriE stesstox. The wvinter session of the University commenced on M;son- day, wvhen, as usual, the very Rev.* Principal Lee delivered an opeiing address in the Chemnistry Class Room. There wvas nearly a full attendance of the professors of the different facul- ties, a-nd the blenches wore all closely Ocespied by studen~ts. We also obaserved several ...

... THIE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DEE BRIDGE. CLOSE OF TIHE INQUIRY. The proceedings at the inquest wvere brought to a conclusion on Wednesday. Captain Symonds, R.N. inspector of railways, read the opi- nion of himself and Mr Walker, the Government engineer, as to the cause of the accident. This document ran to a very considerable length, and occupied upwards of an hour and a half its delivery. ...

... The monthly meeting of this board was held on Friday, at which Adam Longmore, Esq. presided. APPOINTMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL OPPICEt. Mr G. Thomson said, he believed the books of the board, which had been handed to MTr Maitland, accountant, would by :-e end of next week be brought up to the period of last ba- lance. He was satisfied they could never get the books pro- perly kept with the present ...