... OF PLACES IN HER MAJESTY'S ROUTE. (From Forsyth's Beauties of Scotfand - 1808) BEN NEVIS. It woul1d be in vain to attempt to give a par~ticular description he It ctotitg Scnry to be met with in this great county (Inverness) ; ha as the whole surface of it does, of lofty mountaisf5 ?? towards the west, are piled above eah oteri liv niagnt'tincef~5 and between al fwhith ar0epglnO a ...

... 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 ...

... (Fromn Correspodewt of Aort British Maili) I Downpatrick, August 97. The effort made to-day to relieve the Great Britain from is: the position she has occupied in Dundrum Bay since the 20th of September last, now more than eleven months, has been IS! successful]. On reaching Tvrella this morning, at shortly before ten, I IS' found that every necessary preparation had been made for the mighty ...

... 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. ...

... (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 ...

... |ROYAL INFIRMARY-APPLICATION OF ETHER. Yesterday the ether was again resorted to, in the operating theatre, and with various success. Professor Syme bad to per- form the excision of the elbow joint-the patient being a man of colour. On the first attempt at the inhalation, the appara- tus broke; it was tried a second time, but without the desired effect, so that the operation had to proceed in ...

... LATEST NEWS (TFroi our Special Correspondent) LoNDoN, SArTRDAY E-s-aamG. The political aspect of affairs in Italy present no new fea- ?? since my last communication. The enthusiasm of the people has in some few instances led them in to excesses, similar to that of which his Holiness had to eomplainl and the result has been, that at Regglo seven were arrested by the authori- ties, and that at ...

... 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 ...

... FRAN CE. |THE PRASLIN INIRDEtR. i The Gazette des T iWuAaux, of Friday, gives the following C additional intelligence in regard to this dreadful murder, a full account of which appears in another part of our paper On Thursday the investigation was resumed, whilst I f. Gannal was embalming the body of the Duchess, which, da- ring the night, was attended by two cleraymen. The first cir- ...

... EDINTBURGH INFANT SCHOOL SOCIETY. A meeting of the subscribers to this society was held on Saturday in the Council Chamber, to consider the expediency of transferring the model school in the Vennel to the kirk session of the New Greyfriars' Church. Mr Win. Chambers in the chair. The Secretary (Mr John Leishman, ?? read a report by the directors, which stated that the school in the Vennel, ...

... (Fronz our Special Correspondent,) LONDON, SATURDAY MoaNiJNd. The Easter recess has commenced, and nearly all the Mi- nisters have left town to rusticate for a few days, not however before they exhibited to the country tlhe success of their la- bours from what has passed of the session, and which it must be admitted is in the highest degree creditable to them. The pressure of Irish legislation ...

... 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 ...