... fROUStE OF COMMONS, MONDAY. MA-nCfl 29. Te l~ntfic 17n;-n ?? rsnn--w l;ll .. -e --4~ , ?? 515)L2Sh 01' COMMONS. MONDAY. ThAacni 29. The Scottish Union Insurance Company Bill ?? read a third time ansi passed. EMtityaunote AND PE:,RTU OtVLW~kl' Mr T. DUONCG4\BE presented a pecitition from an indivti- dual, proying the postponement of the secondreading of tlmo Edin- burgh andZ Perth Railway ...

... AA~~- - , , , _- ?? The usual monthly meeting of the members of this reverend court was held on Tuesday. in the session-house of Dr. King's Church, North Albion Steet at 11 o'clock. There was a more than ordinary attendance of members, and others *who seemed to take otn interest in the proceedings of tise court. The Presby- tery having been constituted. by the appointment of Mr. Blair of ...

... Cf,1la J ?F x tb FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 16. I 1 , h 1 'aster rE ces.;t_ AA place in Committee of Supply regarding the expediency of 7 increasing the retiring allowances to certain classes of rc medical officers, surgeons, and paymasters of regiments. 7 Sir De Lacv Evans moved an address to her Majesty, pr praying for inquiry into numerous matters connected with I the barrack acconmmodations, ...

... GLASGOVW, APRIL 5. - Fever on the Caledondian1 Roilcay-.Fever of the worst kind, we are informed, h as broken out among the railway ns labourers employed on the Caledonian Railway, at the .1 Cut at Evanhead. A great number of deaths have taken of place. Some of the rural inhabitants of the district have tbeen attacked with it; and, in a shepherd's faimily on the c, farm of Howeleuch, four ...

... D AUT.ER-fl oYPE TELEGRAMP. While considerina (sacs I Railway Re- While ~ ~~ Mr. Hd~e Clark in theRalyR- g7ister for p ofil) the applications of the electric telegraph to distant purposes, it occurred to me that it was possible to use F the electric telegrnph, so as to put the daguerrotvpe in action at a distance. In noting what siuggested itself to ate, I do sO more in reference to matters of ...

... THI' CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. (Frn'. 6peD~fi [~~ro (From the D /i-eo Co-urier.) t On Thursday wve had an opportunity of seeing part oF this line I in the neighboorhood of Lockerbv and Ecclefechan; and were delighted to observe the progress ;which had been made during the winter months. At Lockerby, where the line passes the village, a clearance has been made, and the foundation for the station ...

... ?? oJF Cc)M. NS. ov- ;, ilili at, n ,-l r m.Ali tinme. :Ir - The follovcinlg bilewer reid- a .erusd timne, mud ordered to be ' He Acornet ted :-The (':1leirmi~ttin K Lil,,a( 11 nlit' to WisIon town, Ki -Ito Faildlit us, evil to Bien'tr and ir . Eabtonl) Hill : the caleio- ?? a Otti 'Imlii (I ElitiiuiritIi s tit ioi sit! Birat: it ee to G;rentoti and Ile tothe Edinhiirgli anji Glisgow ...

... PAUlPERISM-THE WORKHOUSE TEST. Some time since we published a speech delivered bh Mr. David MI'Chire of this city, in introducing a motion at the Parochial Board, for the extension of the Workhouse system in connection with the Town's Hospital. Since then we learn thatlMr, AI'Clure's l appalling and afflicting statements have excited muich interest amongst the rate-paying classes in the city, ...

... SC OTL AND. The parish schoolmaster and inspector of the poor for the parish of Blair Athol], absconded last week, lifting from the batk and taking off' with him, between L.60 and tL.70 sterling of the poor ?? Courier. Eatal Accident.-On Monday, vhile a ]abourer of the name of James Conlon, was working at the bottom of san embankment near Bowshank Tunnel on the Edinburgh r and 1lasick Rail-way ...

... PETEIR TIEE GREAT. -I razeI . L 11t txt AX1t. j ? (Fraonc Clharacteristics ef Men of Genius.) . Oaur adm iration of the man's poweris increased by a contemplation of the extraordinary versatilit vof his geni us, its wide grasp, and its minute perception ; but we reuret to sea so much elephantine e labour thrown away. As he felt himself to be the onlv man in the empire, so in his power of ...

... I, LO I) O A. A R I 1, I u. 'iJnrrdsor. Fr, fid/q Eerrir.._Tler floral Ti on the 1 btis of lront 11:> ntilil! ?? la-rt tv. or thre, it-s Lt o.LT;Ml'r ' ?? ptirrress twlvtarh r.,- folry from her lato s-yen' attick of irTi' nza, and11 t-3r Et lv i lii n Ut:. FO til- fnIV ti c -'at as to acceptr her NI-rje stv s in-j Ciuit, ti t ioin the linn-r toirclh a tin,- (atilo. eof Lo)rd A~,v! Piin,,t rid ...

... 6 (v T' L A N 1). A A Nolle Exonmlple -Vne have great pleaisure in brnrii! before tile notice of our readers thle philanthropic conduct of ATIr. Peter MI'Cailufn, nail-rmaker in this town, in pei. mitting) the ?? in lilS emploelnrnt to go to school two r hotirs;7-day wvithin the usual wvorikling hours. Mr. AlW Callum, tr in order tlo give every encouragement, generously engages i to pay a ...