... IETTE' PROMI A RA, W.AY WITESS t LO15D1 (roMn B~lackwood's Magazine.) j i Mv ?? ,.g the w'ords of the venerable Joe Grim- j 04 aldi_- Here I am againU' swearing away before the committees Idi at no allowance. The trade is not quite so good a, one as it -was to of traffic commanded his own, price, andtberefore invariably stood trn at anexorbitant premiumr. 'Still it would be very wrongi10me to ...

... . ; L _ fi ?? . . ae tech with n6 little interest the operationsnow going on for the emancipation of the Great Britain, in regard to which the public anxiety is still so strongly manifested. Since our last notice wee learn that eight of the huge boxes have been got in I place, with their pairs of spars to each, while 12 others are near ly flnishnd. On the strand these contrivances appear ...

... FRON THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. FORIazN OwzicE, JuLY 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Noble Towner, as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel Solomon, as Vice Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck. WAR OrFICE, JULY 2. t 10th Light Dragoons.-Regimental Serjeant Major ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, THUrnSDAY, JULY 1. I_ _ __ 7 - - Several bills were brought up from the Meuse of Commons. The Duke of BUCCLEUCR presented petitions from Glas- gow and other places, in favour of a Health of Towns Bill. 3 QIJ.qALoPICATIOS OP PEERS (SCOTLASn) BILLe On bringing up the report of the above bill, The Duke of BUCCLElUCH approved of that portion of the bill which provided that peers of ...

... 130-sT. ?? COMM3ONS, M ONDArx Juesr 29. The Speak~er tonic the chair ant tcour o'clock. Oicc thle motion rf Mr. .lOUVlttfIF, thle third reading of thle Paisley, 11arrhcafd, and lun~t iiauxw a; Bil was postponced uintil next session. The Lords' ameu~icments on the, followina hilts were read and agreed to ?? e I liundee and Perthj liailwcnv (Alteration and E~xtension.cirnc- Incvictre, liolgacie ...

... LoNDoN, Wednesday Evening. HOUSE OF COMMATONS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed ?? and Newvle Railway: Glasgow, Kil- marnock, and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations, and Branches.) The Militia Ballot Suspension, and the Naval and Military Mutiny Bills were read a third time and passed. A messenger from the Lords brought down several bills, which ...

... LoNDoN, Saturday Evening. HOUSE OF LORDS.r Five Peers were present, including the Earl of Shaftesbury, r wha presided. C The Militia Ballots Suspension, and the Corn Importation Bills were passed through Committee, after which their Lord- ships adjourned, not having sat longer than three or four minutes. THE FU) ND S. C Tivo ?? Funds have been very quiet, but the tned seems stronger then ...

... s The Old Town's Hospital, now converted by the City Parochial n Board into a fever hospital, is a large and substantial structure, - on the line of thoroughfare fronting the river: between Maxwell Street and Stcckwell 'Street, with extensive accommodation in- doors, as well has in the rear, and is furnished with all the conve- tniences requisite for its successful application to the purposes ...

... BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT | OF SCIENCE. ! Oxford, June 2g-The departure of Prince Albert yesterday afternoon was speedily followed by that of considerable numbers of the members, which caused the Lecture Theatre in the evening to be much more thinly attended than on the two preceding nights. The numbers were all greatly diminished at the sectional meetings this morning, although ...

... ar Early Potatoes.-There was raised, lastweek, from the ad [ farm of Montfode, parish of Ardrossan, a quantity of early II potatoes, several of which measured 74 inches by 62 inehes. er They were of the American Early kind, reared in the open er |air, and were completely free of ?? was also he dug, on a field belonging to Mr. Wilbeck's Nursery Holm ad farm, Ardrossan, a lot of the Kidney kind ...

... HIGELAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. frt ri, . 1 ~ l - --I - . - 1.. _Jr CZUUIL iN. The General Meeting for the election of members, and other business, was field in the Societv's Hlall on WVednesday the 30th. Fifty-four gentlemen were admitted by ballot, among whom were the Hon. The Master of Stratbalian, Robert DIndas of Arniston, Dug~ald Forbes, writer, Glasgow, John Fyfe of Dal- ...

... ASSESSMENT FOli POOR'S RATES. Sometie (rom uhe Deqf-i.s Courier.) ha Some time ago the question of the best mode of assess- in ment for Poor's Rates was discussed in this paper, and an sic opinion expressed in favour of the adoption of the classi- d fication clause of the new law in parishes which are partly ill rural and partly urban, The recently published First mi Report of the Board of ...