... Racal *ntrITf!Irenrt* AZZIMEEN, February 14, 1849d Births. At Fraserburgh, on the loth inst., Mrs William Malcolm, 0f twin sons. 'At Dinguall, op the 2dualt ,the wife of the late G. C. Mac- kid, Esq., Surgeon, of a daughter. A At HaWkhrll, on the 5th inset. the lady of Captain C. K. Jadhntone, K.L S., of a daughter. At No. 35, George Square, Edinburgh, on the 9th instthe Lady of Patrick. Boyle ...

... E N O L A NJ D. A Cabinet Cnuncil was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present ?? John Russell, the Lord Channellor, the Mlarquis of Lans- flawne, the Eparl of Nlinto, Sir George Grey, Viscount PsIrmerston, Earl Grey, the Ch n cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis BaLrialg, Sir Jnhn THabhouse, Lord CaTmphell, tfle Right Eon. It. Lahouchere, the Marquis of Cianri- ...

... Aecident to William Hope Johnstone, Esq.-Early on Tuesday morning last, as Mr. William Hope Johnstone was returning to Raehills in company with one of his brothers, a gamekeeper, and others, who had been out watching for night poachers, he accidentally slipped, and fell over a bank about twenty feet in height. When taken up, it was found that he had been severely bruised about the face and ...

... it LONDON. FEBRUARY 24. I Iev The Dalke of Wellington had. an audience of her ma Majesty the Queen, on Friday, at Buckingham Palace.- de1 Times. ss Rnmoudredisit of the queen to ?? are sesn abroad that it is the intention. of her Majesty to visit Ire-~ Oh land durin the ensuing summer, and we observe chat a C Northern contemporarylhas sanctioned a report that a coy Royal. Marine Residence is ...

... f The half yearly report of the four inspectors of factories to her h S Majesty's Secretary of State for the Hlome Department is dated o L January iI, 1849, and was published on Tuesday. The separate h e reports do not adduce any decisive evidence ontie great question of the duration of the hours of laboring in faotories, Air. Horner, e the inspector of the Manchester district, took much pains ...

... THE BALLOON RAILWAY FOR CALIFORNiA. ATTC . .1P IL:- ?? flz. oaFn~TntaF o tP- I nM A.iLI1,JtPJN .1 X D * - * flL x -i 'as . - AA The novelty of this nnnouncement having attracted curr Itten- pw tion, we wvere induced to visit the patentee, who ohligingly wh showed us his mdrlel of the projected railway. The principal bo new feature presented in the present scheme is the avoiding of e all ...

... GLASGOW ftTMA SOCMTTY. A ?? meeting of the qualified contributors to the HTumane - Society was held on Monday, in the Humane Society House- u e David I-lope' Esq., in the chair. The folloningreport was read - by the Secretory . d Sices the last querterly mrnetllg of the diectore rf this Society it Is their melarcholy duty to recara th, sudden dcmise of two of their nuru- d ber, Septinrus Ellis ...

... I THE important question of the abolition of these Acts I was brought before the House of Commons, on W~ednes- I day, by Mr Labouclicre, in the following resolution:- That it is expedient to remove the restrictions which prevent the free carriage oF goods by sea, to and from the | United Kingdom and the British possessions abroad, and to I amend the laws relating to the coasting trade of the ...

... IT'CHEN G1,AIntEN.-A crop of Peas should now be sown in turf. and raised in a. little heat, to be planted out about the middle of March. The most economical way of doing this is to cut stripes of turf 4 or S inches wide, and lay them on boards with their grassy sides downwards; a drill should be made along the middle of the turves by pressing a strip of wood into them; in this the seeds are to ...

... PRECAUTIONS Continuo to be taken against the appre- hended outbreak on the part of the extreme Republican party. The Government does not appear satisfied with the security afforded by the army which occupies Paris, amounting in all to 100,000 men; but has transported, .by railvay, an additional 10,000 from the army of the Alps, while other bodies from that force are preparing to follow them. ...

... I AU Communications, and articles of intelligence, intended for publication, require to be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; and unless these di- rections are rigidly adhered to, Correspondents may rest assured that no attention will be paid to their communicadions. em0 A number of Ploughing Matches are postponed. ...

... it | - AL YEARLY REPORT. I WVe have been favoured. with an early copy of the Report by the Directors to the Twenty-Second ?? General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on Friday the 2d Mlarch next, from which we make the following extracts - In laying before the proprietors the revenue accounts for the half-year now closed, the directors regret that they show a large diminution in the number ...