... NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY NY The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Thursday in the Saloon of Gibb’s Royal Hotel, and was numerously attended—John Learmonth, Esq. of Dean, the chairman of the company, presiding. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, register of sharcholders. the seal of the company was ordered to be affixed to the The ...

... E CORN TRADE FOR THE WE ( From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of March 2.) As yet there is no check to the downward movement in the The trade in wheat has re- value of agricultural produce. mained in a very quiet state throughout the week, still a some- what firmer tone has been assumed by holders at a few of the provincial markets; the desire to realise has, however, been much greater ...

... PRES YT. OF EDIN GH Rev. Dr Steven, moderator. The ordinary meeting of this court was held yesterday— The overtures from the Assembly anent the induction of and anent the admission of ministers and licentiates of Dissenting bodies were approved of. On the motion of Dr Bryce, the Presbytery resolved itself into of the whole house, to consider the marriage Arnot in the chair. and registration ...

... FRANC E. Paris, Sunday. The Debats thus describes the way in which the anniver- sary in commemoration of the Revolution was celebrated :— “The ceremony of the 24th February passed off in the midst of the greatest calm—no enthusiasm, no curiosity, no dis- order.” The service lasted about two hours; it began at ten and at twelve the troops and national guards, whose officers were required only ...

... MED AL VIRTUES OF PORT WINE The following is an extract from a treatise by R. B. Rich- mond, M.D. Member of the Royal Physical Society, &c. en- titled * Practical Remarks on the Prevention of Cholera and removal of other troublesome states of the bowels :” “T cannot think of closing these preliminary remarks with- out adverting to the beneficial effects produced by the use of good, well-chosen ...

... Barnton, and Peter M‘Ewan, Esq. at the instance of Mr List, Superintendent of County Police, and Justice of Peace Procurator Fi-cal—viz. William Alexander, mason, Downie Place, Edinburgh, for trespassing in search of game on the estate of Riccarton, was fined 20s. and expenses, or four- teen days’ imprisonment ; and for a similar offence on the es- tate of Dalmahoy, received the same sentence ...

... notes, containing the substance of my former communication, I am led to the conclusion, tha: in dwelling upon the evil consequences resulting from the poor law, in its influence on the ties which nature and revelation have established between near connections, I omitted to dwell upon the monstreus and marvellous anomaly sanctioned by statute, and confirmed by courts of justice, that brothers ...

... issued instructions for proceedings to be taken against several parties charged with evading the stamp duty in the transfer of railway shares, by omitting to state the ise amount received on account of sach trans- fer. The penalty is L.50, and five times the amount of duty evaded. Fatat Rauwar Accipent.—Yesterday morning one of the guards of the London and North-Western Railway, named Ireland, ...

... SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY The balt-yearly «cneral meeting of the shareholders of the Scottish Central Railway Company was held on Tuesday at Perth—Mr Bruce of Kennet in the chair. This being the first meeting of the company since the occurrence on the line in connection with the Duchess of Suth-rland, and there being important business in connection with the leasing of the line a large ...

... Wabal int Dears or Rear-Apurrat THomas C.B.—This vete- ran flag-officer died at his residence, near Portsmouth, on Satur- day, aged upwards of 80, after a short illness. He wasa mid. shipman of the Royal George in Bridport’s action in 1795, and promoted for his exertions ia the lives. of seven men. He was lieutenant-commanderof fhe ired 12-gun cutter Couri- er, engaged in 1799, off Winterton, ...

... . | Southampton, Tuesday, March 27. By the arrival of the Estafette, off Cowes, we are placed in possession of intelligence from Monte Video and the River Plate to the ié6th January, about twelve days later than has hitherto been received, and which anticipates the expected mail via Falmouth. The siege of Monte Video, which on the 16th of February would complete its sixth year, still ...

... the nets being made of a size that they can be ma- naged with their large herring boats; and there is one at Fisherrow. There are also 16 nets at Cockenzie and two at Prestonpans of lesser dimensions, fitted for being worked by the small boats in fine weather. A fisherman at Cockenzie told Mr Dempster, that he is fully in the belief that the soles leave the deep pits when, the weather is warm, ...