... and long. 25 deg. W. on the 9th August, spoke her Majesty's brig Switt, Commander Aldbam, with Mr Smith O’Brien, &c. on board, 34 days from England ; all well on board. The Calypso brought letters from her, Captain Aldham going on board the Calypso. Tne Potator continued to hope, almost against hope, that the blight in our potatoe fields was partial. The accounts we have received from various ...

... LORD JOHN RCSSELL. My Lord —In last letter I pointed out to your lordship the impropriety of having civilian who knows nothing about tbe navy placed as a matter of course at the head of the Admiralty. I shall now examine how the board is appointed when her Majestv selects a Minister to form her Administration. The country iu general, being ignorant of these matters, naturally supposes that be ...

... INVERNESS CIRCUIT 13 TRIAL OF THE SOLLAS RIOTERS. Archibald Maclean, jun. tarmer,Middlequarter: Roderick Mac- phail, labourer, Mallaglate ; Archd. Boyd, farmer, Sollas; and Roderick Macnish, labourer, Sollas—were accused of mobbing and rioting, obstructing and deforcing officers of the law, and assaulting officers of the law whilst in the execution of their duty, on Saturday the 14th July, ...

... CITY PAROCHIAL BOARD The usual monthly meeting of this board was held on Fri- day in the Board Room, Forrest Road—Mr James Gray pre- siding. After the reading of the minutes, A tedious discussion, originating with Councillor Ridpath, arose as to the power of a committee to engage an officer at a guinea a-week to look after the sanatory condition of the city. Mr R. contended, that no officer ...

... INBURGH GAZETTE. SEQUESTRATIONS. Rag, dealer in shares in Edinburgh, and residing there —Creditors meet in the Royal Exchange Coffeehouse there, 7th October, three o'clock. September and 5th in the of Forfar, now staymaker, lately residing in Broughty Ferry in the Royal Hotel, Dundee, 7th September and Ist October, twelve o'clock. S. Micute, engraver, St David Street, Edi Creditors meet in ...

... The 44th Parliamentary report by the commissioners of the Caledonian Canal has just been printed, for to Parliament. The following is an abstract of the principal fea- tures of the report :— “The sammer and autumn of 1848, in the great valley of Scotland, were marked by long-continued and heavy rains, and the early part of the wioter by a succ’ ession of more tem- pestuous weather than has ...

... in the chair. The been read, and its adoption moved by the chairman, Mr Walker, of Helensburgh, moved an amendment, to the effect that the modified plan formerly adopted by the directors of the railway for the construction of a quay at Helensburgh should be agreed to by the meeting, and the directors em- powered to advance the necessary sum (L.5600), in order to avoid being taken into court ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. DONCASTEB BACES—Sept. 12. BUNNING OF THE ST LEGEB. Flying Dutchman j Nanny kirk . 2 Vatican 3 QUEEN'S PLATE. Ellerdale , 1 Swiss Boy 2 MUNICIPAL STAKES. Knight of Avenel ...

... THE CORN TRADE FOR THE WEEK (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Sept. 14.) Rarely has more propitious weather been experienced for harvest than this Season, and, excepting in the late districts, the bulk of the crops in England must have been secured in excellent order. In Yorkshire, and further to the north, some quantity of corn is however still abroad, and in Scotland, aud the ...

... - - “ expine Sept. Miles opened. Number of passengers, 21,699—receipts for horses, carriages, &c. L.3374 12 3 Goods, minerals, and cattle 3437 7 10 Total . . L.6812 0 1 expino 22. axp Giascow Rattway. Number of passengers, 22,097—receipts for and carriages, parcels goods, L.3938 11 11 Corresponding wee k in 1848 . 4494 9 6 Epryeures, Perta, Dunpee Number of passengers passengers, horses, and ...

... ALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The directors of this company have just circulated their half yearly report, which 1s to be laid before the meeting’on Thursday next. It states that the Clydesdale Junction was only partially opened about a month before the close of the financial half-year, and the Hamilton branch, on which much traffic is expected, is only just completed. The Garnkirk ex- tension and new ...

... The twenty-third half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the and Glasgow Railway was held in the Star Hotel, Glasgow, on Tuesday afternoon ; Peter Blackburn, Esq. the chairman of the company, t 5 and the seal of the com The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, y affixed to the register of the shareholders, the minutes of last half-yearly meeting were con- The report by the ...