... (Rican the Stanurtcc-c.) Ir were doubtless too much to expect of a 'Ministry five years in a office, and car lego the system of a preceding Ministry four t years before them, to tell of all the evil consequences of nine I years of eisrule-cf incomes declining at the rate of nearly three a millions a-year for the latter of the nine years-of raw materials Ni consumed in the inverse ratio of ...

... I ?LO o ISQF~ of PoieTt-n-onday-tso, ,Lord, 'r P~ s nthe- chair.. Pre~eot--Te DanofGuild ; Messrs. MVllardy, Susith, Chalee,, he arClder, Eddie, -Ness, B~isset, Rose, aed ofhws lemetntore t saroanr rasedto te~il'aituts and 4thel~public9 at the out- ~tkrt o 9e ttv~i~r esecalyabout Albyn Place, Union a Plae, tidSkee Sree, b cludsof.~ dust.- blowiug int6 theiirN tsi'u'hoe rm the TurnikeRad. The ...

... i '.! -; . :Il! .1 : @: ' . 5,' .6 ,,; ~,i - :-.-VGR- ioukT OF.0,.S Ii j 1 ,~~~- ,d u ..*..:?.1 -whe *ISI nk nMna .we for the dlisposal of this: icade the~,Lod Th~i~nt' ord ~iidvory., Cowan, aul~fil iith Saa 4dro0r.Fraser and James.;Praseri (as bnriteaderg mayy rpo1jecf) Worecr cdin Aotil lsath'ircuit'V~ou rthat hqg~bansd Of tW-A'feale pab'ne; iasd jfathercbf.;thefm-le. pristhe *l ...

... -T . ST. IERGUS -.CA&E- To !the EDITORnO l BSBlWEENITqA: SI,,-'W ill'you ha've~tble'gddnesst6' ingert'A e folod*in remarkrs in our paper this week; iafivindicatibniof tle 'fae.ifs that formed the Medical eviderce';iathbe trihlif'D.Dr1Smitl, 'indi wh~icht wo.re the shbject of al . article'iil ' t1j' Zgia Af'tfjist~ Tt ...

... COURT OF SESSION-FIRST DIVISION. THURSDAY, December 16. LOBD ADvoaATS v. LORD SALTOUN. The Right Ron. Marjory, Lady Saltoun, only child of the deceased Simon Fraser of Ness Castle, and of King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street, in the City of London, Esq., and Dowager of the late Right Hon. Alexander, Baron Saltoun, executed a deed of tailzie of the lands of Ness Castle, and others, to which the ...

... POLICE COrIISStONTERS. Monday, Fcct 21. Spet THER Nvas a Special Meeting of the Cohasissionlers this pax imorniing-the Lord Provost presiding. Wei PEESENT :--Troasurer Ross; Dr Jackson~ ; lST I M'Donald, Fyfe, Anderso n, Keith, Sutherland, far 'Urcjuhort, Fraser, itainnie, Eddie, Clyne, and P.0! Shearer. hoi ROA.D AT GREAT NORTH STATION. Go The PROVOST Said lie hela converned thle mieeting on ...

... POLICE COIIMISSIONERS. A meeting of the Police Board was held on Monday Dean of Guild in the chair. .-h PRSsENT--Sheriff Watson, Messrs Mlatthews; Bisset, Ness. Sherar. Calder, Nets s 0e, Spa XkSutherlaidA.C. Matthew,B Byres 4l*Hare and Gray. ,, STREET CLEANSING ON SABBATH. The DEAN tif GuILD reported verbally, gnbehalf cifthj Street Committee, that the recommetida ton of the Be0adt in ...

... SKIERtFt 'contbs.4 3VEf see -that the, Proouratorsof .Glasgo* b~a:h pretented l Ia 'memorialbto the Court of: ession, praying for varioud+ reforms iti theprocedure in:: theSheriff. Cort-a. ,ihe i more importanttntd rradieul teformBcawu only be earned i out ,urder the,. sa.6tib'#6f ar A'Ct;Parliamrent, bt ,u-h edan o acq~plis'he& no WIhtading by auact-of - ' sqderunt of the Court of Ssssion, ...

... - COURT OF SESSION.-SECOND DIVISION. RHIlD V. THE COMMERAf L DANK. LAW OF BANK; PASS-BOOKS AND DEPOSIT RECEIPTS. The pursuer is a fanrner near Invergordon, and was a cus- tosser of the defenders' branch establishment there. The defenders object to pay a sutil of £80 appearing in their pass-book with the pursuer as paid in on the 6th of June, 1q855, and aver that the citry of the said sum was ...

... The following cases were tried before Sheriff Watson and a jury, on Friday last:- TH EFTS. The fbrst three cases were those of four parties charged with theft. The prisoners all pleaded guilty,and were sen- tenced-three of them to 12 months, and one to 6 months' imprisonment. HIOUSEBREAKING NVITH INTENT TO STEAL. William Thomson, a native of Yorkshire, was charged e with the above offence, and ...

... ~1 , , ~ J tJ l * Swwico uS Pr InI the Police Court on Wednesday-Bailie Williame Hen- wv derson presiding, Po Sara/c Shinq, 45 East North Street, admitted having contra. th vened the 15th section of the Act, relative to grocers not being allowed to sell drink to be consumed on the premises, and was lir ficned 25s, one half of which was awarded to the complainer and tar the other half to the ...

... THE EDINBURGH WIL CASE. . THE past year, if remarkable for nothing else, has el been painfully remarkable for the number of. criminals cl Dbelonging to the wealthier classes of society who have B lbeen brought to justice. Frauds and forgeries of great & magnitude, perpetrated by people in places of trust, tl have been so unprecedently numerous since last year, P a when the failure of Strahan, ...