... At a special general meeting of the Society of Soli- citors before the Supreme Courts of Scotland, held within their Hall, in the Parliament House, on the 22d of April 1856- The subject of the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords being at present under the considera- tion of a Committee of their Lordships'most honour- ale House, and alterations thereon having been sug- gested from ...

... COURT OF SESSION. ROLLS. Notices this day Thursday, 26thb June Jury Sittings-Second Division. The sittings of the Second Division of the Court, for the trial of civil causes by Jury, during the ensuing vacation, will commence on Tuesday, the 22d day of July next; and notice of trial must be given on or before Monday, the 7th day of July next. INNEU HOUSE. First Division Single Bills. C. ...

... I TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDIN\GS. The Council met yesterday-the Lord Provost in the chair. TRINITY COLLEGE CIIURCII. Councillor BELL gave in reasons of dissent from the resolution of last meeting, regarding the building of Trinity College Church on the site at the Calton Hill. Treasurer Dickson adhered. A letter was read from Sir George Grey, acknow- ledging the receipt of the address voted to her ...

... I COURT OF SESSION. ROLLS. INNER HOUSE. First Division Single Bill. Wednesday. 9th July. C. SUrnmoUs of cessio bonoram, Robert Murray, Colini pany Serjeant of the Edinburgh Militia Artillery,aome- time residing in Greenlaw Barraeks and pr~sentyr prisoner in the prison of Edinburgh v. his- Civilitois; C. R. N;, William Paterson-Lord Ardmillan; -L. B- port by Accountaint in the Matter Of ...

... ]LAW REPORTS, COURT OF SESSION INNER RtOUSE ROLLS. This Daen, Saturday, 1l th Jatutry 13- First Dirision ,Sisigle Bill&' L. R. N., Robert Russell, and other d kenzie; R. N., Wi. Dunlop Gnthrie-L.r d v sie; I,. R. N., J. H. Udny and Curator-Ldak side; L R. N., Arthur Farquhar-Lord M L. R. N.. H. T. Stainton, and ?? zie; C. R. N., John Ritchie-Lord ArdrailW Record, Proof, &c., in Causa, ...

... 'PEbRD COURT-Wsmwasn.S~ R:EltCTEON-DflLOF AND ALLAN V. TUCS OFFICERS OF STATE. C This wvas an action of redaction of a comparativelya recent valuatioa of teinds, on the ground that, at an s earlier period, they had been valued at a much lower c rate. The Ljord Jfustice-Clerk to-day read a very long andl elaborate opinion, expressing the viewvs olfp the majority of the Court, that judgment must ...

... POLICE COURT-THURSDAY, t (Before Sheriff Blackadder.) WARNING TO JUVENILES. Michael Bowmna , a youth of thirteen, pled guilty to committing the statutory offence of throwing stones in Princes ~Street, An the 30th June. The Court official produced a sling of peculiar construc- tion, which had been used on the occasion. The Bailie sentenced the young delinquent to receive ten stripes. PARENTAL ...

... UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF SIR R. PEEL. Mr Caird, of Baldoon, has concluded his letters to the Times as the “ Agricultural Commissioner” of that paper. The Times, in a leading article, announces their ly pub- lication in a separate form, and says—In the to the forthcoming volume, Mr Caird states that—‘ Having been in- vited to undertake a task so extensive and difficult, he ventured to consult the ...

... JURy COL-T-FIRST DIVISION. STDISEEF t DODS-GHT 07 WAY. ne This right of public way case, in which Thomas Buchan in Sydserff, Esq., heirofentail inppossession ofthelands and barony an, of Buchlaw, in the parishes of Whittinghame and Stenton, in I the county of Haddiugton, was pursuer, and Mr John Dods, at janm, tenant of the farm of Stoneypath, in the parish of set Whittiagbame, and presently ...

... Are our contemporaries, in the exercitations on the liberty of the press, not going too far for the safety of the very principle which they seek to maintain and preserve ? If there is to be a law of libel at all, we presume that there may quite possibly be occasional breaches of it, and that these breaches of the law should be punishable. To declaim against every ver- dict of n jury, without ...

... COURT OF SESSION. Wednesday, .Zlov. 18. FIRST DIVISIONT. LOS5{, WVILSON, AND BE;LL V). DOUJGLAS AND 00. This is a case which has been already very fre- quently before the Court. Messrs Losh, Wilson, and Bell effected an insurance in Jane 1852, over a cargo of iron rails, per Maidatone of Newcastle. The insur- ance was effected through Mr Brockett, an insurance broker in Newcastle, who wrote to ...

... We clip the subjoined extract from a letter in the Lahorer COloosdle, just received. It vindicates General Hewitt from aspersions cast upon him and other officers by a writer in that paper, and pronii some startling revelations on thi recurn of the General to England. Thu relatives and numerous friends of the Gitieral in this neighbourhood, as well as the service generally, tn ust be greatly ...