... high qualifications, :and for %which many~ of e thiern l'aid collie Oveor to hinglanad, and submitted themselvest to a competitive exauiiniition. Previous to the amialgania.f tion of thre two isilitary services the medical service of India wats open to ...

... buyers, ?? of nobility, gentry, clergy, and tradeemen. Nearly alL the sur- rounding towne and villages were repreeented. The competition throughout wao good, but espeoially co on the laest few daya. The amount realised is expected to approach 2000. At the W ...

... ou a rational system of education. The Rev. Mr. Fraser said, one great difficulty in Ingland and Scotlandarose from the competition among school book writers and publishers, which had created an Immense number of books, each dtietob toluk an dti- ferent ...

... of dances, which wererepeated:-lst, Country dance; 2nd, Quadrille; 3i-d, Polka ; 4th, Lancers ; Oih, Waltz; 6th, Quadrille; 7th, Sahottiacbe; Sth, Quadi-ille ; a9th, Gallop ; 10th, Lancers' ;1 11th, Varseviana; 12th, Quadrille; 13th, Country dance. The ...

... that stolid Legis- lature which garners in the revenues of the Spice Islands, and now and then imports a statesman from the dancing shops of Batavia. The Royal Speech-which we published in foil on Wednesday -belongs strictly to the clay formation; it is ...

... AND M!D-LOTHIAN R[FLlE -ASSOCUATION. z FBrnAi, Ot t.18-SCOND DAY. The shooting was limited to two competitions in the Hua ter's Bog. The principal competition was at 200 and fl0 yards, tive rounds at eadh, for the following poizees -lst, Lord Provost's cup; ...

... Bush Quadrille party have determined upon holding their usual fortnightly party on Tuesday evening next, new year's eve, dancing to commence and terminate at the usual hours. We learn that this arrangement has been come to in order that no inconvenience ...

... his efforts were fruitless; he dared not look again, he shut his eyes, but the ringing sound above told him that the fearful dance was being continued—and so these weird chimes went on. But love for the fair creature nerved Owen to make one more attempt ...

... The spi- ritual authority might have been preserved, and even ad- vanced by a timely and ready surrender of the temporal as a clog rather than an aid. But when the Pope made his temporal power the sine qud non of his spiritual authority, he committed both ...

... fowv fite Newfoundland puppies, six weeks old, et-eated a very allimlated competition, anti sold from 20s. to 26G. cacl; retrievers, from 2 to 2 l0s.; a fine Newfoundland clog was selt at 3. THE DISTRES3a iN LAsNCASHIuE.--The following circular, recommendeing ...

... of a Convention of all the States to consult on the amendment of the Constitution is, we readily admit, quite right, but why clog its deliberations with a particular proposal which may or may not be wise and acceptable? Unless the Southern States accede ...

... furniture and wines were dis- posed of last week, and realised high prices. The library was sold on Monday, and there was much competition for the books; a large paper copy of Baines's Lancashire sold for £35; Gilray's Caricatures (Bohn's re-issue) fetched £27; ...