... (Abridged fromn the Inverness Courier.) TInURSDAY, JULY 13, TO SATUIIDAY NIGIIT, JULY 15. Our importarnt market commenced as usual on thuesecond Thursday of July, and extended to the Saturday following. Svevral gentlemenl arrived on Thursday evening, but it was not till late next day titat business was attempted, and thett only a few small Jots were disposed of. There never was a market here ...

... I~ ~ ,_ , . ken. a of (iFramutbe Mtanchester Guardian,) was The Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, this at Manchester, in 18.5?, is now a thing of the past, so far as the nee, public is concerned:- and to the executive committee there re- sage mains but the onerous tasak of. packing the countless treasures por- and retu-rning. them to their liberal-minded owners. it was for ...

... LITER AT U R E. A HANlD-Bio or BRI1TISHI MAnfRITl'JL LAW. By D. R. Morice, Advocate in Aberdeen. L'ondol: Smith; Elder & Co., Corrhill. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. Tent treatise is intended for the use of meichents, shlipowners,, shipmasters, and legal ?? the three fir!tr. mentioned classes, who have here in an aecessible form that. information which largely enters into their daily trlnsactio!s' ...

... ?? Aat HISTORY OF FREDERICK THE. I ' ' ,--GREAT.* (Fiore thebiterary.Gazettc - - The actual publication of 'these voluLnes, the first half of Mr. Garlyle's long-promised and long-expected Life of t Frederick the Great, sets at rest the question, mooted more than once during the last few years,-wv.hether the work ...

... c I fMTTrrt. r -rmr Snr -wam eln THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST. (By Charles Mackay, in the Illustrated London News.) Cincinnati, Jan. 27, 1858. Cincinnati is as yet the greatest city of the Great West. How long it will ,remain so depends on the progress of po. pulation in Missouri, and the city of St. Louis on the Missis- sippi. But a few years ago it was the U'ltima-Thule of civil- isation, ...

... THE JOLLY -MARINER. A BALLAD. IT was a jolly mariner As ever hove a log; He wore his trousers wide and free, And always ate his prog, And blessed his eyes in sailor-wise, And never shirked his grog. Up spoke this jolly mariner, Whilst walking up and down:- The briny sea has pickled me, And done me very brown; But here I goes, in these here clo'.es, A-cruising in the town ! The first of all ...

... FASHIONS FORL VOLUNTEERS. ._ .. -- c ~ - , +. ' - ' (From the Spectator.) Artists of real talent as well as distinction are discussing the not unimportant question, how to dress the volunteer. They only seem to forget the sage precept of the ifumortal artist as the preliminary to dressing, first catch your hare, ' for this discussion is by no means useless. Ittends to promote the practical ...

... CATTLE SaOW AT CAAIBUSLANG. UAT.U1' 1 O AA WUN A' .;Az1 BU: LA.iN U. l0oo On Tuesday last, the Cambuslang, Blatyre, and Ruther- glen Agricultural Society, held their annual showy of cattle atet and dairy produce at Cambuslang. The judges for the (Ira cattle department were-AMessrs. John Anderson, Smithston, her Cumbernauld ; Peter Crawford, Dumgoyack, Strathblane ; t and Robert !K'Kean, ...

... 7 A - W ?? ARRAN FLAMES' SOOETY CATTLE SHOW. . ?? . . .. . . . I .. sA - This show was held at Issnlash -on rsesday the 16th inst. The following is the list of prize.:- l For the beet Ayrelhire BuA not undgee ?? years of age- Ilst Wm. Todd, Gleniee- !W, Mri Finlay l'ook, Torrylin. For the best Ayrshire bow, not uder 1ires yettofage vhich has had a omitf -dring the: crrent season- M'Callum, ...

... Tan CURCun1 HIiSTORY Os SCOTLAND, from the Commence- ment of the Christian Era to the Present Century. By the Rev. John Cunningham, minister of Crieff. In two volumes. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Blaclk. IT has been stated that the man most competent to write the History of the Church ?? was the learned Prin- cipal Lee of Edinburgh, who has been so-recently called to his rest. And the reason why ...

... sAPTEBMBEB. Welt lain, September marched eke on Ioot, Yet was helheavy laden wills the ?? 01 harvest riches, whichl he made his boot, And him enriched with bounty ofthe soyle, Inuhis one ha-nd,5i-t for harvest toyle, Hie held asknifrh110k; and Ia tli' other hand Aepis f elgA withi which he did assoyle IBoth more and less;ewhere he indoubt did stand, t And equalgaeteahsjutcduycne. Such is ...

... THE G17EAT EXHI B I T1.T () (Foml the Ti`ceS of Maonidav.) 11'er Mlajesty, Prince Albert, and the Rtoyal party at the Palace, visited thc Exhibitions oil Saturday mornilg beforre the - public were admitted, and were chiefly occupied in inspecting the departments of Spanish, Italian, and French contributors. After their departure tir area of the building was tlirongod throughout tic dlay, andl ...