... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... SUERIFF CRIMINAL COURT. -Ox Friday last, the following cases weere dlispos ed of by Sheriff Watson and a Jarv. Geo)eqe Sk'iweee, J>-., was aiccused of three chlarges of false- lined1, fraud, and ivilful ineposition, and pled. guilty to twoe of, Q themr-namnelY, (1.) obtaining, on 15th. September, 1851, by 0 -false pretences, at broakthst, with whisky and ginger cordial. frolni C - Mrs Illack, ...

... CoQMERCYA i LAWS. .; ,., I I. . . -i. . v 0: ~ -~ - -, t w j 2, -m I -i - r -, - ,C s ~,- - I- y a !responsiblitO'lmited' o the' amount of Capital' embarkd, I n might be nsefully and advantagso'osl introduced. ln regard to Bills of Exchange, a ve*: simple and uniform-inst-rument,. there*ere' seriodus differences between the English and,'1oreign G f laws in.the mode of enforcing payment. ...

... Si To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURiNAL., F SI t,-I see Mr Robertson seems resolved to keep up the contro- U versy which he commenced regarding the report of the proceed- M iugs of the Appeal Court at Aberdeen. In last Joueriivl he rests H his case on grounds totally different from those in his former iii letter. If he is thus to shift his ground, Mr Robertson must VW excuse me if I decline ...

... T ,PaWCIE RMSIon . Arthof thwAPol H oDmmiasoners wusholjon Ody rhe e of Guild;- City Treasurer; SonrAm Whtois' CnveerSuth'erland- Mean' ~M'Haidy, Topip, Stirling, Chalmers Ed ie, GO Spak, olerShear NesBisset, and MatthewL STREET COMMHITT This Committee gave in a report stating that Mr Gibb, C. I g had, as arbiter, -awarded £32, in name of extra work to tb contractor for the sewer in George ...

... ral I THtE SCOTTISH CENTRAL V. TfE CALEDONIAN, LANCASTER . AND CARLISLE, AND LONDON AND NORTI{-WESTERN in ly RAILWAY COMPANIES. So0t Lord Rutherfurd, before whom this case was debated at to V great length, a week or two ago, has pronounced judgment, de- plou elaring the contract entered into between the Scottish Central and Railway Company and the tliree southern Compani6s alludea te ~erop ...

... A-JIf VJLUU. ruuv LCY AhI'UAL REPORT O T3E DOAID OR SUPERVISION. Twn Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in- Scotland xras suade public some time ago, but eve bare hitlherto been umable to notice it. The Report begins by stating that, during the past year. the Board had found it necessary to dismiss one inspector, while In other two had resigned. Si;nce ...

... POLICE COMIMISSIORS. A meeting of the Police Board was held on Monday-ths, L- Lord Provost presiding. All the Commissioners-twentyt i-in number-were present. .t 'WATER 1)BPA1ETMENT. o Mr RosR repeated the suggestion he had offered at a previong .,meeting, that the Water Committee should endeavour to pro. It vide somne plan for preventing the formation of a sediment it the water-pipes. Mr R. ...

... Ire the Monstlly Journal of Medical Science for this month N we observe the following Case of Combustion of the Human L Body-Spontaneous or Not? by John Grigor, M.D., Nairn :- On the evening of the 29th July last, the body of John An-. I derson, Pet. 50, about five feet four inches in height., and of a B spare habit, a carter of wood from the forest of Darnaway to Ec the pier of Nairn, and ...

... Tuesday, ZvThen1. AE The Court sat again to-day at-:ten o'clock, when the Lr ,Justice-General and a-full 'bench'Alssefiblsd' to`dispose of the ~case of Sarah and James Fraser,,certified from the last Circuit Court of 'Justiciary at Invdirneas, at whidli the prisoners wr found guilty by a majority of the~jury of r~hrirdr by havigad ministered -poison to William 'Eraser, 'the husband of the ...