... Rt MAVAY TRAFFIC RETURINS. ThL followiicg ave Lice ?? of rti Iways for the pnst week :- N!lies oienced.1 724 724 974 37y 32 32 2 6 1 9114 11.14 94 4 53 53 74 74 211 20 31 91 594i 91l 70 7 0 1742 17.1,4 2854 29114. 180 158 317 2631 10 4 111 90 90 2 110 9110 70 39 1 04 111 1711 17.1 2 31 9.1.1 1 2 12 4 984 l8 12111 ; -. 80 4.53 324 - 29i 294 4 8 4 8 s 0 311 57J 571 289 '2111 191 1011N 7 7 7 7 35 ...

... At a preliminary meeting of the fricnds of Air. Stewart Mur- ray, held ol the 27th September, 1852, it was resolved that steps t s sshould be taken for the purpiose of presenting a suitable testi- c t meoial to that gentleman on the occasion of his retiring from 1 the active duties of Curator of the Rtoyal Botanic Institutions f D of Glasgow. In following out this object, the meeting agreed r ...

... LONDON, 1)DECEMBER 6. IC Royal .faries.-A considerablc increase is on the ct eve oft taking lplace in t iis corps; the staiuldrd for IC recruits is lowered to 5 feet (l4 inlices, and age in- creased from 18 to 25. Additional recruiting p arties e go out from all the divisions.-Globe. . 'The Steomler MdraZ.i1. -Intellis'ele enc le otl- in , ereached South- ampton on Friday tht the steamer ...

... TH, N1E.W M 1I S'TRY. i thl t 'IiTb'i of Fridlyi.) (I o iti Tii5:iof ridliit.) V1¶t Tral II iOW safely annloillice the Comlel~lte success ia S r( v II ojet or it llied Admini i1st rat ion. Frolin ?? ?? Th-xivi!o' nrum-einen ts it will lie secn ait once thatI 2A1 e ut oedifflictilities of' thle design have been I nir& : nth S0 ctwa that thle count ry does not lose thleI osi- (f, ali) ?? Stat ...

... G( 1 A S G O Al, E) E C EME A 11 2 E' R 7. -GCeorge Hienderscon, .Esq.-Wo deeply i'egret to bei lie caliced oil to Chronicle tile demlise of this ?? IT gentilcitiii. Ile wvas iln tile prime ot' life, ntide :1ilicarcil ?? onl Fridaty foreno or1 to bc ill ?? heial tim Ill ?? conuise of tilie day, wh ile enlgaged il tilie Wily of' lii - -ness about the lower cud of t I hirbourl, lie was cdxiio, ...

... ?? - -l- -Pn-1.s -A v raisc1s~si Eli t f11' LiIAtSUUW. An ordinary meeting of Presbytery was he]ld on Wednesday -Rev. Mr. Gillan, moderator. The Rev Andrew )MlFarltine, who lihd officiated as ordained minister of the mission of Atnerbree, in the Presbytery of' WeMem, wias admitted a probationer within the bounds. Mr. Park of Cadder, was appoinited to preach the church of St. Stepihen's, ...

... H-TOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY, DE.. 6. . r . I . . I- Tho SPEAICER to the chair at four o'clock. ;h Mr. W. J. Fox, for Oldham; Lord NoIIEs, for Abingdon; y and Lord VANE, for Durham, took the oaths and their seats. n Petitions for the abolition of the advortisement duty were hi presented by Mr. COWAN, from Mr. James Greig, the publisher s. of the &ottish/ Press. The latter petitioner also prayed ...

... WILLIAM 13W)UIIKE KIRWAN. II,- ?? tl, Dlailv M-S. (Front the Daily News.) '10 1115 tXl.L T ill' 'ut LOtRD 1.,ulte'riNAXsT OF IRELAND. Aly Loi'il,-''Te newspapers inforin me that W. B3. Kh'iwan has been capitally Convicted for a crime of which, judging fromt thle, evidence rep~ortedl, hie may possibly be as innocent as I amil. The circu istances of the verdict confirni this alauinilg pinion. ...

... ai The ?? meeting of tile Board, previous to the election, *was ;- held on Friday in orning, at half-past tine o'cloclk, ii the IIt,s- >f pital-Alex. Morrison, Esq., occupied the chair. Y The minutes of tioe house comlinittec wcre ruad, wslici ile 3O tailed a variety of improvements which had bei effected in tde t management, and contained suggestions for still farther im- proveinent. S. Ii. ...

... - IMPORlTANT DECISION. POOR LAW ELECTION. Interlocutor in Potition-WINTIUMta BRODir against ltoniu1T NEILO0N. Glasgow, 17th December, 1852.-H-aving resumed considera- tion of this petition, and heard partics procurators thercon, and havinig, also considered the evidence adduced, finds for the .reasons stated in the annexed note, that the defender, Robert Neilson, was not duly elected and ...

... SUSPECTED LOSS -OF TWO PERTH VESSELS, -I . WITH THEIR CREWS. .Wq regret to have to announce the disappearance, within the jqst two months, of tfwo vessels belonging to the port of Perth' viz., the Catherine and Ann, and the Ucean's Bride. The fornmer vessel (a schooner of 73 tons) ,belonged to Mr. John Ml'Gillhvie, coal merchant, and was under the command of his son James at the timo of the ...

... , The following are the resolutions laid by Mr. Disraeli on the tabic of the House of Commons- le INI1AIII'JI) H1USE DUTIES. s That, from and after the 5th day of April, 1853, ?? duties granted end made payable by the Act 14 and 15 Vlie., call. 3d, ill upon inhabited dwelling houses in Great Britain, according to the annual value tlecreof, shall cease ani determine, and in lieu thereof ...