... ORDNANCE SURVEY OF-SCOTLAND. li To the -Editor of the Glasgow Herald. 3- Sint-Mr. Blackic, in a letter addressed to you, which has i-been ctopieid into many other papers, states that, '1 efferts are ti beinig made, bohi lasg-ow andl Edinburgh, to induce the it Goveinment, jnin prcplarinlg maps of crtrain districts of the coun- e0 tiy, to revert from thu scale of one inch to the scale of six 3 ...

... E N G LA N D. The New Military Kn4iht.-Mlajor J. W. Henderson, s K.H., just appointed Military Knight of Windsor, i] . served with the 8th West India Regiment at the cap- n hire of the Danish West India Islands in 1801, and al wias present at the suppression of the mutiny in that f corps, Prince Rupert's, in Dominica; was with the 3d West India Regiment at the Btorming and capture of c Morne ...

... IREl~LAND. I 1-1 - 1 ARRIIVAL oF TILE NLW LottD-lTE'UT`M'ENANr Dulbiin, Friday Jrornithi. Yesterday mornillg, 'It tt o'clOCk, ifter'a rat her storniy tatl- sage Of tiva hours, til lie now Vicerioy, EFail St. Giermnans, arrivedl at Kinytowni, by fti, i'ri ice A ?? of Dutbl in Contract Mail steami-packt. 'FiTher Wit's ill Waiting to raceive tile Noble I ordl, thle Ilight I Ion. d adge Reatitig- ...

... I r.RoLT.lE LONDON GAZETTE OR .RPDAY- At tli-o.oO' at Windsor, the 4th dey-> of. January, 1853, present, jj lbo Quocei's- Atoat EXcellent MosjeoiYAUin;ofliiicl lihar; Majesty in front odrtncl was- this- dlay pleased to zippoint the Right. IHen. the tede ?? to ti Council for tloe tin,-being;l the MaSt Noble thfe ?? aoke of A Lord Keeper of the ikivy Soil the ot ile were 1iarquis at Lilaiodaial- ...

... COLLISION IN TlIE CIIANNEL-TOTAL LOSS OF lITE I ERALD. (From the Morning Chronicle of Weldnesday.) We yesterday received the details of a most fearful collision in the Channel, which terminated in the total loss of a fille ship called thce llerald, laden with d valuable fleight from Madras, and, melancholy to add, the whole of beri crew (with the excep- tion of one maie) and two passeilgers, ...

... ;The flowers piasted on tfie grave of a friend are the econd blossoms of Hope springing from the decayed trunk of memory. -Ch1#tbsier' (A4lexander Lci/ilton). Wlien men fall under despotism, they are bound to make i efforts to shake it off'; and these efforts, are at that period, the only property the unfortunate people have left. The height of misery is, not to be able to free ourselves from ...

... It ARRIVAL OF TilE HIUMB3OLDT. td ?? Friday, Jan, 28. The United States mail sitcanisbiti Ilu mboldt, Capta in J. Id Di Lines, arrived off' Cowes this morning, oil et' way to a- Hlavre, bringing the usual mails, 55 passengel's, Slcime valse Is 5260,000, and anl assorted cargo tor Prane. 11cr dates front ?? York are to tite, i5thitjst. Ot Tite Huamboldlt loft New York in companty witb, the ...

... TIHE SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTES AT GLASGOW. It is pretty generally lnown that the judicial labours of our two Sheriff-substitutes (Mr. Glassford Bell and Mr. Skeiie) are very great; but the following table, wilich bas come aeci- dentally into our hands, shows an amount of work actually performed by these gentlemen in the course of the last twelve years, whiet, we believe, will astonish most of our ...

... T'H1E CINQUE'I 1'0118 ' PILOT. (Front til Ultiitci Sotvico Mt tgaziti for January.) Thel Cittqitp-1orts 0' jlo(t, tOI h t'ite r tpreltitative of those att- ol celout IN :ITGti.ut', littiwit ito lt(t IttFlliiwotip of' thle Paoiotgeo,' 00s tI. thle trattoit Iwas called (l't',it D ove'r to Ith Contintent, butt it Iliay IN. Ioretidilio iittagilled, thatl tlio ltitituts wchicht our extendedttt Col ...

... I RETIRING PENSIONS OF' MINISTERIS OF STATE, (IFrom th-w mtellcetcer Ilrliaull.) Considerable curiosity is entertainied as to the retiring allow- anecs of ministers, and very little is generally known on the subject. it may be interesting, then, briefly to state thie sub- stance of the act of Parliament which regulates these peuisionis or allovatinces. The statute (4th and 5th Winl 1V. eCap. 2 ...

... FRIGHTFUL DISAWTMR, AND LOSS OF TBIRTY- I TWO LIVES. I LIVERPOOL VESSEL BLOWN UP BY GUNPOWDER OFF f, THE ISLE OF M1AN. t The Mona's Herald of Wednesday last gives the particulars a of the stranding and subsequent explosion, by gunpowder, of t the brig Lily, of 180 tons. The vessel in question is owned by 1, Messrs. Patton & Cookson, of Mersey Street, in this town, and left the tilersey ...

... There were no less than twenty property sales advertised to Id take place in Glasgow on Wednesday, whicb, as might 3have ro been expected created considerable attention among partids in- ?? terested in such matters. Ilessrs. Hutehison & Dixon sold that it at dwelling-house, being the upper flat of the tenement No. 3 Mansfield Place, Blythsswood Square, Glasgow, consisting of ahc dining room, ...