... the railways occupy 65,047 acres. The gross amount of poor-rates in England and Wales in the parishes traversed by railways in the year ending Lady- day 1852 was L.3,113,926; of this railway property contri- bated L.186,539. | A Cowmerctan View or tue Nationa, Movemest.— t For the past four years, as our readers are aware, we have had frequent occasion to urge the necessity of a very large ...

... A meeting of this company was held on Monday, at eleven o'clock, in the hall, Hunter Square—Mr M‘Gibbon, Master, in the chair. UL PROPOSED RAILWAY Mr A. withdrew his motion, of which he had limi- given notice, that a sum of L.20 be voted towards the nary expenses of the Joint-Stock Company obtaining a bill for formation of the 5 way from the High Street to Waverley Bri THE RAILWAY AMALGAMATION ...

... Trade and Mlonen Matters. EDINBURGH HARE LIST SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1853 Divi Wten Deseription of Stock. Share. Paid. Price. dend, Payable. CE Railways. cent. £4 Th Stk. lov o> “ 0 46 Mav& Nov. Stk loo 9s 0 Mareh Do. Preterence.. 25 31 Do eee Arbroath & Fortar 15 ei St Do. Halves 12) Mareh Jo. Quarters af St Caledonian oe Stk. lou a St Do. & Sep. Do. Preference Stk. lov 1s ' wee Do, Clydesdale ...

... Edinburgh, on the 2d current, the Hon. Mrs W. Maule, of a ter. At 5 Darnaway Street, on the 4th current, Mrs -Eneas Macbean, of a son. At Lechnaw Castle, on the 27th ultimo, the Lady Louisa Agnew. of a daughter. At Seton Mains, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Binnie, of a daughter. At Wight’s Place, Causewayside, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs John of a daughter, still-born. At Stafford House, London, on the ...

... UNSEATING OF THE MEMBERS. This committee reassembled on Tuesday for the purpose of considering their decision, and remained in consultation for three hours and 2 half. On the expiration of that time the Chairman intimated that they had come to certain resolu- tions, which were to the following effect :— “That Charles Turner, Esq., and William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., are not duly elected ...

... EDINBURGH AZETTE SEQUESTRATIONS. & silk printers, Glasgow, as a Com- pany, and John M‘Gregor and David Newlands, silk printert there, the individual partners of that Com as individuals—Creditors meer in the B Dail, Hotel, Glas Cine: | gow, let and 22d February, one o'clock. Jaues wrizht and baller, Shuttle Srreet, Glasgow —Cre litors in the Head Hotel, Arzyll Street, Glas- gow, 3ist January ...

... PACK OATS. _ GENERAL POST OFFICE, June Mails Last Next Destination, despatched from Packet i London. sailed. ee oe — — SOUTHAMPTON STATION. Lisbon — ( By Day Mail) Theria, Spain — May 27 June 16. wer of every month. ; Gibraltar, and Tonian Islands, 4th and 20th of Indus, i June 4. June 20. Egypt, Cevlon, In- every month. dia, and China British Colonies in) West Indies (except | Honduras aud ...

... TATE OF TRADE. Maxonrster.—The prevailing impression produced by the last American advices is decidedly on the sive of larger sup- ply of the raw material than that of last year, This impression has restricted the week's busine-s in Liverpool, giving the spin- ners an advantage of 1-16d. to jd. per Ib. as compared with this day week, and in our own market it has occasioned a holding back on ...

... SHEEP & CATTLE MARKETS, &e. SMITHFIELD, April 29.—The supply of beasts in to-day’s mar- ket was seasonably good, and of fair average quality. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady, and Monday's prices were Sheep—the number of which was but moderate—sold , at full currencies. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised 5s 4d per 8 Ibs. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the sale ...

... — STATE or TRADE. gloom which came aver owr market tast week was a good deal relieved by the greater probability which had arisen, that the differences between Russia and Turkey would be settled without @ resort to war; and although business continued dull, rather more disposition to purchase showed itself than at the latter end of last week. It was found, too, that the buyers of yarns and ...

... Leith, with the view of following up, or rather imitating, what was done at a similar meeting held in Edinburgh on Tuesday. On the motion of Mr Jenkinson, seconded by Mr M‘Alpine, ccmmittee was appointed to prepere a petition for presentation to Parliament by the Lord-Advocate, against Mr Forbes M-Kenzie’s bill for regalating public houses in Scotland. Easter Resident Magistrate of Easter ...

... (Written for the Caledonian Mercury.) Tue past month bas been characterised by tempestuous and rainy weather such as never befure occurred in any living me- mory. The rainfall the month amounts to the extraor- diaary quantity of 9-75 inches, and we shall search in vaio for similar amount within the same period of time in this latitade. The level parts of the country have presented the ...