... | I V- ?? 1 4v 1 I~'iP No. 11.-By SrCNEX. QTJA0K lFRY IN 1783. I dare say that your sceptuagentarianl snill octagenairian readers retenber when A;X ?? iald, jeweller, wais the sole adver- tisor and vendor of quack niedihines in G lasgow ; nd these old1 folks no doubt now miss from the Columns of thc pohlie press the darnfing qunack ad ?? of olden times, which then stared them in, thel face in ...

... IMOU:SE 01' ( N() I ()NS-FRIDAY, J)ECEMJBFI 31. The i rass;;Y.AliD took tie chair at two o'elock. Iir. Pl.Aail took ill(alitlis asd Ilia sent for Kinig's County. Oni the mition orf M. II A Y'I'TEI, it was ordered that the Inmso It its rising do adjourn till Thursday the 10th of Feb- Mlr. 11A 'TEl nmmoeld for a new writ for Illaddiugtolishire, iii the rosin of the H sol. Francis Weinyss ...

... Scottish Law Appointments.-Mr. Moncreiff is, of i course, again Lord Advocate, and is before his con- stituents for re-election. There has not yet been any formal arran-gemient as to the Solicitor-Generalship but there is no room to doubt the reappointment of : Mr. Dcas. Mr. J. C. Brodie has been reappointed to I the office of Crown Agent. The Depute-Advocates will also be the same as under ...

... . . . ?? . . ?? ?? .. I its new yesir was ushered in on Saturday last with tile usuali y* dlmencflis tioll of hilarity. A large crowd of what we ,ztconisidler thoughtless pecrsons gathered roond thle Cross tile sho~rtly befuore midnight, and thelte thle chime of twelve heard, the advent of thu ~inflant ?? wvas bailed with three afe hich th eopie dispersed themselves over thle In m th ncet but ...

... a.s ?? .1 _ - _ _ I be v_ no- E ig (Fromi the MNellbourne Argus of Sept. 27.) Lr On the Wth of thle present inornth, the ?? prior to the de- - parture of thle Chusan steamer, we publishied an elaborate is- article, embodying tho results of a most careful investigation lie into thle actual condition, commercial, social, and political, of in the colony of Victoria, and designed for transmission ...

... ClRIMINAL STATISTIC'S. ,- -,o~t - -1-m11-P- .l.¶,,,VlYCr flT pPT I ESTERN DIST11ICT OF RIENFIREWSIIIRE. To th7e E'itor of ?? Glasgow Herald. 3SIR,-I request a place in yoir colunins for the annexed tables of crime in this district in the year 1852. t As compared with the preecding year, there is adecrease of 32 in the total niumber of cases of crime, and 40 in the number r of persons ...

... 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 ...

... ;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 ...

... 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 ...

... (From Prinice Adallert of Imirssia's Travels.) After resting for half an hour we again set out il the burn- big heat. \Ve soon left the hletb, which was How sicti-acely 3 to 4 Ieet tall, and with it all vegetatiou disappeared, except Ihc Rctima blanac of the Cmunlre. I lingilied that we mntist b(: il tile coulitry of tie Portillo, aid asked the Arririos, but they knee' no such name. Did it ...

... RUlLWAY TIRAFFIC RET''URNS. Th| follewiiurn ai iP_ m rel t.i;of 'ailwlya4fortliepaatweak:- . ?? NAMI OrllAiraVAY, .70-1 I 2 . b re l ?? .. 7 7' A hei denri . 97j A:7 j13-l1nailllallymiftia 32 32 lih ead, Lancashire &Cheslire . 2 Illcti.ll .i.i ?? ?? 26f.1 26,.1 IlI:IC01i(II'II -- 84A 84i BrI'istol aid Exeter ?? 1811k lS2j. Caledlliaill 94i 9j4 i (heiter iud I llolyhend fi3 G3 Il ?? anld ...

... NFIV Y1EAR'S DAY IN EIINBIURGH. ?? -.1-11 ?? o ?? ?? l- 1v .,1. -. 1.1 sl- ?? 'Ile ?? oo Satuitrday uldiderretit a favourable chasge ill 1s4 ii'lY haprt of tint day-a cireulijstallne very txrtillmate ior Vli eiijoylielit or the citizess oil tile irst day of the yeai. lxilibirgli lwsscsses 5great advanitages on holiday occasions, in w nuilibeli of public institutionis, which. re thronin opoe ...