... I -Profesgor-Farada& has addressed a letter to thq Times on this Bsubject;'of which the following are the principat 'portions: - U'ifThoie4#tproducech by-tabie-turners has bhene referred 'to M ulectriciliy',toemagnetism, to attractioni, f some Unknowp o l hitherto nuiretognised physical 'pwef able t'o affect'inanimate i ebodies;jto the revoblution of the earth, and even to diabolical O E ...

... GARDE N ING. PLANT DrAscA'TMENT.-Chinese Azaleas and Camellias, in-E bhe tended to bloom early next season, and which have by this time is nearly completed their growth, should be exposed to more light nSt and air, to harden their wood before setting them out of doors. ur As soon as the wood becomes somewhat firm, and the buds for it. next season make their appearance, is a favourable time for ...

... MISCEILANEG US1 MTINUET' DiNrcNa.-Lord' 'Chesidrfleld said-, 'on' seein' oeti Itof people dance a minuet, _Th6,yf'lool as if they, were dancing forth Ibi of hire, and were not very sure oflbeing. paid, ''-~ thenr ste CAriVINGo-A manftasked another; whom be, was aboult to he Rlpeyel er- to cbicken~ *hethsar he wisQhed the leg r viik i is 'aS 4matter odor of. pefc nifeec m, other ,' tend ...

... (Froln the )inladee rd aetiaea.) lbt aeceleration and its attendant arrangements are ll1tlerablu. There is not a business man in this town and dis- %int `die has not been subjected to daily and most grievous onflOyasrie since the new derangements took effect. The bIlnoYlne is thi greeter inasmuch as it was expeeted that a p~isliianl d and valuable boon was about to be conferred on the ...

... This Board met on Satuirday-Baillie Williamson, presiding, PaR.sENT:-Baillie Ledinpyhamn Messrs Reid, Simmi'ie Gran, Calder, Crombie, Campbell, RoA, Gildawsie Ai'Laren, Sutherland, and Leslie. -. MEDICAL REPORTs. The medical reports for the months of February and Marchi were submitted. The following is a summary of their con. tents February. March. eeM Cured. Det ssea Cured. Deaths Dr Fiddes ...

... TIILE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMIME. (From 0CTime2/ns.) Trip Governmenet moeaslercS are no0 longer at matter' of speciula- it tionl. You seC i-.our dinnelr, a- thle master of tile bouse say3s it itA a family gaitlicring, eqnal ly anxiiouls to invite attention to ,~ it the vianlls on flth table, and to warni against rash speculations. ii r- TFile publlic- will not iC disappointed, and, certainly ...

... W-IE KLI: - 0OMP , O-Z . The policeof Friburg have just promulgated-two maeasures by the bellman, one interdicting every person under' axtebn years -of age from' smokiig; and the otherxecoummneding- parents not to allow their ehildren to play with chemical matches. * An ixamense block of marble has just been landed at Thames Bank, Pimlico, out of which Will be worked the largep, taza for -the ...

... no A special general meeting of the Managers of the Infirmary and fac Lunathc Asylum was held within the nfrmary Hall, on Fri- to day-the Lord Provost, presiding. Yu RESIGNATION oP REStDENT MEDIC~L SUPBalSVEIqDEh-T. se( The PROVOST stated that this meeting had been called for dei the purpose of receiving the resignation of Mr Campbell, the sil Resident Medikal Superintendent at the Lunatic ...

... To the EDITOR of she ABERDEEN JOURNAL. Z, Apsley Place, Medland, . Bristol, Feb. 4,1858. SIR,-Allow me, es-one of the inventors of the Phonetic if Alphabet, used in-the late educational eiierilikent at Lower n --Denburn, referre tCrin r--Geddes' lettgr pnblishediin you e columns for 26th Jan.;, to occupy some of your i auablte tfiee e in calling public attention to the resulte then obtained. I ...

... WEEKLY COMPENDItM. Aonog the II ish antiquities in tho Dublin Exhibition is a MS. of the'Psalms, written about the year 650, and ascribed to. Qblumba, the Christian founder of Iona. -Sir Edward Bu'wer-Lytton has mode a good bargoin with Mr R6utledge, a young and enterprising publisher. He has sold the copkrightof all his works for a period of ten years, the terms being £2000 a-yeaor FrRST ...

... PARL I A M ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-MIonday April lb. The Barf of ofalmesbury said, that having received several 0eonmmunications arising from a conversation which, bad taken l- place in the other House upon the subject of Diplomatio Ap. ;* 1pojutments, he wisheetto say that the late Government had not iany intention of altering the existing system. *bhB IRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. * The Barl of Aberdeen ...

... I -~~~~~~~~~~~~ - A meeting of the Managers of these Institutions wag held 'or within the Infirmary Hall on Monday-Baillie Henderson, the senior magistrate, presiding, in the necessary absence of theE Loid Provost. MODE OF ELECTING COMM1ITTEE OP MANAGEMTENT, AND oc. FOURTEEN ADDITIONiAT MANAGERS. The first business taken up was a motion by Mr John Web-. s ter, postponed at last meeting, ...