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CHEAP FARES ON SATURDAYS

... FROM ABERDEEN to STONEHAVEN (and Intermediate Stations), DRUMLITHIE, FORDOUN, LAURENCEKIRK, MONTROSE, AND BRECHIN— By the 12.15, p.m., Train from ABERDEEN to all the abovenamed places; and. By the 3, p.m.. Excursion Train to STONEHAVEN and Intensudiate Stations. FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY Third Class. First Class. Aberdeen to Montrose or Brechin, 2s 6d 4s Od ~ to Laurencekirk, Fordoun, or ...

LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NATURALIST

... LEAV1S FROM TIM NOTE-BOOKC OF A NATURALIST. I TURTLES. i (Froim Fraser's Magazine.) ap After a Short account of the hawksbill, Catesby says of the leggorhli~Lds, that tliey are the boldest, the moat voracious, anti] to the fouilest feeders of all the turtles. C ?? Try range (says lie) the ocean ovor;- an instance of whichi, th amongst Many that I havo known, happen'ld the 20th of April, ne 1 ...

LITERATURE

... LI T ER I A T U R E. LECTURES ON GOLD. London David Boguc, Fleet Street. AT tile piesen t tiele, when almost cvcry one has his thoughts and his longings ii rected towards the wonderfully ris h oblden lands of Australia and California, and when so manly thousands are leaving their homes to go in search Of those fields where gohl is gathered by the toll eight, we tliik this volu nie of moire ...

NEW MUSIC

... NE\V MUSIC. A GOO0) OLD ENG.ISHI CHEIIR. Words by S. P. Goddard. Alusic by J. Emery. London: D'AInaine & Co. Af 1DENnBEAUTY. Words by Clarles Swain. Mlusie by George Simpson. D'Alinaine & Co. Tim LOeNDON QUADnILLE.S. By T. E. Spinney. D'Almaino & Co. Bu~tuTIFur. ERi. Words by Mis Wellington Boate. Music by Stephen Glover. London : Robert Cocks & Co. PATRIICK. Written and Composed by George ...

MISGOVERNMENT OF SC( YPLAN D—THE ISLES. — TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. one who has always felt a

... deep interest in the social condition of our countrymen in the Highlands and Isles of Scotland, may I beg a place in your journal for the follow- ing observations. These may not be altogether consonant with your economical views, but I trust to your well known liberality for a fair hearing. Famine and destitution were at one period, and that no late one, as unknown in the Highlands and Isles ...

MELROSE LAMB FAIR

... M E L R O S E L A M B F A I R. lll-l A- 10 FAIDAi AAUG. 12. : (Frolm the Comrint.) e This imeportant miarket wes held to-day on the Eildon lils, siotu- atedt bobe the toe- of Mlrosoc. The weather being uncommonly P favournble, tile stock beld 1 very excellent appearance, being strong e ii tilw bone, and other-wise in good condition. Nevet- waS such an ex- r tmisive show soce here the iinnibers ...

PICTURE BY MR. M'MANUS

... PICTURE BY MR. MIAIANUS. The following extract from a letter, by a Ghisgow gentleman visiting Dublin, will be interesting to the filonds of Mr. M'lIassus il this city:- c Mr. MBarnus took me to see a large historical picture that E he is exhibiting in a house that lie built for the purpose. It is a aclever picture, being a historical incident representing. St. Patrick illustrating the ...

Sale of Horses

... Tli ere will be exposed for sale, by public roup, at the New Inn Stable lard, Inverury, on Tuesday’ the 13th December curt., FROM Ten to Fifteen HORSES and PONIES, suitable for Cnach Proprietors, Cabmen, Farmers, and others. ALSO, Several Sets of GIG HARNESS, and an Irish CAR. ttStT For particulars, see Handbills. Sale to commence at Two o’clock afternoon. Inverury, Dec. 7, 1853. ...

THEATRICAL AND OPERATIC-A STARTLING EFFECT

... THEATRICAL AND OPERATIC—A “ STARTLING EFFECT.” Mr Wyndham terminated, for the present, his occupation of the Theatre-Royal on Saturday night, and he now retires, with his dramatic corps, to the wooden erection known as the Amphitheatre, where the Christmas Pantomime and the usual entertainments will be brought out during the six weeks over which the operatic season will extend. Brief as bas ...

MAIL COACH. CHANGE OP HOURS

... THE Promurtoks of tbo ABERDEEN, PETERHEAD, and FRASERBURGH MAILS respectfully announce that, in conformity with instructions received from the General, the nndernoted changes in the Hours of Departure and Arrival will take place and after Monday the 25th instant, viz.:— Depart from ABERDEEN 7.0 a.m. Arrive in PETERHEAD 11.q' Do. FRASERBURGH 12.30, noon. Depart from PETERHEAD 8.0 a.m. ...

North British Australasian Company. Notice is hereby given, that the annual general MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS ..

... AUSTRALASIAN COMPANY, will be held the London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, London, on THURSDAY the 15th day of December instant, at One o’clock in the Afternoon, for the Election of the Committee of Management for the ensuing year. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, that at this Meeting a Motion will be made and laid upon the table, to be sanctioned at a subsequent Special General Meeting, in ...