... case of a Commission of Inquiry despatched from a neighbouring planet to ascertain ;—we could imagine their report to be composed of such a mass of contradictions as to lead to belief either in the of the reporters or in that of the subjects of their igation. If the Commissioners began their task by a call at Buckingham Palace, as ia duty bound to do, and requested the opivien of Her Most ...

... ‘Tuverspay, DIVISIONS—SCOTCH MEMBERS. ADVERTISEMENTS. AYES—15. Anderson, Sir James Hastie, Alexander Baillie, Henry J. Joseph Baird, James Lockhart, William Bruce, C. L. Cumming Mackenzie, W. Forbes Cowan, Charles M‘Gregor, John Duncan, George Stirling, William Ewart, W. Thompson, George Forbes, William 2 NOES— Ze Johnstone, Jas. Bouverie, Hon. E. Pleydell Campbell, Sir A. Islay Kinnaird, Hon. ...

... CROWN OFFICE, MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Lancaster.—Thomas Greene, of Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, in the room of Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esq., whose election has been ad- judged void. . BANKRUPTs. John White, draper, Charles Street, Tottenham Court Road. Edward Blakely, linen-draper, Conduit Street, Regent Robert Chinery, brewer, Witherstield ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Arnit 14 Their Lordships met at five Petitions were presented against the admission of Jews to Parliament from the Presbyteries of Ayr, Kelso, Brechin, and other places in Scotland. A message having come up from the Commons praying their assent to an address to the Crown, that a commis- sion be issued to inquire into the state of the borough of Cli- The Earl of ABERDEEN gave ...

... way in the derk, walked over the pier, and fell into the water. Fortunately his cries were heard by the officers and men on watch on board tarus, lying alongside the pier, who promptly obtained a boat They arrived just as his and proceeded to his assistance. cries had ceased, and he was picked up floating back upper- most. At the moment that he was safely placed in the boat, a steward of ...

... SOIRSE IN GLASGOW IN HONOUR OF MRS H. BEECHER STOWE. Mrs Stowe and her husband arrived in Glasgow on Wednesday night by the Caledonian Railway from Liverpool, and proceeded to the house of Mr W. P. Paton, where they are to reside during their stay in Glasgow. On Thursday Mrs Stowe and party visited the Cathedral, and several other of the “lions” of the city. They were accompanied by the On ...

... of D.D. on the Rev. Robert Nisbet of West St Giles’, Edinburgh Pressytery or Presbytery, after a long investigation, have found the libel against the Rev. Mr Dun- can of Teviothead proven in seven out of the nine counts, with the aggravation of being intoxicated at a communion 5 yet not to the extent of being a habitual drunkard. Free or Epixnvurcu.—An adjourned meet- ing of this Presbytery ...

... Tuerspay, April 14. The Speaker took the Chair at four o'clock. ORDNANCE SURVEY OF SCOTLAND, Colonel BLATR asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they were prepared to state their intentions with regard to the seale on which the ordnance survey of the southern coun- ties of Scotland is to be resumed ; and whether it was intend- ed to apply the survey on a still larger scale to towns of 4000 ...

... Galedonian EDINBURGH, MONDAY A SECOND EDITION of the MERCURY is published ever Men day Afternoon, cont R ts ot th London Corp | i Cattle Markets of that pid the state of the Fund md all otiter intelligenc received by Tele ' The Second Edition exn he forwarded, in most te an the Co trv b th I Mails of that Evening. Tue country is now fairly embarked in the nitroversy as o how far the reform of ...

... Despre & Week ending April 10. Passengers, 6730—Receipts, £241 4 0 Goods, &e., 223 10 4 £14 14 4 Corresponding week last rear 434 15 8 Desper, & Anerpees Jesctiox. Week ending April 10. 4946—Receipts, 9 4 Goods, &e., - 436 13 £740 2 il 677 Corresponding week last year. & Dexpre Week ending April 10. Passengers, 19,604—Receip ts. 2452 week last year, 2524 Nortu Berrisn Week ending April 10. ...

... SEARCH OF M. KOSSUTH’S HOUSE.—DISCOVERY OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, The British Government has not waited long for an op- portunity of proving to all the world the sincerity of its re- solution to but the law rigorously in force against such foreign refugees residing in this country as have abused the tolerant hospitality of England by carrying on conspiracies against other states. We believe that we ...

... WATT’S INCOME-TAX LOGIC, When Bishops, who in wealth abound, Return their incomes wrong, And pocket several thousand pound ‘To them that don't belong. Oh! how can Government expect A struggling chap like me Should put his earnings down correct, To fill up Sehedule D?—Puach ...