... is The Times has been doing its best of late to matke that r2al,' 8. patriotic body, which calls itself the Scottish Rights I e- Society, look a little ridiculous. However, 'it has not goi Ah succeeded. It has kept up a brisk fusilade across the the %. border, but, fortunately, with much the same success WI to as the poor man who shot his pig by mistake for a Tu 1e housebreaker. The ...

... BY JOHN ROSE, ESQ,, l.A., A.D., e.B.S., ASSISTANT U SURGEON, U.N. U (Front '-The Naturalist, for JUIJ.) v TIE Flora of Aberdeen is much richer, and more varied than t( one would suppose,judging from the bare and barren appearanee ci of the surroending district. Many botanists, as Dr Dickis remarks, have supposed that a close relation exists between ri the plants of a country and the ...

... VAGRANCI. . .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . a VAGEANcy seems to have its periodical rise and fall. At one n time, it is soepent up by the right administration or the rigour b of the law, that it is hardly perceptible. At another time, it t! pours itself like a stream-tide over the country, carrying terror h and dismay among the inhabitants. Prior to the establishment a of the Rural Police, it was said that ...

... G A R D ENIN . lan PLANT DE'AILTMENT.-The propagation of Pelargoniums fan and other soft-wooded plants will claim attention at the present time. As soon, therefore, as the-kinds of Pelargoniums desired ;'to be propagated are out of bloom, cuttings should be taken off, inserted singly in thumb pots, and plunged in a cold frame; sbade them slightly by day, and draw .the sashes down each night, ...

... 1- ASeilMetn fteOosisoer of Supply of Kin. y adnserwshodi h ony.l Stoacleaven, on a- It O h oio fll a the Convener o is th o y IrNCOhn STArt asofRaM oir of it The Cosevaxcra stated that he had called the present ne~ Li; Ing in consequence of his heaving receie frmteBada m Inland Revenue, a requisition that he would frm the Cona.et id misejoners ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,Idaseexnle tl on id mssiner ofSupply ...

... CLATT, July 23.-The crops in this district, to every ap- pearance, with this year be short and scanty, the long and se- vere drought at the beginning of summer having retarded vege- tation. The turnip crop will be all but a total failure, the plants, after brairding, having withered and died in many in- stances, leaving whole fields without a trace of a crop. A. se- P cond, and even a third, ...

... ta TOE small Com pany of unarmed veteran Noni-Commissioned an Otficer in Aberdeen and vicinity, held their Second Anniver- rr A ar-Medal Dinr_.r at Ronald's Inn, Aberdeen, on the 4th th( et being the 4ith anniversary of the battle of Maida-all tio ,Ii,'lted, thouigh in diminished number, to meet again on the pri w4Is occasion. Mr Robert M'Donald, late Quarter-master the kqrjeaet 78th, the only ...

... -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- S The Anniversary Dinner of the Society took place in the Mer- chants' Hall in the evening, under the presidency of Wm. If Steele, Esq., Chairman of the Association-Andrew Fowler , Esq., Vice-President, discharging the duties of croupier. 1 The Chairman was supported right and left by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, George Henry, Esq., Lord Provost of Aber- deen, Principal ...

... uIR M~acnr held his annual.gathering of agriculturists on atWednesday, and it went off as pleasantly as ever. The day th was fine, and the first three hours of the day were spent in ex. d amining the state of the crops, and in testing the latest novel. ties in agricultural implements. Whatever may be the effect of a very unpropitious season elsewhere, at Tiptree it has done heno harm; and ...

... Ll ATBST -NEWS. -T BLrIOTIad TEL-GPEAPH. PAnis, 3,onday.-Bourse dull. Threes closed 7.85; Four-an~d-,Halves, 103. GEEXlANt..- RANKFORT, July 23.-The Presidentof theleGerman Diet has made to that Assembly most satis. factory communications with respect to the Oriental question. AUSTUIA.-VIENNA, July 21.-TheTurks have made preparations to cross the Danube. Their forces -are beip-gebucentrated at ...

... BANFSHIRM lAND TURRI BOUDISTRICT 0 ~AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. a THE Ninth' General Show of this- Associfat ion took plece within the Sesfield Parks at Banffon Tuesday the.26th mat. There aswere no fewer than 390 entries for cosupetition, emlkacinlg- 67.7 anitnals'-of Cattle, 210; Horaes, 10g; Pigs, 8; Sheep 136, and.-of Poultry, 224 head. The quality of the'Stock exthbited wag of the highest ...

... .Be bitl to regulats the admission of professors to theo lay it 'chairsE 4n1 tha Universities. of Scotland,1 introduced into the pg Holusei.of Commonts by the Lord-Advlocate was reprintedon dt Mondayo with the amendments made upon it in committe, and Ci the addition of the two clauses marked A and B. The following in is-1, enp of the bill as thus altered:- fin - Bst en.acted by the Queen's ...