... THE TRAQUAIR ESTATE CATTLE SHOW This annual show, under the patronage and supported by the liberality of the Earl of Traquair, took place at the de- lightful and thriving village and watering place of Inner- leithen, on Thursday the 4th of August. The day was fine, and the assemblage large. Among the gentlemen present, we observed the Earl of ‘Traquair, Mr Murray of Philiphangh, Mr Rashley of ...

... amperial HOUSE OF LORDS. August 1s. Their Lordships met at five o'clock, CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUTES. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table the report of the appointed to consolidate the statutes. He regretted that he had not been able to do this at an earlier period of the session, but the delay had arisen from his having requested the Commissioners to continue their labours till: as near ...

... Caledonian Mercury, ml EDINBURGH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8. A SECOND EDITION of the MERCURY is published every Mon day Afternoon, containing Reports of the London Corn and Cattle Markets of that day, the state of the Funds and all othe Th Second Edition ean be intelligence received by Te legraph, forwarded, in mest instances, to any part of the Country 1 ” y the Mails of that Evening. REDUCTION OF ...

... A3reland. General Le Tur is said that Lieutenant- Edward wd Seaton is to succeed Lieutenant-General Sir in the command of the troops stationed in Treland.— United Service Gazette. . or Vistrors.—The influx of English visitors has steadil tracted ly for several weeks, until it has at- gated i universal surprise, from the vast numbers now congre- at every place the lis and dispersed throughout ...

... DINNER TO THLE KAML OF On Friday evening, the Right Hon. the of Zetland was entertained at dinner in the New Hall, Grangemouth, by a large number of his tenantry, feuars, and others, who, tak- ing wlvantage of his annual visit to his estates in that quarter, determined to follow the example which was so well set them a few weeks ayo by the noble Earl's tenantry in Orkney The proposition in ...

... Al Tl YST Averst 9. The first of these great annual markets for the season com- menced this morning with the sale of black cattle. ‘The coun- try portion of the stock was in excellent but the greater part of the Highland cattle were very inferior, particu- larly the cows, having suffered severely from the dry state of the spring, from the effects of which they never recovered. There were, ...

... to Burntisland. After leav- ing Burntisland, in returning, they were caught by a sudden squall about two miles from which capsized the boat and threw the lads into the water. After struggling hard, they managed to get upon the bottom ef the boat, where they sat contending with the waves for upwards of twenty minutes, when she righted, and they succeeded in getting into her again, although full ...

... of the 16th inst. A fishing lugger, containing five men and a woman, with a cargo of sheep and fish, and bound for the coast of Ireland, was compelled to put back in consequence of a gale, when, melancholy to relate, the boat struck upon a small rock close to the Rhins of Islay Lighthouse, and instantly sunk, whereby two men and one woman, natives of Ireland, met a watery grave. The other ...

... ST CUTHBERT’S PAROCILIAL BOARD. hial Bourd The half-yearly statutory meeting of the of the parish of St Cuthbert’s was held in the West Church on Tuesday—Mr Turabull of Abbey St Bathans in the cbair. REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR LAST YEAR. The submitted the report of the Managing Committee of the Board for the year ending 30th June 1853. Tt commenced by stating that the out-door poor on the roll at ...

... Caledonian stlercuro. EDINBURGH, MONDAY, AUGUSTE 15 A SECOND EDITION of the MERCURY is published every Mon- day Afternoon, containing Reports of the Londen Com and Cattle Markets of that dav, the state of the Funds and all other intelligence received by Telegraph. The Second Edition ean be forwarded, in most instances, to any part of the Country by the Mails of that Evening. — Iv is understood ...

... have a tower of about fect in height annexed to it. The site is one of the most conspicuous in the city, and a tower rising to a considerably greater height, would have had a very striking eflect, while the view from the summit would be more complete As it is intended, the elevation will be forty feet less than Nelson's Monument, which is rather dimi- nutive. Were something done in reference ...

... in a new edition of Lord Mahon’s of England :— Albany, January 3, 1852. am obliged to you for the new Number of the Qaar- ; terly Review cannot say that it has shaken my opinion. I wonder indeed that so ingenious a person as the Reviewer should think that his objections have made any impression on the vast mass of cirewmstantial evidence which proves Francis to have been Junius That evidence, ...