... (From the Standard.) We have already borne testimony to the good sense of the instructions issued by the Board of Health, though compelled regret that ¢ hey come rather too late for prac- to express our has actually visited our tical application, after the pestilence island. ‘This, however, is not the fault of the gentlemen com- posing the board, but of Parliaments and adminis- trations, for ...

... — (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.) An immense quantity of rain has again fallen during the week, and the feeling of caused by the wet wea- ther previously experienced has consequently increased ; in- deed, the prospects for the future are becoming alarming. Farmers have been compelled to suspend all kinds of out door work, and the land is so completely saturated that it will need a ...

... ENGLISH OPERA—THEATI E-ROYAL Since the intimated retirement of Madame Grisi, Miss Louisa I’yne has no rival upon the British stage. lt is true that in relation to the bent of their genius, the aboriginal con- tribation of nature, they cannet properly be compared. Dif- fering widely in form and feature, in vocal volume and exeen- tive skill, they were yet each in her own province as perfect as ...

... and I have accepted the saying as a truism, that “tho Scots are a very shrewd people ;” but I have seen and heard so many things of late bearing evidence to the contrary, that I have arrived at the conclusion that we are little better than a nation of simple- tons. Your columns have shown innumerable instances of how the “shrewd” Scot has been done on all hands by his “honourable” brother on ...

... jf '[his rnceting commenced onl Thursday. The morning was thle .y ?? and cloudy, which. had the tondency of keeping bock was t, visitors from a distance, The weather gi'adnally cleared ill, purs's ?? i,15'Jcevol, and thle afternoon turned out beautiful. The con- Bert 'ecoarse of spectators was not gioat ;indeed, weo never recollect thle. of seeing such a poor turn out of poople. Amongst the ...

... THE Annual Gathering.. came off at Waterton of Blcht on. Thursday, 6th October. Notwithstandingtheinclemn~ncy of the weather, the spectators turned out in great numbers to 'bhhld the revival of the sports of their fare-fathers, which competent judges allowed to be contested with a spirit of emu- lation worthy of credit. The jndges had great difficulty in awarding the different prizes, owing to ...