... .' MATRIMONAL llEtATMO -'F'TEOT'COTrf.: .! j j 4 , ;- = - n - lay by' i . )rni theo ditp'si.Ooc0 Po st atther, queftin. S e'1.cmsi.iar psum kth wedlock is lesC r be Ali quen fland 5aqJ6l plaisa beuethlweod j t te-bDe. Notlkn4d ojiot hold maragerndiesa e regrd ye icio i M~OO ~s'l~l~by th~')ow'r1 in ~ glazid.' . No afttcpt msd ring ~ toupport is umpj-ion on -any. grounds 'of 'blservatiou ...

... MISCE LLANEOUS. Ax Uwryrowax BENEFACTORC, - The man who falants a th, birch tree little knows what he is coriferring. on posterity.- by RAeICRA.. letter from St Petersburg states 'thiat the ( moficeseof the e Imperial Guard gave a grand dininer to Made- on moiell Rahae ontheoccsio ofherapproaching ds'parture. 0 O e ao hefch r proposed as a ~toast7 To our moeting in e Perie! whete we shall ...

... INVEI'lIY IIOflTICULTUIAL SOCIETY. This society's coslel i sljov fol tile season was held in thle QolOl1il, on I'htmrs~os., 21st inst. The uiml)er of ar- tides Chteiifor compotj i atlbrds sufficicnt proof that the isst ofthe ho sporters *,f the society in its prospects and suc. letr~s no aballltelnellt In both ciatses the dicsplaty of fruits and veaetalles. were suverior to anythli;, exhibited ...

... TRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO JOSEPH fIUME, ESQ., M.P. 3 I Onl Saturdav, tise Freedom of the City was conferred onl Joseph Hum'~e, Esq., M.V. The Town Council met at two io'cleck, lin thle Town-biali, whbere also were assembled, by invita- tion, as many as the space could contain of thle Buorgesses, P'ro-I fessors, Clergy, lani other leading inhabitants of the town andI ...

... h g A short telegraphic despatch, from Cork, was receiv. d ed at the Admiralty on Thursday, to the following e effect:- $, Arrived Her Majesty's ship Phoenix, bringing captains of e the Investigator, A~sistence, and Resolute; and part of crews .e of Assistance nnd-Resolute. n The North Star and Talhot convey the remainder of the e crews of the Assistance, Resolute, Investigator, and tenders. ...

... U' a, Its gives us mucih pleasure to record the faveurah',e progft h wbich this Association is making, both in point of nunbers and in the. quality- of their productions, as evidenced b tE abundant-.diplay-exhibited; on -Saturday. week in the Fr Churph-School-room, 'Newhills, on the occasion of their fr t, competition for the season. Excepting the high wind which a prevailed duriag the ...

... ARMY AND NbAVY. For several years past (says the Woolwich correspondent of the - ~, Morsingq Chzroricl), have attempts been made to abolish the Yea kilts from the Highland regiments, but the honours earned by Qu those who wear the kilt and bonnet will, there can be no doubt, set the question at rest, and instead of abolishing the prestige of the kilted regiments, a great desire is expressed ...

... | Fe Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.B., who is appointed to the th command of the Baltic fleet now assembling at Spithcad, was at, on' Tuesday night entertained at a splendid banquet by the SL( members of the Reform Club, London-Lord Palmerston in the pr chair, Lord Dudlcy Stuart, RI.P., and Sir De Lacy Evans, co M.P., acting as vico-cheirmen. After the toasts of' Her Ma- jesty' and 'Prince ...

... Whitehall, M1arch 6. The Qtreen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal,. constituting and appointing the Right Hon. t. George, Earl of Aberdeen K.T.; the Right Hen. William Ewart Gladstone; Alfred Hervey, Esq. (coemonly called Lord Alfred r Hervey); Francis Wemyss Charteris, Esq. (commonly called Lord Elcho); mnd Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Esq ; to be ...

... Vi .ALUATION R I.-The provision in the Lord Advocate's at Valuation Bill, abolishing the-assessment for the poor on m n ' neaus and substance, has been withdrawn-a concession of which will be anything but popular in not a few towns and PC It parishes in Scotland. a SSocIrEY ov ANTIQUAnIEs.-A meeting of the Society of to Antiquanies was held in their hall, Edinburgb, on Monday. afternoon-Mr T. ...

... THE WA R. THE DA.LTIC0. The latest news, is dated Hango, May 21. Nothing of im- f portance had occiwred since the affair at Eckness. As to the future movemenits of ,the~ fleets,. it' is said that the division of bthe fleet with Sir Charles. Napier,,. on leaving Hango EI roads, will proceed along the northern coast~of the Gulf of Fin- WEJ land ~to within, twenty. miles of. Helsingfors ; ..Rear ...

... THIE WAR IN THIE EAST. THE, wind is still exercising the pacific functions of the world's constable, in keeping the general peace. It will not do so long now. All pretence at negooiation is at au end. To be sure, the French Emperor is said to have despatched an autograph epistle to his imperial brother, making a last appeal to his common sense; the Emperor of Austria has despatohed an ...