... cr- ArtunIDHEEr, August 20.-Still thle season is characterized by iboet Inar-ked deficiency. tons STONEcecvRuN, August 20,-For the week ending on Satur. part ayheaegecthprbamabeset down at 9 crans. uumy, Ti nrinthbotweebcle; the few which had arie ceprtieyeal a avr oor take. The averaget evitle frtessoattidteisaut0crane per boat. Ft icll TRtAD u.2.-h vrg for the season is now aind 54cae lxpe. ...

... ENOLANDo' t PRORoGITroN OF PAXLIarIRNT.sc-We understand that har Majesty has signified her gracious intention of proroguingf Parliament in person. The 12th instant, which had been agreed upon as the day for the prorogation,'would not, we have reason to believe, have suited the arrangements 'f the Court, and it is now most probable that the session will not terminate riji- til Tuesday, the 16th ...

... 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 ...

... TIBn DnES9 oro TV Anmis.-The following circular me. morandum has been promttlgated by the Horse.'Guards - The Queen having been pleased to .apprve ofa . cIane in the uniform of the army, sealed patterns for the' finfantry, have .been deposited at the Board of.eneral Officers .i Wtje'hll and the General Commauding&9hnrChief is plgdso, ta .lirect that the regiments now serving in Great Bi-italn ...

... THrE documents on this matter, printed by order of the TownCouncil,wereissuedyesterday,in theform of a pretty large pamphlet. The proposed bases of the former at- temptsat a union, with the recommendations of the Royal Commissionersof '26 and '37, are prefixed to the Scheme of the Joint Committee, and the First Heads of tho Htarischal College minority; and appended to these are divers ...

... she int. E~AJ~ the re TnHg CouicT.-Her Majesty and the Royal Family, on-their I 1ry return to Osb1orne House fronm Buckinigban Palace, aire expect-$ hot ed to prolong their sojourn at that royal'imarina residence unitil one after the anniversary of the natal-day of. her, Royal, Highness 1 Sir the. Duchess of Kent, on Thu rsday next. The Duchess, we be- I lie hve, will not visi~t A~bergeldie ...

... , N l Time was when cheating a Scotchman was about as difficult f a feat ns cheating a Greek. Time is, when a canny Scot is just 5 as gullible as fat John Bull himself. We are astonished at I - the degeneracy of our northern friends, Is it because the I, haggis has given way before roast beef, and good Scotch ale has . surrendered to washy bitter beer ? or is it that the Union, tie e when it ...

... WEIEALY 0,0i4:p:Iuf V* he On Friday three Russian prizei were' sold 't Llod's. .The first put up was the barque Primus, 326 tons burthen: she fetched £1,550. The second,.tbat of the Russinn brig Zelus, 180tops, was knooeed-down for £1,020. The Russian-brig- l n-tiue ,Jobanpes, of 300 tons, was neXt brought forward, and -of Ieland, it rumoured, runs the risk of losing her Encuam ed oldCourttes ...

... THlE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. - Ji tile OuT of the many expressions of opinion given in to the of t nir, Town-Council. on the suggestions contained fit the Reiort 31d of the Reotor and Teachers's~ in the Grammai' and TowIn's -I age Sabhools, only one has been circulated beyond the Moem. tinl hers of Counc.il,' viz-.-a letter from Professor bray,. p ost The Professors of mathematics and natural ...

... . t*, FOssS MsAKENZIE'S; experiment of locking-up 3 jith public tap at certain hours, on week days. and l Sundays, is passing through a very rough ordeal, and cmany question whether it will do so successfully. It is one, of those measures which are liable to serious r objections, of that general nature that detract more . from their theoretical completeness than their practical . utility. ...

... bov ier, THE CRIMEA EXPDITON the Nothing positive is known Of this expedition, though last ac obtl counts speak efthie 20th as thle day upon which it was to leve bfv The same accounts say that it %vill he composed of 70,000 men, thr of whom 20,000 are Turks. The expedition is provided with o 2000 boats. The troops are full of enthusiasm. Prince N.apo- wva tin leon, who had returned. to ...

... Church of Scotland.-Endowment Scheme. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. OHowe street, Edinburgh, l6th Aug. 18.34. * IR,-I has-e to request the f'a -our of your inserting, in your first 11publication, the subjoined copy of a letter addressed by the Con- v euier of the Endowment Committee to the E ditor of the Ayol-14c',I Standard. in answer to the remarlis which appeared, in that paper of ...