... 8 1 G :: i 11 -- - - . . - 7 ?? . - ,L * BELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MEBWS OFFIelCX, The London Board of Trade returs for the motth - August 5, show, an increase in the decared vtlme of yewpe,- of L,377,000 as comlpared'mt trk es ?? yewr of though there was an ?? over the p g'ef ien 01_ LJi,40t3,aao. 'The chlief crssi Stil in meeah Inin ports the chief feature is the diminutiot n foreig a s a 34 four ...

... EDINBURGH GAZETTE-. Win. Stewart, farmer, contactora e Nal etlda «lieczadDmbrecc, parish of Kirkintilloch, Durmbartonsbire-Creditors meet in the Black Bull Inn, Kirkintilloch, I Ith September. twelve o'clock. William Dick, commission mercliant and agent in Glasgows, sole partner of the firm of William Dick & Co., cosnmission merchants sna agents ?? meot in the Globe Hotel, George Square, ...

... FflOX TIHE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. TIHE CAPTURE OF IOMARSUND. FtjltTlllEOt OFFICIAL PESlATCILES. ADMIRlAL.rT, Auu. 28. McopRistehs, of whilch the followiig nro copies or extracts, have been receilved from Viec-Adinlnral Sir Charles Napicr, ?? Commander- ?? of her Majesty's ships and vc.sels il the Baltic:- No. 3S. Iuilldog, off Btomarsund, Aug. 19, IS. Siir-f beg to ilclose a letter froni ...

... (From the Times.) rec Asuccession of fine days hasbrouglit us imperceptibly cc to the end of August, and we have almost forgotten that at this time of the year it would be no very unusual th( thingto havestormsand wind,an ungenial temperature, and incessant showers. The crops, sometimes nipped, sometimes blighted, sometimes drowned, sometimes for shrivelled by drought, sometimes laid by ...

... CANADIAN NEWS -ARRIVAL OF THER ARABIA. (From oer own Correspondent.) The British and North American Mail steam-ship Niagara sailed this afternoon for Boston vid Halifax, carrying out the usual mails and a large number of passengers. She will be succeeded by the U. S. Mail steamer Atlantic, which takes her departure for New York direct on Wednesday morning next. The Rloyal Mail steam-ship ...

... CALEDONIAN & DUMB13AIRTOXSHILE JUNCTION RAIWAVAY COMPANY. The half-yrarly ordinary geiieral meeting of the t>aledonian anld 3hI )llbartonslihire Julictioi lailiway Comnipany was beld in thc Queens Hotel, oil Wednesday-J. 0. Ewnhg, Esq., in thle clair. The report of the directors was held as read. ibe fol- olvirg is its substance :- 'IThc directors are happy to report a steady and progressive ...

... ?? +Cus APPOTNTMENTS AND PROMIOTONS. Surgeon Edward Newman, M.D. (1839), to 120, on the Black Seastation. Assistsnt-Surgeon Andrew M'Clnre (1848), from the Im- pregnable flagship, at Devonport, to Greenwvich Hospital. Acting Assistant-Surgeons.-Ji'lin Govett (Q8541, to Plv- mouth liospiual; leter Wrilliam Wnllace (1S541, additional to the Britannia, 120, flagship of the fieet in the Black Sea; ...

... I A meeting of the general committee of subscribers to the equestrian statue to be erected in honour of her Majesty's visit to Glasgow was held on Monday, wshen the following (abridged) succinct report from a sub-committee, drawn up by M r. Forbes, Towvn Clerk, was read and adopted. Sir James Anderson oc- eupied thle chlair. Ferom the report it wvill beoobserved that the 3 inauguration is to ...

... POLICE COAMISSIONERS. ieMondy, Sept. 4. A meeting of the Police Board was held this day-the Lord v Provost presiding. b' PUSEa -The City Treasurer; Convener Fraser; Messrs bo Gordon, M'Hardy, Buyers, Calder, Ness, and to Rose. B,. A report from the Street Committee stated, inter alia, that le ,the Inspector had given them, by request, a report as to the )r jexpense of constructing a regular ...

... AM E It I C A. ie Liverpool, Sunday. The Royal mail steamer Cainada arrived this morning with advices from New York to the 15th, and Boston the 16th inst. She also brought $321,588 and £G00 on freight. The Canada passed the steamer America, hence for Boston; St, on the 17th e tho Asia for Nd w York, on the 28th; the ship Montezuma, bound eastward, on the 22d; and the Favourite, kt., also bound ...

... - -IRD-LOTHEIA -AGRICULTU AL FPFGRT F: OR AUGUST. (Wrier for ehe Caledonian Mercury.) Few persons remember having seen a tract ofduer weather than we have enjoyed during the past month. The rain fael amounta only to 2 2 inches, anid has been just in suffliieut quantity to aid in the filling and to promote the ripening of the grain crap. The range of the barometer for the latter part of the ...

... GLASGOW MND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY- (keported/or the Caidonican MerC-ry.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Glasgowv and South-WlVestern Railwav Company sts held yesterday after- noon, in the Merchants' Hall, Glaqgow-Andrcw Orr, Esq. chairman of the company, in the chair. i Lord Eglinton, being present, took his seat on the platform I beside the Chairman, amid the applause of the meeting. ...