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SCOTLAND

... SCOTLAND). r Edinbaugh Wool Scde3.-Tlie August sale took eplace on Tuesday in the Corn Exchange, when the wools catalogued, amounting to about 700 bales, were all disposed of, with the exception of a few small lots, d principally unwashed white wools. There was a fiir attendance of buyers present for laid Clheviots, as well as Southdowns. The competition was very animated, and the prices ...

Published: Friday 31 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 530 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FRANCE

... (From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.) The reception given by the French people and their illustrious chief to the gracious Sovereign of these islands and her Royal Consort is worthy of the alli- ance-worthy of onr gallant and impulsive neighbours I -worthy of that great man in whose hands rest the destinies of France. From the landing at Boulogne to the arrival at St. Cloud the Royal progress ...

Published: Friday 24 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1112 | Page: Page 3, 4 | Tags: News 

QUEEN'S SPEECH

... . Parliament was this day prorogued by Royal Conrmispion-i The Commissioners were ?? Qhancellov, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Harrowby,, the, Earl of Granville' and Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Lord Chancellor delivered the Royal Speech to the following effect:- MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to release.youen 0ro0 further attendance in Parliament, and:at the same ...

Published: Wednesday 15 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1350 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL

... - +-v. i-. ar ?? r vtwo esl -I A . ?? A most extraordinary trial took place four days ago before 1. the Court of Assizes of Dusseldorff, in Prussia-A man named Peters, of Gladbach, noted for his charity, who carries on the business of a tailor, and is possessed of a considerable fortune, of was indicted on his own confession for having stolen from a t, drawer in the apartment of a widow named ...

Published: Wednesday 15 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1093 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE PRINTING TELEGRAPH

... In its simplest form, the Electric Telegraph must ever be c considered as the foremost amongst the inventions of the age. g l We are now accustomed to realise the effects of its agency, and n the employment of its miraculous powers has become a neces- sity of mercantile life. Lightning being once made available a for the service of man, no one could doubt that the advantages I presented by the ...

Published: Friday 17 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1221 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS

... M ISCELLA NE O US. i Domestic Life in A ?? Ilmorning we mean to black our own boots, as to-day we put tile horse into tile cart, an d roode down to the wbarf in it for the rest of our goods. \Well, the sons of tile Chief Justice h)ave hiad to do the same for hi blm and themselves, -black boots and Harness horses to th e carriage,- and why not we ? Alfred and his cousin will sleep in the ...

Published: Wednesday 08 August 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2902 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... EMBARKcATIONS or TRoors.-An order has been received in Limerick for a further draft from the de- pot battalion in that garrison to be in readiness for embarkation at the briefest notice, fully anmed and equipped, for the seat of war. The detachment will consist of 300 men with 12 officers, and the four de- pots which compose the battalion will contribute in the fullowing order:-9th. Licuts. ...

Published: Saturday 11 August 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1610 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

EDINBURGH

... -4- FrTAt OccUnRctNm.-Yesterday morning a chim- uc;yesweeper, named Wm. Ray, while employed on a honse-top in Richmond Street, missed his footing, and fell to the ground with such violence that he was killed instantaneously. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday morning its John Wilson, a farm servant, was in the act of loading a cart with hay in a field near Dalkeith, he lost his ba- lance while doing ...

Published: Thursday 23 August 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 415 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

GLASGOW

... IG LA S G O W. T6E OTHEXI SIDE OR TIIE RIVER.-O- TneSdav, As one ofboar Olasgollv' mcrihants was pssing aiong Clyde Buildigs on' the 'south'side of the river, lei was tnadceul'p'to by a native 'df the Emenrald Isle, cvi' Icantlv'newly arrired at the 'Broxtielalvtw who slilce him inl tho rnost nttural way possible, to direct'him to thl oth iide of' the rikver'. The party addresse at once ...

Published: Thursday 23 August 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 963 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Miscellaneous

... Pis tr ?? II £t a t S. CosRREcr MEASURMIENT.-Tell me how many Ladies'- maids a Lady has had, and I will tell you het temper. INOCiRAB3LE DISEASES.-Obstinacy and want of com- mon sense are two mental disorders for which logic provides no remedy.-Beattie. HOPE Tr;F You LU;Em, only make up your mind what you will do if hope fail. Whoever goes against God's will must be weak. TnE INTELLECTUALLY ...

Published: Monday 13 August 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 423 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Caledonian Mercury

... Q ilil;a4 s1;i .z a~ l rt c .r I. EDLNBURGII, FlIDAY'. AUGUST 1.9, 1833. SlCOND and TIllI D Dl:l)Tl iONXS e Published containing nill the LautWA Nesof himpulltanc : Fon days, if not weeks, there had been a hill ini our warlike operations. That has now been dis- turbed. The Telegraphic intelligence yesterday aunouticed that thl Russians, on Thursday morn- ing, had, at daylight, as onl the day ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1855
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2669 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: News