... To the Editor of the Mies, Sir,-I, in common with many naval officers who took part in the naval proceedings of that period which Sir Charles Napier culls 1 the'last war, read with surprise Sir Charles's letter of I the 8th inst., in which he attempts to justify the inertness of the t fleet under his command by stating that during his 15 years' I service it was not the custom for ships 'to ...

... MIR. ALEXANDER M'NEILL ON THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. A. M'Neill, advocate, who is wel and fayourably known to many of our readers, has submitted to the Lord Chancellor a communication whichl he recently'addressed, to a, professional brothier, on the subject of ,the Appellate Jurisdictiq. - He Says that the proposal to eall up iScotch' Judge to assist the lfouse of ...

... M1rORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO PART- NERSHIP. BOOLE & HAIR, Painter, v. BENNET, Painter. d 5 a 3 The folldwing decision has been pronounced by Sheriff Sir al Arclhd. Allison, upon an appeal from a judgment by Sheriff d Bell, in an action to regain consignation of fund9 uplifted by a d t 11~~osnto arnr eeo partner, without eonsent of partners on the eve of dissolution si of the firm, and thus ...

... ROYAUL BOTANC GARDENS. * We would call the attention of our readers to the resolutions eontairlo. in the report of the meeting of the directors and friends ; the gardens, held in the Queen's Hotel on Thursday last, awl to the notice in our advertising columns announcing that the season bls now arrived when the new annual tickets are issued. We would earnestly express a hope that the pro- ...

... EN G LA NMD. Generous Act of Royal Mi1ercy.-We (Standard) have great pleasure in anlouncing that her Majesty, wish. ing to mark the conclusion of peace by an act of mercy, has givon orders that a free and flprdon shall be granted to all persons under sentence for poli- tical offences. Consequently, Frost and his associates, convicted of trceas0on in 1839, and subsequently trans- norted to ...

... LATEST LIVERPOOL, NEWS. (From our own Corrospondent.) EABEZZLEMENT-MURDER-TOWN DUES- SUNDAY QUESTION. Liverpool, Wednesday Evening. There seems to be no end to crime in Liverpool. 'We have this evening to record two very serious offences against pro- perty and person, viz., the embezzlement of £5000 by a confi- aential clerk and another murder. A few days ago a reward of £200 was offered for ...

... ILATEST INEWS. HERALD OFrICE, Friday Morning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Marseilles, Thursday. The steam-frigate Sane has arrived with Aali Pueha, the Turkish plenipotentiary to the Paris Conferences, on board. He leaves for Paris this evening. The Countess de Caumont Laforee was murdered by her ser- 3 vant in Paris on Tuesday night. * The Post's Paris correspondent writes.:- ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURIDAY. Mr. HARDIE took the oaths and his seat for Leominster. An immense number of petitions were presented from all parts of the country against opening the British Museum and dtie Crysial Palcep on Sundays. Many. also were presented with a contrary prayer. I On the motion of Mlr. HAvfln, a new writ was ordered for Sligo, in place of Mr. Sadleir, dkcessed. Lord J. RUSSELL ...

... . Who is Dr. W. AI'Donaldl ?- -Ve asked this ques- I tion last Friday, and we repeat it to-day. According °g to the Scottish Mledical Directories, past and present, there were two men in Scotland-and only two-of be this name, one a surgeon to some iron works in the 1c west aid. to the parish of Cadder-the other, a sur- t lgeon and druggist in Leitb. But, as the latter has he dropt his name ...

... (From the Spectator.) iii There is always a temptation to preach sermons be over the body of the fallen, and Mr. Sadleir's fall was PI too signal an incident to escape the handling of our be innumerable writers. It is a story that can be told nt with many a moral, and justly told. It can be treated ti in the severe strain ; and those who would seek the (1 deterrent principle, rather than the ...

... Thle statutory half-yearly meeting of this Board was held yesterday in the chapel of the Poors-house, at 12 o'clock noon, John Wilkie, Esq. of Hillhead, occupied the chair. In answer to Dr. James Stewart, Mr. KIRKtWOOD, Inspector, intimated that the advertisement calling the meeting appeared I in five newspapers published in this city. After some preliminary objections raised by Dr. Stewart, 8 ...

... It is understood that the appearance of her Royal ti I-lighness the Princess Royal in the great world wvill, b for this season, be limited to the Palace-it not being E thought expedient to apply to Parliament for the sum necessary to maintain a household while she is so young, and it being essential to the dignity of a princess of her rank, if she visited a subject, that her Royal Highness ...