... IF discussion were likely tlulbring people to one way 'of thinking, there ought to be something like unanimity on this subject. But it is unfortunatbly one of thoseiqued- tions on which unanimity need never: be looked for, since it is one in which the matter of legality lies. on one side, and the matter of individual convenience very Dmuch on the other. If we choose to act in strict adher- ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. natb elm PARIS, Monday ?? Conference did not wbhi meet to-day. At the Bourse three per cents. closed Ger 76. 4-_-the advance is attributed to the reception by fTlI the Emperor of the Swiss Envoy, from which favour- cito able inferences were deduced. dlee dral The sudden death of the Austrian Marshal, Radetzky, the is reported. thoe WURTEMBURG.-STUTnGARD, 5th December. - ...

... b pl ?? ISTRAT11DON, 3d January.-Tfle closing month of the past ant Iyear has presented uts with every variety of tesuperature, fall shade, and colour, from that of a verdant spring clay to that151 of an Arctic winter, and these transitions so esedden as to vi Ssurprise the beholder onl the approach of a new dlay. Weva had a severe sneov storni during the first few days of the I Ma: mtonth, ...

... POT (Concled.) ?? *th e The following tables refer ehiefly to trade and commerce. hat Itha lt may be desirable, however, first. to.sipply an omission det under a former head-that of Births. t ILLEGITIMIATE.un 1855. 185. tail St Nicholas * - 180 217 An Old Maohar 102 115 see - -. thi Total M 282 332 sar The proportion of these to the whole births is as follows: act -For 855: St Nicholas, one ...

... TO tke EDITOR of the AERDIEEN JOURNAL, tI] Sss,-In your paper of the 7th eunt., I observed a letter (lr from A Farm-servant, relating to the abolition of Plough- Sc lug Slatehee, and substituting, in their ;oom, competitions for Scholarship. Now, with regard to the latter pro- position, it is, in my opinion, a noble idea; and, were it duly appreciated and carried out, would prove of tile ...

... LETTERS OF JAMES BOSWELL, ?? ~~gard A ?? volume of D3oswell's letters,.chiefly addressed to the tion Rev.. W. Johnson Temple, rector of Mainhead, Devonshire, cerln has just beon'published. The followisng account of how pn these letters caine into the hands of the publisher is given Lori in the'preface6 :- A few years ago, a clergyman having o c- Cha easion to buy some small articles at the ...

... FRANCE. TheConkference meten Tuesday. Allis concluded. The r befitting anctd dby the pleniias~tcOsilrics. ThdieUn'Po tocoltisg andecoteou l cpart of ?? diseesion as WednesdayhiSs the following:-'.The Canfreoe les r of ?? uts an coil to tho difficultl~cryeewhiasi geeda Bie execuition. Sthe Treaty of the 30th Marh.I avec delhyed with ubnanimous accordj has decided that the frltc rctferencI the ...

... sois, TueX CounT.-With respect to the appiroachisng season, tiful altbecigli it is rather early to prognosticate, we believe nann thle following arranglements may be cosideredI as settled :-at tis Hecr Majesty anil thle Royal Nvll ill stay at Windsor flops1 Castle unitil after the 10th of Fekruary, the annliverqaery of lenoV e afjesty's marriage; and about the middle of that Arnm ussen1ti thle ...

... Tne LORD ElaCHO'S proposed measure on this subject, s inch it stands, does not give satisfaction. The County sum' Meetings, and, indeed, the Town bodies, which have was more reason for opposing it, are expressing themselves for t warmly against the measure. The County of East inch Lothian, which is purely agricultural, accepted it with A that .proposal for the exemption of horses engaged in ...

... METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 18B6. Abstract of Meteorological Observations taken at Aber- m n decn-latitude, 57' 9' N.; longitude, 2' 6' W. -at the In ve height of 115 feet above the mean level of the sea, *nr| BAROMFiTER. THERMOMETER. _ Lu lie 1856. | g'P 2 |B of at - h - In. In. In. cg January, 29.439130.245 28.49 35.7 48.0 26. 34.5 31. 3.53 Fe'ebrunry, 29.88t 30.413 29.18 39.5 52.0 27. 37 ...

... sic* We this week make our usual annual contribution to the statistics of Aberdeen and suburbs. c. BIRTHS. The new system of registration has now beenim operation for two years; and the following are the results from the records of the two great parishes into which the town and suburbs are divided. The parish of Old Machar includes a small extra-burglial district, the results applicable to ...

... THE DIGNITIES UNWWIG4ED. OxE cannot help thinking that Sir Robert Peel is a very hb fine hearty personage, but, unless he be retained in pi office for very special and peculiar reasons, one can as it little help thinking his qualities are anything but of an hi official sort. There are better qualities than discretion, a( and, perhaps, Sir Robert has got them-but that one je quality he has not, ...