... 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 ...

... nED N 13 U, i GII . A0&iDEiNT ON THE CALEDONIAN 1IAILWAY.-Yes- terdaythe mail train from London, on the Caledonian line, did not reach Edinburgh till some hours after the time at which it was due. The reason of the delay was,- we understand, that a collision took place betwixt Stafford and Tamrworth between two goods trailns, anud so blocked up the rajls withbroken wag- gons, that the mail ...

... (The jolowing appeargd ti our Second Edition of yesterdaN.) The telegraphic advices from India show a rise of about one-balf per cent. in the rate of Exchange at Bombay; and of one and a-half per cent. at Cal- cutta. They will consequently afbrsd a further stim- ulus to shipments 6f bilver on this side. The mails to arrive'from London would, however, bring large amountts to influence the ...

... E LECT.RIC- TELEGRAPH. F-~ ~ ~ ?? AriRr r-U xNDA1 TURKEY. A despatch from Constantiinople states, that the Russian Fleet had anchored in the Bay of Balkon, and occupied some of the islands. AMERICA. LrvERPoaO, Tuesday Evening.-.The Cauada, steamer from Boston arrived at about 3 30 A.M.. with advices from New York to the 30th, and Boston to the 31st tlt. She brings 50 passengers. and 270,629 ...

... SUM MARY. The foreign intelligence received since our last, is of very considerable importance; the -great pressure on our space, however, by the meeting of Saturday evening. on the freehold movement, necessitates us to pass over details till to- morrow. The fall of Herat is fully confirmed. Esa Khan, on1 condition that his own life should be spared, surrendered the fortress to the King of ...

... AGENTS FOR THlE CALEDONIAN MERCURtY. Aberdeen _ essrs A. & R. -Mine, Athenoanm. Do. Messrs L. & J. Smith Do. M Mr IV. Panton.. Do. ?? , Messrs D. Wyllie & Son. Aberlady . Mr I?. Mitchell. Aoa .Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath . Mr James Smith. Do. ?? ,Mr G. Sutherland. Auchterarder ?? Mr Lawrence. Bathgate ?? Mr J. Johnstone. Do . . .Mr James Ferguson. Berwick Noith ?? Tahonas Hope. Berwick-on-Tweed ?? ...

... in, THE NEUFOILATEL DIFFICULTY. The Post's Paris correspondeet says, With re- ei sa ence to the statement that the Neufchatel diffi- b 'elty is entirely settled, that such is not exactly 'the case. Switzerland, indeed, is satisfied with is tfe propositions of England and France, but the ss 59ederal Council very naturally wishes to know n whether Prussia will formally renounce all sove- d ,eiga ...

... At the weekly meeting on Thursday the Council J were engaged for nearly two hours with correspon- dence from all parts of the kingdom, elicited by the address of the Association, deprecating the present 9 agitation against the Property and Income-tax, and I recommending, instead of it, a movement for the en- tire revision of our fiscal system. The writers, without exception, expressed their ...

... S COT LAND. a- w A Ticket-of-Leave Uan.-We have been informed xr, that David Barr, the ticket-of-leave man lately in the d employment of the Glasgow and South-Western Rail- r- way Company, and who was arrested here a short time er ago on a charge of stealing various quantities of old [ie brass and iron, is to be tried before the Lords at Ayr ir, at next circuit. It will be remembered he made a ...

... The annual meeting of the contributors to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary was held on Monday afternoon in the Merchants'0 Hall. Among other gentlemen present, we observed-the Hion, the Lord Provost (in the chair), Bailie Ilannan, Bailie Galbraith, the Dean of Guild, Hugh Tenneint, Faq., James Playfair, Esq., W. Brown, Esq , John Henderson, Esq. of Park, I the lRev. Dr. Hill, Anderson Kirkwood, Esq ...

... airt KILMALCOLM CASE. the The Presbytery mat on Tuesday (yesterday) to hear further evidence for the patron and presentee-Rcv. Mir. M'Kie of Of Erskine, Moderator pro temn, her Messrs. Heater and Bird attended onl behalf of the patron uips and presentee, and Mr. John Ailnines for the objectors. pal John Douglas, merchant, Glasgow-Has known Mr. Law for thle about 12 months, and has heard' him ...