... HiOUSE.OF. LORDS-FRIDAY, FEB. 6. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five ?? o'clock..-1 Lord CAM PBELL rose to MMv for the production Ofa very ee. .vaiuable paper, which tie thoughtolight to be in thnt possession th1 of all their Lordshipo. ?? years ago a commission was Apl. .thi pited, over which hie had thle honour to preside, to consider tht thfei'law of divorce, and this ...

... . ' On Friday night auiadjourned meeting.of theinhabitants of a Airdrie was le]d in the Music Iall,'ft6i- the purpose of consi- g deringthe proprietyof establislisiga New tas Company. The t ball was well filled. On the motion of, Dr. Robertson, Mr. John Main was called to the chair. The Chiairman'calliid on Mr. J. K. PLrauLus, secretaryto tbe committee appointed at .ast meeting, who said that ...

... IL ATE ST A ?? S. HERALD OFFICE, Monday Mornting. 2 BY EL.ECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Tl*E PEN1INSULIAR MAILS, London, Saturday. The East India and Peninsular mail letters leave for the provinces at 8 r.m. (From the London Papers of Saturday Evening.) en FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SWITZERLAND. The Siisse contains the ?? Swiss journals, which entertained the greatest confidence in the prompt solu- tion of the ...

... ICHANGES IN THE MANNERS AND HABITS OF a \SCOTLAND. DURING LAST FIFTY YEARSS. (:Frnm i I I f (From the Scotsman.) fror ttim The Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, of Edinburgh, delivered an tion interesting lecture on this subject at one of the Ulbster Hall whc Conversaziones, under the auspices of Bliss Catherine Sinclair, first on Wednesday, last week. We can only give a very brief out-tie line of the ...

... THE INCOME TA X: (From the Times.) bohwe' The great Income-tax. question is settled-tihat iA senti to say, the war ninepence is given up--nine'mil the F lions of taxation are taken off, and a corresponding but sl relief is in store for-all tboserclasses whose suffering in the under thle pressure of thle accumulated impost found dred iecently so audible an expression. . When we acid to charg ...

... A CHRISTMAS WEEK, AT GLASGOW. (From Fraser's Magazine for February.) (Concluded from our last.) The dinner-lour at Glasgow is six or half-past six, rarely seven. The dweller in any of the Weot End crescents is daily reminded of tih fact by a tremendous rolling of cabs and car., riages about that time. Then there is an intermission; and between ten and eleven r.,i, tho rolling reeommelees; tile ...

... Il 1 I tI d ?? It a T0 i anl EDINJBURGH, MONDIAYFE 1S7: Cr The MIeumcuRy is Pnblished DAILY, PRl0r Tf- or 9Bs 9d Quarter, if paid in advance. 1185REL'DALr4e 1 a Penny extra per Copy. B PredetiSk( Stamped Copies of the Caledolnian fercurY are f ed I fora subscription of 32s 6d Half-yearly, or Its rtr1Y able in advance from any date. Three Papers can be forwarded through the po y one cover, and ...

... -P]aV1LEGES. FOR THE MRESS. (FROM THE rCONOMIST.) 1A behalf ofthe press, the functions of; which we estimate as bighityas any of our C'ontemporari£5 vc -muast say afew. wr 'on s G'oe O imiiis lately put forth f-r an enlargemieni of its privileges. ?? A-cise-Qf con- diermbl~interegi 'was j it Crrt of .Q i's~endb.. 'e a, meeting of the, WXes; Hartle- pool Improvement Commissioners there was an ...

... H HOUSE OF. CQMMONS-WEDNE:SDAY. The House met at 12 o'clock. X Numerous private Bills were read a second time,' among which vere.the .Birkenhead Dobksa(UoAitruAc- tion), and the Birkenhead Docks (Management) Bills. MERBESY CONSEIvWAToity DOCKS B3lL. - On the motion for the. second reading of the Mersey Conservatorv Docks Bill,: Mr. HORSFALL movbd that the Bill be read a second time that day ...

... I5piril )of tit Ist5s. THE REDUCED EST1,9ATES.AND THE n INCOME-TAX. hi (FROM THE T1511aS.) co The reduced estimates have now been published, nc and we are enabled to lay before our readers the -sweeping reductions which are to lighten the burden ,of taxation and give once more free play to the na- tional energies. To begin with the navy ; the sunm hi asked for the expenses of the present ...

... ,Jord.gn 30ttlignit. FRANCE. It is evident from the Continental journals, writes the Paris correspondent of the Post, that Mr Disraeli's assertions concerning the existence of a secret treaty a between France and Austria, for the defence of Aus- r trian possessions in Italy, has created more attention abroad than at home. It clearly indicates that Aus- t tria was (and she still is) more ...

... T IRA _ u; ?? g .U MERCURY OFFICE, TnREn o'CLoCx. LONDON CORN MARKET. English wheat sells slowly, at terms of Monday last. Inferior rather cheaper. In foreign not much done. Flour plentiful. Barley in good demand, and brings last Monday's terms. Oats quiet, but full rates obtained. Beans and pease in fair demand. Arrivals-British wheat, 3844; barley, 2493; malt, 10,242; oats, 1627; flour, 18 ...