... SCOTCH BILLTS BEFORI?2' PARLIAMENT. We have just received copies of four of the Bills recently laid before Parliament by the Lord Advo- cate. The first is the Bill for the regulation of the care and treatment of Lunatics, and for the provision and maintenance and regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland ; the 2d, the 1 Bill to regulate the distribution of business in the Court of Session ...

... ?? I ? 1 A, i f: ? tf Q?'i 'P , t 5 5. :1 , , P - r I THE SCOTTISH- LUNACY COMmISSION. 7 ?? . -. -:O THE POST.) gotwitlistandinig' the damnatory 'evidence. against, t'te Board of'.Supervision which the;.Commissioners adduce, :we. cannot help perceiving ,that they :deal leniently with the members' of the Board, and almost. hint that'it is the'system, and no.t the .med, who ard:e: to blame.- Sir ...

... I Aberdeen ?? Messrs A. & R. Milne, Athensaum. Do. M e. srs L. & J. Smith Do . Mr W. Panton.. Do. . ?? Messrs D. Wylie & Son. 'herlady . Mr F. Mitchell. AllU. ?? i Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath. Mr James Smith. Do. M r G. Sutherland. Auehterarder ?? Mr Lawrence. Bathgate. ; ?? Mr J. Johnstone. Do.r..l r James Ferguson. Berwick North ?? Thomas IMope. ?? Mr A. Henderson Do. .. Mr J. M'Dowell. ...

... ELECTi RIO TELEGRAPH. .. CHINA. The Chinese who murdered the.captain of the French brig -Anais, has been executed by the French Admiral in the Chinese Seas. SPAIN. Spanish papers give contradictory accounts of the state of Catalonia, which, according to the most favourablestatements, appears to be far from satisfactory. Numbers of workmen are out of employment and starving. Food, is scarce and ...

... (FROAt PUNCH{.) The great comet struck the earth (which, with the mnoon, is as well as can be expected) precisely at half-past two o'clock on Sunday last. The shock and terror produced a most beneficial effect upon great nwnrhers of persons, and among the instances in which the visitation caused the most satisfactory re- sults, Mr Pench has heard of the -following- Mr Spooner, seeing an Irish ...

... .. I i ? S: i ?? ?? ?! , ? to Tki fallftft.` DESTRUCTION OF GROUSE -:MSCOTLAND. (TO THE VDITOR OP THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY.) Sir,-In a recent number of your paper I was much pleased'toobservea most impqrtantlurtle .upoi. the destruction of grouse throughout the Highlands, ot Scotland., As this question- affects not only'the' inter ots'ofsportsmen, but also to no smallextent those o., the ...

... DEPT L TRAINS STEAME~s~ c., FRGEIB RGH ' J UNE. Aberdeen(S C.)rem&.0,Spm 12, 8,.5 - a -pmd Aberdeen (E. P.'01.)a . -.1 211116 31 1 Berwioack (N. ft ) am. 1 21*. 3 II~ -p.m3 2 4o7pm Au .h5, 9.15 - 0. - , Brmingha (N. B.) am. 1, 4 649.3 4.20, .2.54 - - - 57 Bonnyrga(NeB. am. 9,8-pm il.07pm ,0 I Brig CIf AllN. BS .) anL6, .50_~m 12 . .. Birmnghm (. a.&D. am. 630,10 46 1 -p t2. , 55 802 53 rought ...

... ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS- CONVERSAZIONE. The fifth and last of these interesting meetings was held last night in the Surgeons' Hall. Invitations had been iss~ed to about 450 persons principally belong- iug to the medical faculty. Among those present were Dr Maclagpn. ?? ProfessoTs Gregory, Simpson, Balfonr, Wilson, and Allman, a majority of the members of the College of Physicians, and the ...

... TFIE ABRRVAL OF THE COMET. IryX ror u.a.- of Punctual (like American fashions) to French time, es -which is rather faster, especially 'on the Taileries' i1- clock, than that of England, His Serene Highness. he tihe Comet, duly arrived on'the appointed date. As sr-^ther foreign illustriousnesses are sometimes attended Id by a scent of consumed' cigars, H.S.H. 'Was accom- lit panied by an odour ...

... FRANCE. PARIs, Thursday.-The Emperor left at ten; o'clock. 'this ?? for Plombieres, by way of Chalons, at which place he arrived at 1.25 Pm. The Council of the' Bank of France has reduced 'the rate of discount on commercial bills (escompte deseffets de commerce) to 5J per cent. It maintainsE the interest on advances at 6 per cent. THE EAST. The Porte has asked explanations from Lord Strat- ...

... AGM-TS, 1FR Top OLEDONIAN MERCUa Aberd ?? A. & R. Mine, Atmum Do. _ Mess r L & J. Smith, Do. ?? W. Panton. Do. ?? essrs D. Wyllie & SOnL. Aberlady.F ?? . Mitchell. Alloa_._ ?? Mr J. Lothian. ?? James Smith. , ?? G. Sutherland. ?? ?? Lawrence. Buthgat._ ?? ?? J. Johnstone. . . ..r. - James Ferguson. BerwiskNortb ?? Al Thomas Hope. Be`Woken-T.weed_.Jr A. Henderson. Do. .J J. M'DowelL ...

... AGENT S FOR THE CALEDONIAN MERCURy Aberdeen o ?? Messrs A. & R. Mine, Athenrnm.. Do. .Messrs L. dk J. Smith Do. U r W. Panton. ?? Me-sessrs D. Wylie & Son. ?? F. MitchelL. ?? : Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath_. ?? Mr James Smith. - Do.. . , _ ,Mr G. Sutherland. Auchtersrder ?? -Lawrnce. Bathgate ?? Mr J. Jolmstone. - Do ?? Mr James Fergnson. Berwiclc Norkh ?? Mr Thomas Hope. Berwick-on-Tweed Mr A. ...