... - i- ?? 0 s, THE THEA SHING MACHINE AND THE STEAM Ld ENGINE. Tess Scotch Thrashing Machine remains, at this day, in al- : most precisely the same state in which it was left by its in- ie venter, Mr Andrew Meikie, in the year 1786. This is a re- snerkable fact. It certainly shows either that the mnachine ',must have come from the hands of its inventor in a etate of Itwonderfual perfection, and ...

... OiLD MACHAR SETTLEMENT. -C - - A 0 - ire, )rs, the tie, at Is- wvs ha- ave ma- *ed- ent Ic- col- est, re- nan iaw.- ; his ieen por- two iich, the pa- mme ir of -k to 'wa the aba a en lent. nen, urs. orm fain I th had Yheu way beer t th fact ng ir L n iS gy o e in il re i th wit! nes wor! iean 1, ap I, cc ldye ettle ld 0 effec LA~, iTsoI .t an 5, tth r, ha wh n th ifine id h terin crit if tl ...

... proprie FManse of Leslie, December 21, 1857. tion to iYuyper of the 16th current conta ins a report of the of, the prceig t meeting of the Managers of the Royal Infirmary, that hi on the 14th~ curent, which is very incorrect, and calculated to Inn convey a false impression. Allow me to correct some rais-state- repon fmeets, and else to make a few remarks on Pbo~ part of the pro- it hem, ...

... 11Monday, Dec. 7. fr A Meeting of the Managers was held this day-the Lord W Provost in the chair. n( The business of the meeting was to elect fourteen addi- tional Managers for the year. The regulations on the point T were read, and also the nomination of the above number of re gentlemen, by the Committee of Management, in virtue of re I the charter. hi a The list thus submitted was agreed to; ...

... Two events which occurred last week-the one fa- vourable, and the othef unfavourable to a restoration of public confidence-have kept matters much as they were: we mean the arrangement of Messrs Dennistoun with their creditors to pay in full, with interest, ini two years and a-half, and the suspension of payments. by the Northumberland and Durham Bank. It is difficult w 1 to see how Messrs ...

... ?? CUOMISSIONMS. Monday, Dec. 28. T! The Police Board met this ?? Provost presiding. tamr PRESENT :-The Dean of Guild: the City Treasurer; thes Convener Donald; Dr Jackson; Messrs Buyers, seei M'Donald, Sutherland, Fyfe, Urquhart, W. Keith, H. Fraser, Stirling, Dewar, Ness, Eddie not Sherar, Rainnie, Clyne, Forbes, P. Keith, and righ Anderson. lent SANITA&Y S MATTERS. Wh Three reports were ...

... HOSPITAL FOR INCURABL.ES, A MEETING of sulbscribers to the Aberdeen Hospital for the relief of personas labourinlg irirder Incurable Disease, was held inl the ?? lhall, on Wednesday afternoon-the L~ord I Provost in the chair-for the purposo of considering draft constitutiel and rules, and appointing a committee of ma- ?? 'Liae Lord Provost ?? present meeting of subscrib- crs to the hospital ...

... ARRIVAL OFANOTHER MAIL.' noti a ?? ?? chiid~e FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH. encem -Tas following Telegram was received at the Foreign Officke quiet December 11, at 5.15, P.Mt . 'shout ALiX.ANDRIA, December 5. waly The Bombay reached Suez on the 30th of November,. Sail bor sig Bombay dates to the 17th of Novemlberi.. lon~g ?? column, after the battle of Agra, waks pushing th 'on, with all ?? ...

... ing ~f SERMON BEFORE THE COURT.-We understand that, Dr was b Robert Leo has received her Miajesty's gracious commands Qucee to publish thle sermnon preached by him before the Court in the el Clatbie Churcb in October last. Thle subject of the discourse Instit is The Care of the Body a Christian duty.~-Scotsnccm(. Broul MAGISTRATES Os' EDNsnaUsRH.-Right Hon. John Mel- tue et vill, Lord ...

... LECTURES-so called because they are not read, but spoken t-are among tho phenomena of the day. We mean lectures I. by public men, by statesmen, Members of Parliament, sBishops. They are the phenomena of a particular part of . the year-from the middle of Augusb.to Christmas. These f lectures or speeches upon set subjects appear to be popular. - This is the case we believe; it is a fact-which ...

... To thte EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. - - 1 - . - - II I . 1 I I L Sife,-In a long article in the IZHeralZ of last Saturday, on a e the subject of the Old Xachar Settlement, an attempt is 1F made to show that the parishioneis are capricious, and unfit to be allowed to exercise the privilege of sclectilng a minis- R d tsr for themselves, or to judge of the merits or demerits of e the ...

... Tics President's Message is not generally a popular such ft document, but it is almost invariably an instructive is due one. It is of the dimensions of an ordisnary pamphlet; say nie is set forth in chapters ; and consequently lies a ta formidable appearance. But it contains, notwithetand- wisbeE ing, a very comprehensive outline of the condition and cliarss policy of the American Government, ...