... MIEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BunosH oF KiNTRon. - Hugh Barclay, Esq., LIJ.D., TE 2Siceriff-Substitute'of Perthshire, elder. Or BURGH Or MONTrnos.-M~rJamues Fraser. trt - Burma OF STIRLsNG.-Pr-ovost Sewers. tei we OnnIXATION.-.Tico Rev. Joseph Mitchell,.a native of tin e Peterhead, and for some time tesohet of the E-s-oll Schools, Th *t Crcden, ilas been ordained over an Episcopal charge in ...

... Wei ENGLAND. of Cor PRItNcE ALFRED'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.-Final lip ice orders were onl Wednesday issued for thle screw 5teaI1i f ri- 25 ted gate Euryalus, the vessel in which, Prince Alfred will take her his departure from England to circumnavigate the globe, to 261 es proceed from the Sound to Cowes Road. The departure of thdoi 511l the Euryalus is to take place about the 2this.d .51 THE ...

... ~~~~. .I XX- THE French despatch, which has occasioned so much wil bhe turmoil, was but a repetition, in a subdued form, of de- on] to- mands which Lord Palmerston says had been made int re- over and over again, for a change in the right of asylum gOC re given to refugees; and it was the frequency and point- ,he edness with which replies had been given by the British ho] In Government to ...

... IMPERIAL PARLI AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-Friday, Feb. 26, Their Lordiships mot at flee O'olock. ier The House presented rather a singular appearance from ter ehasige of places oc~casioned by the members and supporters of st the late Ministry taking their seats Ool the Oppositioo side of the In Houso. The seat formerly occupied by the Earl of Der-by wee i this evening filled by Earl Granvil le. ...

... SCOTTISH NOITHt-EASTERN RAILWAY. Tue half-yearly ordinary genecral mneeting of the share. holders of this Company was held on Fridany inl the offices, Guild Street-fJ. Stirling, Easq, of IKippendacie, thle Chair- a ax of thle Comlpany~, presiding. After preliminaries, thle report (which appeared in our last) was held as read. Thle OsHAII1hAN then said-Gentlemen, I think this is thei most ...

... Id FRANCE ANAD OUR PREPARA- 1 of | TIONS FO . IAR. y (Proei the Timses.)I 0 OF all nations there is none that drifts into war so easily as C t England. We are warlike individually and altogether, an s bad neighbours to the world ingeneral.' So, when we are s reminded, as we, were by Mr Disraeli' the other day, that C I our army are all volunteers, that is a great and most per. d tentous fact. ...

... .ELECTION OF THE LORD-ADVOCATE. ' Mr Inglis was returned for Stamford on Wednesday. There was no opposition. Mr Inglis, in returning thanks, said-If there was a de- feet in the law of England such as was represented, or if any serious doubt existed as to what the law was in regard to so important a matter as conspiracy to murder, lie should be prepared to support any reasonable amendment of ...

... First Lord of the Treasury..ise Earl of Derby. Chaneellorof the Exchequer and Leader of the House ~ The Right Hon. B. Disraeli. - of Commnons .. en.. r Tile Lord Chancellor Lord Chelmsford (Sir F. Pa SThesiger). tbi Tile Lord President ..The Marquis of Salisbury. Isa The Lord Privy Ssal..The Earl of llardwicke. lie Secretary for Foreign Affairs .The Earl of ...

... iPA R L I A M E NT. ;,, 4 * OISEF L Tuee~diy, March16 P ~ TOr.ST-iVE'TRADE. LORD BieDUGSSAM presented a petition fromn the Anti-Slavery Assoliati~n agaicet thieslaive trade. The noble ancdlearned Lord stated that hoe hld received intelligenece from the most respectable quarters that a warrant act bad been. passed in the island of Guadlaloiipe which would have en fiinimedfate and direct ...

... Frida~y, iiltre4'l 12. ens Thle Townl Couneil suet this day-the Lord Provost pro- sat Siding.I SEPERiUNT.-Baillic5 Smuith, sM'llardy, Oswald, Fraser; tho Dean of Guild; Treasurer Ehussly; Dr Christie; ed and Messrs Gibb, Shepherd, Cruickshank, W. in 1 1hose, J. Janiieson, Henderson, G. Jamieson, said the IL. Ross. Ir FREEDOM1 OF THE CITY TO LORD STANHIOPE. tise The PsiovosT saidI-CentleIfLeI1, ...

... filu To the E DITOR of lihe ABRE~DEENO JOURNAL. ass( SIR,-As a shareholder of the Music'Hall Company, I 5e5 naturafly feel some interest regarding the decision which wa may be come to on Wednesday respecting the proposed Pei building, Designs for whioh the Shareholders have had an me opportunity of examining dusing the last few days. Possibly many of their number may feel a little difficulty ...

... To the EDITOR of the APERDEEN JOURNAL. Snt,-Perniit a stranger in your worthy town to make a few remarks upon the letter which appeared in last week's a Journal, signed An Old Minister. Truly if the opinions sr therein expressed are to be taken as exemplifying the in- tellectual keeaness of northern minds, I must confess, for iy St part, a total inadequacy of perception. We are told that pi ...