... h TIE people of that part of the United Kingdom cal- tio e led Scotland have long had a special grievance in the act d shape of Soldiers' Billets. In England, the mainte- thE e nance of troops on the march or the recruiting service Bi r, has been borne by the licensedvictuallers, according Oh s to the Mutiny Act, so long as these persons had room Br L to lodge them, and, when the house was ...

... d THE dinner of the Royal Agricultural Improvement So- Sp e ciety, now holding its annual meeting in Derry, came off on Al Wednesday night. The company was numerous and in- fluential, and the reception of the Viceroy was quite en- Ta s thusiastic. of n On his health being drunk, Lord Eglinton, in reply, said: oat s - There is nothing which has given me greater gratifi- y cation in the full ...

... So the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. It or MP. EDITOR,-In your remarks on the Fordoun ease. inl this ,r re- weok's Jo'wnal, You say that esome peculiar prejudices still linger and Intlh.. Iuartarad, if one iayjudgo from SiriohinStuart Forbes's3 from 1,~i t ame paper, it wvould'seem they Aro not confined to eas-- tho lower classes. The merits of thie csolhavenow been broughit Ileas fuilly ...

... I la?tt ?Itttllqtutp. - k .- Tnl LA.,NDED ESTATES COUXIT tt IRELAN'.- Hnury Marnley, Esq., Alontefort Longfield, E;sq., and Charles James lUargreave, Esq., the late C(;.nniis- sioners of the Encumbered Estates Court, have been sworn in as Judges of the new Landed Estates Court. DEATEL AT UIS POST.-One evening last week Mr Skyrme, the sub-editor and reporter of the E'retpr Gazette, was engaged ...

... 2piti oft1A t vrm, ell, THE RELATION OF A CAPTAIN TO HIS vi, PASSENGERS. CLi (lmotOM TIJr T I tES.) ch Spread as the interests and alctiots of this corin- on try are over so large a portion of the habitable globe, ge none of us can feel quite sure that we may not be ea called on some day to undergo that most dreary Vi( of all ordeals to a man's temper, spirits, and self- co command, a long ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOR U-NIDERMENTIONED PILACES. AUGUST 1858. *g The abbreviations within parentheois_((CsL), (S, C.), (E. ac G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-aignify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British d Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways ?? and intimate that the trains start from the termini it these railways in Edinburgh at the hoars stated. ...

... GEINERAAL POST-OFFICE-, DINBURGIH. 'Boxes Close. I ' el'very Genoral Ireceiv'g P. 0.1 Edin. P. Office. Houses. Leith. :&Leith. MAIYS. -I -- Aberdn, Dsundee, Perth,) -5 45A. 10 OP 10 OP 6 40A Stirling, Alloa, &c. . a720P 7 O - 7 p 630p Berwick and E. of England, 1 ?? }1 Or 1 OP 6 40A Berwick, Dunbar, Had-) dington, &c., E of Erg- t 5 15P p S4o0P 4 SOP 3 OP land ?? Carlisle, Liverpool, Mas-) 74 ...

... I J! nfilp ?? littiliglya. . TURKEY. Tlie Wrd of Brissels ?? from Rapsa on announce that the rayaes of the Herzegovina have tle offered their submission on the follow ing conditions: Thi - The taxes of all kinds are to be abolished and to replaced by a tribute, to be fixed on by common ac- Cp eta, cord, and paid on the ist of MTarch every year into hei the provincial treasury of Mostar; the ...

... Yesterday the Justices of the Peace, Commission- ers ot Supply, and Roed Trustees of the County of Haddington, met in the County Buildings, 1-ladding- ?? Robert Houston of Clerkington. convener, in the chair. There were ?? Elcho, Sir T. B. Hepburn, Bart., of Smeaton, Mr Cadell of Tra- nent, Mr James W. Hunter of Thurston, Sheriff Riddell, Mr D. Anderson of St Germains, Mr Wm. Hay of Hopes, Mr ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, WEDSzSDAy, ELEvsx ?? FRANCE. ST BzBt;S, August 17tb.-Their Majesties entered this- town amidst universal enthusiasm. An immense crowd rendered the streets almost impassible. There is to be a ball given to their Majesties this evening, and to-morrow they set out for St Malo. The Emperor having been visible for a moment at the door, the crowd broke through all op- position, and ...

... FARIS, Friday.-The plenipotentiaries met on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign the Convention relative to the organisation fE of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. R The exchange of the ratifications of the said Con_ r vention will take place at Paris within five weeks or earlier, if possible. It is only after the ac-a complishment of the formality that the text of ...

... LETTER FOM A SERGEANT IN THE 82D REGT.! I TO HIS BlROTHER IN GLASGOWV. Shajehanpore, 10th June, 1858. My dear Brother,-I enibrce this opportunity of writing a few lines. You will see an! account in my last of all about our affair in this place on the 3d May. Wre have had several minor affairs with them since then, which resulted in our ousting the rebels from their position, and our entire oc- ...