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BILLETING OF SOLDIERS

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1858
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1001 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Home Intelligence

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 12 August 1858
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1429 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1858
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6703 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

LONDON, AUGUST 11

... ?? n DIVINE SERVICE AT THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. -In the English Channel, on a ridge of dangerous $ rocks facing the port of Plymouth, says the Bristol d Timles, stands this majestic and highly-useful beacon sj to the mariners of all nations, a structure which has been the means for preventing frequent shipwrecks, t( and the sacrifice of much valuable life. At this spot, V far away from the ...

Published: Friday 13 August 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1108 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

MR BERNAL OSBORNE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS AT DOVER

... M il RERNAL OSBORNE AND HIS CONrST-I TUENTS AT DOVER. On ll'riday evening last, this gentlemnan, who11 W- ~alltl cupied the p0s1 of Siesertary to thle Admiralty in, the flec Pa!m~a-ston and Aberde-en Azdministralionfs, met ` -as Y partyaof his colistiuencs it the Royall Oak bIn, DoN-ec. the Mr Emnis occupicd the Chair. the Mr1 'OSnOeTNE, ?? reception was -very Iheals, po having, in the first ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1858
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2491 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY

... STATIONS OF THE BRITISR ARMY. ore AUGUST, 1858. an, ;he Whore two places are mentioned, the last named is that at sin )re which tho Depot of the Regiment is stationed. PO' th. le t Life Guards, Hyde Park 23d Benga, Chatham to 2d aldershott ( Batp. Newport k H se Guards- , Chatham th bunhsd 1st Bat. Tower 0 5~~4th Bon, Coeetr tgli 6d 1~gont's Park (2d'l Bury rel DirsoD n Guads- B 25th Gibraltar ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1858
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 837 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

KINTORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... MONDAY the 2d of August, vas rather a notableday to the inhabitants of Kintore.. TRie amnoont of businues dolre on that day was perfectly astonishing, intinmatioi beingforper- ly given to the inhabitants of the town and strrourpding district, that on the above day, the followinfg coHyres 'would take place in our ancient burgh; naniely, '3ja Ldies' 8alo; Flower and Poultry Show; end Flodwerab ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1858
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1386 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE CAWNPORE MASSACRE

... To the Editor of. the Times. 3 Sir,-The Friend of India of the 20th of May last contains t the following remarks:- The.Indian Eiepire states that-the young lady we men- tioned some time since as having escaped from the rebels: (at Cawnpore) was taken captive by the same Sowar who car- ried off Miss' Wheeler. For the' truth of this we cannot vouch, but it is certain that thereis onesurvivor of ...

Published: Friday 13 August 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5563 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE WEATHER AND CROPS

... V __ _ - . - I A3ERaaEN.-The rains that prevailed recently have been E a succeeded by bright sunshine, whose mellowing influence t V has begun to tell very manifestly on the fields. Cereal orops - are now fast ripening for scythe and sickle, with the promise f of a good yield both of grain a straw. The hay' crop has t been secured, with a better result than was at one time anti- e cipated. ...

Published: Friday 13 August 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1701 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

ORNAMENTS AND METHODISM

... ORNAMENTS AND M EThODISAM. A curious debate on superfluities and ornaments in dress took place at the recent Methodist General Conference, lield in Nashville ?? A pro osition was made to ameud- the Diseipline of the Chturch by striking out the rules respecting dress. Thle arti- ?? on that subject has the following passages:- Receive none into the cherub till they have left off ?? ...

Published: Friday 13 August 1858
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 583 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Spirit of the Press

... ?5pirit of -test V; rm. or TELEGRAPHIC ENTERPRISE AT HOME of AND ABROAD. at (rilozr THE DAILY ws.AVS) al The successful submerging of the Atlantic Cable to is such a gigantic stride in tihe science of telegraphy, f1 ihat it requires some time for the mind to appreciate di the full significance of the event. Now that the pos- SC sibility of laying a cable two thousand miles in the it depths of ...

Published: Tuesday 10 August 1858
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3269 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

EAST KILPATRICK AGRICULTUAL SOCIETY

... This important society held its annual show of crops on Thursday 5th August. The Judges ?? the Best Ma- | naged Farms-Messrs. Bryce and Scott, Rhiudmuir. On ,Green Crops-Messrs.. Murdoch, Hilton; and Park, Bal- iquhanran. On White or Grain Crops-Messrs. lHamilton, ITl'illichewan Home Farm; and Campbell, C-osihill. The Ifollowing is a list of the prizes: FOR THE BEST MANAGED FARM. 1st, ...

Published: Friday 13 August 1858
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 764 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News