... Gi .0U2 XS it b t II t v. COBWEBS AT THE LEITH CUSTOMI'SOUSE. TO TEst EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN 1SERCUEy. Sin,-I was very much surprised to learn, while in the Long Room of the Leith Castonrhouse the other day, that a weigher had just been reported to the Comptroller by a landing waiter for refusing to remove some cobwebs. The weigher, I was given to understand, proposed to bring a servant of ...

... Mr Wynn Williams and Mr H. Gordon Cuminngi de says the Inverness Courier, bagged 26 dhrace grouse tic and 16 hares on the 1st inst.,: and 25 brace','and 10 ye hares on the 3d, on the Tuleben moors. Lord- Sea- by forth and Captain Bateson have been stalking at ax Gernserrie, and the latter killed two, and the. former fh x0ee stag. ~ > A'correspondent at Fort-William ?? pro'- c 'duce of the ...

... (From the Spectator.) l If the late Sir George Cayley's visions of ballooning i badl been rcalised, and we could survey the globe at i pleasure from on high, one of the strangest spectacles f nlow witnessed by terial voyagers would be the per- c plexities and cross purposes, and the consequent waste, r anld vovag ilng and travelling, of the employers of labour a resident in a broad zone of the ...

... ST. JUDE'S ENGLISH EPISCOPAL CHURC. I I I . .. . _- _ On Tuesday last a nieeting ofmsuis~bers of St. Jud~e's Ohuzct. of Engitind congregation was hetistin the Religious Institution I Roomos, fr th c Inuse of presenthing a testimionial to tie Rev. Charles iopliarn i late I-cuitinbent of St Jee's, pre- -ioIIS to his deparire from GWasgiv to be Princial sif MaltaE Protestant College. On the ...

... THE EARhLV-CLOSTG ASSOCIATION. ' of rNsIeEMLY P5oCELD5NGS. ry OnlSaturday the following cases,' which excited consider- of able interest Were ldisposed of by Bailie Clonston in, the Central I ?? J'amesBraithwood, 14 Bell Street was accuset of h&ving on Wednesday last, caused an obstruction e or anyo5a neC iu front of the Bhop or premises occupied by IC- John Ilongall, of the firm of Doug-all & ...

... ~eOn the 16th inst., Lord and Lady Wilton arrived ' at the head of Muirtown Locks, in their splendid h a, yacht Zarn, form the West Coast, proceeding directly ~ e.by land to Gordon Castle. The Zara is allowed, with re only two exceptions, to be the finest yacht afloat.y ~'She is -152 tons new measurement, of great lengthl, U. and beautiful mould. She returned through thle lit canal oin the ...

... THIE TUYRKISII LOAN. IX L i D b f I ,, J - . (F.rom the Times' City Article.) The expected Turkish loan has been announced. It is for an ultimate sumn of £5.000,000, but the first issue will be limited to £3,000.000. The interest is to be 0 per cent., and thle subscribing price 8e. The regular payment of the divi- dends and the ultiimateredemption of the principal at par are specially secured ...

... GEMS OF THOUGHT FROM A I'ROLIFIC M - : :INE. We have an awkward habit of keeping past us gems of thought, or elegant extracts, gathered fir from the best sources. They are almost invariably 01 useful, and never inconvenient. Standard authors, T ancient and modern, supply us with a large number; tu cotemporary journals are constantly adding to our ol stock. The former we -prize; the latter ...

... g1, evil 0 UO g Jai11tixlx ?? xy-lut, On Tuesday tl`e rehffor cdments that have :been for some time uiider orders'-at Chatham to embark for Kiurrachecw'Vre inspected at C'.hatham barrackq by the Colonel 'Comnandant, of the garrison. They comprised araughts for the 61st, 70th, 81st, and 94th Regiments, the service companX-8 'of which are now stationed in the Bengal Presidency. The reinforce- ...

... N .EWSPAPER STAM4P RETURN . There les just appeared, in ecdordancc with Parliamentary order, a return of the nunmber bf Stamps issued to tle NeWs- papers of the United Kingdom fr onl July IoSa, the period at which the compulsory stanmp wai abolished, to the end of the last year, 1857. It is hardly necessary to state that, While bc/ore the abrogation of the comaipulsory stamp on news- papers, ...

... II, 't I - , i WVAR OFFICE,Y ALL XIALL, Sept. 7. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Cornet, Fred. L ureatorex, from lhe, 15th light Dragoons,.to be in Cornet, rice Thomas, promoted. . 8i 5th D)ragoon Guards-Lieutenant T. L. Hampton to be Captain, by purchase, vice flalford, who retixes w -Coinet Thomas Dulield to be Lieutenant, by pur- chase, rice Hampton. m 4th Light Dragoons-Theophilus Gist to be ...

... The Queen will leave Osborne on Monday next for Leeds, where she will open the Town-hall on the fol- lowing day. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice, will leave the Isle of Wight on Monday morning, and take the railway in the Clarence Victualling Yard, at Gosport, where a special train, under charge of the directors and officers of the ...