... WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13. WHATEVER course the suffering shareholders of thoe Western Bank may resolve to adopt for securing re- I.-_ _r l _. . .1 -. . I I lief of their enormous losses from the Directors under whose management they occurred, and whatever suc- cess may attend the judicial prosecution of these claims, no man of common sense or common honesty can doubt that the call made by ...

... RAJAH BROOKE IN GLASGOW-RESOURCES OF 1 BORNEO. I ?? Sir Jamnes Brooke addressed a meeting of the - merchants and other gentlemen of Glasgow, in the Mer- achiants'HRail, under the auspices of the Chamber of Coin- niercee. Onl the platform we observed the Lord Provost, Sheriff Sir Archbd. Alison, Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, John 'Pennant, Esq. of St. Roilox; Walter Buchanan, Esq., MYP.; Robert ...

... THE FORBES MACKENZIE ACT-IMPORTANT I D~~~JECISION.I (From the Montrose Standard.) Be ti The Justices of the Peace for the county of Kincardine J1 held a court at Stonehaven on Friday, for the purpose of be disposing of an important case, involving a question whether tl a cattle show be a lawful fair within the meaning of the Act which allows a publican to supply liquors on such occa- sions, ...

... TRIP TO TIlE HEBRIDES. J. r sr I wu 11k r 1t ri M nIJIrSJXI h. (Concluded fromt our laet.) le Mon~iday, 17th Auguist. -Breakfastedat six o'clock. Hired 11 a machine and pair, and drove over to Sligaban Inn to see Si ii thle Cullinl Hills. The inn is situated at the foot of Glen- Ic 3, sligahan, having been built almost expressly by the pro- a el p prietisr, Lord Macdonald, for the ...

... (From the Daily News.) c Englishmen are not addicted to a sentimental belief c in new eras. The continental history of the last sixty years has taught them to regard with a reasonable I shyness political programmes which embrace hunma- nity in the ample range of their beneficence, while the sober realities of freedom at home are slipping from hands too weak to hold them, and the ''men of the ...

... t We are glad to observe that our townsmen, Majors s 3M'Kirdy, of the 69th Foot, and Wilkie, of the 10th a )Hiissars, have obtained their Colonelcies under the G 3 operation of the new Army Warrant;. and that En- -sign George Gilmour, late of the 1st Foot, has ob- t] s tained his Lieutenancy in 21st Foot, without pur- 3 chase. t] H6_UJSEBREAIKINaS.-The following housebreakings ltook place ...

... MERCURY O1F3CK SATURDAY Emvw ofOL INflIA The Bombay TVi:n of September 7th, fays- The rebels in Onde, deserted by the Quee, ate in a desperate situation. There is a cobsiderable force, but disorganised, in Bebar. Cotoaels An- derson and Fraser are dead. WEST INDIA MAILS. ..ouTHAmTPoN, Oct. 2.-The Panam has ar- rived,withtheWestlndiaMexico, ?? mails, and nearly on&amillion dollars in specie. ...

... COLONEL. SYKES, M.P., AND HIS CON- STITUENTS. - -:According to invitation, the electors of Aberdeen, met Colonel Sykes, the city representative, in the Court-honse, on Friday afternoon. The meeling was numerously attended-the 'Provost in the 'chair. Colonel Sykes who was received with applause, said -Gentlemen, the annual appearance of a repre- sentative before his constituents I look upon as ...

... I . - ?? ?? tic PUBLIC MEETING AT PEEBLES, fr( A public meeting of the promoters of, and those Go interested in, the proposed line of railway from Peebles to Innerleithen, was held yesterday in the Tontine si- Hotel, Peebles. Mr Charles Tennant, of the Glen In was called to preside, in the absence of the Earl of an Traquair, from indisposition. ha The CHAIRMAN said that the noble Earl who was ...

... COMMERCIA 1;. The Australian gold taken to the Bank- on Tues- day was L.240,000, making a total of L.480,OO0 since the date of the last return. The failure of a large sugar speculator has been announced at Lille for L.203,000. The telegram announcing the arrival of the mail steamer at Suez, with dates to the 15th of August from Melbourne, is now considered overdue. The intelligence by this ...

... A G EN TS. Aberdeen ..A. & R. MilneGreenoek..-Mrs Owen. Athenaum n Haddington..J. Millen. Do. _L. & J. Smith. Do. -G. Suiles. Do -W. Panton. Hawick R. Black. Do. ?? Wylie & Son' Do. --J. Dalgleish. Aberlady .-Mr F. Mitchell. inveresk J. Gordon. Anob _-J. Lothian. Ilverkeitlig ?? iss Campbell. Do. - S. N. Norison. Jedburgh ?? & r. Easteaj Do. - J. Wingate. Do. -T. SmaiL Arbroath .-James Smith. ...

... COMMERCIAL. The amount of gold taken to the Bank on Wed- nesday was L.146,000, L.90,000 Austrralian and L.56,oni) Russian. During the Seek since the date of last return the total inflix has therefore been 1,626,000. The return to be made up to-night must not be expected, however, to show an augmentation to this extent, since, on the last days of the quairter, there is always a considerable ...