... ;, THE Scotsman makes some interesting extracts from an article on Partnership in the forthcoming volume of the _ ,Encyclopredia Britannica, bearing the well-known initials of Unc J. R. Maccullocli. The following is Mr Macculloch's opinion Del of limited and unlimited liability:- I In countries like France, where the people are mostly in - f, narrow circumstances, and unaccustomed to and ...

... f IF there was little desire shown for a seat in the Town 'and, al Council at the late elections, there was no. want of ri-kte )y valry for the municipal dignities. Were we to take jrates d some gentlemen's word for it, indeed, the pressure up- an a to wards from the lower end of the Council table was ment'be p. 'a by some mysterious conspiracy on the part of Provost e Webster. We are told of ...

... ? Waal NuttlRyort. rm, V KABERDEEN, November 10, 1858. t, BBIRTHS. eP- At 240, Union Street, on the 7th inst., Mrs D. L. SHnans, ef .7, aeSon]. M., At Prospect Terracc, Perryhill, on the 5th inst., the wife ofr .hio Captain HADDEN, of the sbip Loehiel, of a son. At 3; Canal Terrace, on the Ist inst., Mrs A. C. MATrIEW, of I Mae a daughtor. at On thW 5th inst., at Stoneywood, near Aberdeen, ...

... h1 HIGHLAND ANiD AGRiCnLvURAL SOCiETY.-At a meeting col e of the Directors on 'Wednesday, it was agreed not to proceed tio e with the consideration of 'the Earl of Souithesic's letter; and snu 1' it was ultimately arranged that a committee should, be in.. Val s stenoted to prepare an answer to the Earl of Soutbhesk's Pr( n letter, and that the Directors should meet in committee col e enl ...

... KINOARDIN&RHIRE. a Ax Adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace was hol~a, t of B Stonehaven, on Thursday. the Isthl inst_, at irwhieb the spar -following Justices -wart present, viz,-Sir John ~Stuart pr os Forbes, Beet.; Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bartj- Alexander aitsf Porteous 'of Laurieston; Alexander Innes of Csowio John ocen -Carnogie of Redhall; Arthur Faspbrq o lik Wiiamn. neces i. Stewart of ...

... AGRIUTLTURAL STATITICS. , 'FeeaomscXil .Aforning CjsrosiiCfe.) - In theuabsenceof-.any collected returns respecting tiae statisticseof agriculture in England, it issatisfactory to light upon some definitefacts and figures, reporting the present state and future .prospects of farming - enterprise in this country. Suieh as opportunity is now afforded us by means oftherequest:for ilifermation on ...

... Y I * THn following telegram from Consul-General Green was received at the Foreign Office, at 5, A.r., 1st November:- ALEXANDRIA, October 25, 1858. 'The steamer Ganges arrived at Suez from Bombay yesterday. Dates-Bombay, 10th October; Aden, 18th do. Tantea Topee, having for a fewv days after his former defeat, ocoupied Sirongo, fled on the approach of the detach- ments under General ...

... M daNov 22. the A MEETING of the* Cousseil was ele this day-tics Lotd S Provost presiding. PRESENT 2 - Batillies Milardy, Oswald, Fraser, and Ross; the Dean of Guild; Treasurer Ross; Messrs Williams, Shepherd, Cruickslcank, 'Urquhart,- Henderson, G. Jamieson, J. Jamnieson, William- Pr son, and Brown. t( GRAMM~AR SCEHOOL EXAMINATION. Fo The PRsOVOST,-Befere commencing the other business, I 51 ...

... a?Tax commercial world is devoting itself to the study aea a?of China as a field of commercial enterprise :hew we tries, o si)n can compete with the cotton manufacturers, who lire- trading 7s. ceded us by a hundred years in the manufacture of compla rs, cotton ; exchange cutlery for Sycee silver ; send linen reply, nt goods at a price which will undersell the native grass were Is, textures; ...

... jher M ~~'1tAN61~~~~~~~ I ~off tire PAnis, Thursday,-The IMd MUr of ito.day Publishes at 6nA' over at aided article onteCare tGorges affair'. I~t says - Thle Moneifteur has already announcod. the termination of the differ- -! snce which has arisen between France and Portugal relative to the vessel Charles et 0oorges. The government of the Emperor bad demanded the liberation of the captain, ...

... t (Fivom the Tihes.) al JNrxKErTEr centuries ago the citizens of Rome were one tl t morning astonihed with the news that Caesar had landed si, with his legions in Britain. Separated from the whole ec world, the Ultima Thule of the human race, and known Mt . only by the report of Tyrian merchants and Gallic pedlars, s c it added a new world to the horizon of Rome. All eyes al a turned to the ...

... MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS IN TffE 2NORTH-.? Tun Litcrasry Gzette (now a most interesting and spirited v journal), has been for some weeks publishing letters and Si extracts from the old documentair. the State-Psper O~ce. Among those given entire are the letters written by Thomas C Randolph, the English Ambassador at the Scottish Court, hi during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. Randolph ac- ti ...