... (From the Engineer.) A very eurious history might be written upon this meta1s and those who have had to do with it-not in banking houses but in its native abiding places-and the processes by which it is finally given out coined to the world, to pass through the hands of eivilised people, and very much of it so be hoarded, restored to the earth again by uncivilised people, to whom the uses of ...

... LECTURE BY THE-.DEAN '1 OCFCULTY Al .il LEITH.. I (Fromir ?? Ont Weunesday night, ?? of, Fiteulty delivered Itlis introductory lecture to the fourth-aunnu coarse of popdaim' j an ldoturese given at Leith, under the- auspices. of the T-Ac t Abstinence Society there. tot *The Dais,, who was rececvs'dwmvtlmiloud aIppianee, proceo~-sgd o to-say :-ILadies and Gentlp.nmm,-The subject which I hove g ...

... Lord Brougham, on leaving the Archbishop of York's, retuirned to ?? Hall, WVestinoreland. The noble and learned Lord is expected to leave 1 England Odl the 26th instant, for Cannies, ill the south I of France. t MEODIC.T, COUNCIL OF ElUuIuTlo-x.-A paragraph S in the ilorainiig Post of Thursdlay seemns to threatell unpleasant procceding at the outset of the mectings s of this body. It states ?? ...

... TSER lot The Police Committee, met on Monday-the Hen. the mc Lord Provost in the chair. lea NUISRANCE REMOVAL COM;MITTEE. bri The committee under ?? RemovalAct reported un that Messrs. Jan. Leck f Co., Stirling Street, had-remedied the nuisance complained of as arising from their works, at a to cost of 500. The nuisance caused by Mr. M'Keehnie in 181 Abbotsford Place, was also reported to be ...

... THE TUPRNING OF THE TIDE IN INDIA. (From the Spectator.) In India the tide is turnling. Yet the so-called i brioglitest jewel still veils her splendours in the I hues of blood. We fear that measures of severity I have become too much the fashion, too much a mere 1 smatter of custom, and regarded as a standing order. 4 But physical force is not the solution of the great Indian difficulty. If a ...

... Boxes Close. I Del'very General Reeeiv'g P. 0. in Edin. P. Office. Houses. Leith. &Leith. MA LS. _ _ _ Aberd'n, Dundee, Perth,) 6 45A. 10 OP 10 OP 6 40A Stirling, Allas, &e. . a 7 20 7 OP 7 Op 6 op Benvick and E. of England, 1 30P 11 OP 1 OP 6 40A Berwick, Dunbar, Had-) dington, &c., E. of Eng- 5 15P 4 SOP 4 SOP 3 OP laud . Carliele, Liverpool, lan-) 4 OpF 8lOP 33S0s 40A clhester, W. & S. of ...

... * -1r1T _DOAEU YATY litx I . iD1! THE REFORMr BiLn-PaoPOSn - PUBLTC MEETING.-011 Wednesday evening, a preliminary meeting, with the view of making arrangements for a- public meeting on the subject of Parliamentary Reform, was held in the Lecture Hall of the Artizan's Institution. The attendance was very meagre. Bailie Polson presided. It was agreed that resolutions should. be prepared for the ...

... AG E N S. Aberdeen ?? & Rt. Mllle: Greenock .,.Mrs Owven. .Atheuiaum. Hasddington..J. Mlillen. Do. L,. & J1. Smith. Do. -G. Snmiles. Do ?? ranton. ,[fawvick ?? Black. Do. - ?? W~yllie &; Son iDo. --J Daigleiso. Aberlady ?? F. .Uitchell. ruavereek ?? Gordon. Alloa ?? ILothian. tnrerkeithgMiss CampbeDl. Do. ~S. N. 3iorison. JIedburgh ?? & WY. Eastenjk Arbroathl .-Ja~lnes Smith. Kelso .T.ames ...

... DOUNE LATTER FAIR-WEONESDAY, Nov. 94. The second of these imnortant markets was held to-day. The stock, somewhat limited in quantity, consisted of black- faced ewes and wethers, a few West Highland cattle, and a number of beasts from the noz therm parts of Scotland. The sheep, in consequence of the few buyers present, suf- fered a reduction in point of price. The cattle sustained a reduction ...

... ATH OF MRt. JOHN ANDERSON, BOOK- SELLER, DumFhilEs.-We are grieved to record the death of one of our most valued citizens,. Mr.. John| Anderson, bookseller. He was seized with a sudden D illness on Monday, and died on Tuesday. From his strenuous exertions for the erection and subsequent. endowment of St. Mary's Church of this town, and his long and useful services as an elder of the Establish- ...

... . We understand that James Burns, Esq., of the firm of G. & J. Burns, Glasgow, has purchased the estate of Kilmahew, in the parish of Cardross, which belonged to Alex. Smollett, Esq., M.P.-Citizen. We understand that Mr. Fdubeister, for many years Landing Waiter at this port, has been promoted to be Surveyor at Belfast. THE LORD RECTOR AND THE STUDENTS.-It was stated in the College cqurts on ...

... LETTERPRESS PRINTERS' LIBRIARY. INAUJGURATION SOIREE. On Saturday evening, the letterpress printers of ?? celebrated the opening of their Library by a soiree in the Music Hall. The large lhall was crowded by a highly respectable audience. Dr Thomas ?? presided; and on the platform were Mr Charles Cowan, M.P.; P'rofessors Pillans, Ay- toun, George Wilson, and Blackie; the Rev. Dr 3egg; Mr ...