... ,(FROM TR!AITS ANZD STORIES OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE, BY THE REV. CHARLES ROGERS, LIiD., ?? A young farmer, of Cumnock. Ayreshire, con- sidered that the daughter of a neighbour at Auchin- leck would suit him as a wife. Having made up his mind, he made proposals to the fair one without the usual preliminaries. The young lady's reply. was, Deed, Jamie, I'll tak' ye, but ye mann gie my dues ...

... AND EAST BIDING TIMES. R2GISTERMD AT THE GENERAL POGVe OFFrICE FOP TwjjxSMIsSIOx ABRoADl. FRIDAY, JuANE 26. _ _ -- ?? *. ,SRE FFIELD. A6SASSINS AND THEIR EAfE- PLOYERS AT THE CONFESS{ONAIL. L REPULSIVE as the subject is, we cannot but r return to the fiightful revelations , that have been made since we wrote last weelk. At that time we had not seen the full confession of e; the miserable hired ...

... D116hTAICT Ti ELL1W UUiIG. ALDBOROUJG3H. r. On Sunday aftcrnoenl a great number of the mem. bers of Court Alder, No. 731, of the Ancient Order of I _ Foresters, held at Withernick, attended Divine ser- vice in. the parish church of this place (Aldldorougli)- The Rev F. Alargetts, vicar, officiated, and preacled a most excellent and appropriate sermon specially for the occasion. He took for his ...

... I I HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JUNE 3. Their lordships met at five o'olock THE CAVALRY BARRACKS AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE. Lord REDESDALE asked if the cost of ulling dozrn the cavalry barrvcka at Knightsbridge and of rihildfhg thihr barracks to replace , would be defrayed by the persons who would benefit 6 their removal. The present barracks were he said, admirably fitted for the purposes for which they ...

... I DIGRACFUL IiAELRFN'i Ad | ; A aHSH1R, V1rAL4BL The 'hetdr ocunty magistrates hed fa osas on Saturday- lat,' whei' Xoeni renacrkable dis- closures were mrade respeoting the unWuO:AtabI.6 conduct of two MOeI who. owoepy respectable stations in life. Tho defendants were Tbomas Mollinson, a bailiSF, and Willam Goret, a master wheelight, and' tly' were charged with doing imalidcius'domage to ...

... THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED SYSTEMS OF REPRESENTATION When Parliament re-assembles to-morrow, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will bring before the House of Commons the new plan of the Govern- ment for distributing the 45 seats which are at present at the disposal of Parliamerit, and any other seats which may be acquired by the group-. ing of 'the smaller class of boroughs or by other means ...

... DREADFU SFERNG o0 A. SHIP'S CR EW e ffI Announce, Last wee, A e: brl th 10X.6s oE the H3:ull barquea Sea :Iu1 d ?? lossfsd alof the diowning'ofE five 'of: the ew .of0the fo er Both vessels left Grihshy together ou he 27^ of ' bda -O.ep the nl left Engand withaucargoo oalu ene hada fai r e wind, bu.tbls .did not last long, for eoo, sihe' eneeitered head, w inds, and-fel bing with heavy squall ...

... ut | A gold albert guard and appeindages have been eat presented to Mr. John Gough Brown the seore. ge tary of the Liverpool Temperance ue, in , ppreciatiorn of valuable servicee rendered Suring a ier period of 29 years, for A| OIDANT A A BIRWXnY.-Early on Friday ~he morning last, William Carr the nightman at Lane's 6rewery, Oriel-street, fell into a vat con. vea taining boiling water, and was ...

... EFFIGY BURNING IN ILAcAsTA. _ I . I EX TR AORDINA'Z Y DISPLAY OF POLTAL YlSG On Friday evening, an extraca'dhy ,nistra. tion took plsos in the publid streets 6f LanotZ'ter. The events comneoted yfith 4id-anidareg out of 'the late election' and terininating in' the total disfran- ohisement0'f the borough, aroused in the towh a strong feelin ' of animoity towarls certain prominent individuals ...

... i . . The Asenembly resumed its sittings yesterday in thec Presbyterian Church, Rutland-square. Tne Rev. ROBXUT MONTOoMiEuY, Moderator, preaided. After the usual devotional exercises the tev. R. LParks read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. 2MH VAEX OV TUn B V. IMB. JBrSE5W. The Rev. Mr. Bcllis read the minutes of proceed. igs of the the Board of Missions in the case of ...

... IA .The subjoined is a full report of what took place i in the House of Lords on Ilriday on the motion for c the second reading of the Oaths and Offices Bill, as t well as the Transubstantiation Declaration Abolition I Bill. On the former bill-tho Oaths and Offices t Bill- F The Earl of Kimberley, in rising to move the i second reading of this bill, said that it pwas not until x that morning ...

... THE MAYORALTY FOR 1868 l I TI AM 0-1t Ad _- _- l _8 I I . I r The following letter appears in Saundviay of yes- terda~y:- Smn_-It is proverbially difficult to please every. body. I do not imagine that so shrewd and sensible a gentleman as the Lord Mayor would think he could possibly make everybody satisfied with him. But I beg leave to protest against the tone of your correspondent, Old ...