... THE Z ES EUMzI t HIGINW Tat-W7 beam > The ?? of France , .Imperial, with their suits visited Bk e Lclose of last week. The distingm reached Portree on Thursday ad put RL oyal Hotel; and oIL Friday Mr Pu ap them to Mierang. On Sainrday tea turned to Inverniess, aad several tradesmen Were patronised. Besida Highland costume, bought for t he b perial at Macdougall's Tartaa IVi Empress Purchased ...

... AN lA l aORATOR. In 1774, when Madison was 23, we find bhin ral wrting to a Northern friend: I want again to d, breathe yoar free far. ?? , That diabolical, re- hell-coneeived priniple6df'pirsecition rages among some; aid, to their etetgal ilany,'the'clergy-oan furnish their quota of imps for such- purposes. There aze at this time, . i the adjacent county, not ith less than five otsix well ...

... . i ':l'IUA)i;AT[QN tif PAL;-.IAM-LhNi ._ ?? :i : i): IO.I)S -SATUEDAt. DA un 10. ?? rdships me.tattwoo,'clc, buttbheattend- .. > rry limited, and the crre.Oi4l of pro- th : the absence of the Sftate pageant when- w Vt-r l-- Majesty prorogues Parliamnent in person, da waM;, .,s usual, nearly formal. A few strangers, fo: sel cuxietiy of the gentler sex, who had evidently s. antinieated a ...

... LETR OTHE EDITOR. M WKSLEY ON THE WATER S'rFLY OF TOWNS. Anderson's University, Glasgow August 9th, 1872. In pression o yesterday there ap. ISn GX extracts from the opening address 'aeroaie Institution of Civil Engineers, by Hawksley. In one part of this P ?? ey attemnpts to show that the - nesdgaton of a water intended for ptior is not of paramormt in- ,gk CeTo prove this point, Mr Hawksley ...

... , CLIJBZCHOE Gu!I ~~ ~EMOVB rtesday Night. I tf e eW, libetral Club ,have I Petes? of te ceasures tjfl te t IIOD i .. reetly held at Mr I At p jetiigmanes were disuses5d,I~ t., niefltmi agedt The t %sv-?ppiDer, new Club a ?? t tD \~ at partly weighs with I cbgmeza;i necessity, in 'ew of a t -nhd der the Ballot, for Con- t ,0 s eO I jces, sand making Pr;1 r xo Li Y d n~g those who are T J' ?? r ...

... 'IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTT. I . .. , . I -HOUSE O? LORDS-TuRsnDAv, August 8. ' |Their Lordships met at five o'clock., ' bTE LttIutStltbfrL. 02 The Earl of KIMBER1EY, in moving that the SI ?? amendments to tliabove bill be taken tl into consideration, said he ?? take them seria- turn. The Commons had thought proper to impose tc additional penalties for drunkenness, and he t did not think their ...

... i. TE: qLASOW mNICIPAL EXTENSION ' - I ?? .s ?? i , ACT. - . . BEiARANSGMNT9 OFWARS.. u 5in& .The Municipal Ettensi9' si'passed during i .the now virtually prorogued session rendered ' necessary a rearrangement of. certain wards in the city. - By the seventeenth e mechn of the - [Act it is provided tltat thin shall bhdtne by the f Lord Provost, the Sheriff of Lanarthsire, and a t person to ...

... -- : mvio o, CD - I I : . -I . I.. I 'I . .l, : t ; _ i We iaid the efollo 9i1 extaat from. the idmirable ?? delivered in taking the chair, 'for the first tune, as Presi- dent of the Institution of Civil En ers fdr the session 1871-2- M. HEawzkaley is bf opinion th'atwe have tioo. many heavy irondlads,ind.too if ew formidable: !and fast-gailinF friga~tes, Ilke~the saucy-Arethus6a.. Hle wants ...

... STREET LIRTING BY GALVANISB. A coivespondhit at Preston s eandi t- the fol lowing ?? . . Mr J. B. Booth, J.P, of Preston, has secured a patent by which the whole of the gas lamps of a town may be instantaneously lighted or ex- tinguished. It is a comamunicatioii by Dr Kuinkerfues, professor and director of the Royal Observatory at tGottingen, Hanover. Sveyral experiments have been made, with ...

... OREVOO I s-utained seiere inijuries ajboit ?? U-'A Q was removed to the Infirmary ead. e Coumr Eazroass-It appepi from, julti ied, that in the countv of Renrmr tew e are 4230 electors, 1562 ownesn dii St e owners, 63 liferent owners 1158 e' b]t d198 jont tenants no life`e~t te naat i, d husbands in right of their wives X azd lt a SMUOOLr-.;-Aj the boatswvn of the J1 d (s. ?? which arrived from ...

... - EAST COAST H1Rhian Fisaznr.-The fishermen, in the week preceding last, were unsuccessful, on account of -the stormy weather. In the Banff and Macduff district, 137 boats had only two nights' fishing, producing 2151 crans, and the returns of last week are not much superior. But at Fraser- burgh, in the week preceding last, 9015 crans were taken in two nights' -fishing, with a few from 80 ...

... ESTABLISHED PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW. Tho ordinary monthlymeetin of *te Established Presbytery of Glasgow was helt yesterday. In the necessary absence of the Moderator (Mr Brown), Mr Hugh Park, late moderator, presided. THE LATE DE MACLEOD. The CLERK (Dr Smith) read a memorial, drawn up by Presbyterial appointment, expressive of the loss which the Presbytery and the Church have sustained in the ...