... A The remains of our oldest inhabitant, Kirsty sil t'Gall, were interred in the Episcopal Cemetery on Monday last. Her age was 93. Cepl it KEITH. Fast 'g LlTuRE.-The first of a course of four lectures I under the auspices of Reading-room Committee was y le delivered in the Lougmore Hall on Monday evening ke by the Rev. Dr Smrith, Keig, the subject being Fialk A, Money. There was a pretty ...

... in Bridget is a power in Duntober; unlike the a- generality of women of her class in Ireland, she al has no respect for her superiors, and the priest, the doctor, and even Miss Honor, the squire's rn daughter, herself, not unfrequently receive from ie her what she graphically calls the linth an' breth yF av her tongue. Her audacity is proverbial, and Dfher powers of rhetoric would fill a ...

... IERELANDO ____ ____ ____ ____ ___gatflerea. i gains admin THlE AGITATION'S. answers ha the brancl pTECIUTIONARY MEASURES. Avre fbei Executive accepted I CONCENTPATION OF stration to demoiistral TROOPS. the Fnirml The Government have instructed the military many year of the Cori Authorities in Ireland to adopt measures for the pro- Fjinigaln, T tetio oflie nd property, and troops are already It ...

... MR GLADSTONE'S VISIT TO MID- LOTHIAN. I an inquiry Z E'Lean,aged MEETING OF THE EDINBURGH TOWN Doi Broadway, COUNCIL. 28 Seymour Ma possessed of A meetina of Edinburgh Town Council was held Bri lhad cards yesterday-Lord Provost Boyd presiding. There wasn Thi ayno was a a large attendance. .t she kept a On the minutes of the 18th inst. bein- read, n boeRad. Baillie Tawse said he was content not ...

... I Lce The Lord Mayor of London, when proceeding on ! the Monday in state through the metropolis, may have: Wil! reflected that his great civic show is to those interested sOC in the prosperity of British fisheries, and especially to the the poorer classes of London, a certain indication that of an important item in inglathering of the great 2eq Harvest of the Sea has iust commenced. At and ...

... KING- 'COTTON. Manchester men may read wvith deli-ht the foUew- ing passage in this year's report of the British Oqnsul at Chefoo, treaty port in the Chinese proviwee of Sbantung:-The r!0,0',000 inhabjitants of thir province are entirol- clothed in cotton. ('otton coverlets take th'l place of blankets and macttresscs Ion their beds. T'h-ir sockls, caps, shlns, and boots ate made of the sa ...

... MflR GLADSTONE AT DALKEITH. Iry A~ he THosE who were inclined to marvel at the ed amount of speaking Mr Gladstone has under- w is taken to do in Mid-Lothian this week, should ra ed find their wonder abate when they observe dr he the flatulent nature of the oratory. It reminds er us of the sermon to which Dr Johnson and his teo at friend were doomed to listen, and on the length te m of which ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL, 'wish, PRESBYTERY OF DEER.'te A SOENE' ud whol i;The Presbytery of Deer met at Mand yesterday- comf Rev. J. Stewart, Peterbead, moderator. The pirisent he at being the meeting for the election of maoderator for the suital next six mronths, Mr Stewart thank-al the PIleshytery East for their- support during his time of, ffiep, and 1'ioposed sittin the Rev. John Reid, Savoch, :a, ...

... ~~~~~- - r =- ! -'- E MlPLOYMIENT OF CMLDREN IN FACTORIE- | IN SCOTLAND. est IlNiSCOTLAND. este Mr Redgrave, the Chief Ir~s'peto'tr of Faictories, has diesi pissued'the following mInensom-ndum as to employment of II en! children between 13 and 14 years of age in factories and the wrkshops in Scotland :~anal id Ae child is defined to be a child of the age of 10 years P and under. 14. ing A ...

... IMR BAXTER, AlP., ON TEE GREEK * QUESTION. :-! . Last night theigto.W.EBaer M.P.:, for CoMf- the Montrose districts of.burghis, addre~sed. a meein oP lane, his cosibe tsl~t Assernbly Hall, AMontros-Po- Malela h 'cn Ie ofan'all Ta-elaboratereview of th~ Helloniqeson He r- ft the marked' at tIhe outset' thatt every aeu n dispas.: a ,re of siondte student of ecclesiastcladtical ica history. -lh ...

... that T e BRISTOL, Thursday. I havy This evening the 10th anniversary of the Dolphin l Society, in commemoration of the bequests of Edwd.! Colston, was held in the Victoria :Rooms, at Bristol, bur under the presidency of Sir Phillip Miles, Bart,, M.P. one fThere was a very large company, and amongst others fact present were the Duke of Beaufort, the PRigdt Hon.F Lord Geo. Hamilton, M.P.; the ...

... SEIZURE O.F AN ILLICIT STILL I GLASGOW,.I edi' dy A rery unusual discuverv wa*e -- e r ,r, on MNonday forenoon by 3fr NVh:i: W. PA-ryi re officer of the Inland lRerenue. From certsin cir ' nt stances which came to the k neleitO tfl. of rnent officials, it was diecoverel :ha:;-: a'' C;s~'^ I.in operation in premises at jj Mtndin ii4r flridt, ,h. 1*e ton, formerly used as a snhy Arf:rv- ,t at ...