... 4 Prompt as to thme and attractive in appearance i t as each of the preceding volumes, our towns- t Inun (Messrs Blackie & Son) have, with their j i! third vorlume BI nfr o0rsvies land AxSan- 1 dale's}i i4nerial Dictionary, made another h decisive step towards completing what!, not only promises to be, but, so far t as gone, already is, the nearest approach yeti a made in this country to the ...

... ;fd The secretary of the Fife and Clackmannan ir miners, Mr Weir, received yesterday the foiowin- d letter from Mr Connell, the mnineowners' secretary: .e Butntisland, 19th October, 1&S2.-Dear Sir,-At h an adjourned meeting of the Fife and Clackmanean *t coalowners held here to-day, it was resolved to i h advance the miners wa-es 10 ner cent., awd notices e Ivill be posted forthwith. With ...

... THE BMND LECTUM3ES IN ARCILEOLPGY. sCo01sNE SOXZS: AGE BURULS., Yesterday afternoon Dt Joseph Anderson, a is again the Rlhind Lecturer for 182, ddlivered the fist o f the six lectures which constitute the present season s course of Rhind lectures in archeslogy ii3: connection with the Society of Antiquari ofI Scotland. The lectures are delivered inithetIree-, masons' Hall, Edinburgh, and the ...

... - THE LORD-ADVOCATE AT ALLOAt. f The Lord-Advocate, Jr J. B. Balfour, Q.C., ?? addressed a imeeting of bis constituents at) Alloa last night, the first of a series wbich he is to dhold this week in Clackmannanshire. The meet- mag, which took place in the Corn Exchange, was well attended. Mfr JAMes Kirk, Iepu zman ef ?? Coimittee, presi amongsttthose who acconpanied the hon, aid '*earned ...

... GLASGOW PROVI;CE ROYAL C&tEDON-IaS CuaLInG .CLaB-At a meeting of committee held in His Lordship's L Larder, St Enoch Square, Glasgow. onAVedaesdayaftemoon, the clubs entered for the season's bonspiel were drawn e against each other as follows:- Rinku. Riak. . Airdre owlet . No. I v. Ruchazle ?? No. I Do. ?? .. No. 2 v. Kingston ?? No. 3 Do . No. 3 v. Coatb ridge ?? No, 3 Do. ,No. 4 v. Goran ?? ...

... Mr Craig-Sellar, M.P. for the Hadding.ton in Bnrghs, in replying last night at a dinner in 1din-r burgh for the Houses of Parliament, said that J beth Houses suffered much from maiadies-the Lower House from congestion of work, and the o Upper House from having nothing to do. The f Houes, however, had rubbed on very well Of together, sad he hoped that they would continue to do so for many years ...

... DtI,[T EGYPT. ?? IEgs TELEGziSA') t stE5 Cairo, OctQber S1. or 'alet has comunicated to T i W te t from Earl Gran- as. toe settlement of affairs qnestions of the moost ?? c. i i uld be unfa;r to Sir :50V the entire responni- o l.,ecares the Eritiah Govern- i !l 'r biP dreci Sir Edward 1Malet's ?? recaet event' in Egypt, and t r .. co1 lec in him, but thinks it 1 e - 3 ord Due~riO, w ho, as ...

... RBERT LN~SrITUTION FOR IMBECILE ('HILDREN. I Tte ainnal m-eai: of the Ladies' Auxiliary lis'.a':'i cI tI Scorttsh National Iusihotion ::e £d'ca;'aioo cf lititecile C:hildren, Larbert, st' -Ain Ut nsenie's Institution oomns, it>; esee-ry. hex. Jauie, Loss, Eglintou ?? C 2t-4.;cgna C..hurch, pe-udeAu. Axter 2r co^'eercie' ?? sc- *s 'i lie did not knowv thatI '6 swsi illts ,uti:. ?? coulo pos ...

... ST ANDREIVS UNTVERSITY COMUNC The half-yeael y meeting of the St Alrces Ulnivereity Council was v held yessc:.av-Vri.. Tl'iocli preeiding. The foii!:wirp C,,uninittee on University Legila u oa- re t Dr 3'esar, the c.,uvenier uouralrr'x committee have to report that, owingmthe p sure of other busiuess, tue ?? LI. : appolutmneut of anl Lu:.ecutive ?? - Scotch Universities has not yet bl-err en C ...

... ELEVATION OF THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL TO THE BENCH. The Attorney-Geueral, Mr Johnson, M.P., has! accepted the vacant Judgeship in the Queen's Bench,. He arrived in Mallow yesterday, and in. in formed his supoorters that there was now a vacancy in the representation of the borough. It: bth is stated that Mr J. Nash, law adviser, will be the is Liberal candidate. Mr IV. O'Brien, editor of United ...

... IH.M.S. JACKAL COURT-MA1lTIAIL Under the presidency of Vice-Admiral Sirin. Doweli, ?? a Court-Martial assembled yester- day on board HI.S. Vkticry; in Portsmouth Harbour, for the trial of Mr Win. Lyndon, boats. -ain of ILM.S Jackal, employed on the coast of Scotland for the Protection of Esberies, upon the charge of improperly disposing of stores be. longing to the ship on or about August 11th ...

... IMTH1bENERAIL- 1..S3LIES. ~:EStBLIS9HED CHR. I TheGeneafASB ?? the hchf.Sq-I-i lad as oene ?? yeterday Vith the- anly usual State ?? yes', aslit h lad, whic 4-ifli ashaab tevcrgl elosm deuc Auiar he esttndasNameoAS .dot, t, t1hat scen prsentd>tes L thhI _ 1 an pr rle ~ on he ocasin the.- uifor of-the Lordgi- -pie e Lieuenaoltdof It Ort brei eete na: ?? VKiegof4t½Lod TeigOmnlstOf -Lodth i and-- ...