... Europeans are believed to be often actuated by a desire to discover buried gold in their visits to the ruins of Egypt, and this is one reason why they are so seldom allowed to go thither alone. I have more than once had pointed out to me the locea- lity of a Kiz, (for so these supposed repositories of wealth are termed;) bat circumstances have never rendered it convenient to-make excavations, ...

... I Jimperial ParlIamsnt. I HOUSE OF LORDS~-monday, June 16. Their Lordships assembled this evening for the first time after tho Whitsujntide holidays. Lord Brougham presented, and strenuously supported, a pe- tition from a party aggrieved, complaining of the vexatious delays of the Court of Chancery. PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Tho Duke qf Arqyll moved the third reading of this bill Tho Earl ...

... I - . _ _I Lord lBrongliam left liroughjam I-jall on Tuesday, much lis- proved in ]eealth, onl his jouny to Cainnes, lees seat in France. I Lady Brougham will remain at Broughbam Hall till the cornt- mencement of the wvinter. t Sireog Grey, Bart., MY.., afterins extensive cruise inl ties Norh iea ths ar-rived at his seat, Fallodece, Northumberland wher, acompaiedby his family, lie is expected ...

... SCOTLANDI - SCHOOLMASTE11B' WIDOWs FUeeD.-The annual geleid meeting of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotlald was -held on Friday in the High School of Edinburgh, when lri Hall, parochial schoolmaster of Cambuslang, was elected pre' in room of Mr Burton, schoolmaster of Dahleny, whose tere of office had expired. Air Knox was re-elected cashier, sad Messrs Turbull clerks, for the ...

... THIS amateur society held its first exhibition, for the present season, on Wednesday last, in the saloon of Douglas' Hotel, Market Street. Despite the recent wintry weather, most of the articles exhibited were really excellent, in their respective classes, and did much credit to the members of the society. In the competition for flowers, that for the Pansy, as usual, was strong; but wve ...

... | I I - I LIABIILITY op I TPOCTOUtS TO PAY VORt MrDICAL OtELIFF. '- JAi'We have no Rleporters to lay thie prioceedings of our Courts be.I igfore the, pubijc, I Would beg leav~e, through the medium of your wieg ultdpaper, to give, a brief otatenient of the fAMt connect. edwithla carcre ln which I was defender hc a oie 0. me inl the Court held here on the ]3tbh inst.. Oil or about the 'rh of id ...

... ; THE MINISTERIAL, CRISIS. , . Lord John Russell has tentdered his resignation to-her .Majesty, and onily' holds office till -another government can betbfrnmed. The extensive 10586 ofParliamentary confidenee, or rather of Parliamentary sympat'hy, vvhi h his lordship And his colleagues ha~ve evidently 'sufferedo o' late, has pro- bably prepared most of our rea~ders for th~is result. In the: ...

... (Fromn the CircZtar of .fe3 rs Goodliffe antd Smaert.) 41, CRUJTCHED FRIABS, LoNDON, Feb. 20. Since the date of our last report we think there has been upon the whole an improved tone in the freight market. The Baltic grain freights might be expected by this time, and with open navigation, to exhibit more buoyancy, bat the relative prices of graiit here and in the Baltic, at present quite ...

... PRIlVXTg CORRESPONDENCE. LoNfDoN, 22d Febc., 1851. I A iweek is yet tWclap'sb before the introduction of' the; bill! which is proposed as a-remddy fdr the recent movemeint~gn the Part of Rome; 'apd. we cannot, perhaps, more'pi6fitbly. employ the interval tban'in the considerto fte' exed question, which is at present dividing the Chiiroh ng land, the intervening gulh pplearing to have swillw4 ...

... Eniverialvarliament. -- qu HOUSE OF LORDS-Ttesday, March 23. se5 Tre Lord Cihaoncsltlr moved the second reading of the bill for amending the law of Wills, and after explaining the inconvani- encies which attended the existing system of signatures, pro- tio posed that tho bill, if it met with their Lordshipse approbation, tlrr should be forwarded tirongh ill its stages as speedily as pos- COI ...

... ELLON HORLUICULTURAL SOCIETY. Tar Second Exhibition of this Society, for the season, took place on Tuesday the 2d current, in a shed belonging to Mir lRae. The show of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, exceeded in quantity and quality the most sanguine anticipations. FIRST CL.&SS.-AMATEURs, JnDGos-l-essrs. Diack, Foveran; Leighton, Auchlmacoy; and Murray, Ellon Castle. Two G reenhouse Plants-I, ...

... THE EARL OF FIFE'S BIRTH-DAY. BA&NFF, 6th Ootober.-The anniversary of the birth-day of the Right Hon. the Earl of Fife, always held in this town and neigh- bourhood as a general holiday, was on this occasion attended with more than ordinairy demonstrations of rejoicing. The bells rung a merry peal. From an early hour in the morning, there were the usual tokens of active preparation in the ...