LORD COCKCBURN'S MEMORIALS. Wo continue the following extracts from this fascinating work, which has just been published by Messrs. Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh. OLDEN EDINnUROSS BALLS. The ancient dancing establishments in, the Bow and the As- sembly Close' I know nothing abo

THE LATE AIR. JOHN CORY, MURDERED AT FLORENCE. In our paper of Wednesday we inserted an account of the remarkable murder, at Florence, of Mr. John Cory, a native of } Edinburgh. An eminent Scottish artist, resident in London, sends us the following interesting notice of the unfor

TWO FEMALES BURNED TO DEATH. An accident ofall appalling nature occurred at the village of tLowiek, onl the morning of Alonlay last. The mother and her Or daughter had been preparing some coal tar varnish for render- ) ing the spouts of the house more impervious to the wet, and

To the Editor of the Mies, Sir,-I, in common with many naval officers who took part in the naval proceedings of that period which Sir Charles Napier culls "1 the'last war," read with surprise Sir Charles's letter of I the 8th inst., in which he attempts to justify the inertness

. I! ICAl U Fl. A French friend has sent us the following list of English Sovereigns who have visited France since the days of William the Conqueror. Wc publish it in the origiial, and it will be a pleasant task for young students in the French language to translate it for thems

MAR-KETS-. LONDON CORN MARKET, JANUARY ii: Lo Wheat.-Englisik sold on better terms than on Monday, and Conti- n1tt iuyijg off the east coast. Foreign bad sleo a good inquiry, and sellers had the tarn. Norfolk flour is dearer. Floating cargoes off A theiodst are getting into a ema

arounit to d 1u, act, o tr A 1.. TO BU ILDERS. T ROOUND to FEU in the East and West Parts of Glasgow;. G also at Govan and Partick. Liberal advances made to respectable parties. Apply to J. Smellic, Property Agent, Moore Place, Glas- gow. T ARGYLLSHIRE. et A F EUING AT LOC HGOILH

MIR. ALEXANDER M'NEILL ON THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. A. M'Neill, advocate, who is wel and fayourably known to many of our readers, has submitted to the Lord Chancellor a communication whichl he recently'addressed, to a, professional brothier, on the sub

EFT lIR 1l)ME, on the 3d instant, a YOUNG GIRL, - L I 13 years of ngo. Ilad on when s81e left a Dark Frock and Polka. Ited Ilair and Dark Eyes. Any information will be t&11ikfully received by her distressed parents. WI LLIAM KERR, 435 Gallowgatte. ?? _ ~~in T 051, on Tuesday Even

WATER COINMISSION. The meeting of the Water Commission was then constituted. The former minutes were read and approved. Balilie HANNAN intimated that one of the distributing tanks of the Gorbals works had given way-not from anything that I had occurred sines these works were deli