"We have at last open confession that the Government engaged iu giving up the right of search. It cornea from a source, the authority of which is hardly to be disputed. The person who makes it is a member of the Government, and occupies a peculiar position the link connecting th

when dressed, will, is said, give 270,000 kilogrammes of the pure article, fit for the manufacturer. According to the calculations of the Relief Committee sitting at Rouen, one kilogramme of raw cotton spun and converted into cloth is equivalent to four kilogrammes of bread for

ESPECTFtJLLY announce that their STOCK J-V is present very complete in every description of 1 suitable fo • Christmas and New Vear Gifts. Gold and Silver Watches. Ormolu, Gilt, Marble, and Porcelain Clocks all styles. The Stock of Jewellery and PI >te is very select, and of the

THE PLA WS WORTH MURDER At the Durham Assizes, held ou Tuesday, a pitman, named Cox, and his wife, were sentenced to death for the murder of an old woman at Broadmires, near Chester-le-Street, in August last. The female convict bavin- been found by a jury of matrons to be in a st

the superintendence of Mr Dale, the engineer. Ab)ut yards of the trench have already been made, and in digging at the depth of about 10ft. from the surface a boat has bsen discovered lying right across the trench. The boat of oak, and is evidently a Roman relic, and must have be

death of one of the oldest of our Cowgate merchants, and it is now our painful duty to announce that another gentleman, who for many years carried on an extensive business in the Cowgate, has passed away from the scene of his busy labours, and will be seen there no more. Mr Flem

THREE LIVES LOST. An accident of a very serious nature, in far that it has been attended with loss of life in least one case, and serious, if not fatal injuries in others, took i Uce at Arbroath yesterday morning—a 6team boiler having exploded, whereby young girl about 14 years

bank the other day with L.2500, and has not since been heard of. The money was in bank notes. The police have issued a reward of L.lOO. lie is about twenty, five feet eight inches high, and bus light brown hair. Increase is the Emigration from Liverpool. From the quarterly aud m

prom Hor.sk Wtsb,) pEELING assured that Wools would Rise in Pries > cled ' tarl in Season, for the above at LAST YEAR PRICES. ' Notimthstanding the Great Advance, is giving hit Customers the fall advantage of his Early Purchases. Buy Quickly and Reap the Benefit. JOHN M'COLL, TA

JULY. A. W. M E N Z I E S, (Late & Hunter), 3 REFORM STREET, BEGS to announce a still further REDUCTION OF PRICES, to effect Final Clearance of STOCK previous to the above date ; and, in order to make the Sale more worthy attention, the Residue of the Stock of the late Firm, tog