A meeting of the Presbytery of Dundee was held on Wednesday last in the new East Church—Reverend Mr.Ritchie of Longforgan, Moderator. A general belief existed that the recent disclosures regarding Mr Law would be brought under the notice of the Court, in consequence of which the

the two following Jays; and, although the depth of rain, all, was not much, it tell under circumstances which gave the soil the full benefit of it, the temperature being high, and the atmosphere clouded. A few showers have since fallen, but accompanied in the early part of this

THE PEOPLE. (From the Britannia.) If are to judge of the will of Providence by the evidence of its action, England has been intended for the great colonist of the world. In the first place, she has in her~possession the largest open extent of territory belonging, or that ever be

wo, of a son, still-born. Married, at Shawfield, on the 25tli July, by the Rev. James Watt of Glenisla, William M'Donald, Esq. of Balnakielly, to Margaret Ann, third daughter of Thomas Shaw, Esq. of Shawfiela. liiF.ri at Darlington, Upper Canada, 8ll» July last, Mr James Mearns,

The following melancholy account is extracted from the Rio de Janeiro papers : On the 25.h of May about 200 persons had taken tbeir passage in tbe Especuladora steam-boat which plies between this city and Nitheropy (a pleasant village on the opposite side of the harbour). The ne

The Indian mail has arrived, with letters and papers from Bombay to December Ist. The principal items relate to the prevalence of great sickness in the two newly acquired possessions of Scinde in India, and Hong Kong in China. Peace prevails throughout British India, although th

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attention was drawn to a communication signed by " Subscriber to the Arch," the statements in which appear so extravagant and absurd that I hope you will give me the liberty of endeavouring to answer them. In his epistle this Subscriber commences by saying,—• " Since, after all,

HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, June 8. The Earl Ripon laid on the table the report from the Board of Trade on the broad and narrow gauges. The report on Viscount Hardioge and Baron Gough's Annuities Bill was postponed until to-morrow se'ennight. The Bishop of London presented several p