of the working men of Wick to subject which, I feel convinced, is of the highest importance to them, ». e. the establishment of a Mechanics' Reading Room. Institution of this kind, I have an intimate conviction, would tend very much to their intellectual improvement, and would n

THE CI'LIIOSS WEDDING. In the nncirut and Royal Burgh of Culross, (or as it is more euphoniously pronounced Cu'ross) there lived worthy of the name of Andrew Sinclair. Andrew was knight of the plane, and as he had, when a child, shown what his parents thought to be wondcrful sig

THE WHALE FISHERIES. The reduction proposed the tarill the duty on oil ami whalt hone, the produce of foreign fisheries, is viewed with much alarm those concerned the whale who have already complained much of the decline in their trade. The facts which shew this decline have lor

Lady Dover, Thursday last, laid the foundation new school-house, at Dnngnrvan, part oi the est .te her on. the loathful Viscount '<iiiacn. She attended by her architect, Wm. Robertson. Esq., and by about three thousand perrons, including many of the respectable tenantry, lier La

WILKINSON'S ANCIENT EGYPT.) The dresses of women, consisted, at times, of a loose robe or shirt, reaching the ankles, with tight or full sleeves, and fastened at the neck like those of the men with a string; over which they wore a sort of Detticoat, secured at the waist by girdl

WICK, Arrived.—July 7. Lafayette, Hansen, Norway, billets. fl, Mary and T-abella, Liwrie, Liverpool, salt; Mary Ann, Winchester, Spey, wood and flour; Harmony. Finlavaun, Liven"*', in. Sisters, Cormack, coast, do.; Viet- ria,' Simpson, Sunderland, cms: Fortma, Hcllwegl, Portsker

old and rare book entitled " An Account of the Islands of Orkney," I have taken the liberty of sending you an extract, which may prove interesting to some of your readers, and for which I trust you will find room in your excellent journal. October, 1839. M. This diocese (Orkney)

aliuirvn CxitharN iml remit* ted hita fifty puuml«, a »wll testimonial of* their r«ip«rtl ; anil* it »a*l*le<l. u considerahle *uins w«-re alw» MiiMrriUrd in I.tfrwick, and urg!i which hud uvt beta iffi'StiiU'd.** have tiiat part < raised these pLict* was t-wr presented. le Capt

love-sick swain To where his ladye love reposes. Pursued by fiery Sol, On yonder sultry plain. She fled for shelter to these shaded streams, And some cool retieat sylvan bower, She laves, or else, perchance, she dreams Of gentle Love and his all-witching power. Come Zephyrus, co

SAVINGS' BANKS, AND THE SAVINGS' B/\NK IN INVERNESS. (From the Inverness Herald.) have recently adverted the benefit of a Savings* Rank in augmenting the comforts of the lower classes and adding to their substantial prosperity. There is nothing more imperatively d indispensably