TIHE LOSS OF THE CONQUEIIOR. IMPOnTANT STATEIMNt OF CerTAIN TilOMSO. . The following extraordinary ?? of the cirensmtances of the vl a above calsinity has been gained from Captain Thompson, wlho returned ua LI front Boulogne on Saturday evening list:- i g It appears that on reach

M~eetinlg of Mwanagers of the Infirmnary. .loneday, M/arcli 1s. Provost Br~lxstitE Preses. The minatles for the past qssarter, assd the accounts for the gear 1840, wvere read over., It appeared that the expenditure during the past year had been £t718 111g. id.; the Receipt, £2284

The Directors of the SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY' have to intimate that the Receipts for Premiums on Fire Policies due at the term of MARTINMAS are now ready for delivery, and should be taken up before the 26th current, Scottish Union Office, 47, George Street, Edinburgh, 1

Fiell'sPotlraits qf ie 'i-eale A ri.dstocracy. piublished by tho I'ropietors, IV. & E.. Fiuden, Lotldon. WtI; are here introduced to the Countess of iipon, the Cotuntess of Or- ford, and the Lady Thieteso Lister. Tho first is twio of a aoble Lord who held high office under tho G

Woolwich, August 2-2.- The Royal Victoria ami AJ yacht is expected round from Portsmouth to r|C i , oU t embark her Majesty and Prince Albert at this port., . the Ist of next month, and the Queen and his Royal ness will land at Aberdeen this year, being the nearest to her Majest

The continuance of unfavourable weather will render a further introduction of tender plants advisable. Those allowed to remain should be carefully examined, and the assurance obtained that they are receiving no injury from defects in drainage or the presence of worms. The appear

Next week will be published, price Half-a-Crown, Lights and shadows Scottish life Handsomely bound in cloth, 3,5. in morocco, elegant, 6s. 6d. What child will not hang over the Tales of the Covenanters, in Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life ? We have already said word or two th

Mr Jam Hadden directed the attention of the Board to the application of the contents of the common sewer to the purposes of farming. This subject had been brought under the ! r notice the harbour engineer, who bad proposed to erect one or two tanks, in which the residue might be

The failure of the hay crop this season will render the feeding of horses rather serious matter to many parties. To assist in the question as to the most economical mode of maintaining them, we subjoin, from the Journal of Agriculture, an account by Mr Peter Brown of Linkwood, o