The Sheriff of Ayrshire, Mr. Bell, has warned the Earl
of Eglintoun against holding the approaching tournament ; reminding the Earl, that it' anybody was killed, or hurt so as to endanger life, all the parties must be indicted for a capital felony. Lord Eglintoun, in reply, assures the Sheriff that his tournament will be a very harmless affair, for all the armour is sound, and the " lances are only poles, quite round at the end, and without points." We think Mr. Bell may be quite easy on the subject.
Mr. Wallace, the Greenock Member, has addressed a letter to the Members fin Glasgow, recommending the establishment of a Professor- ship of Civil Engineering in the Glasgow University, chiefly with the view of developing the powers of the steam-engine.
A gentleman residing in Perth wrote, the other day, to a person in Edinburgh, regarding some matter of business ; and the indvidual to whom the letter was addressed, instead of replying through the same channel, (die Post-office), came in person to Perth by the steamers, the fares of which amounted to sevenpence, while the postage of a letter would have cost a halfpenny more!—Perthshire Advertiser.
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