4 SEPTEMBER 1847, page 6

Scotland.

The result of the Orkney and Shetland election was not known at Kirkwall till Tuesday; when the numbers of the whole poll were stated to be—for Anderson 209, for Dundee 183 ;......

I Jfartign At* Colonial.

Faitem.—The " affaire Praslin," as the Debats calls it, continues to engross a large share of public attention. The assumed connivance of this Government at the Duke's suicide......

Ireland.

The Queen's letter appeared in the Dublin Gazette of Friday appointing. Edward Turner Boyd Twistleton, Esq., to be Chief Commissioner for ad- ministering the Poor-laws in Irel......