The Magistrates of Irvine and a party of gentlemen gave
the Earl of Eglintoun a banquet on Tuesday, in a " large, substantial pavilion, ereleml for the occasion, and fitted up in a style of comfort and elegance which has not been surpassed even in this age of dinners and banquets " —et says the Glasgow Constitutional.
11'e understand that by far the greater portion of the Marquis of Huntley's debts are due to private individuals. The only publie bodies who have claims on ltis Lordship are—the Trustees for the Homan Cieholic Clergy, 22,000/. ; the Highland Society, 10,000k; the British Limn Company, 3,000L, and the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, 2,000/. The two first mentioned sums are secured on the estates of Glengarry and Lochaber. Of the total amount of his Lordship's debts, !them 106,000/. are due in Aberdeenshire, 56,000/. in Forliirshire, 7,00u/. in Kincardineshire, 28,000/. in Inverness-shire and the neighbouring counties, and 250,000/. in Edinburgh and the South of Scotland.— Aberdeen Constitetiond.
.The /WM Chronicle of Thursday says—" an attempt to effect a re- vival of religion' is now makinw Ite-re—with what success time will
show." 0 Dr. Lee, in a published letter, states as reasons for resigning the Secretaryship of the new Bible Board, that he perceives little practical utility in the employment, and that it had more of a secular aspect than he relished.
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