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Edinburgh Evening Courant

Location

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 11, 1868

Page

6

Trade Unions and Ireland Dominant in North British Review

The North British Review issue under review offers a lengthy critique of a trade unions article arguing for legalisation and government oversight. It also surveys extensive Ireland coverage condemning peasant tenure schemes and praising other literary pieces, notably on French criticism and Lucretius. The piece condemns padding and supports strong constitutional limits on union power.

Ireland Spectator Hibernian Mill Devon Commission Lord Dufferin Trench Renan England India Hobbes Queen’s Highland Journal Lucretius

St Columba Apostle of Caledonia in Montalembert’s Study

A British periodical reviews Count de Montalembert’s biography of St Columba. It highlights Columba’s royal lineage, monastic founding in Derry, Glascale, Iona voyages, and miracles while noting sensational legends. The article praises the translator and treats the work as literary history with cautious judgment.

Count de Montalembert British Isles St Columba Caledonia M. de Montalembert The West Nialls O Donnells Gartan Donegal Columb Zili Cille Dove Columba Hebrides Scotland Clonard Ananias Peter Derry Edinburgh London Wm. Blackwood & Sons Finnian Diarmid Ireland Niall Iona I Colm-Kill Island of Columb Kill Loch Ness France England Spain Montalembert

Aseismatic Innovations Tabled At Royal Scorriso Meeting

Royal Scorriso Society at 117 George Street held a Monday night session with Mr George Robertson presiding. Mr R W Thomson described a steam boiler, while Mr Stevenson outlined aseismatic joint designs for buildings and lighthouses. Committees were set, reports favored the lighthouse and apparatus proposals, and no further business ensued. Donpak fishing news noted continued herring landings and improving crab catches with steady prices and local boat activity.

Royal Scorriso Society ARIS George Street George Robertson C.B R. W. Thomson David Stevenson C.E Stevenson Messrs Milne T. Stevenson Swan May Island North Shore

Edinburgh Town Council Debates Police Pay and Rail Station

Edinburgh council discusses partial police payments and fees under the City Improvement Act. It weighs salaries for Superintendent Linton, bids on a joint Waverley Bridge rail station, and removal plans for Crombie's Land West Port.

Boak North British Railway Company Fountainbridge Criex Harrison Cromdin West Port Crombie Burgh Hoe ME Mlaren Duncan Mlaren Scotland House of Commons Council M‘laren

Last meeting on Scotch Reform Bill sparks dissent

National Education notes Bailies Handyside and Skinner oppose unsectarian education terms while Mr Macknight Tawse and Mr Hope dissent. A petition to Parliament on a national education system is read, with Handyside arguing against godless education. City council considers crime inquiry and a motion to petition for inquiry into pauperism and Poor Law impacts, leading to adjournment.

Edinburgh Hore Stortz Mosswax Howprn Gornox Cocuraxx Storr Lewis Stott Macknight Macksiont Forbes Mackenzie Linton Horr Bailie Russell Bailie Skinner Lord Provost Greig Bailies Handyside and Skinner Tawse Hope Criex Bailie Hanpyside Forp Bailie Handyside Hopr Ar Storr Dymock Strates Lord Provosts Committee D. Lewis Scotland House of Commons Mc Forp

Glasgow and South Western Railway Half-Year Report Details

Directors publish the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company half-yearly report. It covers capital authorisations and expenditures, Ayrshire line contracts, Kilmarnock route changes, revenue changes including gains in traffic and specific losses, maintenance costs charged to revenue, and proposed dividends on ordinary shares after provision for prior liabilities.

Glasgow and South-Western Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company Acta Greenock Ayrshire Cranberry Drumsmedden Marquis of Bute Messrs Baird Kilmarnock Direct Weat Kilbride Caledonian Company Kilmarnock Barrhead Conparene Dalry

Lapwing Sinks Off Berwick Harbour

The brigantine Lapwing of Sunderland sank outside Berwick Harbour on Sunday with no loss of life. The report includes broader notes on American official entanglements and Washington politics, mentioning General Thomas Adjutant General, Secretary Stanton, and impeachment trial timing amid Tenure of Office concerns.

Lapwing Sunderland Berwick Harbour Philadelphia The Times Washington Thomas War Office Stanton Grant Treasury Senate Supreme Court

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