Edinburgh, March 31.
In the list of promotions and appointments in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services in connexion with the war, the Dowager Countess of Airlie becomes one of the Dames Grand Cross, and the Dowager Countess of Eglinton is among the Dames Commander. The list of Knights includes Dr. I. Bayley, Balfour Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh; Mr. James Beattie, Dundee; Mr. Mal-calm Smith, ex-Provost of Leith: and several gentlemen connected with the Clyde shipping. The
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