... Thursday Prensiy. The English securities have iteen quiet to-day, and the amount of business transacted was limited. There wvere no large opera- tions, the dealings being principally confined to the ordinary pur- chases and sales of the public. Consols for money and theacnount left off 994 to ; Exchequer Bills, .55s. to 57s. prem. ; Bank Stock, 2i 1 to 2124; India Stock, 282 to 264; 3 per ...

... COURSING-RENFREWSSHIRE OPEN MEETING. By permission of Sir John lMaxwell, Bart., the Renfrewssbire Open Mkeeting commenced vesterday morning, at Police South G.ate. Mr. W. Watson of Louth, Lincolnehire, ?? as Tryer. Tle following is the result of the first day's running .- Trus RearaREwsrHrBE PunsE roet PuPPEES-63 Sovs. I. Mr. Geddes' bi; and w b Bracelet beat Mr. A. Graham's r b Fly; Mr. ...

... cc ?? VTisit to the tfoymorkct..Her Mlajesty the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Murray, slie ColonelBuehler, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the Ha;- ai1 market Theatre last evening, to witness the performance of of the new comedy of Old Ifeads and y01`51, Hearts, the -e, extravaganza of Crorioso acad Perciszet, and the Diorama. s Royal Visit to Warwick Castle.-\Ve believe we ...

... EDINBURGII AND GLASGOWV RAILWAY. On Tuesday, at one o'clock-, the fourteenth half-y~early General P Meeting of the Shareholders of the Edinburgh and .Glasgow Rail- t way Comparny was 'held, pursuant to their Act of Iacorporationl,NV ill the Comnpany's Office irt Glasgow-John -Leararonlth, Esq., WI Chairman of the Comnpany,' in the chair, an Tire CleanTAMMA having called on the Secretary to ...

... (Fromn the SpectatoW.) The Irish Repealers are strange people. Talk of Ire- land's disordered state, and you are angrily told that no country is so quiet: say that it is quiet, and you are more angrily assured that it is agitated. Ireland, says the (Queen's speech, is tranquil: the Town CoundrcMk dl tlklt resolves that Ireland is agitated! Some little time baclk, M1r. O'Connell thought that ...

... - 7 -_ . I ' (Frrom thme Times.) Our readers and the public generally will be much grieved to learn that the well-known splendid specimen of Greek art, known as the Portland vase (formerly the Barberini vase), which adorned t the centre of the ante-room adjoining the apartments containing l the collection of Sir NV. Hamilton, has been irreparably broken s by a miscreant who visited the M useum ...

... SCOT L AND. Ancient Coins.-A few days ago, ploughing up some ground on the home farm of Philiphaugh. near Selbirk, the I ploughman came upon a bag of silver coins, buried about nine inches below the surface. There are about 200 coins, all dated in 1500, and in the beginning of 1600. Most of them are rather larger than a five shilling piece, and eary 1 in size down to about a shilling. Many are ...

... T13E ROMAN BATHS. (Fromn tile Historical Register.) The very salutary schreme of erecting baths anul wash- houses for the poor, naturally calls to mind the Roman baths, and suggests manr points of comparison. On the highly benefcial influence, both mental and physicals of bathing, ;nd on the extreme importance to the poor of th ir being able to have their clothes washed for a mere trilie. ...

... tINDA AND CHINA. A. .1 - I ?? Times.) h erig r- By express from Marseilles we hare received our despatchlee year by rfrom India and China, in anticipation of the mail which left Cal. T 'a ceitta oni the 8th ult.,-tiie first of the series for ?? comsi. ex tee ?? ?? oi yssi ideaadarvdteenttecn imunination; The mail was brought to Suez by the Peninsular fern ?? ohviang ' ?? n rrvdteeo hac 5 4th ...

... ARTIFEICAL LIGHT. ( Free the Ailrrs.) We are led to this sibiect in, consequence of a new inrention called the Vesta Spirit Lamp, which produces a beautifull light from highly rectified spirits of turpentine, and from an examiniia- tion of its structure we are induced to believe thatit is not merelv the best, but the ondlY spirit lamtop constructed on right principles. There are two points in ...

... EDINBURGH ASSOCIATION FOE TEE PROMOTION I OF TEE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND. A special general meeting of this Association svas held on Tues- day in the Hlopetoun Rooms, ' for the parpose of enabling the present committee to propose the abrogation of that rule of the Association which restricts its purchases to the works of Scottish artists. Amongst the highly respectable assemblage we noticed ...

... Elgin Burghs.-It is rumoured that Mr. Duff, the Conservative candidate for this district of burghs, is likely to he opposed by Lord Kilmarnock, eldest son of the Earl of Errol, in the Whig interest. The Tweed Bank.-A dividend of 6d. in the pound was expected to be declared on the affairs of this Bank on Mon- day last, at Newcastle,but was delayed. We understand, Ihowever, that this will be the ...