... ?? lasoi t thei al The Senate of the University of GIasgow, as their meeting on the 7th instant, unalmimotsl agreed to confer Les the degree of LL.D. on Mr. Patrick MhI Kindlay, one of or- the Classical Masters in the High School of this city; and .nt on the Rev. James Cuming, Rector of the Glasgow is Academy. is On Monday her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of :al Baden, attended by thle ...

... 5, Next to the Newgate Calendar, the Biography of Authors is the I to most sickening chapter in the history of ?? Carlyle. Pt Should simplicity be opposed to cunning, and openness of heart at to deep duplicity, as well might we oppose the lamb to the fox, or se the trembling fawn to the crouching tiger. No, let snares be set le for the deceiver, and let the deviser of fraud fall into his own ...

... MONDAY AIORNING, JANUARY 14. 5 I1 i I - _ 1 I A I v A _ _,I. .1 _ i I .1 I eWesF In~dia;M{i, and it brings no tidings that had not 'f been long since anticipated. We are happy to observe¶ h, that advices from South America encourage the belief Lt that Sir John Franklin, and his heroic crew, are still in it safety. Their present locality is now pretty clearly defined. 'We earnestly hope that, ...

... MIS C ELLA NE 0 US. Future Greatness of Amesrica.-The Americans are I Englishmen exaggerated, if anything, as regards enter- prise. This is not to be wondered at, as they have, as a people, more incentives than we have to enterprise. 9Oftthis-we- may rest assuredi that the most' t-l be made of the resources and advantages at their disposal. This is all that has made us great. We have turned ...

... On Friday, a special meeting of this Board, for the purpose of electinga Committee of Management for the present year, was o heldin the Barony Parish Church-Mr. Tennent of Wellpark, in t the chair. The business of the meeting having been stated by the Inspector, b Bailie M'DowALa, after a few complimentary remarks, in which g he alluded to the urbanity always manifested by Mr. Tennent, and the ...

... POORt-LAW REFORM. w8; TTHE APPROACICNG.AMEETING OF DULSGATBS. - 'To Mie Editor o the, Glasgow Herald. d SIR,-It will be in the recollection of most of your readers, that a alarming irease of poor rates anid pauperism, led the Parochial ?? of the city of Edinburgh, in the month of April last, to issue 3, circulars to the various Parochial Boards throughout the country, and to the 6onveners of ...

... .. .. . . . . - .. The annual meeting.of the contributors to this excellent Ion~Utu- tion was held on Wednesday the 9th instant.the..very ' ev. Principal 3facfar-]aln, the Presid ent,-in thechir . The tanual report was readt tthe meeting, trom-which we ?? the following extratacb:- tt ?? ?? ?? 'Eight hundred and thirty-two poor perosois Iave,ad'. sg-' act year, been entered on the -infmasry ...

... T I} E F U N D S. Two ?? Consol market has been very unsettled this morning, and a downward reaction took place for a inoment to 96j, bitt the last price marked shows a rally to 973. The fluctuation is attrlbuted excltsively to the state of the account, tcte Bells continuing to realize, to prevent them- selves from being rtn lip too close ost the settlement. Money has also been a little more ...

... ?? ?? u n r t -ltI *A. (From the Morning Chronicle's Correspondence.) P - anama, Nov. 20, 1849. Between the departures and arrivals of the steamers at ChagresI and Panama, little of moment takes place. We had an arrival a few days since from Mexico, of bullion for England, and her Mia- jesty's ship Champion is hourly expected for that port, with up- wards of a million, also for England. Panama ...

... Death of Joseph Dawson, Esq., Manager of Carron Worhs.-It is this month our painful duty to record the death of this gentleman. The melancholy event took place upon the 5th instant, and ensued, after a short ill- ness from an acute inflammatory affection. Mr. Dawson was in his 62d year. Of late years his health had been in a rather declining state, and he had,' on several occa- sions, been ...

... se (From the Morning roniclie.) Y The total receipts of railway traffic, on all the lines now open, I r- have amounted during the last week, that is to say up to the date I on to which the respective returns are made, to the sum of £198,596, i- on 5218 miles of railway, being at the rate of £38 per mile average I j earnings. At. the corresponding period of last year the total 1 amount of the ...

... Q(From the Kanchestr Guardian.) In announcing, on Wednesday last, the signature of ns treaty, by which the Danishl settlements on the Gold Coast are ceded to England, we stated that there was rea- son to believe that, with suitable encouragement, a supply of cotton of very good quality might be obtained fom| Ithat part of Africa, whre it is now produced, in some |quantity and of very good ...