... HIGHLAND AND AGIfCULTURAL SOCIETI | Te g-n' :-l I: sig ' of th el ?? ' as held, in ternos o fi the chartre-. en To -iday the 8th irst. at 6, Alh3n Piace-the Duke of Roxburgb' President of the society, in the ehnir. His Grace wvas support: by the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of M1orton, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Rosebery, Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, Sir John S. Forbes, Sir John [p ...

... I It add . A N D. RerPE.ar ASS0C)LAT:ON-.-TIC usiCCII LVQakI, inecting of this ?? was licdl (II Morlri i'v. Mr O'Connitell rci a-i a petitinn nb!e) the corn aitice were directed to prepare Cn time sut'iject of protevi-on, ci-t th;at the petisi.C)) erz 3 a secn, stillt some alixietv. in aticlpt oni tile part of Celtaiill rish Proplie- tors of lnid 'Cit Tre-lnd to get ill a cry- for the ...

... THE PRESIDEn'S MZESSAG. d Liverpool, JTan. 9 The British and North Amncrican royal mail steam ship t Hibernin, Captain Stone, arrived in the Mersey at one o'clock t- this morning, with ne-coints fromn New York of the 26th ult. 2 inci vet and upwards ot fotv passengers. She left Haifax a on the 29th ult. The P'acific mail steamer Panama. Captain Bailey, arrived e at P1arnamn, with accounts From ...

... .f?rl if - I 'k E a I Ic i 1, o -3 ?? i- t-:r Z& I - I ?,4 , ?. ?? C IC r 11 rp - EDINBURGH. iONDAY. JA NUARY 14, 1850. 'Ihe riotous proceedings at StafiTord, on Thursday last, Oia connlection with the IProtectionist meetin]g in that town at which Lord TiLlbot, Lord Newport, Luord Lewishanm, Mr Adderley, adP., nod others toick a part, can only be jcondemnued us a rude and violent aggression ...

... DE BEGG ON THE ELEVATION OF THE WOUKI\ING CLASSES. tflt The Rev. Dr Begg delivered a lecture on ttlis subject, ont of Toorsday evening, in the Rev. Dr French's ClIret, Sjuth College Street. The church was nearly filled, by an audience, Mt. comprised, for the mnost part, of the working_ clisec. 3ir J. F. or- Macfarlan, druggist, was calld to the chair. m- |Dr Begg stated, at the outset, that he ...

... VISIT OF sri: H. I. F. DAVIE TO JEDBUR ZGU. On Wedinesady evening Sir Ii. ad. Fcrguson Dainei the honourahie member for the Hdlied hogn Burghis, too~t the clec- ii tars of Jedhurgit in die Spread Ly_,le Inn Assc~nblcv R1oom, Ifor the purposei ofrgivtog an. account of his erairwards jp1, 'ince hiscitation in 1 847. Shortly after seven o'eluc k theh ritloure-- ble baroniet, accompanied by a ...

... DISGRACEFUL DISP1URBANC*ES AT A PROTEC- TIONIST MHEETING. A Protectionist meeting connected with the county of Sraf- ford, was held in the Shire Hall or Stafford, on Thursday. The FreeTraders mustered strongly on the occasion, and every place was crowded. About a thousand persons in all would be present and among these was a numerous body of shoemakers who, on enterine, shouted lostil for free ...

... THE PROSPECTS OF IIAILIWAY PROPERTY. (From thme Times.) The present state of the railway intcrest is a subject too familiar to Tnany of our re lcrA to need any especial illustration. Still, even this mnelancholy kinld of kinow- ledge mas be confined and partial, aud at a seasont when almost all such concerns are passed uuder review, it may be Useful to look broadly at the general results of ...

... THE BOReROWED tUPITAL OF RAILWAYS. T) TIHE EDMTh OrIF fEILUrDlZZAX xztzrCcmi. SrR-The present depressed condition of the railway inte- rest will probably form an early sibject of discussion in the approaching session of Parliament. It is not that the radway companies will seek to obtain, any more than that the country will submit to, a direct outlay or advance of Lmoney in their Iavour; brt it ...

... BAILWAY TRAFFIC RLTURINS. WEEK ENDLING JTAN. 6 CALEDONIAsN RArcLwA-16O Milesopened. Number of passengers, 17,999-receipts for passengers, parcels. horses, carriages, &c. L.2305 10 101 Goods, minerals, and cattle 3224 10 4 Total . £,730 10 20 Corresponding week in 1549 . 798 17, JOS WEEK ENDING JAN. 12. EnDImsU-SE AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. Number of passengers, 16,1 05-receipts for passengers, ...

... FREE CHURt PSPERV. An adjoulrlned ro-tting of il.s n n. ;ade ia held vfest'rdav for the dtscussion of the quesciun of aional educatiote-Ree. Mr Davidson. Moderator, A communication was read fromt the 'Rev. Ir Stirrat, mi- nister of Free St Cthte'rtns' Church, acknowledging the es- pression of sympathy oc thie part of the Presbysery in his pre- sent illness, and in the supply ofi his pulpit. ...

... The third annual meeting of the Original Bagged School Association was hel' on Monday in the Music Hall, which was crowded in every corner, wrhile great nnmbers failed to obtain admission. On the platform we observed- His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Lord Elibank, Sir James Cairncgie. Bert. of Southesk-Sir James Forrest, Bart. I-Ion. lionverie Primrose, Charles Cowan, Esq. M.P.-Professors ...