... The authoress of Uncle Tom's Cabin arrived in Glas- gow on Wednesday night, accompanied by her husband, Professor Stowe, the Rev. Charles Beecher (her brother), and Miss Beecier (her sister). Being rather in' a delicate state of health, Mrs. Stowe kept herself pretty much within doors for the two days after her arrival; but on Friday night a grand soirde was held in the City Hall, in lier ...

... PARLIANENTAI? 1' L UINe. -- PAPt LDDLOIEN TA R Y B US1VES.S. R-lOUSE OF LORDS-MOSDAY. 'fhe Earl of NViuehilsea and Nottgl ghr ?? move for a com- mittce to inquire hito the Eyste-ll of education p ursued at tile Col- lcze of Mlavnaotb, andI its results. The Yiscovut Gordon-To move, as an amendment to the Earl ?? anld Nottinghlamn's motion, that rll humble address l, presented to her Majeety, ...

... HOUSE OF CO-.IMONS-FRIDAY. Order for third reading read me iowtn madeil, aud question pro. posed, 1 That Vtoe bill be now read the third time., Amendment lirpsilesd, to leave out the word now,' mid at the cnd ofthe (jttesttftioitodd tliewerets 1upon this (lay siximonths. Ques- ?? the wordl 'nun' stand part of the question:- Thu leouse divided ; Ayes, 2S8; Noes, 239. AYES. Adair, 1t E Duke ...

... At the evening meeting, on Friday last, a lecture was delivered by Mr. T. H. Huxley, On the Identity of Struc- ture of Plants and Animals. Coamencing with minerals and vegetables, Mr. Huxley observed that one marked dis- tinction between them is, that the latter are always under. going change, whilst minerals remain the same; or, at least, they undergo no changes but such as are produced by ...

... D)EPLCTATION TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. oil Saturday afternoon a large and irniporiusit del utittoio, consistilig of members of Parliament, and iliercliail3, bainkers, aud traders from till parts of the kingdom, had as, interview with-the First Ljord of use Treasury, at IlE. otieal, ?? in Dowising.5treet, on the sub1ject ci colonial postage. Tue deputation inclssded Mri. Thoemscz, Haukey, M r. G ...

... I LFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SATURDAY ETENING. The decision of the Tribunal of Correctional Pblice of the Seine, in the affair of the foreign correspondents, has excited considerable surprise here, not because out of the ten persons accused eight have been convicted, but because two have been acquitted. A prosecution at the instance of the Government before the Correctional Police ...

... A USTRIA AND SARDINIA. The last accounts from Italy inform us that the Count Do Revel has been recalled on leave by his Government. The significancy of this recall on leave, under present circumstances, will be under- stood by everyone. It shows us, however, that, while maintaining its rights and its dignity with firmness, the Government of Victor Emmanuel has never departed from the principle ...

... TEE NsW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLO URS. It is always a satisfaction to see the results of labour, whether artistic orimechanical, proportioned to the means employed. Hence it is that the exhi- bitions of the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours are less disappointing than the ex- hibitions of the Royal Academy; not that the actual result istreater, but that, considering ...

... SIR JAMES IHOGG AND INDIAN PA TRWNA GE. At a Quarterly General Meeting of Proprietori of East India Stock, held but a few weeks since Sir James Hogg, the Chairman of the Board ol Directors, found himself in the disagreeable positior of having to answer certain strictures, passee by Mr. Lewvin, upon the description of met usually selected by the proprietary body to fill us vacancies in the ...

... IETHfNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OFLONDON. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Ethnological Society of the present session was held on Wednesday evening last, the 13th instant, at 71, Mortimer-street, Caveudish sqttare; George B. Greenough, Esq., F. R.S., &c., vice-president of the society, in the chair. After the announcement of numerous donations of books to the library of the soolety, the following ...

... ECCLESIAS7TICAL. The Bishop of Oxford has instituted tile Rcv. Thonrae Benfield ,Ludlow, BA., chaplain of Cisristchurchl, Oxford, to the rectory of Slapton, near Leighton Buzzard, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert Phitlirnore, M.A.; on the nomination of the dean and chapter of Christ Church. * The Bishop of Rochester has instituted the Rev. William John Deape, ?? rector of South ...

... ELECTION COMM~JIITTEES. BARNSTAPLE. On Saturday the committee appointed to inquire into this election petition met forthe first time. The Hon. Wr. 0. Stanley lwas the chairman, and Mr. E, Ellice, Mr. H. Stuart, Mr. Cairns, and Mr. Massey, the other members. The counsel fur the petitioners are, Mr. Sergeant King- lake, Mr. E. James. Mr. Powver for the sitting members, Mr. B. Aedrows, Q.,, Mr. M ...