... MNBURGH SOPHICAL INSTITUTION The programme issued by the directors of this Institution of the lectares to be delivere | durin: the winter, will perhaps be foun l as attractive as any whi h has for some years ap- peared. The subjects select are a highly interesting and instructive character, and the lecturers are men, all of more or less distinction in their dep urtments—several indeed so ...

... STIRLIN: RACES. Tuerspar, Serremper 29 The Stirling meeting commenced to-day. The weather was remarkably fine, with bright sunshine, but the number of spectators present was not so great ax on previous occasions the Hon J. Sandilands Among others were William Forbes, Esq., M.P. G. H. Paterson, Esq., of Carpow; A. Gillon, Esq., of Wallhouse W. Forbes, Esq., younger of Callendar ; John Stirling. ...

... IIEALTII OF TOWNS-ClIOLEIRA.. As weL Cannot doubt thant every Ian' ?? pervailes thfie woerld( of oc-anlic fife, is ordered with nol intenitioni, so, iiit mo1e sthoam- sioo, t ie cholera lims bicci pu'roiite~I by ourII Ci'ctori 1fi[l Other (illject than lint I at' oeul'orcing upon thle ricl nod itlgot tllc amendnment of the lihabitationso of, tII 01 P ?? The rije theml solves; hvec not cin'lw ...

... IRR ElAND. ENCUMBEtEiD ESTATES IN IREiLND. -The total amount s of payments on amcount of the-Encumbered-Estates in Ireland, t promthe commencement of the Commissioners' proceedings to .1the present time, is cstimated at £t6,500,09D. t HE IRISR INDfLSTRIAL ExPHIBITIo N.-The general com- mittee has announceid that the Exhibition shall be finally closed s to the public on the 31st October curt., ...

... NEW PJTSLIGO HOTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE Autumn Competition and Show of this Society tooi place i in the Hay Friendly Society's Hall, on Tuesday the 20th ult., I The exhibition of vegetables, fruit, and flowers was, in the i opinion of the judges, superior to that of any autumn Show they had ever before witnessed here-a testimony which, viewed as a fact, must be highly gratifying to the Society, ...

... (From the Ciel Service Gazette.) It is well, for the sake of society and its protection, that, with respect to war, and all who engage in it, there should be an enhancement of all injuries and risks, by oar associating ever with them an idea of the heroic ; and it thus comes to pass that the individual bravery of the private soldier will of- ten receive the meed of his country’s praise. But ...

... THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF A SCOTCH- LADY IN TUSCANY. - | I~ ___ The circumstances of Miss CunlninghaLM'S arrest arc these: - Along- with her mother aod'aister she had been regidinu; for souls a time at tire bathe of Lucca, On the very day of her arrest,. the I. party were making preparations for leaving Tuscany, and coil- rtinuing their journey towatrds Rome and Naples. Mrs and the belder ...

... A General Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply of the 8County of Aberdeen was held in the Court-House yesterday. r The attendance was conseidetable. On0 the motion of Mr GRA.NT, Convener of the County, Ad-n miral GoRDoN, M.P., was by acoltimationi, called to pr-eside. M PRISONS ASSESSMENT. t The usual circular was read front the General Prisons Board, intimating the yearly assessment for ...

... FR ANCE. QFrotni the Mordiilg cir-onicie'ti Corresondence.) (I P'aris, Sundlay E'veninll jottrnals of this mtornling have in general refrapined fe atyrrtlher commenfits Ott thle plresent slate of' tIle, Lastern o c ,Te~111.-'ile (fly]) ?? ill illet, whieh trea~ts of the sitiject i a l~t~',ie th l5,0( ha era, which fhr Sollie- timei §6: t7l1 ape par'ently without ally fixed news as to whast ...

... DEPUTATIONS TO GOVYERNMENT-MAKE BELIEVE, The remarks mtade by Lord Palmorston, on deputations to members of the Government recall to out' remnateibrance a cir- cumstantcc ?? may serve to show ?? mualiler in, whicll these afl'sirs weore viewed by some officials. Sime years ago a mner- chant in one of tha principal commercial twnl.s' waited Ljeoll the Chancellor o' the Exchequer ot the day (it ...

... Y SCIENCE AND i D THE mere acquisitionof knowledge-especially of know. I ledge regarding the objects of nature with which we are c immediately connected, and on which our very existence depends-is a source of the highest gratification to every 1 intelligent mind. The pleasure thence derived is of it- self a sufficient stimulus to most men to lead tkem to t study, to a greater or less extent, ...

... E; FUND FOR FEMALE DOMESTIC ~ EVOLEN FUSERVANTS. 0 poet3Ic Meeting of the inhabitants, called by advertise- tat tile instance of the Lord Provost, was held in the Tsn pse n ursdayafternoon, domestic stops for, the fo1o1if 0onder sickness; and, amongst others, there were li Mro~ , esrs Simpson, Dewar, and Ritchie ; Sheriff IBaillie Henderson ; Councillor Macallan; ' Mr el Wit of Monkeloill Mr ...