... A CHRISTIAN APPEAL FROM THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS TO THEIR FELLoW-COUNTRYNIEN, ON THE PRESENT WAR. te We noticed shortly, in a former Jonrnnl, tle Appeal recently pat to forth by the Society of Friends on the present wor. In Justice to lethese psarties, and satisfied of the sincerity of their cotovictiouts, we now insert it at letigth. It is as follows:- We swould respectfully bespeak the serious ...

... SDOTLANDIO THE PATRIOTIC FUND.-The Edinburgh subscription to the fund now amounts to £16,686 iis oid. GLAaaSow.-The Glasgow subscription to the Patriotic Fund now amounts to the munificent sum of £490,349. TiE R COMAND. OR -THB NORTH BRITISH MILITARY DIsrscxCT..-tMjor-6eneral Vjscount' Melville bhas arrived at Southampton' from ndi, -and 'is. expected next week to take e Noapimenn fth pt ...

... MoI f7a.7, .Tan. S. A special meeting of the Board was held this dav-MAr Leslie - of Powis in the chair. n e EW POOR'S noOSE. - The meeting was specially called to receive a report from the - Committee on Poor's House accommodation. r Mr Cocun-A.e, in absence of Dr Dann, the Convener, read e the report, an elaborate document, of whieb the following is the t e substance. The plans having been ...

... (Exrtracted ffron an Essa, read at a Meetig of the ABEnIC- 3lERN FREE CHURCIH TEACiERS' AssocIATION.) LET us consider how all the teacher's energies are clogged by the irregular attendance of his scholars. Now think of him labouring hard for weeks to set his classes a-going. Very likely, at the time when he has succeeded 'in this, and has be. gun to see the fruits of his labours, he is sadly ...

... :T71ehaall, artn 10. The Queen has been pleased to grarrt the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to James Craururd, Esq.. ber Malfjesty's So. c licitor-General for Scotland, in the room of the flight Hon. Andrew p Rutherfurd, deceased. WrllehaUl, Jan. 11. The Qneen hns been pleased to grant the office of her Majesty's So- n licitor-General tor Scotland to Thomna' Mackenzie, Esq, ...

... c Wbertl3ec mot;tAl ( WEDNESDAY, January 3.1855. .~ - E TIlE PAST YEAR. - - don Wu can scarcely say, in contemplating the bye-gone mei year, whether the feelings of gratification or of regret the predominate. Perhaps the latter ought to prevail for, kep whatever room there may be for triumph, there is'little fro for satisfaction. We required no new proofs of the coal valour of our countrymen. ...

... FROM THES LONDON GAZETTE. ~.l quir Te- ar' Offcer, Jaao. 23. ratei 111 Blteret. 10101i Ye Major-Gener ii Sir Colint Camnpbell, K .13B.. and Major-General bo0W of John L-ysoght Penniefatlrer, C. 3., tobhere te local rankoat Lieutentant to g ad General itt Tu rktey. tent' 1ir. Colonel Hugh H1 Rose, C.fl , holding the rauk or Brigadier. arrn in gece-al in 'rurltev,havtrtg conrlucted ltirself to ...

... l 38 CE I LA M EOUS. -- 20th A professor of gymnistics, who has just died at Berne, has plier left several sums to the citv for public purposes. under the con- of vv dition that his skeleton shall be exposed in the Museum of Na- W tural History, in order to show the favourable effect of gymnas- Ome tic exercises on the human frame. whet TIIE QuEan's GIFT.-It will be very gratifying to thesick ...

... Thurr'sday, ,Taor. 18. A Special Meeting Of the Council was held this morning- tl~e Lord Provost presidinrg. PsasenT :-lBaiilies WVatsan, Leslio, and Henderson ; the Dean of Guild; City Treasurer; Messrs Laing, C Webster, Berry, Gibb, Bothwell, Oswald, and Wil- lhams. S UNIV5RSITY UNION. The PROVOST said, lie badl embraced tire earliest opportunit~yI in his power of isvernblhirg thre Council ...

... WAR MISOELLANY. THE BALTIC. aai By fthe lialgicienne steanat frigate, which ar-rived at Leith onl Or .Sundsl fronn Elsiirore, wye learn thait onl tle, 10th inst. the win- ring i Uer bridl set in) decidedly in the Baltic. the prevalence of easterly statt: anid northerly winds having reduced thie temperature to 18 deg.. A below freezing, which had caused tire inner hlArboure of Elsinore Febi ...

... ARMY AND NlAVY. The Valetta, brhiging the India, China, and Auitralian Hn e mail, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday. The Duke of Cam- mu bridge, Admiral Dundans, and Mr Wilcox, M.P., were among v the passengers. M We have to announce the death of General the lion. Arthur see n Percy UTpton, C.B., who expired at Brighton on Monday. T1me for Is deceased officer vas born in 1776, and wavs uncle ...

... n WHrcIH College is to be the fragment, and how long will last r, it exist even in its fragmentary condition? Will the two a g e. cast lots about the honours of collegiate integrity, or two will the matter be confided to a Government Commission ? per 5, Will the Town Council, or will the Old Town Professors, mal , carry the day ? Will venerable associations, moss-grown one ts towers, quiet ...