... CAMBRIDGE ASYL UMI FOR SOLDIERS' TWIDO WS. I ?? On Saturday a general meeting of subscribers to b the Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows was held at a the London Tavern, for the election of candidates. The p ichair was taken by Colonel ROWLAND, Royal Artillery. ti . The CirAtRSmAN, in opening the meeting, slid that its .object was to elect three widows from the list of candidates j, ...

... THE HOSPITAL AT SCUTA RI. We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter from a medical gentleman who is actively engaged in the military hospitals in Turkey. We know that his account may be im- plioitly relied on, and we therefore publish the following ex- tracts, because they are calculated to encourage a hope that our brave fellows in the East have seen the worst part ef elneir suesraua ...

... IVAVAL AND MiLTARI NEWRS. APPOINTMENTS. Commander Alexander C. Gordon (1853), recently serving in the Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness, to the Bulldog, paddle-wheel steam.sloop. Commander Thomas D. A. Fortescue ?? to command the Barracouta, paddle-wbeel steam-sloop, on the East Indies station, vice Commander George Parker, promoted to be captain. Commander H. C. Glyn to commission ...

... THE 1WEATHER. A rapid thaw, with a south-westerly wind,washailed by thousands of the industrious classes in the metropolis last Saturday morning. Labourers were at ones set to work to demolish the ice in the basins of the several decks in the Thames in order, if possible, to get the ships clear. The break up of the ice in the river, where it is fast above bridge, and in the various creeks, is ...

... TOWNSHIP OF BiHINESMR. NEVILLE'S REPORr. To TEE EDITOR OF TBE 'REENIAN. 5ra-As SXr. Neville's report t- he co poratior, alluded to in your journal of yesterday, oontaits some very great misreprel sentations respecting this dirtr et, I olaim, s a nmatterof jastice, an opportunity of replying 'i them through your columns. ,Mr. Neville reprints (psi' ,- i) what professes to be an ex- tract from ...

... PROPOSED REFORMATORY INSTITUTION FOR !. X MALE ADULT CRIMINALS. it While it is gratifying to observe, by, Dr. Strang's recently ~ published statistical returns, that there 'has been a decrease in v crame during the past as compared with former years, it is n melancholy to risen- that during that period there have been id 2353 males, and e- ; ; 1291 females. Total ?? . 3644 And when we reflect ...

... [I1)1 N13Ui.( F ( GAZE iTT. SE.QUESTEATIONS. Andrew Symington, farmes and cattle dealer in Ponfeigh Place. in the parish of Carmichael, and county of Lanark - Creditors meet in the Clrdendale Hotel. Lanark, 9th Mhareh, twro o'clock.- -Stephen Gray, Lanark. interim factor. James Watson Finlay, printer and publisher in Edinbnrgh, and residing ?? meet in Stevenson's Rooms, St Andrew Square, ...

... GREAT MEETING AT BIBMINGIMAI ON Thursday night anl important meeting was held in the Town Hill of 3lirBnirmginihm. It wvas called by tile Mayeor, on a requisitio, sigued by netrly 400 of the prircijial firms arid iiliaibitirits of the town, for tire purpose of m1niolriahisirrg the Legisliture oai the neces- sity of irosecnltiuig tire inquiry into the causes of tire disasters in the Crimea, ...

... TRE ESrAI31.SIflED CHURCH. The vicarage of rilmelashl, in thle dioceso of lis- more, is vacant by the dealt of tire Rev. Thos, Partse It is of the annual value of £i58 1s, from tithe rent- charge, alll in the gilt of the liord Bishop oi CashelI The presentation thereto will be suisperded by the Eceleeiastieal Commtisesion or, und er the provisions of the Chinch Tel'nioalities Act, there having ...

... CHURCH METSSIONARY SOCIRTY. O,1 Friday last, ?? eaf of thle above society waqs held in thle Weling1ton almo~nt- gomery Street, at 011e o'cloclc. Owlii to the extyqme- severity Of' the weatler, the attendanoce Was very snll. The chair Nvse takenm by the .13ev. TvitoOljftLUS OCAIe. r.LL, by whomn thet proceedings wvere opened with prayer; after which, The Rev,.. J l. WeHIan0 proceeded to deliver ...

... -TO TITE EDITOR OF THlE BELFA'ST NEWS.IEXT1'ER. -gint-On thle letter of the 11ev. G. EdmnunlIson Of I Saivitileld, referring to anl alleged statement by tile in -thle B3elfbst Presbytery, I think it sufficient to Observe, 31-1 did Clot sRY that Presbyvterian children were obliged to hemr thle Church Catecism-ii inl the schools of the Chur-ch Education Soviety, L~2-I am not awmre that ill the ...

... -&I t C,? I i 1 I r?- ?,G it I a IT '11'T t rr It r ?? EDINBURGH, MON7DAY, FEBRUARY 26, 185. A SUPPLEMEY1,T is Published Ivith the MERCURY evs-v 3lendcny and ThranlmIy Afternoon, containing the Latest News received hb Telegrnpl. The Reports of the London Corn andi Cattle Mar];ets, with tde state of tce Funds, is given in the sulpplement with Monday's publication, and can be foraarded, in most ...