... (From the Times.) i- A public meeting was held on Thursday at Willis's Rooms, it St. James's, to give expression to a general feeling 1that the I- cervices of Miss Nightingale in the hospitals of the East demand n the grateful recognition of the British people. W The attendance was numerous and brilliant, and long before II the hour fixed for commencing business there was not one scat ,_ ...

... To the Editor of the Glasgow Uerald. ISm.,-Your insertion of a former small article relative to the 2 Bay of Honduras and its dependency, consisting of the Islands of Ruatan, Bonaceu, Barbarat, and Utilla, induce me to trouble you with a little more information regarding that country. Recent dates from Belize inform us that trade in that town remained dull, owing to the staple commodity of the ...

... IS THIE EXPLOSION OF THE MAGAZINES. ln (From the Second Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday Nov. 27.-Thursday, Nov. 29.) y War Department, Nov. 29. r, Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its en- I closures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his is Lordship by General Sir W. Codrington, ?? 15 Sebastopol, Nov. 17. tS My Lord,-On the 15th inst., about 3 r.., ...

... ?? Manchester City Council and the Members fo? Manchestcr.-A private meeting of the Manchester Town Council has been held, at vwhich it was resolved to invite the Bishop of Manchester and Sir Harry Smith, as guests, to a dinner to be given to the ex- Mayor, Mr. Nicholls, by the corporation, in the course of next week. The whole proceedings of the meet- ing have not transpired, but as some ...

... THE E BIR.AT-LAW ; A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD COMEDY. GUSTAVIUS V. BRooKE v. FANNY CAT'HCAnr. By the arrival of Melbourne papers we learn the particulars of a case which has recently been tried in the Supreme Court, Melbourne, and has excited considerable interest amongst the playgoers and corps drarnatiqrue of that city. Early in August last, Mr. G. V. Brooke, of Coppin's Olympic Theatre, ...

... SC OTI, AND. Sate of Land.-The lands of Mouswald, which be- longed to the late Colonel Horne, were recently pur- chased in Edinburgh by Mir. Carruthers of Dormont, at the upset price of £19,750.-Duni bies Standard. The Late Fire in Stirling Castle.- This disastrous event still continues to absorb thle interest of our townsmen. The most eager desire has been manifested to obtain even the ...

... T11E OVERLAND MAIL. (From Second Edition of the Times.) We have received our private correspondence and papers from Calrutta. of the 22d October; Bombay, 2d November; and Hong Kong, 15th October. The following is our Calcutta correspondent's letter:- Calcutta, Oct. 22. IWe are in the midst of the Doorgali Poojah holidays, when every one in Bengal considers himself entitled to do nothing. ...

... (From tile Journal of the National Lifeboat Institution.) IThe Admiralty register of the wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accom- 3, panied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same period. We are therefore enabled, in coytinuation of the series which we have inserted in former ...

... - - = I . K I.aLr..Sz_. ?? (Fronm tile St. Louis Lveoilng News, Nor. 6.) It is before us now-that terrible scene I The moment before the long train with its load of life approached the fatal spot, many were intently observing from the windows the well marked line which separates the thick turbid waves of the Missouri from the pellucid waters of the Gasconade; others looked out on the long ...

... Glasgow, Donbarrton, and Helensburgh Railway- ,Progress of the ?? the active exertions of I the contractors, Alessrs. Barr, and theirinanager, Mr. I Gibson, tho wOa{k. in connection with thi; railway are making rapid progress. In the neiglhbourhood of Dal- reoch, where the first sod was lifted only ten weeks ago, a body of 240 masons, ]abourers, &c., are fast t changing the appearance of that ...

... (Froim tile llusatrated London News.) Sir ?? Seymour has given orders to engage a new re sidence for the Embassy at Viennia, as the lease of the present building has expired. lie is expected to arrive in Vienna in three or four weeks. The Emperor Francis Josepil intends to visit Italy in Febru- nry next. lle has accepted an invitation from the Pope to visit Rome. Tile Duke Gcorge of ...

... THE KING OF SARDINTA. (From the Times Correspondenes.) Paris, Thursday, Nov. 29 The King of Sardinia left this evening for Englahid. His Majesty was loudly cheered, and the houses olong. ls passage were illuminated and decorated with flags. The Moniteur publishes the follow ing:- Their Majesties the Emperor and the Kiing of Sardinia were present at the ball given by the Municipal Couneeil ...