... - .~RD MOIN MARC 2 FRIDAY MIORNING, MEARCH 20. Oa Tuiesday eveninig in the House of Lords,. the Chinese subject was again under discussion. Tl~he a ?? was opened by the Earl of Hardwicke, who in complained tbat Government had not published the S 1d, di d ?? of the Commaaider-in-Chief of the Forces d *e- in China relative to recent warlike doings at Canton. s cd Hia Lordship, having alluded to ...

... 0m~girlow.-We have nothing new to notice regarding our ,,ca, eleCtion. As Mir. Buchanan is, generally spoken of ats safe, thle real contest lies between Messrs. Hastie and Daiglish. gjver.commfiilemce on thle part of Mir. Buchanan's friends, how- ermylead to miscalculation. Mr. Hastie addresses the Btil JV(~ANAN'S CO)IMITTEFP.-A meeting ?? .Comflmitte, was hield yesterday-time Lord Provost in ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-TIiURSDAY. I . . n -I - ThAir Lordships met at five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Queen of Oude, the Prhice her eldest son, and the brother of the King, now in this country, expressing great regret at the military outbreak in India, and sorrow and surprise at the suspicions - attaching to their relative, the ?? of Oiude, of disloyalty and disaffection. The ...

... (Frome the Timees.) Royal visits rank as phenomena with great meteors, comets, solar eclipses, and new planets. They are extraordinary evnts, and immediately set even people not the least inclined to qu or- stition thinking what they mean and what they pint to. Mt that there is any absolute reason why they should mean more than what the simple fact conveys. For why should Kings and Queena not ...

... Muniflcent GC'ft by I1ecr A'ajesty to the Endowment Scheme.-Her Majesty the Qbeen has contributed the sum of £500 towards the EndowmenC Scheme of the Established Church.-Montro8e Stazdard. Mfariiage of Majm HuLtgh Scott of Gala.-The mar- riage of this popular and respected gentleman to Miss Elizabeth Isabella Johnstone Gordon, eldest daughter of Captain Charles Kinnaird Johnstone Gordon of ...

... LETTER S FR O M5 I ND IA. ?? fI.A ?? ID..- ?? . 7(Fromn the Invernss Coutrier.j y d vrites as follows:- SilnIa, July 11tb, 1857 Thoughi I Aid jnjji i 1l;!,5t and ought to write to y(ou by tjli; mail, I grieve to think how lt Oad S ews i have to indeed, in these fearful times we llear ?? of nothing but Qo; rors uponl horrors. I daresay you will Searcely believe lik? tbings remain at Delhi ...

... s EE''UTO-MAG(NIE'T'J SM AS A MIO'T'IVE POWER. ?? Tinecs has am intcresting article on eleetro-tnagnetism as a motive pewer. Tbre writer describes the several unsuccessfal tendepavours to construct locomotive engines moved by clectri- cityl:- In a paper read before the Socioty of Arts in 1850 life impro- bability ofi aty result being obtained from eloctro-miekgnetisin i which couul denable it ...

... THE MIIAFFIES. - To the Editor of the Bcottish Guardian. Sir,-:.My attention bas been direected to a letter addressed to you in Friday's Guardian, by Win. Ml-aflie, sear., in which he says you most unwarrantably introduce the name of M'Ilaffle'c(Vii, his son, the notorious Michael M'Haffie) with that of Macdonald and Monteith, &c. I suppose every one at a glance will see that in giving ...

... e (From the Tinmes.) a We publish in another column a Manifesto from the more ardent sebool of Parliamentary Reformers -Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Clay, Sir John Trelawny, and c others-containing the outline of a scheme of Par- liamentary Reform which they recomniend to the sup- port of the public. This Manifesto is issued on the F expectation of the subj ect being discussed next session, which they ...

... IL A I' E ST ?? ?? W.S. I HERALD OFFiCE, Friday Morninlg. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The Chinese Government aresaid to have given the strictest orders against the Catholics, and a religious persecution was feared. AMERICA. Southampton, Thursday. The steam-ship Arago, Captain Lines, has arrived at CoweS from New York. On the 14th money matters were improving considerably The ...

... AGRICIILTURAL EDUCATION. . 1. { fl-n Po.> - ntti~ A (From the Economist.) One of the boot means of advaticing agricoltuire in this coon-Il, try, is tn raise thse social statns of the farmelr. Education will tPr! do much to aiccompjlish that olijilt. Ini order to take a farni pi! idvantageously, it lariner ought to bs somewhat mtore onl a uoc level, in point, of' general and bis~icsse ...

... (From our own Correospondont.) Liverpool,, Monday Evening. Last night the Rioyal mail steamner Canada, Captain Shainon, arrived be ro firou Boston, via Halifax, whenceshe sailed ol the 18th inst., bringing 58 passengers and a considerable quantity ofsl)ecie,d sy 101,704 dollar and£1500 in sovereigns. Thonews fiom the United States is of a Inore cheering character, as is evidenced by the fact ...