... BRITISH IASSOCIATION. T11 Proceedings of the Association wero oan Wednes- day brought to a formal and most satisfactory con- clhsion. SECTION A. MATHEMATICAL ANID PRIYSICAL SCIENOE. This section met at ten o'clock, and tile chair was s'ibsequtently taken by the President, the Rev, Dr. Mi14 J. JI AIu rrv read a papier containing A pro- posal tor the estalishmnt of a uniformll ?? of timic ovcr ...

... v THE ANNUAL PRAYER MEETING. *- Are have a strong city. Salvation will G oi appoiht, for wails and ?? xxvi., t. TO TILE EDITOR OF T IL I BtELPlAST NEWt'S-U.TTERT, Sin-Allow m o vety brk'lly to rall attention tothe prayer-nmeeting of Sunday-school tcaCho'rs, to 1, held i Finsheriwick P lace. at IJalf-past sevvi o'clock on Sunday mornilng. For several years a like Isseting has taken place, and ...

... 'I'HIS DAY'S LONDON NEWS. (utY MAGNETIC TELECIAPIO.] NEWS-LETTER OFFICE. 1 o'clock, P.M. ASSASSINATION OF THE BRITISH MINISTER AT LIMA. The Atrato, which arrived at Soulthampton yester- dav, hiaslbrouight accounts from Lima of' the assassi- nation of Mr. S. IT. Sullivan, the British Mhuistcr at miua. Milr. Sullivan was diling, whell six *nen' mnasked, fired six shots, one of which ploved fatal ...

... G{IEATr SALE OF' CATiTLE AX KEIR. The sale of splendid ohort-horn ?? and purc-- ?? sheep, the property of William Stir- ling,-Esq., of1 Keir, M.P,. took place- on Taesday at Xsir. The sale commenced at eleven, o'clock fore- noon.- A large attendance was on the ground, with , numnerous vehibes from all parts of the surrounding country. Subjbined ?? prices of ?? slshorthorns, some of which were ...

... flortip 311WHAna. FRANCE. The Univers contains the following trashy prognos- tications :- England is at this moment passing through one of those moments of crisis which decide the fate of nations. In order to reconquer and pre- serve India, she must employ far more troops and civil officials than hitherto. As her revenue will be diminished, she will be compelled to reduce, to a con- siderable ...

... VINDICATION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE LA. L'ANGELIER. (CONTINUED FtcZ)t OURi LAST.) in (From Charics Lane, Esq., Bdad~gemore Castle, sib oxfordsttiiC). thE Badtgemore, Aug. 26, 1857. ful Siy-NWe w-'re iwiped 1gin] to fin_', from you ev letter, tim' eteps were pr~vscud for selieving tile opt character of the Ie-'e unfirturiate Mvr Emile P. L'Ange- utt lier from the aspersions wvhich I ...

... A BAD ACCOUNT OF A GOOD TMUSICIAN. (FROM PUNCH.) Every friend of M. Jullien will regret with us to hear that the poor Mons. has been again in labour -labouring, that is, under severe indisposition. In answering to a vote of sympathy, which was passed with acclamation at a recent meeting of the Sur- rey Gardens Company, M. Jullien is reported to have made this touching ?? himself he had been ...

... - - - - . The London papers are again filled with details of the mutinies and massacres in India. The most of these, though interesting enough in their way .con- vey little if any information beyond what wbehave 1 already communicated. We subjoin the more im- portant:- THE TRAGEDY AT DINAPORE. 'The following account is dated Dmapore, August I1- Isendyou an account of a most tragical ...

... NMR J.uHNA MITCHIL IN TENNESSEE. From a letter addressed by Mr John Mitchel to his friend. Mr John Martin, and dated K Knoxville, Tennessee. July 20th, we clip the following 710rrjc(u descriptive of .southern scencry:-'; One morning Ave sallied forth, with grey daivni, and came onL uponl the ?? to see the sun risc ; and he rises over this great vale as though he loved it. You know hov the ...

... (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). HAmiturGHr, August 29, 1857.-Tn one of my let- ters last month I gave you the comparative aggregate returns of revenue of the ZoIlverein for the first quarter of the past and the preisent year. More de- tailed accounts have since been published, which now enable me to make a more complete report as to the sources of the revenue collected than it was then in my ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBUJRGH FOR UTNDERMENTIONED PLACES. SEPTEMBER 1857. ?? The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S. C.), (E. and G.), (N. B.), (L. P. and D.) -signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively; and intimate that the trains start from the termini of these railways in Edinburgh at the ...

... f1guipit FRANCE. A fire broke out on Monday morning at six, in the compositor's office of the Afonsiteur. The flames spread with such rapidity that the whole building, on the Quai Voltaire, was speedily one burning mass. After great difficulty the fire was extinguished, but not before the furniture of the editors' rooms and of the printing office had been 'entirely consumed. The presses had ...