... 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 ...

... (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 ...

... OUR INDIAN HEROES-SIR H. HAVELOCK. l. (From tht Tines.) . .t It is one of the most.mournful circumstances con- a nected with the Indian mutiny that so many brave k chiefs have been called to receive the reward of their r, courage and .patriotism elsewhere before time wasl. g given to their countrymen. to mark the sense of the 0 ,eminent services which they had rendered to the a British name. ...

... -s . . - IParis, Friday. The A.fiuirc Jeafosse continues to excite an extraordinary degree of public interest, and a fourth part of all tile Parisian papers ore tilled with the evidence. Seventy-four witnesses wero cited, and their examinastinfi oceupied four days. Yester- day the pleadings comniencaed, and the verdict is expepted this I evening.I It geeins to be clenly enough proved that ( ...

... All?. JAMES COPPOCM. (Iroill tble Tinies Tbe friends and political connections of this well known Par- liamentary and electioneering stlicitor will regret to learn that his death iccurred, alter all illness of four days, at his house in Clseoland Itow, ol Saturday evening. Only a fortnight since lie was engsged some days in the country on his circuit duty as Treasurer or the Kent County Courts ...

... (From the Daily News.) We have received files of papers from Cape Town to Oct. 20. The Legislative Council and House of Assembly had been prorogued from the 21st of October to the 6th of January next. The official Gantet contains the following complimentary General Order, issued by his Excellency the Governor, on the subject of a late review at Stellenboseh:- His Excellency the Governor is ...

... THE MIOLESTIA IN LISBON. ?? the Citizen.) in lie following interesting letters fi om a young lady residing eCi' in the vicinity of Lisbon to her friends in this city, tell their all own sad story of desolation and death, scarcely paralleled any- ats wher e since the Great Plague il London. We understand that Ci. so unable are the resident physicians to cope with the disease, ne that ...

... ¶I!X I en 1R i N . i : , - : ?? T;O C IL,; ?? S. The Town Council thell uiet-the Lqrd Provost in the ehair. THEi CLXDE TRUST BlLL. Mr' MADvb6yLL ?? ivhether the ?? Bill had yet bedii lid'o6n the thble Jf the C6undil ? ?? ; - : - * -UMr. TORnzeii (the Clerk said that Wtdid notmnecessarily come before-tlhe.,Council, ,bu4 when the bill was. printed as finally amended, it would be brought before ...

... !LA'A E ?? AT N E W HImRALDOf FEl=, Friday Moning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. IN D-IA. THE RELIEF OF lsUCKNOW. Alexandria, Dec. 19. The telegraph announces the arrival at Suez of the Pekinj. with dates from Bombay to the 4th instant. Sir Colin Campbell joined the force-at Aluinmbagh on the 1Ith ultimo, and on the 19th, after a series of severe struggles, the garrison of Lucknow was relieved. On ...

... pp,' LIVINGSTONE AND AFRICAN DISCOVERY. (From the Daily News.) .Wile the Frenich Government ace engaged in .11,h1asinlg negroes onl the West Coast of Africa, and violatinn of tlie solitary clause in the r etyv of' 1S5, which still subsists-the African -le trade, the Enoglsh4i Government havc resolved o ;e'1 J)r. Livinglstone oni a voyage of discovery up el'o %~ ot. itbesi, on tile E3ast Coast. ...

... e L - - l A- A!. _ I: - IL A - - . A _O c At a time of rejoicing and holiday like the present, it is ret freshing to hear that our afflicted brothers and sisters are not forgotten. Dr. InApllogh, the worthy superintendent of our Lunatic Asylum, at ?? anxious to introduce any innocent amusement which might afford a happy hour to those under his charge, readily accepted an offer made to him by ...