... 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 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 ...

... -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 ( ...

... In an embitious article, of foul coltunns in length, a writer in the C'onstitutionnel endeavours to probe the causes of what he is pleased to term our system of oppression in India. These ?? reduces to the one faot, that our hlaws of primogenituro and entail uecessitlte a provision for youlnger S()llS which is best found in that grand nursery of luerative sinecuros, our Indian possessions. ...

... ENGL.AN D. The Wind of Projectiles.-The fict that a cannon- ball passing close by a living subject exercises a lateral pressure on tile air sufficient to produce a cou- tusion h1as often been asserted, and as often denied. On ilis disputed matter M. E. PMlikta, of St. Peters- burg, has just presented a paper to the Academy of Sciences of Paris, giving tant ccbitnt of certain' experi- rd ments ...

... 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 ...

... The .s. Glasgow arrived in: the Clyde -yesterday morning 'ewith dates to the 28th ult. She brings six cabin and forty- t seven steerage passengers. The following are the names of the It cabin ?? Rev. James Cameron of Canada, Mr. ix Ce Parke of Paisley, Mr. Davidson of Melrose, Mr. Harvey of C1 y Canada, Mr. Tiigony of St. Domingo, and Mliss Fraser of Newl r, York. Notwithstanding the state of ...

... - From the Economist.) The series of calamities which has led us to recon- sider all our legislative machinery with regard to India is now, we trust, at an end, but its influence on that legislation has scarcely yet begun. With this week's announcement of the relief of Lucknow and the successful withdrawal of all the women and children of that garrison to Cawnpore, we may feel that the high ...

... SCOT LN- . S COT LA ND. Presentotion.-We understand that John A. A len lEsq. of Errol, has presented the Rev. Mr. Graham, of Aberny te, to the church of Errol, vacant by the re- moval of the Rev. Mr. Caird to Glasgow. The M1ilitia Disturbance.-On Monday a sergeant and four privates belonging to the picket of the Stafford Militia engaged in the disturbance on Friday night, were brought before ...