... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... !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 ...

... OiLD MACHAR SETTLEMENT. -C - - A 0 - ire, )rs, the tie, at Is- wvs ha- ave ma- *ed- ent Ic- col- est, re- nan iaw.- ; his ieen por- two iich, the pa- mme ir of -k to 'wa the aba a en lent. nen, urs. orm fain I th had Yheu way beer t th fact ng ir L n iS gy o e in il re i th wit! nes wor! iean 1, ap I, cc ldye ettle ld 0 effec LA~, iTsoI .t an 5, tth r, ha wh n th ifine id h terin crit if tl ...

... proprie FManse of Leslie, December 21, 1857. tion to iYuyper of the 16th current conta ins a report of the of, the prceig t meeting of the Managers of the Royal Infirmary, that hi on the 14th~ curent, which is very incorrect, and calculated to Inn convey a false impression. Allow me to correct some rais-state- repon fmeets, and else to make a few remarks on Pbo~ part of the pro- it hem, ...

... THIE MUTINY AT K(OT1l1. T5o the Editor' of the TI'imnes. Sir,-Tbe fearful state of grief and distress into wirich my mother, sister, twro brothers, and myself have beeiL pl ungei aDr- tirely uufits nle for [lie task of drawing Up a a acoonet iit for publication il your paper, and I therefore eamrestly entroat yoa hi justice to tib memory of my lamented father, kindly to read the shocking ...

... GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDInBURGHI. Boxes Close. DI ve General Peocigl P. 0.o Uill. P. Of Bce. Houses. Leith. j Leith. 3MAILS. _ _ I Aberd'n, DIundce, Perth,) 5 45A. 10 OP 10 OrP 640.% Stihling, Alloa, .vc. . f 7 20P 7 OP 7 Ori 630ri Berwick and E. of England, 1 3O 11 OP 1 Op 6 40A Blerwxclk, Dunbar, llad-) dington, &c., E. of Eng- t 15 ISP 4 SOP 4 30P 3 OP land . . . . Carlisle, Liverpool, Mlana ...

... ffgRBOUR COHEOlSIONTM. ligious w Fe~d~i/,Doe.18.one of Ii The Commlssioners met thie day-the Lord Provost in pation v the chair, greater f The 0Pd; 4uAl Acc a slave; TeP VOST Ali'1Ihe AeCtNgS.l Aconts of. the Hiar- It places bouer up ttb ti'damer list, taling, with Mr Mar- the dutii f quis's rej~oitt Mts i'Wpi,' h'ne e already eirculated either it t among the'Oo6didlW r6, 'elut tjey are hoiv ...

... THE ELGIN BURGHS;.LECTION. - Aftert On the afternoon of Tuesday week, Mr r4:*lnt Duff held a separal meeting with the electors of Peterhead-Provost Anderson Preecee( presiding. The hen. candidate .explained his views, and When gave prominence to the Harbour of Refuge question.- Sir J. trict a W. Hogg met the electors the saine ?? al We present. Sir James explained that he would have been be- ...

... GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINBURIGH. Boxes Close. |DC1vev Goneral =cceiv'gv P. 0. ii Edin. P. Office.I Houses. Leith. ,.Leith. MAILS. _ I Aberd'n, Dundee, Perth, 5 45A. 10 OF 10 Or o 401 Stirling, Alloa, &c. . ; a 7 9OP 7 Or 7 Or 'e 30P Berwick and 1E. of England, 1 3eP 1 O Or I r 6 40A Berwick, Dunbar, Had- dington, cE. ofi Eng-, *5 s15P 4 30r 4 'Cr 3 OP land . .. . ). Carlisle, Liverpool, Man-h ...

... (From tie Cambridge Zisys.) Richard Pos'son was born on Christmas day, 1759, at East Ruiston, near North Walelham, in Norfolk, the elidestson of Mr. Huggin Poi-son, parish clerk of the place. His father was by I trade a worsted weaver, and combined with this the offices of parish clerk and apparitor to time archdeacon. lie is described as clever in Isis way, though seemingly not distinguished ...