... A general meeting of the Highland and Agricultural So- Yciet was held on Wednesday, at two 'clock, in the Museum Hanll, George IV. ~Bridge. The Duke of Bucclcuch presided, and there was a very large attendance of members. A considerable number of gentlemen were balloted for and admitted members of the society.-] ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS. The Noble CHAIRMAN proposed the Duke of Atlitle as the ...

... . . . . .. - .. _- (From the Daily News.) The actual position of 6ur army in Hindostan, and ,the proximate intentions of the Commander-in-Chief, are perspicuously, though laconically, intimated in the telegraphic &-esjatch of the Secretary to the Govern- ment of India which wve publish to-day. On tlie 19th of December Sir Colin was. still at Cawivpore. is' fis~t efforts were * to'bedirected to ...

... I GLAS GOW, JANTJA.RY 27. ;. : Ad: -- 4~ t J i 2.7 'Seven nifimlo's, si'li undred and' nijelteen thousand;' slii hsi l~,,ndh e'ey-ep~iyardE o~r ,a~bo,,uitfqur~ ,t~i6hsqid three hundred and..thirty miless-of plain, 'coloured, and printe¶ cottions were exported from the Olyde aiist *week.'-JMait; :, .i: .. ,, ?? ; EVASION OF PAXMENT Ok IKARmiou DIER.-At'tli6 a~ilieClourt, ?? Bailie o4; Robert ...

... ARRIVAL OF THY NEW YORK S.S. IN THE I CLYDE LATER IPROM AMERICA. The Glasgow and New York Company's s.s. New York aarrived in the Clyde yesterday, with news from New York Ito the 16th current,'having made the passage in eleven days, of seventeen hours. She left At the same hour witi, the U.S. a] mail steamer Baltic, and has performed the passage with 61 -equal speed-a result which, speaks most ...

... BA NKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. Jp - -- - - - - SHERIFF COUnT, TuEsDAY, JAN. 12. ADJOUTRIED EXAMINATION OF HUGH MAUL. (Before Sheriff Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.) The bankrupt is a boot and shoemaker, Jamaica Street, ~i~o.Present-Mr. George Wink, accountant, trustee; SldNr. Robert Strang writer, agentintesustao. 'Ire Maron onald or Mai, wife of the bankrupt, was, n~t int~ frs pac, ntrrgaedby Mr. ...

... (S.U rr t Sp z it ?t At f. I It THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHIURCM. TO THE EDITOR) OF THE CALEDOINIAN MERCURY. SIR-If .I understand the letter of Veritas, (which appears in your columns this morning) aright, the writer means to say, I will not belong to the Scottish Episcopal Church. I have got a tabernacle of my own, and I am lord of all I survey. I am very sure that no member of the ...

... A ;IKING-CONSORT IN ENGLANU. (FROM THE MANCHESTER EXAMINER.) There never seem to be wanting illustrations of that old proverb which calls upon us to put up a prayer to be saved from our friends. Of all people in the world, Kings, Queens, and great personages generally are those who seem to have most occasion to put up sueh a petition. The renewed circulation of the rumoured intention or wish ...

... CE]JEMONIAL To be observed at the marriage of her Royal High- ness Victoria-Adelaide-MarY-LOuisa, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest da'eghter of her Majesty Queen Victoria and of his Royal Highness Albert Prince-Consort, Dnke of Saxony 4sad Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal Highness Prince FrederiC-William-Nijhol-Ch'arles, only son -of his Royal Highness ...

... GERMANIY AND THE BALTIC. [FRO31 OUR OWiN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMBURG, January 4, 1858.-The proceedings of the Diet at Frankfort may for a short time have the effect of directing attention to the 'question of the Dtchies ; but, under present circumstances, when matters of more importance form the topics of the day, both in Germany and other countries, it can scarcely be expected that the ...

... Aberdeen .A. & R. 3imlne, Glasgow --V. Love, St Athen eum. IEnoch Square Do. ..L. & J. Smith. Greenock ..Mrs Owen. Do. -W . Panton. tIaddington..J. M1illen. Do. -D. Wyllie and, Do. -G. Smileq. Son. ilawiek _R. Mack. Aberlady .)Ir F. Mitchell. ! Do. J. Dalgleish. Alloa --J. Lothian. jinveresk . Gordon. Arbroath ..James Smith. I InverkeithgMiss Campbell. Do. --G. Sutherland. 1Jedburgh ..A. & ...

... Yesterday afternoon Professor Blackie delivered a lecture on the above subject in the Greek class-room of the University. The learned lecturer said-When, on a recent oc- casion, I set before the students of this university a very mild, moderate, and discriminating eulogy (for so it was allowed to be by the English press) of the Oxford system under the favourable influences of re- cent reforms. ...

... * We copy from The Labourer's Friend-a small t publication issued by the Society for Improving the a Condition of the Working-classes-the followinget- . tracts from an address delivered to agricultural ser-s vants by the Rev. E. ?? Beynon, President of the East Surrey Agricultural Association:- Ibhave heard the remark made, that the life of a 1 labouring man is a dead level from the ...