... 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. ...

... LATESTT NEWS. HERALD OFFICE, Fridacy Moriiig. BY ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.-The Post's PIaris correspondent writes on Wednesday:-Iniportant despatches have reached Paris from China. The authorities of Canton are preparing for a de. fence. Prochauations have appeared, ordering all Chris. tian and foreign dogs to be killed. I do not know the date of these despatches, ...

... I.N D I A.. PROSPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. u 15 ~~~(Fromn tie Illustrated London News.) ' le The situation of affairs in India ha§ assumed a new 1-charactor. It is no longer an insurrectionary move- ie miont in the Bengal army-which we have to face-it is idl -a wvar in Oude. The attraction which that provinceC lesesto possess for thbj iutineerswoulg alot see h x- to indiate that ithin ib ly the ...

... THlE GREAT MARRVAGE QUESTION. (From Punch.) Contemporaneously with the establishment of the new , Divorce Court, the public has suddenly rushed into'contro. versy upon the subject of marriage, and chiefly upon the question raised by a correspondent of the Tihnes, whetlier1fa I ntlemani can marry a lady on three hundred-pounds a-yeai: 3 The discussion* has assumed formidable p~roportions. :i An ...

... The following letter is from a gentleman in Calcutta:- Calcutta, Nov. 24. I send you yesterday's Hunrk-a newspaper, which con- tains a report of the proceediiugs of the Legislative Council, where a despatch from ?? of Directors, in re the Black Acts, was read. It is rather amusing that the Court only now consider that the sanction already given in general terms to pass the codes is ...

... FlaY MORING JANralbR . FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22. | part sustained by the force muder General W indham| against the. Gwalior Contingent. The struggle, in, that instance, appears to have beeir greatly more obstinate and severe than we were led, from previous despatches,. to understand. The fight,. as described by a hurkara who had come from -Cawnpore after all was over, continued for two: ...

... 'THE APARTMENTS OF THE BRIDEGROOM I AT WINDSOR CASTLE. The suite of apartments destined for the Prince and Prin- cess at Windsor Castle, present a perfect specimen of palatial luxury, without sacrificing the ease and comfort which is more highly prized than a mere excess of adornment by al persons of good taste. The rooms-six in number-are situ- ate in the Lancaster Tower and its immediate ...

... (Fromn the London Papers of Saturday Evening.) FOREIGN INTELLIGFNCE. FRANCE. (From the Globe's Correspondence.) Paris, Friday Evening. There was an earthquake at Rhodes on the 15th of December. I sent a telegram last evening, announcing the death of Reschid Pasha, at Constantinople, of apoplexy. Count Segur has been returned on Government influence, at the Meuse, by 14,000 votes out of 17,000 ...