... 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. ...

... The annual general meeting of the members of the Art- Union of Glasgow was held on Wednesday in the Fine Art Gallery 119 St. Vincent Street. The Hon. Andrew Gal- braitlh, Lord Provost, occupied the chair, and on the platform were the Lord Dean of Guild, Rev. Drs. Ruachnan and $ Gillan, Councillors Allan and Dreghorn, J. W. Guild, Esq., Alex. Harvey, Esq., and other gentlemen. There was a ...

... :INDIA- AND CHINA. -I INDIA. We (Times) have received the following telegram from ,our Malta correspondent, dated Malta, January 21, 7.30 I hasten to communicate the following telegram, just re- ceived from Corfu in advance of the Indian mail. The Australian outward mails have arrived and gone 'Alexandria, Jan. 17. . ' The India mails have arrived, with dates from Calcutta to the 24th of ...

... ;. WEDNYSDAY, MORNING, JANXUARY 6. * By the stmiship. Europa, whioh arrived at Liver- pool on MonLday, there is news from Wew York to the 23d' ultime.. By this mail we leant that the s Kanisas quertiovi was cortinuing to be t&ie fruitful t source of iiuch discussion in Congress, bout' that 'a nothing. definite 1½a- resulted from all the debates. 1' Now, we think thatI this quapotion might be ...

... THE WEST-- INDIA - - S - -. THEE WEST INDIA MAILS. (From the Daily News.) to The Royal West India mail packet La Plata, Captain Weller (Admiralty agent, Lieutenant W. Seaward, ?? arrived at Southampton on Thursday with the West India mails. The following are the dates of the advices by this le arrival :-Vera Cruz, Dec. 5; Havana, 9; Jamaica, 11;- it Demerara, 10; Trinidad, 9; Barbadoes, 12; St ...

... 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 ...