... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... EMANCIPATION OF THE SER1FS IN RUSSIA. ?? (Fromn the Daily News.) We have already given utterance to the impression made upon us by the step which the Czar has lately taken towards the emancipation of Russian serfs. Nevertheless, we believe that our readers will peruse with interest the following view of that measure from the pen of one who has long and atten- tively studied the politics of the ...

... orr o g t eCt. HO.McEO PATCHY. TO THE EDITOR Or THE CALEDONIANM ERCUIIY. SIR, - While reading a London paper the other day, I happened to meet with a little anueedote on homeopathy, which appeared to me so good and so arnusing that I think it mseay not be amiss to give it a place in your columns; for while it completely illug- trates the maxim, Similia similibus cnrantur, it at the same time ...

... Bombay, Dec. 4. Ascending the Doab, we find the garrison of Agra recalling its little force from Muttra, and strengthening with it, under the command of Colonel Ridhl,1l, its other outlying party nuder Major Eld, at Alyghur. This was rendered advisable by an appearance of renewed vitality among tile ill-affeoted near Bo- lundshuhur and by the attitude of some of tile Rohileuaid mu- tineers, ...

... TME- I M-HfTY D:EAD' OF THE YEAM:lB.7? (FROM 'rtWsIV.) More than' half of the' nineteenth centwry: hhs-. pessed'away,.-mnlthe men wiw-'aehieved an lEsnourn- abl6 reputation-icearlier years,.are now rapily re- tsinogs from thxe stage of li&etP;- theatre, leai'ng. a yGsnger' generation to inherit, the 'result of their works, the glory.-of their nzsnes,.ansl the ben.t' of thsir exatmples.. Many ...

... Natal muf ?? 30fltipce, The follo-ing: 6nvalar, dated lbeember 23, Ias-4. been issued fbami th&erecruiting dbpawtment, Hors s iGuards8: : Until farther' ordow the approvall of recruits by , inspecting field-officers 9f districts is mtshe considered i flial; commanding offleems and surgeons of regiments aortinuing, as aotvpresent,. to make anyrn zmarks upon the attestation of warecrni! before ...

... (From the TIl11R' ( ?? the Tinies' correspondenlco.) se Berlin, Dec. 26. Iy The approaching mariiage of Prince Frederick William with the Princess Royal forms just now a most prominent *e-topic of conversation, not only on account of its interesting :e, character in itself and its high political importance in future ad years, but also because, in the present unhappy state of the as its ...

... GERnAlN AND THE BALTIC. (-aO* fOutO OWN COR SoNDENT.] :j14 unG, Dcc. 28, 1857.-The anticipations whiobh-lvere ventured to be indulged in when the last coiitilnication was sent- are now happily in the _co; i'of being completely realised, the state of the money rmarket having' undergone 'a very decided and favourable change. The present position of monetary affairs. here, indeed, quite verifies ...

... FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1. . ?? Our paper appears on the first morning of the year 1858, and with it-nmillions of kind wishes and new ji aspirations have been spoken and felt. At such a v period, the mind of every reasoning person, almost in- i e voluntarily, and with more or less severity, according o to the education, temperament, and mental constitu- n tion of the individual, begins to ...

... (From the Times.) findi The burning of the Sarah Sands transport, although cOul( an unforhunate event, is yet such a misfortune as in W itself would form somewhat of an epoch. in the naval force annals of any other nation. It is well-nigh a singular brig instance of a fire at sea actually above deck being ex- with tinguished. This unaccustomed resullt appears to have the been broulg~ht about ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I . - . ,I AIBRIVAL OF THEE CALCUTTA MAIL. The Evessing, Eerald publishes the letters by rthe Calcutta mail. -The accounts of the relief of L'ucknow, which had reached Calcutta to 24th P November, were very meagre. Losswdescribed as very heavy, but numbers not known. c The 32d mutineers had been. pursued, but the greater part got clear off. 'In Central India, the most ...