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... 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 ...
... 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, ...
... (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 ...
... 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 ...
... lire BEPORT ON METEOROLOGY AND MAGNETISM X BY MR. JAMES BRYCE. o0, Towards the close of last session, the Council of the Philo- eta sophical Society adopted what they considered an important in: improvement upon the mode hitherto practised of supplying wit a constant succession of papers for the meetings. Consider- mo ing the wide range and actual rapid progress of modem i science, and the ...
... THE LATE SIR DAVID HUNTER BLAIR, BART., - OF BLAIRQUHAN. a UD flI1flhLIjU fI:tIN. . . the (From the Ayr Observer.) I g t We regret having to announce the demise of Sir David fla, t Hunter Blair, which took place at Blairquhan Castle on Sa- me e turday. Although the event has been for some time not 0 ino altogether unexpected-his health having been for the last in r two years in a declining ...
... LETTER FROM A SURVIVOR OF THE CAWNPORE I - ?? ROMA MASSACRE. I - . - I. ._ £UStOOAtUf.3 The following is a portion of a letter published in the d Salisbury Joui'ial, and dated Cawnpore, August 16. The writer, Mr. Mowbray Thompson, has just been speaking of the cannonade opened on Cawnpore on June 7 *- . ' . I t How thankful I was, when once the firing commenced,; . d that I had no relations in ...
... SrECIAL MEETING. h A special general meeting of partners of The Western f 3 Bank of Scotland,registered underthe Joint-StockBanking ti -Companies Act, 1857, was held on Wednesdayin theTrades' g Hall, for passing, if so determined, a special resolution re- t quiring the company to be wound up voluntarily; and on isuch resolution being passed, for the purpose, if so deter- ii mined, of ...
... (Thefollowhig appeared in our Late Edition of Wednesdety:) TIlE LODGE OF' GLASGOW ST. JOHN. CELEBRATION OF TH5RE EIGHT HIUNDREDTH' ANNIVEIRSADtY. Yeeterilay being the nital day of their titular Saint, the r membeis of this venerable lodge celebiated the eight rt hunulredth anniversary of its institution by a masonic banquet, p1 which took place in the Tontine Hotel. di THE BANQUET. 1 The ...