... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... (From the Friend of China, Nov. 28.) ge L Her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible was entirely Success- ne ful in her trip to Swatow and its neighbourhood for the pur- ha pose of obtaining the release from durance there of Captain ell I Rose of the wrecked brig Kadree. She returned here on pr I Saturday, and we now learn the following particulars of the at; I wreck, the detention and the ...

... COOKS, COOKERY, & LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH. I. . I . .. . ?? . ?? (From Lasly Morgan's ook without a N~arme.') The declining years of Louis the Fourteenth brought with them a decline of appetite and of taste; and he was so sub- ject to weaknesses of the stomach that a species of cordial was invented for his use by Madame de Maintenon, consist- ing of distilled spirits, sugar, orange flowers, ...

... n (Fromi the Timncs.) Captain Soy, Southampton, Sunday Evening. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship. Pera, Captain Soy, has arrived with the heavy portion of these a mails, in charge of Lieutenant Poole, R.N., Admiralty agent. She left Alexandria 5th January; MLlalta, 8th; and Gibraltar - on the 12th. ci The Pera brings 99 passengcrs, among wl;homl are the Elon. wi Mrs. Hastings ...

... THE FUTURjC GOVERNMIEN-s1T or INDIA. - ~irrv mwsa~s.v A. ?? ?? _ SUMMG-TiuNS TLIEiEUP'oN BiY TILE REV. Ci{AMTES RLOGERS. LaL. Read at tire meetin in Glasgo w of the Scottish Litciary~i (nel~_titute on 14th inst. In tire panst gover-nment of India, the policy pursued by IItire tact1 Indiak Company seemned in muany respects wise ant pirudentiad. INot only, like the ancient Rom11ans~, clii the ...

... THE ATTE MPTED ASSAS'SlNATION' OF THE EMPEROR. (Frm he loe'sCorepondence.)- - arls, Friday Evenu-Ig.11 I sent you by telegraph every ittra of whlat tins transplredil W up to three o'clock this day of the attempt onl thle life, of Na- poleon and Eugenic. Three Italians, late fromt B'russels, itet-c th ,prous guilty, and our Minister at that COurtha warniedi this Govertnicent of thir il ...

... - _ _ _ I : .Tor On Friday night Professor Penny delivered a lecture to fhis popular class, in the laboratory of the Andersonian Uni- versityr, on The Chemical Powers and Properties of Prussic Acid The lecturer, before introducing his subject, said that he was highly gratiied at. the creditable and satisfac- tory manner in which the students had passed the examina- tion.of the! previous ...

... MAJOR AND CAPTAIN AISON.-We are happy to be able to announce that from letters received in town on Wednesday from Cawnpore, it appears that both c Major Alison and his brother Captain Alison, who j were wounded in the attack on Lucknow on the 16th 1 Nov., are doing well, though the wound of the former t was so severe that he has lost his left arm. They were both engaged at the head of the ...

... TEUE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. .. . . . A I _. . . ?? A ciptain in the 64th Regiment, writing on the 26th an November, and describing the march to the relief of Luck- a E now, says:- We first met the enemy at a large college, laI caled the Martinibre, and after a sharp little fight drove Li them out, capturing two guns. Here we halted for the night, dn and next day marched to a large building and ...

... DJIN'- B TO LOAN CLA R, ESQ., Er , pN p BOTLH WELL. On, Friday eveniing.1lAst, Alr. John Clarki, late nsassaaer of Pthe Western flank Branch at Bothiwell, was entertained to t dinner in the School Room, Uddingston. Theme were about nfncty gentlemen present, the chair being occupied by thle Rev. Dr. Gierdiner, who was supported by thle guest of thel ceveninsg, Walter Pates-son, Req., ...

... *J.-L __ - - _ I - (From the Times.) whi In the exultation with which the final relief of can Lucknowl hais been hailed in this country, and ishat admiration with which the heroism of its garrisonisa carddit is possible that the military merits of Sir- Cohared Capelsoperations may fail of attracting all thle noticO they deserve. Such an oversighhwee, , would be both undesirable and unjust, ...