... MECHANICS' TNSTITUTION. Tim annual meeting of the members of the Mechanics' In- pm] stitution was hold on Friday night in their buildings, Market ohs Street-Mr Westland, banker, the Chairman of the Dirceo- Ma tors, presiding. After some preliminary remarks, Th The CHAIRMAN, alluding to the classes established in ao- wh cordance with the rules of the Government department of Coi Science and Art ...

... DI MR BoiGHT occupies a very peculiar position in public m Y estimation. All parties are ready to speak in his praise, and most parties to condemn him. Every person ad- ft mits his honesty and great ability, but most people con- E . demn him as impracticable, censorious, and revolu- e tionary. He complains of misrepresentation, but w . never attempts to put himself right with the public, ri ., ...

... WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1858. TliE INDTAN MAILS.-mThO news from India is veryI th destitute of any points of novelty-the best character Tar istic that it could possibly possess, with one or two ex- th ceptions, as the progress of pacification must be gradual. th It was not expected that active operations would corm- t mence till about the 15th nlt., by which time the rains mi would have abated ...

... To l/1c EDITOR of thte ABERIDEEN JOURNAL. SIR,-Pereait cou, through tile ciediuns of your vwislly-diiffusea Pilper, to call the attention of pt' tics interested icc the anicticlcs- tilctisci of tics Poor Lawss in ichlican, to a subjet, which, it is believed, is secoccd to nocce icc inportanco, weother vieseedt in a irnial or pecuciiry poist of view. I refer to the electioci of a legalized ioor ...

... )r EvxRYBODY expects to see a Reform Bill introduced thin w very early in the ensuing session; but, we presume, rel le few expect to see it passed into law by the present Par- bri V- liament. Three parties fight for the honour of the val a paternity-not all for pure love of reform. Tlie pre. tul le sent Ministry are pledged to it, but, it may be safely thi g- presumed, without much affection. ...

... ROBERT GORIDONS HOSPITAL. TsE half-yearly visitation for the distribution of prizes took I place on Thursday, when Baillie Smith presided, in the I unavoidable absence of the Provost. Mr Strahan having nn read a portion of a psalm to be sung by the boys, vho were cOil accompanied by. Hr Colston on the organ, and the Rev. Mlr res Wilson of North Parish having prayed, Baiflic Smith stated tha ...

... It is a long time since we havo had a concert here so attrac- Co 'tive as tha tS of.Monday evening last, Indeed, we have been un- usually dull ns the musical' way for months back, and it was am thbrefore no surprise to see a crowded tsadn-mnitt in o to prsn little Music Hall to hear a company of artiates of such varied I and distinguished taleonts as apeared ont the above occasion, six he p ...

... (From the Tintes.) .F Mr Bright has made an ordinary Reform Bill speech, such whic as might be made by fifty men with not a tithe of his ability disco and experience. It is impossible to follow a speaker who anti runs from one subject to another, and groups ideas which treat have no manner of connection; nay, it is hardly necessary, tion for such unsteadiness and absence of close reasoning are ...

... Y I * THn following telegram from Consul-General Green was received at the Foreign Office, at 5, A.r., 1st November:- ALEXANDRIA, October 25, 1858. 'The steamer Ganges arrived at Suez from Bombay yesterday. Dates-Bombay, 10th October; Aden, 18th do. Tantea Topee, having for a fewv days after his former defeat, ocoupied Sirongo, fled on the approach of the detach- ments under General ...

... jher M ~~'1tAN61~~~~~~~ I ~off tire PAnis, Thursday,-The IMd MUr of ito.day Publishes at 6nA' over at aided article onteCare tGorges affair'. I~t says - Thle Moneifteur has already announcod. the termination of the differ- -! snce which has arisen between France and Portugal relative to the vessel Charles et 0oorges. The government of the Emperor bad demanded the liberation of the captain, ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROC=EDINGS. (LI .Tfosenday, Nov. I. tiol THwsa otl eseting of thle Council was held this be day-the Lord Provost presiding. ¶1 PRESENT :-Baillies Smlithl, MH'Hrdy, Oswald, and pen Fraser ; ties Doan of Guild ; Dr Christie ; Mfessrs sonl W/. Ross, A. Henderson, Williams, Shepherd, his Cruickehank, Nicol, G. Jamieson, and J. Jamie- 'I son. paei The PRQVOST reported that ties ...

... .MR BRIGHT ON PARLIAM NTARY REFORM. Mr Bright, MB ., paid his first visit to his constituents of conf Birosiughin on Wedesday las, and adressed a crowded the: -meetingin the Ton Hall, o the subect of Parliamentary the:1 Reform His seech as of reat lngthfilling five columns thar of the aily ppers. Te follwing ae extracts from its uisb snore important portionsYou * I think it is very easy to ...