... ___1 _: J : a lL_£___ _ ?? . The annual meeting and soiree of the friends of the Glasgow City Mfission was held in the Merchants' Hall last night- John Hendersmn, Esq. of Park, in the chair. The Rev. Mr. Batchelor opened the proceedings with prayer, and the company returned thanks m a Psalm. After a few words fromn the Chuairman, The Rev. Mr. ScoTr, Secretary to the Mission, read the report, ...

... (From the Times.) Another Congress meets next week in Paris to settle, if possible, the still debated question of the Danubian PrineL palities. Every one will wish success to its labours, if it Le only for the sake of hearing no more of the war in the East and its accompaniments. But it ia possible that the Con- gress will be the scene of some bitter encounters; for the diplomatists who ...

... CALDERBANK-LECTURE BY SHERIFEP I-- -1 I .STRT&THERN. in connectio evnnteseodo h series of lecture, p inconectin wth te ClderankandChapelhall Mission e ary Society, was delivered by Sheriff Strathern, Gla~gow, inl Th the New Schoolroom, Calderbank-the Rev. John Wilkie in e the chair. if Is Subject of lecture- Popular Superstitions and Wel. 'e sions. F rom the learned gentleman's well-known ...

... BARONY PAROGMAL PARD. nnltf.I .LSt a IVUJSnaX ?? Yesterday afternoon a ?? 'genzti meeting ?? the: o Parochia l'oard of the Barony Parish was held within the Ii tic Barony Church, for the ?? 'electing a chairsman and 1I ,se ' ppctnting a Committee of Management. Alex. Ewing, f] on' q., presided. The INs-PEcTon read the i atimtion calling the utesting, the 'he list -f gentlemen elected h' the ...

... DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT PIEc-: ouF SCULPTURE IN EDINBURGH. A - 1 I ._ - I %% . - ?? ,OwU r ?? 124 fhINrsUh.jitszT. 3 Although the old buildings now nearly swepi divay to mitake room for Lord Cockburn Street did not pax: 'c much attraction for the archeologist, either in resp ect it agC or character, the excavations have brought to light a I.w inter- esting relics. Chief amongthem is a ...

... The following are the receipts on the principal oes f£or eU past week:- RAILWAIS. Miles Opened. | .oceipts. 1869. 1S8S. 1385C.4 ML Belfastand Ballymenn, - 65 | 65 1.C43 i,97 Birlieui., Lane., & Chcs. June. 32 I 32 2,304-t 2,03s Blyth and Tvne, - - - 20 13 1 1s. l,1S4 Bristol and Exeter, - - 119 118 5.52s 4,dlz Caledonian, - - 1981 198.1 12,2l; 1,0 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 56 5e 1 I 11 Itow ...

... Yesterday, at the Justice of Peace Court-before Wnm. M1'Lean, jun., Esq., and James. Gibson, Esq., justices- WU'r. Chalmers, jun., apprentice glassmaker, was accused of having deserted the employment of Win. M'Adaiu, Hyde P-ark Bottleworks, on the Sth inst., without leave. hMessrs. Smith & Wright, writers, appeared for thbeprose- cuttion, and Mr. A. S. Logan, advocate, Sheriff of forfar, witih ...

... DJ NIBARTO- . 'BODY FOUND Ar HBEiVsXNBURGH.-On Monday morning, a -fisherman, named Jobn Johnston, discovered, the body of a man floating in the water, and brought it to the shore at the Ea>7Lst Bay. 'he deceased was dressed in a dark grey shoot- ing cost, check trousers-with rule pocket, and a black cloth 5 st, blue cotton stockings, and gutta percha Blucher boots. Tict body had evidently been ...

... (From the Globe.) The discussion in both Houses on the affair of the Charles et Georges esh6ws, at all eienits that the question is very de- bateahle. The Lords have had enough of it; but the Com- mons are to' continue the subject when, as Mr. Disraeli sar- castioally remarlked, they can find some convenient day- plain. indicating that her Majesty's Government have had enough of it, and ...

... HOW THE AMSTRIANS MANAGE A RtETREAT.I (IFrom the Times.j When, -a its impatience or it8 disappoilitbuent, the British ivblic inveighed against the -tardiness and procrail;ination of the Austrian army, it did them gross injustice. It has become evident now that this army is capable of evolutions of grat rapidity. It must be the fault of the General atene that Turin was Mt occupied, the passes ...

... * CANNIBALISM IN TYlE SOUTH SEAS. ?? h .R 13.1 . as-.- A ?? _ ..1-o TI1he Chinese passanger:of the St.Pawil who was rescued by the steamer Styx, antt.rrived, oal Tuesday, has, furnisaled-us wivthu tbe'followng account' of a masacre of the 'Chinese .passengers by the St. .Paul, 'wreaketd at Rossel Island:- ITle ship went.on.shore during the- night,,and when she struck the passeugers1 all ...

... (From the China Telegraph.) _ ?? Chinese army may be estimated at 1,500,000 men, in- 1 c huding the reserve. The purely Chinese element may be X counted among them for 600,000 or 700,000 men. The Mant- t chous, who are all compelled to serve in the army, are divided, into nine bodies. The Mongols do not supply more than 300,000 men. - A great review by torch-light took place pre- ( vious to ...