... : D,. LIVINGSTONE - * (Freor the {Ilebe.),, A&t a meeting of. Ite J,~yal ~geophicai Society on:Mod- day eveMinD, Pi, SBaw, ?? of tieso0cietyrcad a paper giving th.e latest accounts of the OentralAfrican Ex- =eidtion, as transmitted by Dr. Livingstone. The paper was very lengthy, and only the most interesting portions were read. The first portion, which was dated May 12, 1159, and addressed to ...

... GLASGOW ARCIEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 6ib&O VVYY 4 .Llt'- Jl V VJ14 ?? 2.. XV A VISIT TO TME VALL OF HADRIAN. R The second meeting of the fourth session of this society th was held in the Exhibition Rooms last night Sheriff by Strathern occupied the chair . br The following candidates were balloted for and admitted- cii ,in;, aessrs. Joseph Bain,, of Westport; Al-G J. Penn, 77 ab West Nile Street; ...

... A DEFAULTER ABSCONDED WITH 210,000. ii J)Lrat.IiLi It)OVU.' i 1 - ?? AV,VUV. Mr. Charles Hinlks, secretary to the Birminghamr Temper- ance Society, manager of half a dozen building societies and money clubs, and director of a dozen mining and other corm- panies, has absconded, leaving hundreds of victims to dism cover that he has been cAlrylig' ona ivholesale system of robbery and fraud for a ...

... EFECT OF THE WA:R, IN' ITALY. I ; (From the Globe.) The effecst6Ofn. ...

... H UNG A RY Y. 3uZG7INN~G OP THE CONrLbOT. The following letter shows that the discontent in Hungary is assuming i aerious apoct:- . Pe~sth, Dec. 16;.. Events in' this country have for some time past been marching towards .a feafn l crisis, asid the Viennese Govern- s merit, apparently, is doing all it can to aggravate them and e to hasten an explosion. I have to record to-day a scanda+ ]ous ...

... HONORARY REWARD-RESCUE OF THE CRfEW OF THE SI'R C. NAPIER, OF SUNDERLAND. -r - uei..' b--. fT +rnnrrhl t.h R.-Irn f ^f 0 l rd. I . -V - a- Her Majesty's Government, through the Board of Trade, d have presented a sextant to Captain Barton, and a telescope a to Mr. Thompson, the second casts of the ship Melanie, of E Coringa, for the gallantry they exhibited in rescuing the crew from oil the ...

... 'THE FIGHT ON THE PEIHO-NEGLECr OF BRITISH BRAVERY. (From 'the TAmes.') - The December number of ,Blacla'ood's Maga.ne C( opens with an elaborate history of the fight on the fc Peibo, and wve bespeak for this article the attention of A Jfngiislmien of all classes. It is tt because it is vivid tl in descriptien and most exciting in its narrative ; it B is not because it is replete with ...

... MIEMORIAL TO LORDI) JOHN RUSSELL. A .A - - ?? -9; -4- , ?? t ?? a., * %SS ?? l ?? T- At a meeting of citizel's of Glasgow, in the Religious In- !Pitution Rooms, on Fiiday, 0lith Decomber, 1859-Eailic 'A dadm in the chair. Robert M'Tear, Req., secretary-thc follolwing address to Lord John Russell was unanimously ndopted. Subscription sheets are laid down ia the Ex- chbane, Tontine, Athonreum, ...

... TRHE VOLUNTE ER XOVEMBANT. * ILA A^ Li V4t jV' J.A.J ?? AU M.Li Y.A ?? .I RU TLU U~ e biTOCF$t01{iili4 Ak?1bAO6IJWAil$ Rnl0t 00d a. L 1A gereral meettng of be mnembers' of tbisqskps was held C lit night in tbdi -oyalsGg1lery, SincenV~reet, for the d phrpose oiaoeronsidvg ?? accetti4smeuts, elect- t, mlg-A011-C aisite o ?? d itsio,4f, 4ther ma t ters. P ?? r tinisrifln offims ...

... SCOTTIH 4NECDOTEI. _ !L' _ . * 'Tlhe new edition of Dean Rainsay's R erp flees of Scottish Life and Character is enriched by a niinhiel of fresh anecdotes, of which we selcet a few: -- ; A BBD PROVIDEL. The kindly feelings and( interests of the pastoral enlation formed a very pleasing intercouirse between minister and people. I have received from an anonymous correspondent an cnecdote ...

... - InFIbMAARY.--4he Treasurer of the Infirmary has much leasure in acknowledging receipt of £12, 6s. 7d., handed 1im by Mr. Job: Anderson, manager to Messrs. Kerr & Clark, Linside Thread Works, Paisley, as a contribution from the workers in their emlploy, in aid of the institution. DARING ATD3EirT Al! SH0PUBBEAKINCI.-Early on Satur- day morning, a most daring attempt was made to force an ...

... LO1-(PON, DEOEM1~ER 27. I LONDON, DEOEMBER 27. _ ?? DEATH or Dfi. JAMEE^s Acon, DEPUTY-1NSPECTOR an'e OP HoSrITAs LSAND FLFEETS.-The above officer, whose I Lb death has just been announced, entered the naval service npwards of half a century ago. ?? wa senior |s assistant-surgeon of the Fisgard, in action off Porto br SeBern in 1804; burgeon of the anterer at Copen- Fo tagen in 1807; of the ...