... MR NV. F. WVATSON'S ART COLLECTION. In that portion of the programme of the fmeet. ing of the Social Science Association intended to serve as a relief to the graver matters which are to come under the consideration of the different sections, no item probably will be found to have greater general interest, as illustrative of the his- tory and antiquities of the city and the country selected ...

... THE roYAL SCOTTISH SONIETY'S EXHIB LT1ON. [FRkLISUNARY NOTICZ.] b The Royal Scottish Society's Exhibition cornes r with the crocus and the first song of the thrush. t When February winds sweep our streets it e opens its hospitable doors, and holds them open t till the General Assemblies darken our pavements q with clerical broad cloth. From the middle of o February till the beginning of May ...

... . e t SORROW'S LESSON. There is teaching in.his sorrow, As the sad hours linger on, And leave him ever mourning For the moments that are gone. Ile is growing very patient He is learning to he still In the proving and accepting Of God's pure and perfect will. There is teaching in his sorrow, In his fast and silent tears; In the present's gloomy passing; In the long review of years. He is ...

... CHRISTMAS SHOW OF FAT STOCK AT IIAWICE. The second annual show of fat cattle and sheep, conducted by Messrs A. Oliver & Son, auctioneers, took place yesterday in their large Auction Mart. The attendance was very large, about 1000 persons having been admitted into the, show, and coom- prised farmers, dealers, feshers, and others from all barts of - both sides 'of the- Border. - The prize ...

... MgA-GAZINES OF THE MONTH. [SECOND NOTICE.] 0v rLAACaXwOoD op ens with a poetical Contribution a f om the pen of Bulwer, entitled The Boat. s r,, then follows Part III. of Tony Butler, a stery vwhich promises exceedingly well. A course of twelve lectures on the laws of beat, c petel, (leliverel at the Royal Institution by Pro- C flessr Tyndall, and now published, affords an e aerorlishcd ...

... THP LAY O' THE TOLLS. ?? Te ?? 'A.it lutteus:; MAGISTILATLS, iSD ThWN; '(Qt'tNClt 0l' GiLASGiOW. I ?? Liiti Pt It(ixO.! .. 4-. rinv all gitaticin ias isitnrherl tthis ancient natter ict' tl' rLa+Eti' trt wOr, breeches and (Uscnvered they had l~i . ts C errs prodigiuus, *Vt vi tld nlsuix n- raised .; 'Pike.' and '5, tnt. At01 nvlictot - xxi vii-. . plas-ain 's a stteptl, xv ''x*if aid thvr ...

... PRINCE'S TEATRE. MR I. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN, These unrivalled artistes continue to reproduce their greatganud varied pictures of umanntnitue, tothe admirationi of rowded and intellienta audiences. The play of Othello was performed last night, and was more than usually attrac. five and successful. The part of Emirea was sustained by Mrs. Eean, and the manrner in which it was pouitrayed ...

... EAST KILBEIDE CATTLE SOWV. This anmnal exhibition of stock, by no means the leust . noteworthy among the agricultural events of the district, r.- came off yesterday, in a field rented by Mr. James New Lt biggen, at the east side of the village. The show proved o0s r, the whole a highly satisfactory one. The number of entries 14 both of cattle and horsesvwas considerably in excese of th~at of ...

... ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROM10- TION OF THE FINE ARTS. The annual meeting of this Association, for the v purpose of receiving the report of the committee b and balloting for the works of Art purchased for e distribution as prizes, took place on Saturday 1 afternoon in Queen Street Hall. There was a f, large attendance. Among the gentlemen on the v platform were Lord Neaves, Lord :Deas, Lord ...

... iMNELROSJE FAIR. WEODNESDAY, JuNE 3, 1863. This large half-yearly fair, for, the sale of cattle, sheep, and horees, took place here to-day, when the stock brought forward was larger than for sorne years previous. The day was ex- ceedingly fine, and the attendance of district farmers and de ders was large. The late showers and wartn weather having brought away the grass well, the demand for ...

... EDINBUTRG RAM SHOW AND SALE. The ,30ttiot FarMer ?? first annual show and second sale of rains in Edinburgh took place yesterday at Lauriston in a field belonging to Mr Calder, and was a great success. There is every appearance, indeed, that this alow will soon equal, if indeed it do not excel, -th.at at Kelso. In the show of shearlings there were twenty-seven entries, the first and second ...

... THE MUSIOAL T WN C'OUNCIL OF BATHGATE. I; i Our readers will remember a paragraph we a quoted from the Glasgotv Ilernal, appropos of the I Bathgate Town Council being stung out recently by a member to the strains of ' Roy's Wife of Aldivalloeb. If we may judge from this report, compiled from the same paper, that circumstance has been the source of considerable annoyance to several of the ...