... SO1R'E8S, CONcRJR'ThS, LNCTUJAES, tc. IVCei E ?? * t ?? s.-A socl cldieti,,g of tlhe n ihere of' I I .tho vangelical Union S.bbath-School 'teachers' 'fAssocls~onk was held-in the Cihoral Hall, West I le NiSL Street, last night. b~ John WilsoI of Alder- ' the' wood * 'ad the chair, and there were also . IpOt. present the Rev. 'Dr Morison, the Rev. Messrs R. vere Craig, Anderson, Adam'' and ...

... THEE CHALDENN STORY OF TuHt . . .DELUG At' the lecture givenhy. Mr' Smith, Sir -fenry Rtawlinson, wbhopreaided, and who io hiniaelf coD- sidered the highest authority og nll that relates to Assyriani antiquities, made'sonie quggeotioni as to the probable age of the newly-discovered leg.-nd of the Deluge. JIG oxpllaied tbat,.tbough the tablets fourndin the ruind of Nineveh dated o ly from. the ...

... NOETRHEtN codtifs F.AT SHOw' CLUB; - [r The fifth -annual exhibition In connection with s this ehow was held yesterday in e large shed be- g longing to the Highland Railway, and which was profusely decorated'- for the: occasion 'with ever- r. greens, &c. The weather was favourable through- n out, and the exhibition, whether in regard to o quantity or quality, was the best hold since the Gf ...

... r saw a blown rose and a rosebud cling -A To one lone bush on a November day. re The heavy air upheld no hov'ring wing, w And yellow leaves upon the wet earth lay; dI heard no birds among the branches sing if Nor saw I any clouds to break the grey.. Can love live here, while other things growgrey? Can youth's bloom-blush untocorrulption cling? b Uan winter press the bed where summer lay, And ...