... L J :'Ili It TURE. -- ?? (i) N'ie's Life an.d Lall(r's tn LEastern Africa, ts The Rov. Charles vew has for the last eleven st years been a faithful and hsard-workng nmis- . dionary on the Blast Coast of Africa, in the f .saeighbourhood of Zanzibar, His name %as first brought into notice in the exciteient ir raised over our unfortunately mismanaged P Livingstone relief expedition, which lie ...

... C1RJATMNAS CATTLED SRO WS. This v IITw was told 7etittrd&ay at the well fitted- vt% Aucteo' ItingofiMessrs Laurie &syrvfngt~or. U1nn10former occasieon HA of the kind was there ever half tire fatnrest shiown, and tire a~ttendesco may well besaid to ave be~n docide that of any ?? show. It Wau calculated that fss Y 1500 persons visited the Ring. In oehbto nt pes W there ever been such a lerge ...

... X iN. TrHEATr'E FOR G 1 .AS-tW, A ulcaia eetilig Of the JUotice of. Ilkinic byor CW.~ we icdyesterduy, to ?? o aualoberti byaw ol Mr ?? CoIbe AdJamse'n anid Mr toerte ofw theln rence, Ada~rL5Qn, joint teonalits and lessees i f te thei C. Victoria Hail, situlated fin JAmi~es~J onslin n ii Sharp's Ljane, blain Strect, A.11LceTtlAfr:lcueassi for t e~pcrfou-ciine of stage! plays ill tha hell, ...

... CRiNS'TMAS CA TTLVL' SUI0 W9. ind( T ..ROYAIIBAZAAR. Sal AS T'l;t Anesmal libow 61 fat etackr at thlj Avietion Ala i2. coil. duocted by Memrs Crtighton At fterries. soas beld yceaordY,. Th andi w-a' tbc beet that I, e-er been held ii ?? --at. TLe rri - ,dreu r ?? ctn-20OpP. W,.rrdilo, D.uofrn. and ~~lllarntMln.jler, Criehiton lnemtltution; for ?? ty, N-Afat, `:itl Won, Driofjec, ana william ...

... CHRISTMAS CLA Y'TLESIIO fVS. ST 30S`WELL'S. Messrs John Swan & Son yesterday imid their O third Christmas show of fat cattle, rtheep, Calves, pigs, &c,, in connection with the Southern Central Auction Market, when £120 was given in prizes, I The show was the largest and finest the firm ever held ; and for show and sale together 220 cattle, and about 2000 sheep were booked. A number of the ...

... CHRllISY TA CA T7'LB SIDO [VS. HASTIINOS & KAY-ti CJRiMII'MAS sii'dw or FAT 13TOCIC. The first ?? Shoe oif tat stock illidte, the au-IrslA~S OfI Alevers fiut irigt is Kay.,atsatsiei Ayr. way held within the Cattle Market, ye-eterrtay. &ae woe in alt respects ttrst- clmass In catlte, the Ayrahlre, cowis ansi qvteys were very supterior, tfro Ayrshire bulls were above an avereage. atidl thle ...

... ORSiVIJOLOGWCA L SII11 W&. ORSiVIJOLOGWCA L .SII 11%3. v G~lElElJOOI, r The fourth annual show and competition of this (I society took place In the Greenock Fine Art T Gallery. The exhibition was recognised as beings one of the most successful that has taken pgace i) J the district, the number of entries being about 300. cc A large number of parties interested visited the ball during the day; ...

... £1 pg-R ATUBRM. - ?? Hoeed The 11i'slory 'if Gree jhome and 6fth voluille of professor Wayd's tralslix- N~r ar( rh CurtiuB 1HistOry of Greece brings the in t~he m aD3 ofD to the point which it has reached in a petty II Jolldow, . . ossible not to share tho to the al ,rr ?? It is imP him ridd hope6' thatthe accomplihed thor Another- rocniu bis history, and ?? to soe 0%. jt l tagf the ...

... LITERATUR; 8CID$CE',& ART ITEMS. I . _ _ , ?? . , . * '.Wrom tboet enieum.) * Mr Henry Sedgwick, of TrinityCollege, Cam- bridge, ieeaged uon a wofl'.to bJe.called; The lathd of Ethiev, f ?? ' Dr Beke .has 'started on hisee, dition 'to Mount Sinai. He 'hopes' his expe ition ;nay receive nxportaut assistance from the Viceroy of Egy~t. , e are requested to 'stte that the commission given by the ...

... 7- ,. ?? )w lth t Its of tho preqent thce Il ?? a4 to the'cl' 10 gninltcd to 8ir 1(a' rl) h lan for the P I the (ritdiaO SO gaib ilw ay the ?? the shehme itseli thc l~cfiet ls 'daffect~i lle incorporation of exr ri]1 i 'iaaii ?? the Coy 0lrimbi, With e)ostrlon parg 0hlnosei stretchseS ar the coti,,ont from ave vllieb Oce~nl 'Vhcrail traY is not less neess8ary h to people the vast es ...

... LiTERATURE, SCIENCE, & ART ITEMS. I . . .- - - (From the Atbenfeum.) ir Dr George Macdonald has, we understand, 1, completed a new work of fiction, dealing partly wrwith American and partly with Scotch life. It. C kg will be published in the first instance in tho Be a Glwegow Weekly Herald, in which journal Mr in a William Black's Daughter of Heth first SI d appeared. The title of Dr ...

... Li llVR ATURE. Te, S il t'o Doet rille of Afi-acles Displreyd.I hai , tico 0uthor of these volumes, was A Pn Catlule biihop vho lived during tho ] last century, and whose works ,lf Of a C later.I , jissucd by Nlesors Elac!;wood & arc, be 'wc b , held in high csteem by 1his on persuasion. The treatisc co naliially appearod ia 1775. ?? tI tifiiell the bishop's admirers I indeome anid Ieadal)le ...