... The following are extracts from a. circular issued to the shareholders of the North British Railway Company, and is interesting to boteikeeiers and the general public:- The North British Railway Company have called a meeting of shareholders for the 26tti curt., to approve of a bill lodged in the present sess9ion of Parliameut for certnjn objects specified in the notice, 'and for other ...

... ECOLESIASTICA L QUEN'S PARK FREE CHURcH.-The anniversary services in this congregation were held on Sunday last, the ev. Prefessor Blaikie, D.D., of the New College, Edinburgh, preachinig in the forenoon and evening, while the 11ev. Dr Drammnond, of leihaven TAP. Church, occupied the pulpit in tie afternoon. The coilectiocs, which were on behalf of the building fund, amounted to the large sum ...

... I HOUSE OF LORDS-FasuDn.' The LoRD CasiroaraoR tusk his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter past four o'clock. THE BRITISH AGftICULTURAL A SEOCL-ITION. The Mirquis of SALISBURY, in moving the second reading of the 'British Agricultural Associa- tion Bill, said it was a measure of great import- ance to the agricultural interest, and he should have thought that it would have been read a second ...

... BILLINGSGATE FISHr-Short supplies yesterday, and slow demand. Quotations:-Turbot, 5S to !Ms; brll 2s id to Ss; cod, 3s to 6is; red mullet, 2s each; salmou, Is 9a; soles, Is 3d per lb.; eels, ?? per 201b. h addocks, Uis; whltings, Ss; plaice, 25a per barrel; herrings, 22s 6d per barrel; smelts, 2s 6d to 6s per basket;,jobsters, is 6d to 3s; crabs. is 6d to Is each. GIIIMSBY FISl.-Plaice, 22s; ...

... (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Cape Town, February 11, ?? Plymouth. Sir Charles Warren, with his staff and an escort of 300 dragoons, marched into Vryburg on 7th inst. Mr Van Niekerk, Administrator of Stellaland, went out to meet the General, by whom he was received in a friendly manner. He has asked Sir Charles Warren to appoint a board of officers to inquire into charges brought against him. Troops ...

... A meeting of the Trustes of the Clyde Naviga- tion was hold yesterday in the chambers of the Trust, St Vincent Street-the Hon. Win. M'Onie, Lord Provost, in the chair. TEE TRUSTEES AD LORD BLANTYTFE Ur G. IV. CLARK, in moving the adoption of the minutes of the Parliamentary Bills Committee, called attention to the deliverance of the Court of Session given last week in the case of Lord Blan- ...

... TEE ROYAL VSTT I 1t3L.A)-D Ci SaSrturdaY, the foilovwi ofcial CoaeXt tion was recei ved ino Belfant regard jn, the Oht Th~e Castle, Dublin, Mlarch , ya in,--I am directed to informn you tb. tion o)f the visit of the Coatn; thaet dthteikdd tirely on the w eatbher. T1he } Pieet il bepir D8 1iD Bay to receive H~is R~oyal ?? illcs be in-- of Wales, and, if fine Vic-Arara th tc !has orders ...

... SOCIETY OFF held vc~er.cday-~~zir W J1''clt-,~ ~ ure iet'st innrtile l ttcit C, tllu-N '.iT'Le tirst- 'A s a tlotie by Pro fessr Dun05 P at Brazilian werepans niod other ar acsmeolci [was xi iron collar, wvith Ij~at Cr.-; 'by ronawuy slaves. 'the *trodn ainrober of peculi'ar type1s of &roa,e wit boe, ndothers with harlot0 daldpZ and others with tin. fo oeo !the Province of Para arid from ...

... -TUESDAY MORNITG, MARCH 24. Noifurther fighting is reported from Suakim. a .Aftertthe events of Sunday apprehensions ex- isted that-the advanced zereba might again be i attacked, but the night passed quietlyj and yes-I terday only a few Arabs were seen, at the t extrome distance. In General Graham's opinion s they have received averyseverelessonforthough( they gained atemporarysuccess ...

... 3MmoasOR.OGICAL OpeuCc, March 11, 8 P.M. Fair veather has prevailed to-day over nearly the whole of Vestern Europe. The chart for S Ace. sbowed that the barometer had continued to rise in all parts of our islands and France, and that an anti-cyclone, in which readings exceeded 30-5 incifes, lay over Ireland and Eng- land. In the west of Norway, however, the barometer had fallen, and a ...

... SOWIZES, LECTU1 ES, dec. i . _ . EWNrB!eaGH 1ENFREW9ESE AccucwATON.-Tlihe thirteenlth aunual social rs esting of th e Ediuburgl- Xeufreswshire Absoci:tiou was held last night in! the Socisty of Arts HZld, Ediuburgh-vir Robertf Bowse, president, in thea chair. After tea, the Chairman, iii a brief address, spoke xof the adva-1 tages of sucr assciatiuns, and of the many die- tinguisihed natives ...

... THE WAR IN CHINA THE FRENCH REVER'SES8 iN TONQUINT. v DEFEAT AND RESIGNATION OF THE f i rFRENCH MINISTRY. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PARIS. t SPUIAL THLEG3AM IMOM OUR OW( r .CORRIESPONDENT.) o Paris, Monday Night. The unscrupulous Minister who led Francs into a rash and, dangerous adventure has been driven to resign, leaving his successor a situation bristling with difficulties. The . coning event ...