10 JANUARY 1857, Page 7

The freedom of the burgh of Hamilton was presented to

Dr. Livingston on the 2d instant, "on his return to that town after an absence of sixteen years," passed in advancing "the cause of freedom, the cause of civilizatMn, and, above all, the cause of Christianity." In the evening there was a soirée in honour of the Doctor, in the County Hall.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, held on Monday, Dr. Livingston, already a Licentiate, was unanimously elected an Honorary Fellow of Faculty. This is an honour rarely conferred by that body.