... hals been communicated to iis by anl J.,itld correpondlent, of perfect veracity, that tile .,,Ia StudentS of Gl1asgow College have resolved to t Coulni hoc Kollar, of' the FCirsut Ward, to be Lord gte'of the(, Unliversity !- Gonstsitoionaol (sC,,stiitg. -T[le Ridgway Club hldc( its Autumn IJeeiag Lythamn in Lancashire, onl thle 6th and 7thl jet. whle ti~ th Autumn Produce St~akes were run ft, ...

... (Froin tile Morning Chronicle.) Monday was Lord Mayor's Day, and the city-as usual on those occasions wihen the great show takes place-was the scene of considerable commotion. Barricades had been erected every- where, and in all directions the necessary precautions for the preservation of order hled been taken. The result was, on the whole, satisfactory. The inaugural banquet in the evening, ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) Saturday Evening. The Royal Mail steami-chip Africa, Captain Ityrie, sailed for New York shortly before 11 o'clock this forenoon, carrying out 90 passengers, and the usual mails for tile United States, &e. IThe steamer America, which was to leave Boston on the 29th tolt., is cxpected here in the course of to-morrow. The United States Mail steamer Atlantic, Captain ...

... %rTP~L?WCTIV FIRE-A FACTORY BURNED. i i;riit we regrct to state that one of the extei I, T el3Y ?? we regrct to stnte that one of the exten- d( T ri'C beloilgitig to lessrs. Dugald M'Plhail & Co., W re ars and power-looti mianufacturers at Greenhead, ki ' completely destroyed by fire. The premises in I',isted if a long, broad range of brick buildings in P otreet, jollinediately adjoining ...

... MUNICI1PAL POLICE BOARD. - .- ?? :. ?? 1 x . ...

... THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Isortlhcrn Whig has the following observations in con- nexini, with the rapid spread, despite of synods and decrees, of the national system of education:- r The national system of education has-taken doe1) root in Ircland. To cradicate it now would be almost as diticult a worl as to exterminate thc population. It has recommended itself to the hcarts of the people. ...

... le present the following extracts from a letter addressed by a young married lady in Australia to her father in this city, and who emigrated from 0 lasgows, with her brother and sister about two years ago. Tlie letter is dated tlelbourne, 27th June, and though we have later intelligence, still the coIn1u11i- cation mnay not be uniintersting, coming as it does, from a Glas- gow lady:- Since ...

... CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; (From the Cape Town Mail of Sept. so.) [Want of space on Friday compelled us to postpone the follow- ing intelligence from South Africa]:- ?? report of the present state of affiirs in our colony is likely to be received at home with any feelings but those of satisfaction. As regnards the war, it is sufficient to say that four severe engagements, besides several skirmishes, ...

... TILE UNITED STATES. (Frolml the Meoriing Chronicle.) Soutitampton, Oct. 31.-Tie ?? States mail steam -ship flNolbledt, Captain Luines, with Inails from America, arriveil off C(mves at about ten o'clock, ca route tor Hlavre, and having transferred the passengers and mails for England, left for Hlavre, Iy tile arrival orftilell Humboldt, wc lave our usial corres- po(ndenec and files of papers to ...

... GOVAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIE*TY. This society offered premimluns this season for thefolltwirggrowing crops withiu the bounds ot tile plelisi, alid wlhich lnight be conipeted filr by ninieriei'5s ouly:-Whoest, outs, blicns, potatOes, turnips, and seed wheat; iud likewise for best kept faurisatid dairies, The wheat, oats, biailas, pitatoos, a1d farnis were inspected upon the second Thursday of ?? ...

... A U S T B AL IA. ?? 1.~ ?? - * - (Freec] tile Tim1es.) The dates from Australia brought by her Mejesty's ship Ha- vannab to Rio de Janeiro, and thence by the Brazil mail steamer Severn to England, extend six weeks later than those previously received, and are of the most important description. The ten- dency on the part of the leading persons in the colony to dis- courage as far as possible ...

... R1ESULT OF THE POLL, The following is the result of the electin oTusa, In the sixteen wards into which the city is divided, at the close of the poll. It will be seen that of tho whole, wards only tlsree were contested, viz., the 5tb, GitlI, and l0th, aud xis these thle rental party carried their candidates t FiRmST WARD. Air. ?? Sr~o.ND WARn. Mir. Mfoir ?? t Tniniu WARD. Mir. )M'Ara ?? FOUUTh1 ...