... LOOSE MIETIORANDA ON GLASGOW SUBJECTS. d -s mf NO. XIII. By SicEscX. REM INIS CBNCES. - In my lent commuinication to yeni I mecntioined that, eighty years ago, nor place of residence woo in thc Catidleriggsi, 01111- site the Bacoar, and that our immediate neighbotir upon die north wais then D~r. Baird further ,that our property woos bouinded onl tile west by the~ long garden of Mr. Baird of ...

... The Rev. Dr. Auld, who has faithfullly discharged - the duties of Clerk to the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr w for the long period of 30 years, has intimated his in- it tention to resign that office at next meeting. This is In now a favourable opportunity to revive the proposal a of having the Synod split up and erected into two dis- tinct Synods. It is most inconvenient for the mem- bers at the ...

... During the last two or three (lays, the site of the new public park at Relvingrove, hns beei visited by almost cll the Kem- bers of Council, as wvell as by a large icuinber of tbe jilnabi- tants. It is not to be do(libted that the park would be couch improved scere the portions referred to in Mr-. Ocr's letter kept clear of buildings; but the question comes to be in tile irst plice, is the ...

... (From the Examiner.) It is astonishing what may be done by a phrase, especially if it carries with it the awe of a vague warning. Thus any proposal for improving the public safety in railway travelling is resisted and routed at once by the magic words, Beware how you diminish the responsibilities of companies. This warning is ti decisive; no one asks of what practical avail are P these ...

... THE WVEST-ENI) PARK. (To tlhe Editor of die GZsyloi Iferald.) Sia,-The proposal to inclulero uiiitnorehill Is a very good orle ; ideed, 1 dare say litany, fromt the first, thought this was intejidel. This rising ground was a Roini Statiom, and it is desirable that it should remain for ceoturies ill its first state, a ncinorial of a great people, whose career in conquest has only been equalled ...

... EXTRAORDINARY PRIOCEEDINUiS OF A KIRK- SESS1ON. -, : n ?? .. O;. A A -1. _f f.o9>a . ?? It is a not uncoinnon custom on the part of farim-labourers in the Lethians to relieve the tedium of the winter evenings by nmateur reprusentations, or rather recitations, of Allan Ploot- say's beautiful dramatic pastoral The Gentle Shepberd''-a practice innocent il itself, and sanctioned by long usageC. ...

... HOUSE OF COMAMONS-TnURhSD)AY, APRIL 14. my _ e. - a -1. P ?? -W - ?? ?? The SeltiEIct took the chair at four o'clock. Petitions, praying for the repeal of the dutics on paper, adver tisements, &c.,werc presutod by r. COWVAN, from1 Mr. J. Greig, proprietor and editor of the Scottis/ Press newspaper ; by Mr. it. IIArTIrn, from Peter Micenzic and Co., proprietors of the Scotc7 Reformers' ...

... The following are the receipts of railways for the past week:- HIiles opened, - ia.Dic Returns. NA31e OF RAILWAYe. - 1853. 1852. 1853. 1852. 72J 72k Aberdeen . ..639 £140.9 37S 37j, Beltast ond Ballymon ?? 702 710 92 32 BirkenheoadLsncslkiro&Uhkeshi J Fuction ., , ,, 1717 1782 26k 26k Bflrok'rn ?? . 84k 84j Bsiatol and Exeter . . 4615 4343 1831 189' Caledonsian .. 8855 7775 94 94J Chester lntd ...

... TIHE OVERLAND MAIL. -1 .A .AIt.i. ?? We(o'ipChronicl'e) have rcceivcd bly extraortlinary, ex- pre'ss our- private corresponi~dence ?? from Bom11bay to the13t MachandCalutt ?? 5. Thle mail of tile 8th February reaolied Bombay onl thc 10th March by the steamner Acbar. (From the M1orning Chronicle's Correspoudence.) Bombaty, M1arch 14. The latest news from Burinal is of the 23d of February, but ...

... MRS. STOWE-SOIREE OF THE WORKING MEN. I I . _ . - Q I-. ! -f_ 2&A -& ?? l, tl 41-Stu .. ('lfDit, C On Satur~day evening Mrs. Stowe attended a soirbe in thle City f- lail, given ander thle auspices of the Working Men of Glasgow. The centrec of thle hell] wes pretty well filled, but not crowded, 1and on this account the meeting was much neore comtforta..le r than that of thle previotls ...

... AMERWCA. Liverpool, Thursday. 1 By the United States nmil steam-ship Baltic, Comstock, commalldoor we have aduices froam New York to the 2t iDst. She has ,brought 181 passengers, and a small amiount (about $6000) of specie oil freight. TIhe 1altic Whell two days out broke thc crank pin of he engiics, and lad to lie-to for 26 lmnors in conseqsllence. At 1 o'clock this morning she got foul of ...

... SOIREE IN IIONOUR OF MRS. If. B. STOWE. Qoucnmn Lfl AZ.i1flU.f 'J main. SI. 05. 01ru Ut. Onl Friday night Mris. Stowei tile distinguished author of Uncic Tom's Cabin?'' was cutertajised at at soirde ill tile City Hall, when upwards of two thousand of our fellow-citizette, nuilo end feiniae, aissembled to do0 her honour. 'rTe huimense hell was crowded in evcry part, anid mnany hundreds, Ave uul ...