... ?? the Faitor of the Glasgow Head.Sl SThe late imoportant meetings in Manchester ani 1GWas- ,St, o. .ques.~tion of sch ioment as our supply ofoeottonf.iill,. be -I. tr ~t, warrant my troubling you with e eak ntep r, gro1. of that useficl plant in connection with your able leader, in th VaalHrld.m I mmetneasago, on my return from many years' reels ei h eycnr of A~merican cotton culture, having, ...

... [COMSiUNXCATED SiX A YACHTING FiRIEND.] reflE At this season, when so many enjoy boating at the oast evel some few reminiscencess of anl excursion to the Western Islands this of Scotland may interest your readers generally, and perhaps beau benefit such of them- as contemplate sailing for the first mor time beyond the isthmus of Kintyre and exeninotei, d ventures to the waters 'of the Hebrides ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-hMoNDAY, AUGUST 24. Their Lordships rnct at five O'clodck.ntetbl h pno The 1,OUD CH1ANCELLOR laid upo h al h opiniofn of tha law otffcars of the Crown in relation to the legalit f the opism trade wit China. se h oenett The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH ase h Gvrmn wrhathar they had received any further telegraphic intelligence fii from India? Lord PAN11URE said nothingbhad beenureceived ...

... Edtucational Institute of Scotland.-T he annual gene- ral meeting of the Glasgow L.ocal Association of the Educational Institute took place on Saturday, in the Iligh School, when the following gentlemen were l elected office-bearers for the ensuing year:-Mr. John Hutton, Thornliebanik, chairman; Mr. Thomas Neill, Gorbals Youths' School, treasurer; Mr. John Carmichael, 38 Paterson Street, ...

... The following apparently careful review of the state and prospects of the potato crop il the counties of Cork and Kerry is taken from the C!ork Exantiner. It may also be noticed that during the present week new potatoes, slightly affected by the old blight, have niade their way into the Dublin markets:- ?? The state of the potato crop at present gives rise to much epeculatiot antd discussion. ...

... rTEWKESBURY AND GLASGOW. Mr. I-umphrey Brown is about to vacate Tewkesbury. n When may Glasgow count upon the same favour at the hands s of Mr. Nacregor? Or is it that Scotland is so fund of the term ?? British I in preference to English,, that even a dirty tumble-on a British Bank makes a Glasgow member all the fsweeter for his seat ? f CLUD FARE. The rate at which officials are paid at our ...

... * To the Editor of ?? Wlasyow Herald. Srn,-It isprobable that but a few of your general readers know anything about the civil disabilities to which a great number of her Majesty's respectable qualified tax-paying sub- jects have been subjected ever since the passing of the Muni' cipal Reform Act in 1833. Will you, therefore, be so good as to give the accompanying circular on that subject a ...

... LIEUTEN1N MAIMY ON RNECETHNT 19ESEAROES I LIEU EN-IN THE NORTH PACIFIC. In his last report to thle Secretary of the Urrited States navy, dated Nov. 8, 1856, Lieutenant Mattary says :- r.Commander Rodgers, of tho North Pacifio Survoyling ExPe- ?? diition,- has furnished at fow, observations, mado on board the 3,. ?? States ship Vincennes last year, on the temperature and n- specific gravity of ...

... HiOUSE.OF. LORDS-FRIDAY, FEB. 6. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five ?? o'clock..-1 Lord CAM PBELL rose to MMv for the production Ofa very ee. .vaiuable paper, which tie thoughtolight to be in thnt possession th1 of all their Lordshipo. ?? years ago a commission was Apl. .thi pited, over which hie had thle honour to preside, to consider tht thfei'law of divorce, and this ...

... . ' On Friday night auiadjourned meeting.of theinhabitants of a Airdrie was le]d in the Music Iall,'ft6i- the purpose of consi- g deringthe proprietyof establislisiga New tas Company. The t ball was well filled. On the motion of, Dr. Robertson, Mr. John Main was called to the chair. The Chiairman'calliid on Mr. J. K. PLrauLus, secretaryto tbe committee appointed at .ast meeting, who said that ...

... - .~RD MOIN MARC 2 FRIDAY MIORNING, MEARCH 20. Oa Tuiesday eveninig in the House of Lords,. the Chinese subject was again under discussion. Tl~he a ?? was opened by the Earl of Hardwicke, who in complained tbat Government had not published the S 1d, di d ?? of the Commaaider-in-Chief of the Forces d *e- in China relative to recent warlike doings at Canton. s cd Hia Lordship, having alluded to ...

... 0m~girlow.-We have nothing new to notice regarding our ,,ca, eleCtion. As Mir. Buchanan is, generally spoken of ats safe, thle real contest lies between Messrs. Hastie and Daiglish. gjver.commfiilemce on thle part of Mir. Buchanan's friends, how- ermylead to miscalculation. Mr. Hastie addresses the Btil JV(~ANAN'S CO)IMITTEFP.-A meeting ?? .Comflmitte, was hield yesterday-time Lord Provost in ...