... On Wednesday evening, a general meeting of the subscri- bers and friends of the Government School of Art W'as held in one of thle galleries of the school, for the purpose of dis- tributin:g the prizes and electii;g office-bearers. David Morray, Esq., presided; and among the gentlemen present, we noticed H. E. Crnm Ewing, Esq., I. P.; Provost Brown, Bailie Russell, Bailie Pollock, Bailie ...

... To thze Editor of the Glasgow Herald. I Glasgow, Sept, 24, 1858. i Sie,-i observe reported among the mriscellaneous local news in this day's Hlerl~d a pragrapl headed The Billetin System, wherein it states that yesterday at the Justice If ] Peace Court, Alexander Dewar, hotel-keep~er, 16 Bridge Street, was fined in the suim of £2 and expenses for refusing I to accommodate a sergeant and ...

... ?? . be LodEgnhs(From the Examiner.) t- in Lr lgi nhsbeen successful inl his mission far ft beyond our expectations. In addition to his own pt skill, and the honest support of his Frenc eo~agug, ir Pn orship is chiefly indebted for his triumph to the Inweakness of the Chinese Government, exceeding all .notions we had formed of it, and the presence of an 0 ?? and French fleet in a Chinese river ...

... EN GLAND. s.1 MORMON PLACas of INTEaREN'T.-The cemetery is ill! situated just outside the city wall, on the slope of a in, nmormtain. Considerably more than half the niscrip- lea tions seem to be to the memory of children under four a years of age. LiMany of the graves are marked by head- blii stones, but four-fifths of them are indicated only by a an rough board, on which is scrawled rudely, ...

... THE SIGNING OF THE CHINESE TR.E ATY. (Front the Triems.) At last-we may say there is peace with China. We to- |day publish not only tire fact of tie Treaty having beei siiigned, but also tire mode of signature and the details of the ! ceremony. II that isolated jose-house, on the steppe one ; mlile beyond Tien-sin, which has been several times men- I tioned in connection wvithl these ...

... ur THE HrIEsT CHIMNEY-STALK IN TIlE NORED.- 111 Ie The large chiimney-stalk in connection with the vorl~s os 3.) of Messrs. Charles Tenrnant & Co. -which, 'like afo .e- mighty giant, lifts its head in the north-eastern dis- e ;e- trict of this city-has for the last 17 years,. viz., since t4 al its erection in 1841, enjoyed the proud reputation of a. being the highest in the world. This lofty ...

... V ?? SEPT. 21. 0 The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Captain Jams lrwsore, f te Rya Navty~, ?? Royaillicense annpeurisionthat li rryacet ndwar thle Imperial Order f Iof tile medl~idio, of th Fou1rth Clss Wihich the Sultan hath. been prluaserl to cofrupon hiur], as a niak o i meilMjsysI ?? bation of iris distinguished services before the enensy duering el C The Queenlias also b ...

... WENSaY gMoRI, SPtratEbE 1 WEDNESDAY MOR'NING, SEPTEMBER 15. NVi give in our paper of to-day an ample report of certain interesting proceedings which took place in our Justice of Peace Court on Monday last, arising out of a complaint at the instance of the Board of Trade and the public prosecutor, to the effect that l Captain Turubull, the master of the Thistle steamer, an had contravened the ...

... THi ORLEANS FAMILY.-The ex-roy-.l family of France visited Cheltenhlm on Thmisday last, arriving C from Malvern, where they have been sstying for some t wveeks past. The party included the ?? Mario (I Amelie, the Count de Paris, the Duke do Chartros, t the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Princesses Blanche and Francoise, the Prince of Ponthieu, tfle Prince of Wurtemburg, and a suite, ...

... (From our own Correspondent)a noe AnnIVAn CF THE QUEEN AT HoaL-ROOD.-Wv~ith the puac- 'cM, tuality which characterises all the Royal movements, her any MaettePic osradte junior members of the t all, Rylfml h copnhi illustrious parents ar- rive lat nghtat he eadwbak Statioit of the Nortlih Britsh ailay ithn afewmintesof the timuenet down in vliat th oa a-il h ieidcated Was 7.36, and ata elect ...

... ' to t NEW STEAMER.-The new screw steamship Harrier ! t arrived here from Glasgow on Friday. This vessel is ey eone of Messrs. Burns' fleet, and is intended to ply in M e the coasting trade, being exclusively fitted for the St carrying of steerage passengers and ?? pa News Letter.re GAsISGOW YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASsocIATION. th eI -The annual sermon to the young men of.this asso- D ciation ...

... GLENGYht AND BLACK-MAIL. Thi arbitration ndW going on betweelS Mr. Macgregor of Glengyle and the Glasgow Water Commissioners has been the means of causing the public to contrast the present state |- of society on the ba'nks of tmh Katrine with what it was, not much more than bie hondred years since. Before the rebellion of 1745 the systesn of levying black-mail was pretty I general throughout ...