... RENFREW-ELECTION OF MAGISTRATES, &c. Provost . William Bell, ]3sq. 3 B]iliCs JaWCes Robertson, Esq.; Crawford Hutcheson, Esq. Treasurer. . Alex. Donald, Esq. f Dean of Guild John Knox, Esq. Councillors. .. Messrs. Jas. Hoastun, Alatthew Robin, Jas. Cuthbertson, Daniel Cumming, Wim. Hamilton, Win, B1t- chanatni, Will. Fergusson. . Towva-Clerk . ceo. Hutcheson, Esq. IProcurator-Fiscal l ...

... Vo f/is Editor of thte Tinmes. (C Sir,-As a holder of stock in one of the Scotch banks 0 (though, fortunately, not the Western), I have looked with eng some anxiety to see whether any contradiction would be e1 and given to the extraordinary doctrine of Scotus as to the lei-( non-resl)onsibility of hank directors iii Scotland. If therebhe 0 1II)] any foundation for that doctrine the ...

... To the Elditoraofh-te Vlauwu Herald. Sinr,-You wvill dio a service to tbe Glasgowv aS well as the Canadian merchants, by ?? following extract from a speech delivered by the ]oar. TMr. Justice Hagarty to tire grand jury assemdled at '1oroarto on the 11th Oictober last. He says:- . . . . An Act was passed during the last meeting of LegislatUre whichl declares that it shall be a inisdenaeanour ...

... TASMANIA-THE BUSHRANGEERS-. . fl L ?? ?? - A ?? .~ U - - I I The Hobart Town Afercury of 8th September contains the following account of recent daring proceedings of the bush- rangers in the Lake Country:- The robbery at Mr. Parsons', near Bothwell, was not effected, as a contemporary states, by WVingey and his mates, but by the mnan nanied Flowers, or Fern, himself, wvho laS separated ...

... I . Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince ( Consort have been graciously plsased to signify to the t Secretaries of the ball appointed to-take place at the ii Guildhall, on Thursday the 15th instant, for the r benefit of the Licensed Victnallers' School and Asylum, d their Royal acquiescence in the request which they v addressed to her Majesty and his lloyal I-ighlness, i that it might ...

... To tlie Editor of tce Glasgow Herald. Glhisgow, 3d Nov., 1858. 5sni,-During the summer monthts I find nothing tends so inuelb to the improvement of health as speniding a week ot two at the sea coast, engaged in hand-line fishing, ?? for which ainusement I have a strong liking. For some years pqat I have prepared these liffes ilyself; but having of late often failed in being a successful fisher ...

... THE. TW.FTH WARD ELECTION.-The- eletion of a Councillor for the Twelfth Ward, in room of Mr. Murray of Monklands, deceased, took place en Mon- day, when Mr. John Stewart, of the firm of Stewart, Pott & Co., was the favourite candidate. He was opposed by Mr. Craig of Middleton, but from! an early hour it wasg evident that the latter gentleman had little chance of success. The state of the poll ...

... BRIGHT RIGHT AND BRIGHIT WRONG. (From the Illstrated Londoni New,.) Had ilr. Brighdt made no other than his first speech to his constituents at Birmingham, most people wmould have been content to admire and applaud. In their satisfaction at seceing so earnest and so eloquent aiman restored to health and to public life, they would ?? becn content to forget the minor points of difference that ...

... The first meeting of this association was held on Thursday, at the Railway Clearing House, usaton Square, when the following companies were thus represented :-North-Eastern -H. S. Thompson, Esq., chairman; Mir. Leemau, deputy- chairman; Mr. Pulleine. Midland-Mr. Beale, A.P., chairman; Mr. Hutohinson, deputy-clhairman; Mr. Carbutt, Mr. Allport. Lancashire and Yorkshire-The Mayor of Liverpool, ...

... | L A T' E, S 1 N TW AS S. ,. . ~~~HERALD 0 FIt~~e,, Fridoij *MosIUss ptl. i BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. t SPEC.IAL DESPATCH. h e : (Fromn the Times of This Morning.) t RUSSIA AND CHINA. it t According to a telegram received yesterday from St. Peters- n e burg, dated Wednesday, the Northeirn Bee of that day pub- u 1, lished an account of tile ro-establisliment of tie relations t . between the ...

... MODELS AND SHIPS-DIRECT-ACTINGPUMPING ENGINES. To ?? Edi0o of the (llasgo'w Herald. SIR,-It does not appear from Mr. David Napier's account of his experiments with the model of the Itob Roy, that ?? experiments enabled hirn to deterenimme beforehand the propelling power required by that vessel. Therefore, the re- sult of those experiments, as stated in Mr. Napier's letter to you, is not ...

... Paris, Tuesday. es ?? important letter of the Emperor on the Charles- Y;. Geerges affair, addressed to Prince Napoleon, which an- Ad peared in the Monitssr yesterday, has caused great interest id ere. His Majesty begins by declaring that, in a matter i-. where the honour of the French flag was concerned, le felt ys hound to exact the fullest reparation from the Portuguese - Government. He then ...