... ING. I[DO.. AIrEIS PUNCH.] One evening not very long ago, there was held a very briyht meeting on1 the subject of Parliamnentary Reform. The assemblage was evidently one that needed a great re- formation, individual and collective, and therefore highly appropriate. On the platform we observed a Member Of Parliament, an intelligent Glasgow Bailie, two notable Councillors, three complacent ...

... FlU I)AY MORNING, DECEMBER 10. | Tfdi draft Bill to enable the Malgistrates and Council to lay out, maintain, and improve the Kehtillgrove and Queen's Parks, and the Corporation llalls and IV Galleries of Art in the City, cngclged the attention of the Town Council yesterday, andi w'iS agreed to inl an amiended form. IU the original draft there was a U1 clause providing that out of the ...

... GLASGOW AfI{T.I-3EOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The second meetinig of this society was held onl Mondiay last -J. T. Prochead, Esq., in tire c-hair. Alr. IHoncyinan. honorary secretary-, havinig read thle minutes of the previonis t meeting, laid upon the table two contributions to tire collec- C tion of tire society-(viz., Poetry and Traditions of the Highland Clans, by ])onald Campbell, late ...

... GLASGOW, DECEMBER S. BBNKRUPTOY PROCEEDINGS.-On Monday, the S bankrupts Parrock & Dawson, clothiers and hatters, c and James Brown, fruit and potato merchant, were i examined before the Sheriff, but the business was un- important. ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. GLASGOw.-Tlle s.s. Glasgow, James B. Thomson, commander, arrived from New e York on Monday night, with a cargo of merchandise, Y and 117 ...

... FARAI SERVANTS-AMARrIED AND SINGLE. THE: BOTHY SRRTF.GT THE BOTHSY SYSTEM. To the Editor of the Glas3ow He)-rald. Glasgow, 2d December, 1855. SIR,-You very recently inserted a long letter from a Mr. Sinclair, in reply to certain statements of the Rev. Dr. 13-cg read at the Liverpool Conference. Perhaps you will ?? ! me to give may evidence onl one or two points controveltedl It's few belonging ...

... To the Editor of the Clasgow Herald. SnR,-In former comnmunlicationls under the above bead I had in view to point out the necessity of public baths and a skating ponld upon tihe Green,-tiie former has engaged my ttetsttoit, heinig more condlucive to health, while the latter is nt to be overloeked hither, both being combined in an essential part together. T'his hazar d of bathing in a dangerous ...

... THE INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTR.ILIAN MAILS. I We (Times)4 have received the following from our corlre spondent at Corfu, dated Dec. 10:- Alexandria, Dec. 7. Thlie Beenal, with the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails reached Suez oln the 5th inst. D-ates from Calcutta were to the 9th of November; Madras to the 15th; Ir-ong Kong, 29th of Octobcr. rinDA. Lord Clyde marched to attack Amethee on ...

... SCOTLAN D. THE KILDALTON CASE.-A meeting of the Presby- tery of Islay and Jura -was held upon the 25th ult., when further proof was led for the objectors. LoRn JOHN HAY, 1. P.-The Northernv Dnsign says: - The health of our burgh member has recently be- come considerably worse, and his medical advisers are of opinion that the disease under which his Lordship labours is a softening of the brain ...

... (From the Edinburgh Gazette.) ' Where two pilaces are mentioned, the tact named is that at whieh the a Depot of te Regimvent is stationed. Life GuardS. Fost. r 1st, Hyde 'ark. 23d, (ist Batt.)Lucknow-Chat. I . 2., Windsor. . (2d Batt.) Newport (Mon- I llonal Ihorse Gitardil mouthslhire). v Rlegent's Park. 24th, (lstBatt.) Ferozepore- t Dragosn Guardb. Chathaill. 1st, -Madras-Canterbury. (2t ...

... (From the Times.) A meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Stearm Company took place onSaturday, Mr. B. M. Willcox, M.P.. in the chair, when the report was adopted unani mously, and a dividend declared for tihe past half year at the rate of 31 per cent., with an additional payment of 1 per cent,, besides 2fler cent. on the underw. riting account. The chairman observed that the pur- chase of ...

... 7To tA EditoL of@te GIasgol i Heulqd. N Sen,-In your impression of Friday is a letter, signed by M11esss. Paterson and Herbert, surgeons, Airdrie, comment- ingr on the notice of the 'Presentattion to Dr. Sturrocl. As t I was present at the operation, and as I am in no way ilnflu- I encled by partiality towards eithre Dr. Sturrock or Messrs. . Paterson and Herbert, permit uie shortly to state ...

... (Froni Olr Own Corresponadent.) fQ Liverpool, Saturday. st The Borough Quarter Sessions of the Peace have been sit- Cf ting since Wednesday. Thie crimnial list contains 112 Al names, aniong them that of I-Iuntingdon, charged with a' assaulting a young lady, and cutting off, or attempting to cut off, her crinoline. This case has given rise to) a great 1h amount of gossip, and it has heen freely ...