... HAMILTON, BLANTYRE, AND CAMBUSLANG - .. . AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 'The thirty-eighth annual ploughing match of this society came off upon the farm of Lettrick, parish of Cambuslang, I possessed by Mr. Andrew Dick, the tenant of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, on Tuesday the 15th inst., being I postponed from Tuesday previous on account of the heavy i fall of snow. The weather turned out very ...

... GLASGOW AUXILARY TURKISH MISSION AID I SOCIETY. . I I Yesterday, at noon, a, public meeting, under the auspices of es the Glasgow AuxiIiary Tuekish Mission Aid Society syas' W. held in the Merohants' Hall, chiefly for the purpose oft'hear- T. ig an .addrese from the Rev. Dr. Ptomroy, on thie subket of fr American Missions in Turkley..' Among others on the plat- 51 form we observed the Rev. Di. ...

... EDINBU RGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. I 1J.LLX UflA.XLn .b.asJ 1~QYv' VLLLT l .n X. The' following is the report by the directors to the forty- second half-yearly general meeting: of shareholders, on Tues- day the 8th day of' March. . 1l In laying before the proprietors the balance-sheet for the half-year. ending on 31st January, 1859, the directors have again to point out an increase in the total ...

... ¢5taUESDA G ) tZmCb. TUESDAY MORNtING, MARCH I. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer has now unfolded the Ministerial mneasuro for the reform of our Parlia- ml.AvA +- - 4' 1,* 1 + mentary representation. That measure the Right re Ron. Gentleman characterises as being not based in on mean concession or temporary compromise on m5 the one side, and as being coni-stent with the prin- bs ciples of ...

... to~ ~ ~ ~ - 7 ?? ?? t .. To the Editor of the G'lasgons Herald. Sin,-In the Citizen of last Saturday appeared a very able letter, signed Medicus, which calls the attention of the community to a subject of the very highest importance, con- nected, as it is, with the usefulness of the noblest charitable instituti94 of our city. I make no apology for asking you to give ma space to consider ...

... TOWN CoUNiL'PROCEEDINGS. i;. fiwd Vnin ?? ^rn .4Nn adj urmtneowetingcft the Tpi'nw im0'dilwss lb'h14 lbedsy ?? Prvwtitheiir ' L~>T~ onzi Pnov ?? thdt snt aiiei~b eusi tonie -tuhe' adxght13iii ieadn ~h'eec 'of dlisession had we-olved to adp tefloigmnute, 4 iich~i. N.Vurnwould now red JAi.1-TbONER acovrduingy~r'ad as follows .. itA41W6*w, 26th Februar~y, 1859-Cnvne teembers. ?? ~ ?? on' 'the ...

... -AIRDRIE-GRAND YEOMAliNRY BALL. D-This ball, given by the non-commissioned officers of the Airdrie Troop, in hononr of the officermihu conmmand, came off With 'great eed4t in the saloon under the Grand Stand on the Race' Course here, which was'leauaifully and tastefully decorated for the occasion. Among'st those present we o6b ?? Strathern and Logic; Colonel Buchanan, of Drumpeller; Major ...

... t A - - . _ . _ _ H[RAnLD OFFICe, Tuesday jorflsing. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.: H OU S S E OF LO.RDS-MONDAY. - The LOED CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five oclock. ' In reply to the Earl of CrmtiENDON, Lord MALMESBURY said that the Papal Government of its own accord had requested the witbdrawalof the French and Austrian troops; that the Governments of France and Austria had ...

... IFTERNtON2- EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, Tuesday, 2 P.M. ?? BY ELECTRIC'TEL1EGRAPE. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARTS, M10onday.-Alessandri, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Moldavia, has been received by the Emperor. Be was unaccompanied by any deputation; He is about to proceed tosEng]land. Tle Turkish Minister of Finance has resigned. GENERAL NEWS. Lord Lovaine will replace Lord Donoughmore as Vice- ...

... THE RECENT GIAND EVENING Assmsrmyv FOR THE BENEFIT I OF TH5X INFIRMAftY.-The unusual interest taken in the evening assembly wvhich we noticed in our impression of Saturday, and which took place on Friday evening in the Abercorn Roorms, and the unqualified success with which it 4 was conducted throughout, has induced us to publish a more extended report. The company embraced not only the ...

... IMPROVE D ELECTRICAL.,OABLE. O-n Tuesday eevening- the -Rev -Waltew Mitchell, M.A., delivereda lectere On the Atlantic Wlegraph, and'Elec- tric -. elpgraphsi in general, at the Russell Institution, London. The inct n6vel feature of the lecture, and one wvhich elicited great interest, was the descritioin of some very interestiug experiments by Professor Hughes, the in- ventor of the printing ...

... NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAD). PUBLIC MEETING IN THE MERCHAN;TS' HALL. A public meeting was held in the Merchants' Hall yes- 8 terday, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to abolish ] the existing tests upon teachers for the parish schools. The s ball was crowded by a most respectable audience. Among others on and around the platform we observed- a the Rev. PrincipalFairbairn, the Rev. ...