... N r- To the Editor ef the Glasgow Herald. *bi 3r Glasgow, 6th May, 1859. he e JR,-From the many rommutications dat y appearing in ?? papers it would seem the pubic are not quite tss alivi to the important step which has nlrcady been taken thi to¶vards the formation ofn-a Volunteer ifle Cors here. Jan e,. t the meeting in the Royal Gallery, St. Vinent Su as Street, on Wednesday evening, a ...

... T'HE MAGDALENE INSTITUTION AND THE: SHOWS. ,:&7A t 2 IX MA .1 _p a. _ , - - . ;! * To the Editor of the Glasgow Heraid. SRit-Last week you noticed inyour paper the meeting of the Glasgow a.g dalene Institution. I wasrather surprised :thdt the: peakers at that meeting didinot fasten on one -gra~nd eee -of tle crying demoralization which theywish to uuppress, viz., te Shtowt-s. The annual period ...

... BEAUTIFUL' EXPERIMENT-GAS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. (From the Scotsman.) ,r It having been determined that the Music Hall in connee- n tion with the University, now approaching completion in Park Place, should be lighted, when necessary, by gas from immediately under the ceiling, it became a problem how the lights should be lighted and extinguished in the centre of a ceiling 40 feet in width, ...

... r, BUFFINGTON. Here everything promises well for the enuso of order and the constitution. Mr. Jaggler (COneervative) has secured all the public-houses, so that not a drop of drink can be ob- ng tained by a Blue. Several sheaves of bludgeons came down n-by last night's train. Two distinguished members of the o prize ring addressed the electors from the window of the Yellow Pig this afternoon, ...

... THE BILL RonPREVENTINGTHE ADULTERATION OF FOOD OR DRINK. of (INTRODUCED BY MR- sOssOLEFIELu, MR. VILLIERS, AND ect MRL WYSE). J on (From the Mercantile Test.) s o t Vil The crime of adulterating articles of food and drink re- hbi Hin quires to be suppressed by more effectual ]Jaws than those kei now in force; and that is the object of this bill. . It is high time to put a stop to this wicked ...

... FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE. WAR. (From the Daily News.) The panicoecasioned in financial circles thnowglout Europe. by the deelvaation of war by Austria-a power which up to 1 the latest moment continued to make a parade of pacific ., professioe&-has been extraordinarily severe, for many c reasons. In the first place, war is so ?? that many persons to the very last clung blindly to the hope that ...

... BRITISH AND AM1lRICAN STEAM TRAFFIC. America is weeping for her stea'er', and will not be com- forted. Like other young people, the United States have had their vigibns and castles in the air, but the illusions have Yanished, and they are now steadily settling down to the realities of actual existence, such as men find and feel it,-- not such as they dream and imagine it. The young lawyer who ...

... 0 ASATURD N MtraY321 SqATURDAY MORNING-, MAtY 21. Tell: Qteen's Speech at the opening of Parliatinent is expected to be delivered on the 7th Juune. If the _~,PT Ans ; ?? DaA.1 ?? A - ?? ---DAAw __.A th expediency of Parliamentary Reform. be not men- 1t0 tioned in the Speech, it hls been proposed to condemn le- thc omission by an amerndmcnt ; and, failillg tbat, to to bring forward a ...

... ]?RMJEs CHURCH-31o0 AYr. *Vie Assembly weL, to-day at 11 o'clock-Dr. Cuxuzee- aMi~f, Moderator. TIHIM GASqOW COLLEGE CASE. 't~r.SI~Mrlgasve-notice thatw ?? case came up h2e . ?? move~ an anionetment on tbe motions already before. |tho E[ouse, to the efect that the Assembly approve of the. rpo-rt of the College- Committee, -but at the same time re- commond to alblthei- students to miaafifest. ...

... RAL AY RECEIPTS. The traffic returns of rail~ways in the Unitedl Kingdom pqblishied for the week ending April 30 amounted to £434,880, and for the corresponding wveek of 1858 to £436,640, showing an increasc of £18,240.1 The followving are the receip~ts on the principal lines for the patweek:- . . ?? - M 3iles Opened. R Receipts. RAl;t!Yse -AV> _ _ _ . Belfaist nnil BIlymena, - ]lirkenih., ...

... We Canterbury, Wednesday Evening. We (Tinies) regret to state that Cormet Augustus John e Bourke Fellowes, committed suicide this day, about one t o'clock, under very melancholy circumstances. It appears that on the 7th of April a. warrant was issued against the deceased in a judgment at the suit of Messrp. George: &. James Duncan, of Edinburgh, debt and costs amounting to e £14. The sheriffs ...

... (? ir, r, i 5--p- -k , . 'THE KIREALD, - BTYRGdIS., TO THE EnDITOR OF TliE UGALRDONIAN MERCURY. SuI,-Iu a somewhat premature paragraph about the next election at: Kirkaldyv you state that Mr Hareourt intends again to sttnd,- and that he is a Liberal-Conservative.' All'ow me' to in form you' that ,Mr crtisae hs never, done .or said anything, either at Kirkaldy. or elsewhere, in. consistent ...