... w,- PS ?? lb TUESDAY MORON6T, -JANUARY 1. Tur, rate of discount bas been raised by the Bank of lpnglaud to 0 per cent. Iltelligenee has been received from Pehin, via St. ' Petersburg, to the 18th November, which confinms the previous accounts, but contains nothing new. The status quo had not been interfered with, aid -wasr considered satisfactory. I A play, by M. Mocquard, the Private ...

... CULTIVATION. OF COTTONY IN gAVRCA. AFBICAN AID S0OZSIT. ,I We begito call attention to the following memorials on ul this subject, which will be laid down for signatare at the to bat of -the Exehang :- - in ' Tdthe Rightbionourablethe LoadViscountPalmeraton, ki u *her j bN ajdesty d 'bpri ncipal S e e tary of: S tate, F irst sM :Lord of theTreasurt,&c.,&c4& at ?? the under&igned, mlembers of ...

... R:8EV.IEW OF iTHE YE.AR 1§6 -, . (AbrJdged from Yestral - Times slave-owi In the eairly'spring the chronic 'ueainess1033 Of Sicily had the decisi. broken out in occasional conflicts hetween ?? troopp 'to 'vAcan. and irregular bands of insargtcnts' the miultitlide'wein led Southern asin: former Sicilian disturbances, -by Borne of the gentry entire po and of the priests; and, a~lthough the ...

... !IMPROVEMENTSO IN MARNE ENGINES AND 7f'. BOX IS. SCeW SLVTabEA ?? Alu Many efforts ha' been made of late by engineers towards a reduction of the''xpenditure in fuel- in mnritio engines-a ti siattirk'-.so vastly iffecting the'interesteof shipowners. We bi hazvV ,pleasure in nbticicugthb successful resulti obtained in thbA s. Ailen Crai .oue o f Messri. Handysidei & Hender- sonlig regular ...

... Lh eD~ D:ECEMBER ?? ,4 WTAZ- M THE BRITISH MENIS- ; s3?4= 2 Uy ,nal ?? is a report in 1;,h't - i'te'eatsses of Ministerial and dipdomatic a statesman, clo-ely connected with the . resentc Government. and indeed holding office, has l30 and''pe'rhaps still is, interesting himself much ;ui the affairs of the Neapolitan Royal Family, with a .-wiew -to providing them with a residence in this coun- ...

... CURLI &NA. ' U IVLUX M1 . B1i1 FALKIc1K.-On Tuesday the Larbert and Camelon Clubs- on tbreejrinks a side-met on Part Downie Basin, Look I0, pai when, after three hours' capital play on both sides, the Lanr- bertcu rlerswere declared victors by eleven shots-(un Friday siob a keen and exciting game was played on Callender Loch, by ing four rinks each of the Falkirk-Junior and Camclou Clubs, ?? ...

... - n1 - / TnE INFIRMARY. -.The T reasurer of the Infirmary grate- fully acknowledges receipt of the following donations towards Ihe funds of the institution :--From the employees at Paisley Station of the Glasgow and ?aisley Joint Railway, per Mr. Gilmour, manager, £:3, 5s, 6d.; from the workers of Mr. John Mlorrison, plumlber, fc., 1Os, He also gratefully acknowledges receipt of £'), S- d. ...

... ,L AT ES T; . INE :W S., . . ~. .. I s NAT-- Qr A D J ..a . 0 - 's ' fla' ?? L- .rIE Tuescrwia&j .Y BY ELEOTRIC TuELEGRA-P, i F1REIGN INTELLIGENC'. [i.EUTER'S TXiLEGRA~.j Peris, Monday:& Jveni8. The repori thatoeome Governments have recently taken collective steps at Paris, to the question of Gaeheis without foundation. ?? made ?? here-on account oft-the revolutiorary agitations in the ...

... PRICE OF COAL-RAILWAY DBFICIENCIES. M. 0. RFdisnh nf tke G yw Herald. I r io 270 gh-kaigor of thc Glaagom -Ucl al thi Glasgow, 29Dh Denj 18S0. re( Sxtn,-At this inclement season of the year, when a cheap ol and abundant aupply of fuel is of uch vital importance to ab all clasrea of the community, but more especilaly to the in- rir dustrious and suffering poor it may not be amise to point ic ...

... LETTER FROM TARBERT-TRAWLING AND ' I I I . CLOSE TIME. I; T So the Editor,of the Gagow Herld. a ate - : . . ' Tarbert, 28th Dec.O1860. PIs Sm,-As the fishing seasonis now about finished, it may 5101 not prove unprofitable to set before the public a few of the an results of the attempt this seaon ma'le to prohibit the use cog of the trawli-net for the taking of herrings. - mE Even the ivarmest ...

... COLLISION BETWEEN A VAN AND A CARRIEWS ' ' CART. CLAIMS V. MsAn, et e c0nt1re. These conjoined actions arose out of a collision which oc- curred on the Pollokehaws Road between a van, belonging to Messrs. M. & A. Clark, biscuit manufactureis, Glasgow, and-a cart belonging to Mr. Malir, Glasgow and Tarbolton carrier. Each party alleged that the collision was caused by the fault of the other, ...

... (3 RE E. l c K. TOWN C0U.W1L. A spocial meeting of the Counieil wao held Y(oeterday fore. ?? ovost Grieve in the dowai-for thee ups ecui.c sideeingthe amountof stipendto !w paid to 1h:l~ fiaib of the Mid Parish Church. The .PnnvOST stated that the roason why hoe had codlsrl the meeting for that day, when tlhe ?? lneetio-, teki plac. to-morrow (Tuesday), was bcce'iss, Some licacm'er.c ef ths ...