... MUNXICIPAL ELECTIONS. GLoGOW. Our municipal elections parsed oE yesterday la a Maner altogether unprecedented for quietness, there being only I one of the 16 wards contested throughou the city, In the Sixteenth. The retiring Councillor for thin wad wan Mr. John Ilnnle, who declined to be again put In nominatio At first there appeared to be some difficulty In procuring a suitable candidate, but ...

... I WIND AND WEATHER REPORT-THunsDpy. KoT&-Tbe ?? at the stations In tbe United King. dom we taken at 9 A.L, and at the Cont&nW statla at about 7 A.L, local time. Alloa ?? ?? . ?? fine. Ardrossn . S.. . ?? , . trot. Aye ?? .. BE. .. hard frost Belfat ?? W. fogg. Birmnghan ?? S.W. . ?? .fine. Br .dford. N. ?? frost. Cambridge ?? t S ?? ?? fine. Carlis le. 1.W. ?? . fine. Catham ?? - XN.E ?? .. ...

... A BAT IN A NEW CHARACTER . ,I. . . I . . . - Mr. B. G. Dartnell, of Arden House, Henley in.&rner, communicates the foliowing singular anecdote to the Fie newspaper.- Oa golg into my cow shed a short time since to see a newly' calved cow, I found her lying down, quietly chewing the cud, and, to my astonishment, I observed a buge rat lying at lull length between her bind legs, surkieg ...

... LATEST- NEWS HA.D O o, ,-aj ossnw BY ELE02'AO TERLBGMAPH. .OiTSE O1F COMMONS-WznlrmSDh. TbheSpumrR took the chair at twelve doclock In2rep to M,. Em na 8ir GGREY said -the second reading oE thwitegistration of Births and Deaths (freland) Bill would not be -proceeded with to-morrow. T39 WEIPPINGL MM MWr. EiLDFIEgi91novs the second readinpottbe Whip. ping BAlL Sir G. 4 BES said-the Isepectors ...

... MUNICIPAL POLIOR COMMITrBK . . .. -- L-Il The usual IortnlAhtly meeting of h s committee was hed ?? Brown predding. AOCQUI8ITIOY 0F ROAD8 wiTr5N TUC CITr BO URD8 The minutes old the statute Labour Oommittee contained the following letter, Es to an armigelenet regarding tbe Port.Dundas Road: oGlasgow, 30th April, 1862, 'Dear Sir,-Referriog to the Interview Mr. Readmain and I had with the Lord ...

... 'FROMOUR LOV OXTORRXbNTilEl . ( ~ z I -! , i . CII ,. ii. S., , , i; - .f ,_ ?? . lierefi biuo neol'of this huge and bimoveibls -etropolis' *hi6h has not ;h'adtbhi day`an Ipulse giwen to it by the izopening of the'@iara Interrseaional Erhibitionx I will leave to other penw adescription' of the ceremonial whbeh ls'to ln. ;anguiate tha Woild's Fafr. I 'can onl note the impression wbich the ...

... THE PUBUO RXP.PDITUB R Ad Oha. RAEnIAw RhV4i.1 i (Enm s t faturdy Ralevw,) The great aeconomical debate wvhich wan to ena~dsg the (GovernmInt.tookibefom of an abortivointriue. Lord Palnietn 'heasy vict,6y, though Iltvndeserved by his own vigorous adroltues, chlefly proved! the I utter dlsorganlsation of the onservative party. lXr. t Stanafeld's motion derived all its importance *onm M Mr. ...

... D ibli, .1-. ''FiT B RN , N - F., .1 -t ?` 60 , ' .0 , ?il j, ? , ; P??: t' % . -, - . ?? ; | ; , .lna~ ,n OP r, -~usiy 3 , ;v- . ~ ~ ~ ?? Zcy 3rl ?? .x, J 0r , BYBLIJUTRICTj - ?? ?? EYJ~BGl AP-.jy Queenitown, ffutbnday Man:, Tbothe' iwo~Pl, Newe York, and Philadelphia 00mp~ secrow D&Swer City orkafltmore has ae ided ;'Ad bringi d ?? 416;280 dhle. In Specie; Ehe iasdedthpt . 3 and ...

... ROYALPOLYTECHNIC FESTIVAL. .. _ - - - _ I -_ _w . - _ __ _ - The ainual festivals! the emyeoylsof the Royal Polytech- nic Warehouse took place last night, in St. Mary's Hall which was crowded-tha young men, with their wives and sweethearts numbering upwards of 200. On the platform 'we observed a number of our influential citizens, fourGlae- gow ministers, &c. Mr. AVDEBBON, the proprietor, ...

... from. our own Correspondent.) 4 Saturday, April 19. jt GooD FnIAT w LIvEroo.-Beeldea being held as a W solemn day of religious preparation, Good Friday is a day a- which is looked forward to by a large proportion of our busy o population as cue, the afternoon of which at least, devoted b to family snd social erjoyment. In this respeot it takes a place nearly of the samekind, IDthe opinions of ...

... GUY FLUX ON 'ORANG% I Tkat very useful and exemplary body of men whose doings on 'Chnge occupy so large a portion of our columns take ocoasion once a year to indulge In a little harmless favollty among themselves The day selected for fun and frolec Is generelly the Fifth of Novemter', and after three oclock on that day the scene which the Stock Exchange presents it a very exciting one. For ...

... HAMILTON-Nov. 7. 1 At twele noon, to-day, a statutory meeting of the Town Council of the Burh wan held for the election of office- bearers whose term of office became vacant on Tuesday ladt. Provost Dykes preaided. The Council met, as directed by the statute, for the pur. pose of filling up the ?? in the Maglatracy, and for apponting other ?? The meeting then proceeded to the election of the ...