... 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, ...

... 3 I qGL.A ND. TB A ?? I D.-On eaay, te L arl of IMcbi gent a donatlon. of' £10 towards the fund 5ow-belg raised at the Mansion 3Hou e for a memorial of hs late Royal Highnem the Prine Con- sort The Royal Academy has Contributed a25Q ; and E adl (roavenor, I P., £20, I The total amount of the fand on Tuesaday avening w m £30,20M. Glo . MYSTERIOUB DxAnHE LS THz SarrnmiE -Mr. Bedford, the coroner ...

... 7iAMILTON-FJo. 7. kGCVqI.TVRAT, SOCcrrY.-T'hia society's 2.3d ?? h bra posessd by -dr. John Kirkland. on r rf Yrnb , toplace on, .edneda es 00 r,.nd~plougbes~tarted for comeiif Tejde ET G 6F. were-Messrs. Alex. Cameron, Bamgide, tnhei o!et Watvn t, Nethe'Sr d GisosfOrd; and James cCallEr; £toattw erl,whoe awarded tCB, Ce' sibrue o o th e cho ?? sh o dno the te o the D lng plughbiflen - Senour ...

... RAILWAY RMCBTIPT, From the Tmes) The trffic recelpts of railways In the United Eingdom for the week ending Feb. 1, amounted to £472,171, and for the c6rresponding week of 1861 to £496,452, Showing S decrease sf £,2S8L The following ae the r#elpts on the principal lines for the past week :- . . RknWATS Belfast end Northern Countles, Birkenh. Lanc., & Ches. June. I VMSa~ Tsnce, . . r ! B 2 and ...

... To the Editor of the Gflagow Hcrald. Srn,-I have read carefully your leader of to-day on the Osgan Question here, and the reaoning seems tO me to rest on a misapprehension of the fasts oi the case. Toe ques- tloc is not whether an organ is a desirable accompaniment in public worship. Vere this ehe question, it id poesible the three U.P. minister Gmight be at one with you, and certainlr many ...

... LATEST A-N E WSST. ,aAL Omfal FPridoy Mo~ing.9 HOUSE OF LORDS-T8unDAr.. The LoaD C reoruou took his Mtat on the woolibok di' five o'clock, - 'h A greatmumot rE petlts °e re prase9ted, t prig thei Houwe not to ratify the new Educationa hlau-, Tes ltsrib Cobs. Earl GRANVILLE them ?? to make a start :I with mepect to the revised code of educitio. [e tate 4 Qut tile Government were fully aware of ...

... DIARY OF A VOYAGE T MELBOUR I -, _ Ad .Wa Di3 as AOft DIAKYt vr , i Ve bve ben fv~ued hthe ?? ofa e to Melbourne, vwriten by a Young Man beonging S GoyW gow, and traussaitted to Lis friends here, As the Ame*ics3 Diarlption is likely to ?? the stream of emigra- *in toAUetraiia, intending Em grants may not bedlaincli5ed i tohave p eketch of the ?? routicie of life on shipboard x dnz jug the ...

... SUPSIBVImOx 0P TE CHE OV0B MBIBERS LIAIGJ PAM~HES. The following is the speech of ths Rev. Robert Stephen, ad Renfrew, in propesing his overtur on the above subject at- the meeting of the Presbytery of Paidly on Wednesday :- ,ht in making thinmotion Mr. SrEE said -Our congre. 4 gationa are constantly shifting and chauging, The yaug I hi axe growing up ad.gohng off to seek situations elseiihre. ...

... LEOTIRES IN THE HOMES FOR THE WORKING ICLASSES. Another of the series of winter lectures was delivered by S Wmn. Keddie, 1eq., on Tuesday evening, in the large hall of M the Model Lodging-Eovee In Macalpine Street, to theia- N mates there, and the other lodging house in Carrick Street, on the suliject of Vital Air, andhow and why Itis breathed G by animals. The chair was occupied by George ...

... -Pf.EY-F= 12., ?? -.Ff tb4;nii JNM1f5A1Y.LTit- veea thre ccaas beali troma knowledge receipt of`09. , befing-t Ia.rosd relse r the~leof he'ipe Sosnw-wt he old. pump well in Back Snedden Street DiRTY PAS r Cex&-&vasy tereeng sppeaet ;at the Police Court to-day, to answer toC $o dtaoff bavbe. - the pavements before their resrechive ZoCupss,0 in a dircy state, itt- contravetionl of the Police ...

... )fR. SEWAERD'S CORRESPONDENCH WITH FOREIGN POWEPA (FromI the li)es.) When we read the two compact Blua Books of American correspondence which have just been printed by order of the House of Commons, we can understand how It happens that Mr. Seward's de- rpatchee are sometimes not such as would bs likely to obtain him great zeputation. Here are enough letters to occupy ar indtstriois -man fer ...

... ams i WEDNESDAY MONING, FKBRUAR 12. | Is the House of Lords lsot night, BEa St. Geimsias I.brought up the reply of her Matest to the Address from their Lordships; thanking them especially for their sympathy in the afficting situation il which she has been placed. Lord Truro gave notice of his intention to ask Government on that day fortnight - whether they are prepared to grant further aid to ...