... REFORM DEMONSTRATIONI AT GLASGOW. SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT, M.P. On Tuesday, a most enthusiasjwo demonstration was made in the city of Glasgow m favo r of parliamentary reform, under the auspices of the Reform League. Glasgow has long held an honourable place In the reform ranks, and the scene of Tuesday was well worthy of her old reputation. The proceedings began with a trades' procession to the ...

... I A UIDDL-CLASS CO-OPERATIVE EXPERImEN, In the beginning of 1865, when the increased dearness of living was pressing severely upon all persons with fixed and moderate incomes, half a dozen members of the Post-offioe, In London, determined to try whether by buying in com. paratively large quantities, and dividing the articles so bought amongst themselves, they could not get uappli.d more ...

... ITE THRaNGLIS E The Tir Nationdal WU commenced at Brussels on Friday. There was a general holiday observed throughout the capital. The reception of the Enlglish volunteers on Thursday evening was noat enthusiastic. -A great number had previously arrived, but the largest body came up by train from Oslend. The Plaoe dos Nations was crowded with anxious spectators, who waited with commendable ...

... THE MANCREBTER ROYAL EXCHANGE , The plans and designs for the proposed new ?? the ?? 3exchange have beenforsome time huugup inthelarge exhibittonroom of the 'Exchange for the inspection of the members of the committee, and on Wednesday a special meeting of that body was held for the purpose of awarding the three premiums of 500, 300, and 100 guineas reapectively to the authors of the first, ...

... j MONUMENS OF ENGLISH ROYALTY IN FRANCE Mr. Thomas Milner, In a letter to the Times, calls atten- tion to the existence of historical monuments at Fontev. rault, Maine-et.Loire France, and suggests their removal to this country with lsie consent of the French government, He says: Fontevrault Abbey wan the burial-place of the old Earls of Anjou, one of whom, being the lineal repre- sentative of ...

... I OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN WATERWoAU I BY THE QUEEN. On Tuesday, Her Majesty ried at the opening of the Aberdeen Waterworks. On eeqeeing ade to he the Queenat once consented to preside at the inauioa. tibn, the understading being that the ceremony was to beas brief and as simple as possible, and the co nisslont have endeavoured a far as possible to follow Herlajesty'5 vdsens.The ofehl res mako ...

... ITHE NATIONAL SOHOOLS AT PRESTWICH. I Tbese schools were opened onWednesday, by ?? of Wilton. There were several processions of scholars i- the afternoon, and at half-past four o'clock all the school children took tea, after which a meeting was held in the boys' schoolroom. Among the company were Lord aud Lady Wilton, Lady Alice de Vaux the Rev. Canon Biroh, the R1ev. W. Milne, Mr. Oliver ...

... The Ravenacraig, one of the Dundee whalers which recently returned from a fishing expedition, has, in a large oil cask on board, a young polar bear, the story of whose capture is thus related by the Dunde Adverijs. '-After having steamed up Davis Straits, and traversed the waters most frequented by the Greenland whalers, the Ravens. craig turned her course southwards again, and, towards middle ...

... THE CHOIR BENEVOLENT FUNTD. On Thursday, a festival of the cathedral choirs was given In the Manchester Cathedral, for the benefit of the above fand! which was established fivo years ago, with a very wortiry objeot. Its design is to provide for its aged or invalided members, to secure, on their death, the paymeal of a certain fixed sum to tiheir widows or chtldren, and further to afford to ...

... - I . , . - wora; ad gloidd. ?? I I A depuatio ?? and Manchester law- yers ha aniueve on Friday with the Earl of Derby at Son Hnowsley Hll adsgeted the, great desirability of shir establishiog a spca =siefor the county of Lancaster. j. His lordship said hewould laly the request before the ters SALFORD HEAD CONBTABLE.-At a meeting of the to a general purposes committee of the Salford ...

... SINGULAR CONFLIOT WIT A NEGRO IN ?? IA.. .L The Savannah (Georgiaj Herald relates the following extraordinary circumstance, which, it is affirmed, took place near that city recently:- A countryman, very nearly deaf, was driving a pair of mules attached to a wagon, when he was met on the road by a negro on foot, who bore an axe on his shoulder. The man In the wagon was about taking a ohewv of ...

... j FATTEST NEWS. .L AAM]RICA, (BY A,, LANTIO TELEGRAPH.) Rn- YORK, WEDNEODAy EVENING A destructive fire has te lien Plaie at Quebec, Gold, 148. Exchange on London, 1u9j. Five.twenty Bonds, 114. FRANCE. PALIS 7 THURSDAY, The Patsie of this evening says - We !sav reason to believe that the Marqus do lousler, the Fren3oh Minister for Fo~reig Affairs, han addressed a circular nose to the Cathoc ...