... NORTH BRITISH RA.ILWAY SOIREE The annual soiree of the employes of the North British Railway Co. (Western District) took place in the City Hall yesterday evening, Ur Richard Hodgson, chairman of the company, presided, and was accompanied on the platform by Messrs James Leishman and Charles Trotter, direetors; Mr Row. botbaro, general manager; Ur Macpherson. goods manager; Mr Deas, C.E.; Mr ...

... i A FOLRGUTiEN VIEW OF THE REil'Ofl | QUESTION. (Fr- mh Poull mii Z tttI It is a salutary practice occasionally to refer back to the biret principles and originl- ideas ef cur political and 5ocial sBstems, especially e Le u M e are about to mend or change thom, by fay of seehig how far we have gradually di- vtrged from the ancestral plan, huw often we have plot Dew wine into old bottles tbat ...

... ?? FORESTS AND MR BRIGHT - ?? - , ?? To the Lditor c/ t'e G4390w H&rali. ?? me, MNr E@ltr, to correct a charac. ?? httoteset a M. l Bright's on this subtcot. :. gett'em i is rep --ted asS1 oac'g in the City ^4 itit the Tories would gladly see Scollrnd a dcer fc:cas. 1''r ta* ,; o , er wb FAct The largeot and of i 'S i iL- (Leer forest., In Scotland are the ?? ',c!ix f. Po;slSire, and those In ...

... TIIE -EG{( C'07N'TPseR, 'Fr0m the F[l stJ. 7xt.> he' E-1ish peop gdile. What isa, t1.1e r all ?? ?? e .5I.prthl~eta~bi des' r, rb~ill shpeir tonic,) s~i.o ?? wixe, and desve~r ,n 1 - ?? ald their ticr to :r tha oU r ' 'l TJCS are r,(t; ge5;(ralted Tv tbe hie only to cite the p and the montthly tthe 6 -h cqa-a o(f our ?? Mer p ?? a rve as ctpult3 ?? tre ,d - , a iliei lauct1)h their ^t~icb the ...

... ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON MONT BLAN-C. Mr Edwin Pettrtt forwards particulars of another shocking accident on Mont Blanc. Writing from Chamouonix on the 14th instant, he says:- On Friday morniLg, t half-past eight, Captaia Ark- wuight and his eiater Slmond Michel (gulde). and two porters. Lit Chamonuix for the Grands Molets, at which place they arrived in the evening at aix o'clock. At that time the ...

... LOCKEtRBIE OCTOBER TRYST. THuBeDAY, OCroBra 18. The ?? for the Eeroan of the great sheep mar. kets of Lockerbie was held to day, The weather was ?? urpropif oQS; fie mora-i2g dawoc I with a fierv, red sky, sd b- seven o'clock rsin began to fall. The wind blew stroug from the south-east. Sho l.y after nine o'clock the raia fel heavier, and never ceassd the vwhole day. Wbst with the wind and ...

... A NIGHT ON THE OrTLER BPITZ. (Stem abe Coshi magazine for October.)- The following description Of a perilous adventute Is taken from the papers of the late Robert Jacob, -eq. (of Dublin), who, with his relative, Mr. Wal. pole, ascended the Orler Spitz Mountain during a tour throughthe Tyrol in the month of August, 1861. The narrative was pennea a few hours ater the oc. currences to which it ...

... CLYDESD ALE UPPEPRIWARD SOCIET9Y. The annual supper of this soclety wA held on be Thursday last within the Bedford lotel, George mr Place-F W. Allan, E-q., vice.-president of the do society, in the chair, supported by the Rev. J. Logan co Aikman, Messrs. John Greenshllds, yr. of Eeree, OJ James Dale, James Stodart, ThomasWharrie, Thoe pr A. Anderson, 1 Fzame, J. Hatton Watkins, Wn. eo Crockatt ...

... TlE FRESS ON THE GLASGOW REFORU D~EMONST'RATION. (From the Standard.) Mr Bright was rather tamer than upual, not.. withstanding the elation lie must have feltat the presentation of another of those grandly wordedi addresses in which his genlus and eloquence, his statesmansbip, and his corruptible integrity were eulogised after that sickeniugly fulsome manner in which the representatives of ...

... PAI6K2yY OLD WEAVERS' SOCIE:T,-TbX fir40a2 ofie, bearers have been elected for thae on'iuassr. James Dobie, Esq., boxmisete; \Vdsn 25is0 Esq., collector; and Major £z!crtto he2 tj bosmaster ; Provost Macfarlten, blss ?. c0 Uacgregor, John Reid, Jamea MIeiir, Jua F'otto ton, R. F. Dslzeli, Wilham ?? ' a ll' Campbell, William Russell, Joan SiuvSt. andt3 Jo Fisher, managers; Da1vid Campbui, clrk ...

... LATEST 'NEWS'8 1H AZTn OaTIZu, Satorday Mo2rning. 'TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE. THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. AN ITONBOLAD SUNK BY A TORPEDO. The Brazilian mail, with dates from Rio .anelro to the 24th ult,, brings us details of the capture by the allies of the fort of Caruzu, a stronghold on the river Paraguay. On the l1t, at 7.30 A.m, the Brazilian fleet moved up the river Paraguay, and at 12,30 ra, ...

... TEE MUNICIPAL -LEXcrIOxS- I SANITARY STAT.E OF THE CITY. Tote UEditor of the Gmgw Herald. Sc-BThe Municipal Elections are again at hand, and the e!ectors wii3. soon eserciro their privilege of returning fit and proper persona to represent and watch their interests at the Council Board. There sue two questions of the day which ought to be the study of all who desire to promote the physical, ...