... ABSTAINERS' UNION-NEW YEAR FESTIVAL. Last night, a soiree and concert, under the auspices of the Abstainers' Union, took place in the City Hall. The audience was a numerous one, the chair being occupied by Mr Thomas Smith (President), who wvas supported on the platform by the Directors of the Union and other friends. After an excellent Ba, The CHAIRMAN dellvered the usual introductory address. ...

... /P(From tle Dumafiee Caorer.) Within the garden attached to the manse of Ruthwell. Dumfriesshire, and adjoining the church y :e of that parish, stands a stone cross covered with ela. s, borate carving, which partially tells the history of e this deeply interesting relic of antiquity. This is what is accurately known, apart from the y story which the cross itself tells, The cross stood ns ...

... BY ORDINARY TELEGrAPH. PRUSSIA AND) AUSTRIA. The Heratd has received the following telegram:- Berlin, Wednesday.-Austria and Prussia have signified their agreement to the participation of Bavaria and Saxony in the revenue negotiations at present carried on at Vienna. A Bavarian Plenipo- tentiary already shares in the discussion, and the arrival of a Saxon Plenipotentiary is likewise ex- ...

... LATEST NEWSO HERALD OFFICr , Mlfond4y Morming. TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE, ;THIE WEATHRE1. The temperature on Saturday rose to some extent during the day, and hopes of a thaw were entertained, but in the course of the evening it became colder again. A slight fall of snow commenced shortly after midnight, and yesterday morning a decided thaw set in, and the snow and ice began to melt at a rapid ...

... VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENTO._ IST LAYARKSHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS- I0TH BATTERY. The annual social meeting of the members of this battery and their friends was held in the Bell Hotel, Trongate, on Friday evening the 28th December- Lieut. Brand in the chair, who was supported by Capt. Matheson, James Cleghorn, Esq., D. Monro, Esag, W. Allardice, Esq., and other gentlemen. After supper, the Chairman ...

... THE T RAI NING 01' NRU SES. I; THIE C-LASc;ow AND LXIVPOOL SYSTEMSI3. r- A few (lays agor, ht-oaptag the great bazaar which en ated -O ?? sir in C'izu'lieriggs, public sympathy c Was solicited fc'r a Sick Children's Hoe-ital and ; Fever Coinvale. cent IHo'mie. The benevolent peo- ?? moters of that enterprise seem resolveed that the h citizens shalE not lactki peo ot talitivs of liberality, fur ...

... (From the Globe.) When the nations of Europe seem to be vieiug with each other in augmenting the number and efficiency of their armies, and when the wisdom of their rulers is taxed to the utmost to provide means of raising fresh troops, it is curious to turn to the report recently made by the Minister of War of the United States on the condition of the forces under his control. After a war ...

... r OLD GLASGOWN DIRECTorIES. To the Editor of the Glasgozv Herald. SiB,--Some remarks having appeared in the newns- papers regarding the comparative antiquity of the na early Glasgow Directories, more especially in con- fxc nection with a very recent re-print of one by Jones, ha for 1789, perhaps it may not be uninteresting shortly pe to review the order of these useful local recordsb. i.n The ...

... I GLASGOW ESTABLISHED PRESBYTERY-. The ordinary monthly meeting of this reverend C(ourtwas held yesterday-DrRunciman, Moderator. THE CONFERENCE wITH CHAPEL MLNISTERS. Mr CHARTEISIS said it vwould be in the recollection of members of Presbytey that at the meeting in November it was agree , on the motion of Dr Macleod, to invite ministers of chapels within the bounds to a conference with members ...

... BY OBDI2-ARY TELEGRAPf. i FOREIGN INTELLIGENORE j (BEUTER'S TELEGR_3M THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. Paris, Dec. 3L The Mfonitevrsays,-Letters from Massowak state Mlmo Vu Pnvt n ..It ZT, fRlaazui4 lyitl their friends, have been again placed inirons by order of the Emperor Theodore. The reason of this step in notknown. MAIL NEWS. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC M ,S. Southampton, Dec. 31 The steamer Shannon, ...

... In the Pulpit Analyst for January, the Rev. George Gilfihlan of Dundee devotes the first of a series of papers on Remoter Stars in the Sky of the Church, to Dr William Anderson of our city. After explaining his intention, Mr Gilfillan says:- We begin with Dr W. Anderson-a man whose name in Scotland has been long a household word, and whose power at one time in Glasgow was para mount and ...

... RiEFORM tDEMONSTPRATION EN DIJMFIIES. Yesterday a demonstration by the working men of the towua and neighbourhood in favour of Reform took place in Durfries. It consisted of a procession through the principal streets of Dumifries and Max- welLtown, an open meeting in the Dock Park, and a meeting in the evening, wshere resolutions in favour of an extensibn of the suffrage were moved and adopted ...