... ClLI ANA . ANNIUANL DINNVER C1' i TrE Oj:S CURLING CI'F:. The annual dinnier of the Mban Curling Club was held i the Kingis Arnie HuHAI on the evening of Wednesday the i2d inst. The chair was ably fi3l1d by Robert Campbell, Esq. of Rosebank, and the duties of croupierwvere efficiently performed by Geo. Buchanan, esq. The Chairman having giveu the usuale loyal and patriotic toasts, in proposing ...

... PRIO1R PAflE. Pnior aik, near Bath, ?? rh ; dergoane meaot sirgular xicieait;udreli ( through an~other chatnce, It xx ai bg;-,ts Ralph A3lan, the Sqlire Alhlvocz~j ' ?? Jones, with the freeqon'e whr; covered in the adjacent down., -IJ 1 x become Lmnous as B~ath ston e~ It '~sm of this noble building thatP p, xxr'se ?? on Man, and during the first hal i f tury many and brilliant were to. ...

... INSPECTION OF MINEES. Mr Wa',rburton1, Of Noroj~anton, ?? to the Tbis~cs~ Prev ions to the MNines' Inspection Acts the blame of accidents rested uapon the owners and agents of - ellUieries. Since hinspectors were appointed the odium, in most cases, is dicided between the owners and the inspectors of the district. Ti's accepted idea of inspection is this :-By their t nts owners and managr have ...

... TII FEMALE SUFFRAGE Q1TESTION IN TIff UNITED STATES. The New York correspondent of the Da4y Yevs says:- Another interesting matter which came up in the course of the debate on the bill admitting the negroes to vote in the district of Columbia was the question of female suffrage. It was raised by an attempt to have the word male struck from the bill, and the debate revealed the fact that ...

... NORTH BrITISH RAILWAY. To tile Editor of tile Glmg~ow Hcerald. G lasgow, Jan. 3, 1867. SIR,-It appears to me, in common with many other shareholders, that if the proposal of the diaec- tors relative to the creation of new stock be fully carried out, a serious injustice will be inflicted upon a large body of the shareholders. The proposal is open to three objections-first, the amount to be r ...

... VO:RLD'S END PROPHECIES. A comaespondent of the Carlisle Exaretznei thus Sums lip the prophecies which have been current in various ages regarding the end of the world:- 3. The Jews had au ancient doctrine, that the world will last 6000 years-2000 before the Law, 2000 ander the Law, andt 2000 under the Gospel. 2. There was a time when the duration of the World was thought to be bound up with ...

... MEETING OF 11TITERSy ]X-LE L YOTI{YIVIWE.!. -L A Imeeting of mir.ne.- ?? noga th, in the Brandon Hotel, Moth ?? ,r e cohn, one of the deputis. pir. IReports were given in fro . reports were to the' effectt t: . ; tion had yet T>-eu 'ise-n ; a of the pits there wa0 a iV hand, in others little. auI ii - Mr M'DONALI)_ secretar' t land, referred to his vis . a deputation who waited : ., tary in ...

... ANNUAL MEETING OF THEE BUTE SAVINGS BANK. The annual meeting of this institution was held in the Town Hall on Monday ?? Dun. can presiding, The meeting was held in the even- ing to admit of the working classes being present; buton account of some misunderstanding in regard to the announcement of the meeting there was only a small turn-out. The CHAiFYaN intimated the receipt of letters of ...

... I LATE -S T ..EW S . g Hu nD O F, Ta'iefday vst,3 . TELEGRAMS BY &EOL, WIRE A TrilE GOV.ERNMETNT A9ND REFORM. (Fte ourown Corresponden. 1k London,. ?? NSight. There is a whisper to-night that the Q'oveirninent are about to reconsider their verdict Eeb3 .;rMa, and that to-.morrow (Tuesday), at the Ca-biniet Council, the question well be1 ?? broug.ht up an& ds- cusse.l it is thought tlsit -at ...

... 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 ...

... SOUl ND AN-D FLANME-CURIOUS -- - EXP.ERIM\EN'TS. The evening meetings of the members of the Royal institution commenced for the season on Friday. on which occasion Dr Tyndall delivered a lecture -On Sounding and Sensitive Flames. The effect of cer- tain vibrations of the air in causing different dames to emit musical sounds has been for some tins past investigated by Dr Tyndall in the ...