... TOWN COU:\-CJT. PROCEEDIN6.S. A special meeting of the Town Council was held 3'-tterdiav-the Lord Provost presiding. 3ulgi]sY OF TI-E ?? CHlUR.CH DISrRICT rB(' 1STRAR. The LORD Pnovoss said he had considered it tecessary to call a speeal m11-eeting of Council in COnsequencc of a comnrni-,ication which he had re ai;ved en Tuesday from the Registrar-General, ill xegard to the position of matters ...

... GLA SGOW ARCHITECTURlAL SOCIETY. The usual monthly mneeting of the Glasgow Archi- t~cteiral Society was held in their Rlooms, 1308 Bath Scer-ret, on ?? evening. The chair was occu- p~ied 1yw Mr John Honsy-,man, jun, After therneces- sciT bus5iness miatters wex re disposed of, a paper was read by MNr Campbell Douglas, ' On the relative dues~es of architects to their, employers and the Public, ...

... COATBIliDu,?, EARLY tAMAINGC. -Ve are illo ,th farm tunder the charge of Mfr Turka - Oa tb tion with Calder IronnworktsLthe pr 10 ' s m 4t S. Dixon, Esq., during the theirot ?? of a dozen of fine healthy lambS havc Iszen2?Wa4 the stock on the farin, and ?? ,i ' , oP been very severe both th, o-. ' T Wes'f5 are thriving well. ' 'eec' FATAL PIT ACCLOT.-(OO Tued.a- accident occurred in No. 1 ...

... r 01kA-I~r;J\'V, 'Tfe morthly 3peeting of tlliis Sole0y was Iclii on Thursday evening, in their re-sran, .'idelmeun Uni- ?? rev. H. 1W Cro s-le, Veee-id *ot. in the chair. The followilng Oentieriseo or isel ~th ti ?? ialrrls, Slf Subqti't-: T. 0 Cm-ide Gregory, ?? ?? St Vioce-3t Sjtrcee; ])t V George M'Ewan, 344 St Vincent Street; Dr John l Ma'Caron, 13 Bellg53i-e Street; John Lorimer, mcin- ...

... THE FltUMOUR OF HOMICIDE, B., writing to the Fell Mal CamiS, ?? hunour of g''9ym is still that of many Englishmen. An inhabitant (f London has been overheard recom- mending his friend from the country to attend the Saturday evenings of a certain pugilist in the following ten I:- If you want to be really amused you go to Ben ' some Saturday night, and you'l see some rare fun-blood flyin' ...

... S E I I ONS 1. Is there any reason why there should be two or three sermonr; ever v Sunday: Is there any reason ?? each sermon sh ould last for half au hour 9 if it lie said the poor will have it so, or they will leave the churclh-why, we have sometimes been told the poor like hard words which they cannot understand, or they like shouting and vulgarity, and therefore flock to chapel-are we to ...

... A DE7ENCE ?? 01 ?? , lir Geiki', in a t.sre ?? :er in i7 ?? rr Tin' rsdiay niblht, sa;ys:-T -ill : .warfare a3 sot; ite science, a.fter ?? beri.; ?? a. *hu.L- l af IA at years been r--vived, and seernsto bc ine a. activity. Within the lust fen- days . x ,- ?? two eminent menrbers of the l'gal faculty -r-ertbe lists and denounce mod era scierce and its tvan-- cies after s fa-,hion which is ...

... MT'I GOLDIVIN SMIITH ON STRIKES A-D CO-OPERATION. At the. annual meeting of the Manchester and Salford Equitable Co-operative Society, held on Saturday night in the Co-operative Hall, Downing Street, Manchester, MIr G-oldwin Smith briefly addressed the assembly on the above subject.. He ?? is a co-opera- tive store, and I presume that of those assembled here the majority are interested only in ...

... &,_BIZAL SEWS. Bears lshll is now sold in Paris as an article of food. The city of AMoscow was lighted writlh gas for tile first time on the 27th December. The privilege of giving- baS iaaspws has been extended to all the Parisian theatres. A man has just lost his life in a paraffin candle manufactory at Zaehlorsdorf, in Aius- tria, by felling into a vat of boiling oil. The Exhibition at ...

... Accizsvz 0o THE ICE.-Yesterday forenoon an accident of a somewhat alarming ?? took place on the New Dam, situated on the farm of Lower Murdieston, whereby a young lady and two entlemen were immersed and narrowly escaped drowning. During the forenoon, MIr Whyte, drug- gist, 25 Lynedoch Street, while engaged skating, was requested by a young lady to give a little boy who accompanied her a slide ...

... B Y ORDINARi Y TJELGRAPH, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE NORTH GERMANIC CONFEDERACY. The opening of this Parliament is fixed for the 15th February. Every citizen of the State bearing an irreproachable character, and having completed his 25th year, is eligible as an edector for the Parlia. ment. MAIL NEWS. CALCUTTA. CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Alexandria5 Jan. S. The steamship Nyanza, with the above ...

... COATBPUDCE. | 1ATA.L AcCI§DZ2T oJ2 N'rXTu B'.aenIs 1l rL- A fatal accident occurlred' is n d';s a~ L -eiLI I railwav. between Gartlserrie and alanys;'d labourer or nay-ie named 1'ranci, 31arn, a in Aesderny Street Sunny A thtsisr w 5 railway there are - large fltbe i. - in makina- alterati..ns-: andl. ner ti' ! ?? I along xvith other two men, had 'ot d, work for the d cay, ad were w-akin he ...