... . . .. .. ,. I .This district meeting commences in this city 'to- day, and will be held in the John Street vestry, commencing at 10 o'clock. The Synod is mainly composed of ministers, and is not pen to the public. It will probably last until arid a, and dringo its sittings all the affairs of Methodism in Scotland will undergo a thorough investigatign. This Synod meets regularly once a year, ...

... The usual fortnihtly mceting of this Board was held ?? ?? presiding. N-UMBER OF LAMPS IN THE CITY. The minutes of the Watching and Lighting Com- mittee bore that the Inspector of Lighting had re- Ported the number of lamps tunder his charge at 31st March as follows :-7183 public lamps; 3145 lamps in private streets and courts; 2058 lamps in common stairs; 223 private lamps in public streets; ...

... THE COnBRAX CASE. To the Editor of the Glasgow Herald. Sir,-My attention has been called to a corre- spondence which appeared in an Edinburgh paper, last week, between the Rev. Mr Robertson of Greenock and the Procurator. In speacing on the case in the General Assembly, the Procurator had said that the Preabytery allowed page after page of trash in regard to the quality of the dis- courses to ...

... STF PATrICK'S DAY IN AMErMCA. I COtEAT crOT IN NESW YORKi. The ?? beldin ?? was celebrated in the different cities of the United States on Monday the ?? with ore than the usual enthusiasm whicg is mnifes ed~y Irishmen on the great occasion. 1heiProcessionrOf the various civic and militalrY ?? ?? imposing Similar processions on somswhiat smnaller scales also paraded the streets of. Brookiyn and ...

... (;LA-GS W UEP. PIRESoYTERY. -. of thizi rev~ere! t rtXT' montaly invetilng of this reverend !i hld ?? J. C. Stewart, STUDEThTrgcE'G . ;.-e ox gave in the follo aing report - -!3rt0i'ie' roapoted by the Presvt. o igi achng &. have to report tl~t they I,~ee aeul and at length *Ae severail .jwthaitted. tsi in to ?? m of their A r wents ereto lookI at the niaters brought b b foyth rrltyteryuyfrm ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (BEUTEIR'S TELEGRAMS.) ci0 AMERICA. ni ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA. Southampton, Fridayy. a The Saxonla, from New York on 19th January, th has arrived here, -with 74 passengers for this port, Hamburg, and Havre, 54 sacks mails for London, at 8154,722 for France, and 6000 for Hamburg. On to the 21st., she spoke the English steamer Queen, boundt west, and on the 22d the American ...

... FrE Sy-NOD OF GLASGOW AND AYRt. ..g ~ (For iorning Sedenlit see Sixth Paae.) EVENiNG SEDERUNT. 'rho Synod restumed inL the evening-M BlM'Gregor, Aifr the transaction of some routine business, the Cour2t prreeded to take up '!FE CARE OF nMR W. . a;MTTll. pscti,; were called to the bar, *hnen there ap- d l or the ?? Buchanan, Dr V'r11 . rr,,ecsor Douelas, Mr Freer, Mr Howie, e g'r (slis ieldc). ...

... TELEGEAPHIC GOOMMPN~ICATION BETWVEEN THE UNTED KINGDOq AND ITS DE1ENDEISCIES . rma reasury minute, dated 18th of January, 1' G i 1ud on M.onday, it appears that Lord Derby nd Ma Disraeli submitted, whether encourage- ment way not be afforded to compalies willing to 1 ry l]mes o.f xhich the Government approve, by the (.o eiinbiitcasing surveys, where none noV exist, to be lmjade of the route ...

... On Tuesday, about half-past eleven o'clock, the attention of the police was called to the fact that a man, with nothing on but his under-dress, was lying, apparently dead, near the bottom of the Covenant Close, High Street. When the body was lifted there appeared no symptoms of animation, but it was im- mediately conveyed to the Infirmary, where it was ascertained that the man was dead, death ...

... The Manchester Courier says :-About twenty-one years ago, in the rural parish of Sandiford, which lies between Penkridge and Brewood, in the county of Stafford, resided a maiden named Susan Simister, She was of the humbler walk of life, and not above receiving the attentions of Robert Tomkinson, fol. lowing the then comparatively new occupation of a platelayer upon the Grand Junction Line, and ...

... Fl)nld?!TRGH, - TOWN COUNCIL. At a meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh, held ?? Falshaw presiding-it was unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against certainpro~isions of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill. It was unanimously agreed, on the recom- raendation of the Lord Provost's Committee, to ask the co-operation of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in obtaining a ...

... DREADFTL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW i BLACK1RIARS' BRIDGE. A very serious occurrence, which it is supposed will result in the loss of at least one life, took place en the Southwark side of the new bridge now in the course of construction at Blackfriars. It ap- pears that at about 20 minutes to 10 o'clock on Sa- turday forenoon a number of men, acting under the orders of Mr Bryant, the engineer of the ...