... BDIRTHS. At 11 llose Street, Garnethill, on the 31st ultino, Mrs Robert Ross; a daughter. At 23 Elgin Terrace, Partick, on the 51st ultimao, Mrs David Ailester; a daughter. At 2So Thistle Street, oni the 31st ultimo, Mrs Robt. Russell; a son. At 642 Gallow.gate, on the 31st ultim4o, Mrs James Gilchlist; a son. At 141 -Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 51st ult., the wife of George Dickson; a ...

... BIRTHS. At 1 Hamilton Drive, on the 1st inst., Mrs HeOry Monteith; a daughter. At 17 Bellgrove Street, on the 1et instant, Mrs Hugh Barnett; a daughter. At 231 Dunbarton Road, Partick, on the Ist inst., Mrs Richard Raiage; a son. At 56 Union Street, Greenock, on the Lst instant, MrLs James York; a son. At 50 West Milton Street, on the 31st ult., Mrs James Campbell; a daughter. At 19 Mains ...

... IMONTMENT TO THE LATE FROBERT DICK, OF THURSO. The Thurso Natural Science Association aretaking steps to have a monument erected over the grave of the late Robert Dick, who, though in the humble position of a baker, had followed scientific pursuits with a success beyond that of our more celebrated saaves. At a meeting of the society, held on Satur- day evening, and reported hi the GCithncss ...

... BIRTHS. At 17 Windsor Street, on theo 2d instant, the wife of the Rev. John Torrance; a. son. At 79 South Portland Stre'.t, on the 2d iast., the wife of Mr Andrew Munngps1, suryeon; a daughter. At 3 Holmhead Street, on the 2d instant, Mn Wm. Garman; a daugbser, At 1 Walworth Ter race, on the 2d instant, Mrm Joseph A. Hill; a d',ughtec. At Windy Banud. House, Port-Eglinton, on the 2d inst., Mrs ...

... DEATH OF DISTINGTISnM PERSONS IN 1866, The year which has just closed has been fatal to more than an average proportion of distinguished personages in various ranks of life. The following is a lit of the most prominent _ In the peerage of the Urnited Kingdon of CGreat Britain and Ireland the Earl of Limerick. the Earl of Milltown, Lord Monteagle, the Earl of the Earl of Kinnoul, Viso-- 5t ...

... s Street, on the 3d instant,- Mrs James P. Forrester; a daughter. At 74 Parson Street, on the 3d instant, the wife of Mr James Mackinnon; a son. At 7 West Garden Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Lawson; a son. At 92 Canning Street, on the 2d inst., Mrs Robart Douglas; a daughter. At 1 Miller Place, Airdrie, on the 2d instant, Ma Andrew Aitken ; a daughter. At Stevenson House, Htaddington, ...

... BIRTHS. At 19 Rosehall Street, on the 4th inst., Mrs John G. Stewart; a daughter. At Newfield House, Ratherglen, on the 4th inst., Mrs D. Dalglsh; a daughter. At 65 Naburn Street, on the 3d inst., Mrs Alex. Laurie; a son. MARRIAGES. At St Michael's-in-the-Hamlet, Aigbarth, on the 3d inst., by the Rev.-John Harrison, M.A., LL.B., brother of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. W. T. Hobson, M.A ...

... DEATH OF MR ALEXANDER SMITH. It is with much regret that we announce the death of Mr Alexander Smith, the poet, which took place on Saturday morning at his residence at Wardie, near Edinburgh. Mr Smith, we believe, had been ill for several weeks of typhoid fever. Mr Smith had just entered his 37th year, having been born on the 31st December, 1830, at Kilmar- nock, where his father followed the ...

... BIRTHS. At 4 Abbotsford Place, on the 6th instat, Mrs Wl~liam Thomson-; a son-stitl-bom. At 4 Derby Street, on the 0th instant, Mrs James Lonie; a son. At 1 Granville Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Burn; a son-still-born. At 32 Regent Park Square, on the 5th instant. Mrs Andrew Shaw; a daughter. At 11 Newton Terrace, on the 5th instant. Mrs Jas. Young; a son. At 74 Taylor Street, on ...

... BIRTHS. At 14 Kew Terrace, Great Western Road, on the 7th inst., the wife of Alexander Strathern, Eso., Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire; a daughter. At 342 Eglintoii Street, Lilybank Buill o the 7th instant, M~rs John Templeton; a daughter. At 193 Castle Street, on the 7th instant,Mrs Joha Turner; adaughter. At 10 George Street, Paisley, on the 7th inst., bMrs David Galletly; a son, At ...

... BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. The following is the Registrar-General's return of births, deaths, and marriages in the eight prineiiat towns of Scotland, for the week ending Saturday, January 5;- i X . |Temperature. | R ToWNs9. l I __ _ _ .v Xd gh. Low-w Tnhees. . es_ _estj. Glasgow . 356 277 328 47'0 130 27'5 0'330 Enur. r~wn 'ina97 106 109 3801 16,0 279v 0200 D.dee . 53 74 117 510 22s0 327 ...

... BIRTHS. At 11 Burubankr Terrace, on the Sth instant, Mrs Walter Rule: a daughter. At 68 North St Muungo Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs W. D. Jackson; a son. At 3 Forbes Place, Paisley, on the 5th instant, Mrs Malcom M'Kechnie; a son. At the Manse, Kilmaurs, on the 7th instant, Mrs Inglis; a son. At Bellaire, Greenock, on the 7th instant, the wife of David Johnstone, Esq.; a daughter. At ...