... S. To the Editor of the Gfavolo Herald. Glasgow, 14th January, 1869. SIR,-I vwas gratified to find that tberecent letters in the Herald as to Early Steam Navigation have led Mr James Steel, ef Liverpool, to give, in your impression of the 1st instant, an interesting ac- count of a trial made by the late Mr John Wood, shipbuilder, Port-Glasgow, with a screw in the pro- pulsion of a ship's ...

... GREENOCX. MORTALITY Ohs BOARD SHIP. -While the ship Search, arrived in the river yesterday from Old CAla- bar, was on her passage home, two of her crew died from yellow fever. One of the men was named Fleming, and belonged to Aberdeen. The other was a foreigner. SHERIFF? CHIiIINAL COVERT-At this Court, yes- terday, before Sheriff Tennmnt and a jury, Jane O'Donnell or Gorman was charged with ...

... GRE ENO CK. Tow,, Coi_'cul,.-A rmeeting of this Cistocil was again convened yesterday, but there not being a quorurI of members present, the Lusiness was again adjourned, MIesne;G OF FacULr.T o' PaocuaATOr's.-The annual meeting of this Faculty was held ia the Sheriff Court Hall ?? James Turner in the chair. Some dircuasivn took place upon. a pro- posal to re-elecr Mr Yuille Dean of Faculty, ...

... THE TPJA.L OF ELECTION PETITIONS. ?? tho Saturday Review.) The trial of election petitions under the new stifsi a-6te gun this week, and it has begun ander every advantage. Judges of great pro. fessional ?? and experience have in- itiaeted the pfriitical working of th~il.ethod of .ttingtlese Peltions in the ?? where .brj~:iW*'o~riz'pt-practices are alleged to have ± nI$ ~ l ice the proceedings ...

... MEETING OF TBACHEMS AT HAMILTON. A meeting of the Hamilton Branch of the Educa. tional Institute was held in Hamilton Academy, on 16th inst. Mr Blacklock, rector, occupied the chair. The subject brought under notice was National Education. It was agreed to elicit the opinion of the meeting on the five heads into which the subject might naturally be divided-ist, General Board; 2d, ...

... Yesterday, David Royd, butler, was charged at Marylebone Police Court with being drunk, riotous, and assaulting Emma Holmet, housemaid at 101 Harley Street, Prosecutrix-He was tipsy last evening. Prisoner-And you was drunk. (Laughter.) Prosecutrix-We had a party last evening, and he was tipsy before it began. Hie threw a tumbler and glasses at me. We had to call in the police. Prrioner-AWhut a ...

... We lead in the Florence letter of the Daily Nbes - The aristocracy of regenerated and united Italy has yet, in many respects, to make its position and establish its character. As regards titular distinc- tion there never was a country so abundantly en. dowed. This is not surprising when we remember that ten years ago the present kingdom of Italy can sisted of seven States, and, consequently, ...

... BY OBDINA BY TELEaRAPH. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN STEAMER AT LIVERPOOL. THE HIBERNIA. OurLiverpool correspondent telegraphs that The Athenian, which arrived at Liverpool last night, has no knowledge whatever of the Bibernia-either ship or steamler, Liverpool, Jan. 14. The mail steamer Athenian, from the West Coast of Africa and Madeira, has arrived in the Mersey. Her dates are-Bonny, Dec. ...

... To the Editor of the Glasgow Herald. Sin,-Your correspondent T. G., in his letter under this beading in your issue of 14th inst., rightly says that the oider publication of anything about Shakespeare bitherto not commonly known woull have an almost universal interest ; and he challenges a correspondent to substantiate, by a statement of the f acts on which his opinion is formed, that ...

... A WIFE'S SELF-ASSERTION. One of the mostmaguificent efforts of self-assertion ever made by weak woman is to be seen in Mrs Burton's preface to her husband's book on Brazil, recently published. It deserves to be quoted sepa. rate and alone:- Before the reader dives into the interior of Brazil with my husband as a medium, let me address two words to him, I have returned home, on six months' ...

... glalazlov loutrall4l, MONDAY MORNING, JA. 18. he EARL SPENcEit, the new Lord-Lieutenanit o. ly Ireland, made his public entry into Dublin or )st Saturday. His Excellency rode through the -e city, surrounded by a brilliant military escort, sh but it is said that his reception was not marked Y by the same enthusiasm which was accorded to on a similar occasion to the Duke of Abercorn. P9 The ...

... (From the Times,) The new Board of Admiralty has addressed itself betimes to the fulfilment of a pledge not less difficult than that which seals the fate of an unpopular Ests- blieBment. It is certain that'a serious check must be appled to our naval expenditures and equally certain that the way to do it has not yet been dis. covered. There have been times, indeed, when, in a fit of economy, ...