... UPPER NITISDALE COURSING CLUB. The UpperNithsdalo Coursing Club, which for the last oew years has been gradually rising into notice, this year extended its programme, and C yesterday (Friday) a capital ineetinq was held in d the neighbourhooi of Kiirkoonnel. The day was fine, attendance large and well behaved, and I hares plentiful, though the recent storms made r them difficult to get at. Mr ...

... ATHLETIC SPORTS. The:annual athletic sports of the Cowal dis- triot of Argyllshiro woro hold yesterday in one of the fields belonging to the Achamore Farm, Dunoon, which was kindly given by Mr Daniel Mercer. The day was dry and very favourable, and there was a very large attendance of specta- tors, amongst whom we observed several of the clergy, burgh commissioners, and others deeply ...

... Tuesday, Jan, 4, Since the revival of this ancient meeting eight years ago, it has steadily risen in public favour until it now stands second only in iniportance to the Waterloo. Like it, too, such is the demand for nominations that in late years the committee have been compelled to restrict their allocation to one for each applicant and this notwithstanding that the Nether y Cup ias been ...

... BORDER UNIOX COURSING MEETING. ;Longtown, WednesdayZ. A wild lookinm induced fears of a repeti- tion of yesterday weather, but although we had occa- soioal showers the day was on the Wvhole favourable, and diew out an immense attendance of ispectators. Hares,' unfortunately, were again unaccountably scarce 'even the very test fields on the estate occA- 'saionally being drawi blank, so that ...

... BORER UMON COURSING MEETING. Loagtown, Thursday.. I A'day'bf ahmost incessant rain greatlyredu6ed the attendence B.ad sadly tinterfered with what wrndd i otherwise hiive been a maost excellent day's sport- hares being considerably more numnerous than we; have yet seen them, and the trials, on the whole, of a highly satisfactory character. Cataclysm an Dluty Rejealed are going best in the ...

... Clayhouses Toll-Bar Friday With the most propitious weather, and a stock of hares such as we have not seen surpassed this sea- son, a splendid day's coursing was enjoyed over Kiunount Estate, by the k permission of Lord Queensberry, who, though no courser himself, kindly grants permission to course over his estates, The trials were of a firsi-olass oharacter, the best grey. hound, in every ...

... ]Boner UNION COURSING MEU16I. Longtorn, Friday. This meeting was brought to a. close to-day, under .crcistauC~e of. great comfort'comnpared 'to i~hat .lid been experiend ontotieip dingns eidbgaepsringeed on the We'pac g oes,t ?? lace of meet was C aidwoll Peth, four miles from here and the farms coursed over were Cubbib HIll ,and Enliahtownh Hares weore so very plenitifuithat the sport was ...

... PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE IiLLSII RACE. yof. Huxley delivered a lecture on Tine Fons fathers and Forerunners of the English People on Monday night, under the auspices of to National Sunday League. The Professor cqr bated the notion that any political weight is t) be attached to the distinction between the Cejvi. and the Anglo-Saxon races. ' He said in the course of his lecture- If you want ...

... On the evening ot yesterday1 meeting was held in the New Free Church in this ?? White, Esq., of Overtob, in the chair. In open- ing the proceedings.Mr White gave an admiiable address to working. men, which was loudly applauded. ' ;Mr White' having concluded his addresss Mr Macaulay delivered a short lecture on The Sabbath in Relation to thu Woiking Man. After this he announced the names of ...

... . THE DEVELOPiENT or RACE. .'Sebastian?' (ii the .PaltlMalt Gaufctte). points ojtt that there is one side of the quetioin of political ethnology entitled to more weight than Professor Huxley seems inclined to accord tb it. ' The Professor tells us that he is a firm believer in blood, and: be assures us that inevery particular by which races of mankind differ, the. ibera~ns anid' l the ...

... PLOUGHING. MATCmE[S CUNBERWNAULD. The annual ploughing match of the Cuon Agricultural Society tookplace, on Tuesday Itfitll the farm of Condorrat, occupied by MIr. P&4 ,n Considering the anterior state of the wea 14 day, although close and misty, turned out vieb, t the ground everything that could be desired ,a withstanding the short notice Mr Pender r of the match taking place, his ?? anjer ...

... rLOU.GHINITG MATOIlE S. BALDELRNOOK. On Thursday the .20th instspt, the ploughing match of the Baldernook Agricultural Soeletv tdok Itlace on the Farm of KQttlohill, tenanted ?? ames Gilmour. . The weather proved favourable and a goodly number of ploughs were on the ground at day-break. The Judges-Messrs Craig, fanmer, Watshod; Coates, overseer, Kenmuir; and Paul, farmer, Drumquharn-after ...