... LETTEFS TO THE EDITORF A GOOD _EXAMYPIE. 239 West Linorie Z~etlsow Feb~ruarv 3 ~t 515l.-We be; to etntt -,o bwow nabscir IP aot~.elrid ror1 the Un~iversityI tien of flvea guineast! h ?? sugoes- new-, cdnis I FL).. ;a ere- afll te law at ire5 dna outc to traits ito ratioe tutielt~c ielneeS iD not only would a! lc:~,_iptiafli alnina rhemslveC an ecanircie col e Setubc-.i o'se yte rest of the Id ...

... TUE NEW PUBLIC HALLS. It has now been definitely decided to open 14 the New Public Halls on the evening of Tuesday hr the 13th of -November, when the Messiah w will be produced. On Thursday the 15-t an re orchestral concert will be given, under the C conductorship of Dr von Bulow; and on Friday hi Macfarren's Lady of the Lake, which hlas been composed expressly for the occasion, will I be ...

... TIE F-,i1xS'IU-AE AND LOCE-OUT. At a mcetien of te F ec e ('CouncH last uilht in tilndee os thie 'i-ili ?? ip Ccrnt' ' ly'o'e ; it V:Iis iolvei to pay tio lurked-ct mombera ti' ?? -uar rn as is pai n tin con stri ?? L --5s Jet AN1L;-piO ?? ?? A fit benefit onl ui ?? it) thbir a-rcss. it was :n .resoive to 0' tha sittlema b i' 1a tie teL I a-altaiot, the cubitsr to Le rIulltZi'L -Y Cui-ct. ...

... ME GOSCHEN ON EGYPTIAN FINANCE. I . ._ Yesterday a large meeting of Egyptian bond- holders was held at the Cannon Street Hotel, London, to hear a statement on Egyptian finance, by Mr Goschen, l.P. Mr Bouverie, the chair- man of the Council of Foreign Bondholders, presided. The CHAnimAS said two months ago Mr Goschen undertook to negotiate for the foreign bondholders with the view of settling ...

... IDEPUTATIONS To0 Trn LOERD-ADVOCATE.| I So-rp-. f7pnvsttirh- 5. -e tip Tn-,d. i Several ~de7uta~tions wrafted upon the Lord-I -Advocate in hia C'hambers, Pariamnent Square,. ~dinburgh, yesterday.otrror The first to wait upon his Lurdsbt rwas a de- tattloo from t~he A-ssndatijon for the reventlona :rf rho Rh--tm and LIorhs of Scotland from Pollution, i tcuosisting- of Si: amies Alexani-der of ...

... LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE ON I THE EASTERN QUESTION. Lord Stratford de fledcliffe writes as follows to the T2riaes- Are wve to have -war or peace? Is the peace to be tentativeor settled ? Is war to be single or collective Very natural inquiries, although not so easy to answer just yet. Another and perhaps more pertinent question remains to be con- sidered. What, I would ask, is best to be ...

... -THE-WyNN-ELLIS COLLECTION,- -. ' ' .- . I I The tidr'portion of 'this important collection of fictures wea~disposed'of on StatUday. . There was e lai'rge aftendance, but thepriees realised,..withoue or two exeeptions, were. inconsid'erable. Th first pictnre 'wich. fetched 'afiitbing worth splalilg. Be of 'vwas5 Moiint Hilicon,-with B'fs 'at' isa fobt C] and the sea in the baekground' ?? ...

... GREENOCK A RONAWrAT Hoasim-While a bakersa van w= being driven along Charles Street yesterday; in charge of a man named James Hoganu.the borase took fright and ran owiry, The Vauman WIaS thrown frtom his seat, and falling on the street was much shaken, but riot seriously injured, Tite horse fell arhile turninginat Dalrymple Street, and got cout about the hind quarters, and wasafterwards ...

... WVETrHER CHAT, M.cii ?? The chatrrpres.euts the wester n comutriea of Eisaote. frome Norway to the coast of Portugal, and embraces Great ?? and the British Wes It also includes the S~orth Sea or German Ocean, the B .y of Biscay, the Moditerranean, the Atlantic, with the Lnglisp Ohanaal, Bristol Clannel, and Irish Sea. 1 ,0S hi r2, 35F0 1 4J. Clear| l rear 41cleax SL1OET ; BAr. Rising \ ZXPLAE ...

... GLASGOW SCIENCE LECTIURES. On Thursday evening the fourth of a series of tI5 Ilectures #ie under the aspices of the Glasgow ?? tor Associtiofnwas delivered in the'U CiyHl ?? ilasn ?? 0 9 ilteplc ?? dig h a unable to e to ulfi his ngagment n acountof the se veretib illesot errltie h ujc flecture ci was The Ice Ae Tere wa a odattend-T ence. -Mr rmpesided, and thr wereals on di the platform ...

... GREE-NOCKF. 1 GREMNOCr, AT TF4W CEN-TEVNY er MFrqenoa-- t i1-r Robert IMills. baso1 --mitie huock Breast Greenock. his bec-n awvar, -l a g-,d 'rIedal by tbe Centennial Cornrmisiouers f-r th ; oclienee of 0 hi; clout>l-acting primp for !iatIs, T-l--aelre tw hundred different pumps ex'bit' ed. D-sowvo AED T SAse.-'? mnate of the Itt-lisa Ibrque Zio Pelleg-ro, whi-iC ar--aevI at tf e 'Pail of the ...

... I. 7 7, LBTTE&i T11E EDITOB. 0- )f FREE AND OPEN WORSHIP. , Sr,-At the invitation of some Scottish Church; e men, the Council-of this association are about to r, hold. meetings in Aberdeen and elsewhere. As , the siubject is perhaps somewhat new in Scotland lee a public one, ,you will, I hope, allow me both to call attention to the fact and explain the circum- stances under which theb meetings ...