... PAISLEYn , T- - -uIfl'Tl - PmmosormoAxL IN;TirO(.- U Semple's third lecture on the localities of the new street ?? aide was iven on Friday ?? Blac~kuhalbeing the particular subject. The o lecture was rich in historioalrese~eh, garnished e with literary allusions, which gave additional s interest to it, Mr James CaldweU presided. FLORISTS' SoCrinr.-Dr Hutchison gave a 1 lecture to this society ...

... T LYCIERINE EXPLOSION AT w ITO GREENOCK. AcoaIOt FOE £1000 DAMAGES, n e f evidence in the action at the e: sca of ?? Galloway against BMr c' yotlcl tor Greenock, for the sum of £1000 for injuries received through the explo- 3 uantityof nltro-glycerine atthe Greenock ce eftqua iD month of September, 1870, s Vsto 09 i te in the First Division of the a tlegsedsigo beforeLordDeas. Thefollowing cl ...

... RAILWAy. '-DONI,% The followin' is, from Lleut.-ad llt I' report of the cnilislon which ?? at Junction on the 2d January:-Tle loiniht a r train from Perth ta- Edinburgh (..id G gords a started on the nrnoring4of the 2d at 12.. 35, M late, consisting of englkne and tender, L and empty waggons, anO a, break van. A c ongine assisted the train up to Lilaekford V D it proceeded with one engine -to ...

... THE UNIVERSITY CONVERSAZEONE. At the University Conversazione the other evening, several articles were exhibited which IV are worthy of special notice. Sir W. Thomson's 'Ii siphon recorder was in operation, and the ex- v planations given by Sir William's assistant b interested a large audience. Messrs D. & Gi. Grahame exhibited their VI electric bells, in which there is a single bell A giving ...

... TRADE 1NAWS. t24 BEUASSOUNDEBIS.- The 'short-time and 'wages in movement in coanection with this trade was be- i .lieved tohave been amicably settled tbree 'webks' f toago. One of the qwestionB in dispute wan the pa t nes ment of weekly wages, the igreement between 'thee ow parties behg that this should he-left a shop quesn tion.' It appears, however, that several of- the employers have ...

... Nfl C'RAUIFURD'vq POOlR LAW BILL. d GLASqO0W--SLECON) WAIID.'-The monthly meet- a ing of the committee was held, on Tuesday evening, 1' last, in David Street School--Mr Wellwoo4 pre- sidhig. Mr Craufurd's Poor Law Amendment 3Bill was considered, All present expressed them d selves favourable to the amalgamati of the b Id parishes, and it was resolved to petition Parliament is in favour of the ...

... REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEEN, Mr John Parley Leith has come out as a can- didate after all, and has issued an address to the electors, in which he states he is a consistent Libe. ,al, and declares for progressive reform-parliamen- tary, administrative, financial, legal, and social. He gives as a reason for his decision to stand, that a large number of Liberal electors are confident Mr Shaw, whom ...

... , Thati farmilarty with prominent public me#J 4 peculiar to American freedom, which consists in r calling them by any name except that given them by their gofatbers sd godmothes in theirbaptism, is strongly marked in the case of Mr Horace GreelDy. Mr Greeley has not been many Weeks before the public as a candidate for the Presidency, a but he is already affectionately referred to by his ...

... GUE NOC - L- e 'ciZeyt---hdrMFromt';staiion. ! I ?? f ?? 0aurzAdmT,-Ar this Court q 195tsi4&se lsfo~re Ifr SherifaTennent, a labourer £ aasne, James .Johatondoewas sent 60 dayi to t jil for hay gon hepreviour day assaulted a e idvee namd Roberirsub-' f I A SON BOUND TO CONTTU TO THE SUPORT e I I . OF- am MOTHER? i Sheriff-Substitute Tennent has pronounced the ' following interlocutor in -a ...

... GREEIBNOOIL :NORV'SED E~t730A.1? ACOMhoDATON - To-day, the postal receiving offices in West a Blacdha;C Street ad Rnue-End Street-will be Si ...

... YA CH TING. r- FORTEH YACHT CLUB REGATTA, ?e The annual regatta in connection with the Forth id yacht Club took place in the Firth of Forth, Id near Granton, on Saturday. The weather was very i favourable, there being a fine westerly wind and is smooth sea. In the absence of Admiral Bowe, J. d A. Forbes, R.A. M., acted as commodore. In the competition with first-class yachts four entered. The ...

... o POETICAL, ERnnoR- A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. Is it, my boy I Marry it, and you will find that it is very much the reverse. o NoN DOLET. -MrPunch- Willian, William, l v this is very, very sad! Why these repeated floggings, dear boy? Not a week passes but- Head tboy- Akll right, sir! What's the odds? It don't e huert ! d WILLINx TO PLEASE. -Mistress (to lazy house- - maid)- ...