... GLGOW.. T - I ?? . :. ..atuirday EvsnfYg I ATvwV S from Calcutta announce the apensfon I of the Calcutta Bank. It in expected that deposi- ton will receive pnament 5i fs11 bua% Olkt an.Ie holders will suffer a certain, though not excessive, . ...

... XOROCCO.- - Gibraltar, December 25. C1 Advises from Melilla state that the Prince inm- H penial of Merocco was still encamped near the fortress, and was punishing the insurgent tribes by with great severity. The Britith ship Glendower, which stranded on Ai the coast of Centson theldthinst., hasbroken up. by APORTSamOUTn telegram, dated Saturday, states dl that the India troop-ship Serapis, ...

... n'be INJtURED. me .4The close of the yeasr just gone has been in maarkied locally by a v-ery painful disaster. On COl ,liaturday forenOOn, 'tho boiler of a road steamer in1 or traction engine exploded in Paisley Roadet ,wheroby three -persons were instantly killed: -1 lsour others have since died, and at least 34 have 0' .sustained more or less serious injuries. Of the Pli 'latter number, it ...

... TE O *D -T LETTERS TO T.H g EDITOR.- a Elf Letters to the Editor cannot be inserted except when thew are authentioted by the name and si( address of the writer-not necessarily for pub- in 3 Ejication, but as a guarantee of good fait& in Correspondents are requested to write only fa on one side of the paper. R We cannot undertakc to return rejectedU Cor- _ 'Inulicationi . tlb tb 3 THE ...

... ; - riti Do: MORAN has been appointed Coadjutor PO] Bishop of Ossory. . Ac AMONGST those mentioned as candidates for nec Malone, in view of a probable vacancy, is Mr tro. J..G, M'Carthy, solicitor, Cork, who will;repre- po sent Homealule. the MUTINY ON BOARD A GLASGOW STEAMER.- the The steamer Arthur, of Glasgow, bound for mil Trinidad, put into Waterford yesterday,a peor. ne tion of the ...

... c- 'LYD)E SHIPRUILDING. -, The following .vesselsBwere launched during the month of December, 1871:- T The Mirefield, an ir n IsOcrew-steamer, built by- 3- Scott & ?? Greenock, for -, Glaggow-East s India (via Suez Canal) trade. d The India, an iron sorew-steamer of 1300 tons e andl150horse-povwor, built byW Denny & Brothers, ni Dambarton, for the Portuguese Government- e transport service. Y ...

... 4 Rangoon correspondent of the Pal -Mall Gazette writes:- I The HIce has arrived at Rangoon at last. It is accompanied by a Minister of State, a Minister v.Pnhlio Workis, a treasurer, and a commissariat officer, and somewhat fewer than a hundred Followers. At every station on the river Irra- waddy, at which it baited on its way fromt Mstandalay to Rangoon, the people came in crowds to ...

... . I I ?? INCRtEASE or THE OmROULATION OF TEFIC BANKI OF FRANCE-,PEECH BYv. T.IS. Versailles, December 29, Evening. At the sitting of the National Assembly, an amendment of M. Langlois, on the subject of the of Income' Tax, was rejected. Al. Bocher brought me in an amendment of the committee to the Govern- wil ment bill on the Bank Act. The committee pro- yme posed to increase the issue of ...

... ?? -I -- I I ?? ?? f -I * IN , -6 6SC1 '&eriterniDd ent lb6*iowledges'receipt ?? £S -from thei workmenh, ?? Stt & Son' sugar, refinery, to. wrldpe .n Yfew year's tret~for %he hi ran.. ,BOAR, lf £O;F, 'RxA EnrAnNs.-Thn foildw-. ing p 'd their exiiaton m naviation' and , seabianshipterevdurnhgftherpit Weei.:-Janes'. 4.Q|i%~ree3,s Ro14 BxAes,.a ?? M-,'DougaU; f~s *d. Mte-f naities oah filed.r~ ...

... The Debats publishes the following letters. The first is from the Abbd Gratry, at preasit detained by illness in Switzerland, to the now Archbishop of Paris:- Montreux (Vaud), Nov. 25, 187L :Monseigneur,-If I bad not been very ill and Incapable of writing a letter I should long before this have addressed to you my respectful welcome. I wish at least to-day to say to you, Monseigneur, what it ...

... ARRAN FARMERS SOCIETY. The annual general moeting and root competition r of the Arran Farmers' Society was held at the ft Douglas Hotel, Brodick, on Tuesday last. The morning being stormy, there was a smaller attenLd- ance of members than usual, but the show of roots was excellent, and would compare favourably with any other local showin the kingdom. The follow- ing is the prize list and ...

... MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 1. A TERRIBLE disaster occurred in Paisley | IRoad on Saturday forenoon. A road steamer I or traction engine; belonging to Messrs John Yule & Co., engineers, was being taken to Govan in charge of three men and a boy, for a the purpose of conveying some machinery to u a vessel lying at the foot of West Street. In a Paisley Road the steam got exhausted, and n 20 minutes were ...