... .BCOLBSIA§TXAL . THE VACANCY IN GRmENOCRn IDE GAELIC. CHlog '-We understand- that the- Rev.-- Dr Nelsdn, one of the oomnmissioners appointed to submit the call of this congregation to the Rev. Mr Kennedy of Dingwvall; hets- received a letter from that gentleman infornmng- bimi that he intends to deoline 'be call. Mr Ioniiedy' writes to save the omrnmissioners the expense of personally ?? on ...

... 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 ...

... Naples, Marchl. H The King received General Shermran and Presi- .P dent Grant's son to day in private audience. Rome, March 1. Prince Frederick Charles will go to Naples next It neek. _ ?? B4 The arrival of the mnachinery for the industrial P Cljssee 2f 1,.i Ti2ternational Exhibition eom- genod o lsrlBy. ~ EMBIZZLE1,M1ENTr BY TilE SECOReARY OF . A FRTENDLY SOCIETY.-At Sheffield. on Friday, I ...

... ECOLRBSAS1'XiAL. DeATH O TniB RRY. JOHN KER. OF POLNOST.- | The Falkirk Heraeld records the demise of the Rev. S John Ker, which took place early on Sunday morn. 3ing, after a protracted illness. Deceased was a c] 5native of Peebles, and received the latter portion a: of his education at the University of Edinburg d He was presented in 1825 to the parish of Polnont, where he. remained and ...

... LE2T1TBJ S To TIB D1@2'DOR. PROPOSEDi MODIFICATION OF THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS, Edinburgh, January 18,1872. SIR,-I should be much obliged if you would kindly allow me to correct a slip of the tongue, or of the pen, in your otherwise very correct repbrt of 'what I wished to say at the meeting in the City Hall last night. The gentleman who spoke of the 0' mode less open to criticism was the ...

... GREENOCOt. Id, he he ji ad 'el ial 138 ul is' ry Ila he ad 2e ad le, it, de a, he iad St' ?? as lt,~ ad in er as id 0- so es If. re it' he er so 0, he at ao n, sid *1 ad Id- in id c-c Is- id id ari It- re as ita ha 11B hi Cir 311 i1 a- he ce rY -a Id Xa As aet Id, as us Cti as vp ~is ct In - BUCIUNAN NxIG Asvimr.- The' numbers admittedl for the wepk, ending 14th January, 1872,' *ere-' inalesl ...

... i O i - i ?? I I II' . N:E aRQ M IN:STRB-LOY.: tilEy QUEEN'S 51NSTREL5.w 1r- Wonld appear, from the 14rge- audieice in: Hengler's! Circus last night,. that the idea of givings the miost striking of lte original negro pselodiss, is going to b~e a- successful one. Oa] thisrqault the management must be oongratu- ated. A few lays ago ?? sketched the history of Negro Minstrelsy, and took the ...

... -ITNBUZRG1 TOWN couNcIr,. i I me INVTrATrON TO ST ?? r At ameeotingyesterday, the'o,-( lcr , I the u letter fro m the (COI}troller of tht: (Piuele oh _.., ...

... . . -The dsual mruonthly meeting of the Clyde Trust D wvai held' yestievdr y-the Lord Provost -in the wl chifir. . . . de DEPi'UTrATION To ?? dOuntvISSIONoRoB ANENTI''1 . . aMOVAL OF TJHE WF.II. The nillutes of last 4neeting and of subseqtent li ;eetings of then 'committe . baringI beeh read and th o0utirmedd ' ' tii -Bailio A-Ns3tt said he wished.to Slake a brief 3- statement hi reference . ...

... IRIELA ND. At the installation of the Mayor of Cork yester- day, he expressed his opinion that Home Rule was necessary to the prosperity of Ireland. DISLOYALTY AT LihIERICx. --At the installation of the Mayorof Limerick yesterday, referencewas made to the illness of the Prince of Wales, when a scene of the greatest confusion took place. Hisses for the speakers who had mentioned his Royal ...

... !isca ?? terlr ?t 3herife Cowan, Neil M'Lennan, eengine ftter, haet was covicted of assaulting his wife, soA, and 'ise daughter-the -wife very serionsly-anl 'vas -ion sent-sine months to prison, with hard labour. il a DEAD Bony FoUND, -On Thursday forenoon, No. two labourers observed the body of a nuan in the the River Cart, near Inchinnan Bridge. Robert Laird, boilermaker, identified the body ...

... ROYAL INFRMARY 1Rs Tlhe aanual neetin] of ibe RI-k>AMI. ~, The annual meeting of the subscieedhen, Tr 2r of this ociety was held n Thursdav [y , rl i- the Religious lnstitutim n 1 oorn,_ b6tt ih ir n vost jrresiding h 'trd y le The C AIRMAX saicd tbat letter; o-f a.t :e been received froin ?? gentij - lRY w, it unable to be presenat *lie had nlo do', ..hn h cbW-I e- clement state of the ...