... GILASGOW POLICE BO3ARD. 'Teusual fortnightly meeting of the Policed' arwd was held ?? Macdonald pro- TUB CONSTBUCON Or THE TRAMWAYS, The minutes of the Statute Labour Corn- A of date 19th April, contained the i ?? °-The Clerk submitted to the Corn- & eslls 6atter from the engineer i;f the Cor- w alattern froms igg the intentionj ?ethe conmpany to Continue the tramways£ 5Og Sauchiehawl Street, ...

... I., PMISLEY. - C I)RUNK AND DiSOitBERLIES..'-At the Police ...

... I GLASGOW WATER C07MITTEE. ?? The ordinary monthly meeting of the Water Committee was held ?? James Brown presiding. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. i b The minutes of the Finance Committee of 15th t April contained a report by the Treasurer, shoving e that the collection of assesarmientS to date had been as follows :-1871-72, £2100,099 17s 11d, as compared with £S2,214-14e Oid for the* ...

... SHORTENING OF THE RSOUR OF . LABOUR IN COTTON FACTORIES. I At a quarterly meeting of the Manchester Oham- ber of Commerce, held yesterday, Mr Hugh Ma3on, the president, in opening the proceedings, referred to the bill now before Parliament, introduced by _ Mr Mundella, for restricting the hours of labour xx worked by adult women in cotton factories. At a E conference recently held in London, ...

... jNTEST INTCEkIENUE.1I (BY SPECIAL WIRE ps B pS1 ASSOCIATION 2ELEaGRAPHS.J o3 LONDON OORREBPONDENCE. On T TBREATENED MINISTERIAL th CRISIS, of Monday Evening. tb predicted and exaggerated Ministerial ru it is believed, will blow quietly over. I lorament, it is said, have given asshrtnces m ltb, extreme section of their own party which F I iikely to be accepted, and at a late hour to- PE i the ...

... | IMPERIAL PARLIAM&ENT | , . , . . . , : .I HOUSE OF LORDS-MoNDAY, April 22. on Po The LouD CHANCELLOR took nd seat authse wool- TI sack at five o'cloek. th THE BANKRUP'TCY or A MEM9SB 05' Toi 1OUSE. co Th- LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Thiiresaynext 'he should move to the effect that the House i satlafiid that a, noble Lord,.*a member of the House bad .6atlsfiod the terms of the Act, Pa ...

... RAILWA y s The Select Committee on Railway A gam r tion met ?? Chichester porte s the chair. l i Provost Yeamnan, Dundee, was Oxamrined to the f olwig effect:- t The CHAIRMiAN.-W.~hat has been the fe o b amalgamations, in yur opino pnteitrt of your district ?-They hav n,d an) efeth ole ` share market. Before the ForEar And Arbroath VRailway was leased in perpetuity their tolling , prices was ...

... ,PRoSPRa oT O BDEIBATIO . -- ?? (FssA A COBRnSPONDENT) of Hobart Town, Tasmania, n: 27th February, 1872. ci ?? are probably comparatively few persons N' in the home country, even- among the more al educated classes, who quite realise the fact that tl under the name.Australia, are included aome half-dozen really separate said distinct 'countries. fc To the majority Queensland is oven as ...

... THEGOVERNMENT ANVMR: IFAWCETT' I - BILL irraf o:.h3al convoy, . It is or.diitY to: onvoy to our readers, and . X AUbvr~aI , y ,Wat' .large, eha. Annuouncenent, thatbiefore the present vyeek, hp ireaohedits-elose Mr Gladstone Adniiotra tdfiniiL l eptvo been dibOO }ved.9 ?? 4 iiliinservitiV0 Ministry will be pbhpaixflg;to est I0 idz hat'c'wa'.Prove~td'be a bongtcermofoie' e 'ti tat9hbi.9 ...

... t- d This society met last night. There were present -Sir Henry Rawlinson, ?? in the chair; Ad- ir miral Sir Leopold M'Clintock, Admiral Sir Wnm. aHail, the Earl of Sheffield, General higby, Captain a Sherard Osberne, RN..; Sir Donald MLcod, Sir Rutherford Aloock, and others. Sir HEISnY read the letter about Dr Livingstone as pvo ised, and also another letter he had received that morning. The ...

... ; ^ QAUEXOCK.. , '1 BUU1CANA1N -NI44IIT, AOYLV.U -The .number- dmtittt td foir .week 'ending 21et April %yas 16 'iiialtet,' 2 fen 1esZ'tdtal, 18 &'!i IN U`Oilisti.we 'wehk 1025 t6n lof ?? bosl were expor~tted' 4 QtGreenook,4ind 270 ton' B. talen Ppastwise-Lt'otal, 1295 tons . 500tons'of, i' jg-irolu eivce'alco expoi-tedg and' 482 taken coa.st. s lvisee tal,' 982! 1-. . 1 w,, ! Towfq,) CmPoMwy. ...

... : THE SiORM .! ., The weather yesterday continued stormny, wet, and cold. During the day violent gusts of wind swept the streets, and several drizzling showers of rain fell. During 'the aftelnoon 'the storni began to abate, but in the evening, after a tern porary cessation, the rainfall recommencoed, Yesterday a fresh gale 'of' easterly wind con- tinned to prevail in the Channel and along thel ...