... Wl;ND AND WEATHER REPORT-Mi7 2, Station. Weather. dilburbtaue Direct. Force. fhum ?? | - Calm ?? Overcast ?? Dead calm. Stomno~way.. Nairn ?? WV Light-air ..Cod. Vt.smooth. ?? S Light breeze. Overca t Smooth. Leilth ?? E Light breeze, Overcast - ?? NE Light ?? ?? I Vy, smooth, Mcville ?? - Calm ?? II ?? - Shed N).SSE Light breeze. Clay .. Slight. Donseadee. } N Gentle breeze MULy. . ...

... WEDNESDAY MolzNl-N.C AUGUST 2'G. The Biological Section of the British Aaso- -eiation already includes three departments, , and yesterday an attempt was made to intro-' duce a ?? M'Cann, of Glasgow, and several other gentlemen who desire that more 'attention should be given to psychology in -the consideration of anthropology, having *,pleaded that recent discussions on the subject bad been one ...

... GRE1NOCK. TlE CAn'rSiBUN AFAmLB-Tha 4ellieitidln ei William Erewster, th'e man injured i thb Carts. burn Street row, was yesterday taken by Slohrif Smith. I PHiLosorsiTcAI. Soc&TTrv LDsrunrc,. -I- Last night, the Rev. -Isgb Macmillan, ?? C3le !I Igow, delivered a lcetuir in the Watt Mon1me1Dnt on. the Lake of Geneva, whose physical character and historidal associations he desoribed. SEVERE ...

... FORUSGN INTBELLIGINCE. ' ' Paris, Decemrber iL, A Ministerial decrce. published to-day refors to thes orgarlisation of the schools for sub-officers of infantry. - No sub-officer can in future attain -the grade -of officer without goidg through the ouise in' e t HOb WIEo.' ' Tun NATIONAL ASSEfBLY. eVersailles, December 10, Evoning5 To oday, the National Assemably passed the a seconet reading' ...

... THlE:GrEAT WESTERN COO Ni G. .. , , DEPOT. I ' ! Several years sincQ We w ai' an account of tbis ostabliehment, and -that notice tat' t Wtide was reproduced in the columni 6fU:tht Times and, numerous other.Engloh., newspi Ia.ln *:onsequcpieec of t'e suc'desof thii'Glasgo. Insti- tution several attcmpts.were titd9'io opdon, Vdinburgh, B.adlordanid otherp ?? ~o oom- iepoe. and oarry on similar ...

... I II E L A P. Timn Duke of Ahercorn, lt is stated, has been elected Grand Master of the Freewasoas of Ireland. TiN OLDEST BooKxN- True WOnTz. -3Our Dublin correspondent telegraphs :-Tho Book of ,Kells, written by St Columba, in 475, the oldest book in the world, the most perfect specimen of Irish artk with rich illuminations, and valued at £12,000, has disappeared from the College library. It ...

... ! . = = = = ' I ?? I. MR GBtANT-DfFF oN OASSA4DRA/'S -, WA:R EVENINGS. ' I ' AV 'Lt tinsight, .Mr 6;rarut opened the session of the Philosophical Institution,' Edinburgh, ?? address ?? Greg'e Q'aissandr Mfi an- id jr es,o, , po.iicselglon, ad the deoadnaoe o¶Ir, id in sot*al aniqommerci suremaoy. The eatg, eas 'held ia' Mihtisic It., azir the eh r w rya octp edh Ld am od't Sir Gdorge Campbell ...

... FRIDAY MORNIN, AUGUST 2.1. The British Association proceeded to busi- I neso yesterday Mmoring, when the presidents of 4-1- Car- e A.1 - AA ?? - as- --ce -X_~o -_G ?? r of the several departments delivered their F1 opening addresses. Professor Crum Brown u discoursed scientifically on Chemical Con- h stitution. Major Wilson selected as his - theme Military Geography, regarding h which he ...

... * LKAD-POISONG' BY SODA-WATER& - .. t. a - ?? ?? TioMe Ed~or of the QfasgOWd &radj- Genxon ampais, August 1l, [874. 81Br._-Will, yen kfindly allow me, through the TE wsmedium ofyta columns, to sound a, note of war-- s thl rels, iog to,-the public: regarding a source of danger to' I health which has been, I daresay, hitherto unsus- v ?? -Mo pected, aend which I certainl~y had no idea of until ...

... THIB AURORA CALAMITY. THE BUMAL o0 THE BODIES. One of the most melancholy ceremonies over witnessed in Gresnock took place in that town TI yesterday. It was the burial of several of those Ce who lost their lives in the catautrophy which ?? last week startled the country. A sad interest au attached itself 'to the event. The awful of WI suddenness of the calamity, its terribly I fatal nature, ...

... CHRISTENING AT BUCKINGEAAI PALACE.: : : The christening of the son of the Duke rand. Duchesa of Edinburgh took-place yesterday, at' Buckingham Palace, in the presence of the f Queen, the Empress of . Russia, the Prince e and Princess of Wales and, the other members a of the RoyalFamily. HerMAfjestyand Princess Beatrile left Windsor'Castle shortly before half- a paat nine, and travelled by ...

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