... EXTV&ACT3 FROX eUVCE, STORII5 Ioa S-8UNDaT EVBNII1G8, -Mamala- So otW, Maggie, you uanderstadT all ?? *tery e Lot's wife-don't you ' Magie- Vs lbut f want to know where a1l the sat comes fomn thit isn't made out of lidies. REzssmxe.-Criticising Friend to Ne.voas Man on new horse- 0 ! now I reovllect that mare. Smashem bought her of Cimhem aut season, and she broke a collar-bone bor each ol ...

... qZ. SOAOOL BOARDS. PAissRV.-The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday-Mr 'fipomas Coats of Prguslo en the chair. The members were all present. Mr P. Cemr Macgregor ?? the question of ,the site for the north district be reconsidered, on the ground that Mr Graham's property was inadequate lor the wants of the district. Mr Maclachlan secondedtheresolution. Mr James Brown moved the previous ...

... TIUE COMFORTS O1' RAILWAY TRAVELLING. Glasgow, 28th December, 1873, 1.30 A.M. Sln,-I have just got housed after a railway journey of about 20 miles, on which I startedc at eight o'clock yesterday evening, but, beyond being cold and hungry (which I am now in the way of putting right), and somewhat out of temper, I con- gratullate myself that I am none the worse of my prolonged sojourn in a ...

... al REENOc K. U,. U FP- T, ACliDENT TO A SEAMAN.-Ast night, while John Brunshagen, a ?? seauman, was at assisting to erect a mast on board the barque ye Antoinette, of Yarmouth, lying in Albert llar- be bour, one of the legs of the shears, by means of of which the work was being carried on, broke, and the mast fell on him, inflicting such injuries . that he died while being conveyed to the ...

... THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 1. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss , of the brig Zambezi has resulted in th suls- 0,1 but) og aa.Iuut fluriou .iv ?? pension of Captain MILaren's certificate for fn nino months, from 10th November last. A large dog show was opened yesterday in ti the Burahank Hall, Great Western Road. CF The number of entries is 447, and the exhibi- ti tion is considered ...

... ECCLEJSIAS1TUAL, ESTABLISHED CHURCH PREVYTiFPy OF EDIDBURC-IL This Presbytery met ?? R. K D. Horne, Corstorphine, Moderator. THE VACANCY AT GUMMEr. The MOlDERATOR stated that the Presbytery, a2. all present were aware, had proceeded a certail length with the view of carrying out the preients. tion of Mr F. D. B. Johnstone to the parish oi Gilmerton. That morning he had bad a letter handed to ...

... THE MAGAZINES, Fraser's Magazine opens with a trenchant article on the recent Homne Rule conference at Dublin, an article which forms the beat reply to Mr Butt's orations. In summing up, the writer r says i The Home Rule movement, disguise it as they will, ia in reality nothing less than an attempt to gain by constitutionsl means what it was at- tempted to gain by force of arms in 1798. We do ...

... I - I.0 e -- BhOARD OF tRAUZ 11PUIRYIY, 9 At the Greenwich Police Court, on Tuesday, the ?? of Trade inquiry as to the loss of the Loch Lo bEarn, which caimie into collision with the VYle da Ce I Eravre on the 22d of November, was commenced HlE 'before Mr Maude, the stipendiary magistrate, and thi Captains Harris and Wilson. Mr Hamel appeared E for the Board of Trade, and Mr C. Butt, Q C., for ...

... 6TQj LOMDON CORRESPONDDENCE. I I I LU Xi± NJLJWL1 London, Wednesday. t. yz to-night, on good authority, that idvard L.wis, the Conservative r te of Londonderry, is likely to be , I head- Opposition Whip in room of N .% l M Mr LCwis has not been very i ent bat he has for a great many tried and trusted member of the v. He has done good service o in several contested elections, ias helped ...

... The following curious circular has been ?? cently issued to the ministers of the Established th Church:- tic Offices of the Church, h . 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh, I1th December, 1873, ecu Rev. dear Sir,-I write at the request of eC several gentlemen who are deeply concerned about w the insufficient number of well-qualified proba- c tioners at present available for the various spheres th of ...

... Last night, Mr Isaac Butt, Q. xM . ,fur to Limerick, delivered a lecture on Home Rule in re the Music Hall, Edinburgh. Admission WaShby tb ticket, for which a charge was made, and there was de but a very small attendanee. The doors were at opened at seven, and the proceedings began at Tm eight o'clock, and during the interval a number of La popular airs; including several Irish party tunes, ...

... UTE In the early part of the 12th century, a community of Tyronensian Benedictines planted a mission in Nethanvale, in the parish of Lesmahagow, hlvdie, LII 1 ;do t- 11 ;i ?? teell sttet&ed . .enrattlz t LI -ta ,4c-5. thea ?? t,. q, r.; . ie~l d a oh tT r 7T 111 onr * the saxr 3--; t. * 1 \ t' ( l, ' l)D id 1. vestigq the mession i2 On iad 'the whole halil of T esmahagu in the dQ A .Te' NCe ...