... : |GoLD MEDAL Aw ?? Gvovernmei ei India, on '24th-Novejaberalaat, 'having heard the annual report prepared by the'>superiaten. I dent of the Botanical..Gardensa, Mr. Woodrow she 1lt'son ei Me John: Woodrow, 'stationmaSter, Sin Gilinour Street, Pai61eyJ, resolve tat , Mr the s W00droew..desorve 'ereat for having ,taied.a m i' gold medal at.the Bombay Exhibition forhins, S' euliection. of med ...

... VIOLENT-, GALt. DAMAGE TO SHIPPIG AND OPVirT- ' i ..5lYB1SAL PRaSONS 5&JVyRJ1. nl GaLw ?? weather which we have recently experienced culminated yesterday L in a hurrircae, Saturymwas clear, ad frosty, I and it seemed am if we were sb6ut to enter uan aP period of genuine wintry weather. . Yeater g 5] ?? witnessed a audden return to a Main ancsloud. In the forenoon rain fell hebvily, . .and in ...

... THl SCAHWOL BOARD&. *PnSLEY.-A special meeting was held on Mon- day ?? Thomas Coats in the chair. The Clerk i!r MacRobert) submitted a draft of the statutory report, containing statistical information relative to exia' school accommodation, and the proposed erection of new schools to meet the educational requirements of the town. 'The report was approved of, and ordered to be forwarded to the ...

... ELEC2'ION NSW~S. N4ewc&.n.i,-The election of a Member o' u'aliament for the seat rendered vacant by the a death of Sir *loseph Cowen, took place yester- W4 day. The cauldidateseare Mr Joseph Cowenson tb of the late member (Radical), and Mr C. F. Elasond ICoaservative). The former gentleman vA hsbsen maainly supportedbythe trade unionists, the teetotallers, the extreme Radicals, and the ye ...

... PAISLEYS h1e ASSAULT O.N A STATIONWASTER.-Yesterday, atne t tbe Justice of Peace Court-Mr A. C. Hoims, r Simdyford, on the bench- -Gilbsrt Alexander, t brickmaker: and: coil-agent, Bishopton, waa ked charged with. ?? M'Leod, nj tihtionmaster at -Bistopfs' on the night'of the ted 3d inst Ele Vleadied not 'guilty;; batthe offence lC was found hproved, and Alexander was ordered Seg to ?? a3 fine- ...

... Sate m ieetingo thet Justicles ofth Pace, omuctas & s aioner oft hupavnd rogard To6Aruseeiis of the Co nty ofe dnatures was thel yexterto ?? 'Dunsids of J jAriston, poinvednder o theseountyinthechir. m ?? wastsat ted ntmcmui D catonsthatles ?? tos thrvsosoh wthe nthets land teetn of thei dutiesr moe nJ penrksonsapointeds sunder hsctws; theo erea.They cmssoftae waser ofaopinionltha theas ?? ...

... i IXRD DZABYRoFSa%'NIFIC SMfUSTRY. The Badl ?? prsdd erday afternoonu of ya at theinangnaral meig of'ssociety iwhich has been ?? formed in the manufacitung districts of the North sae of Enganid for the promotiorl of acientific industry, farmi The meeting was held, in. Wh Manchesteir To-n With4 hand Hsfl, whichz Wm illed with an infiuential gatherinlg of ihei capitalists' and manufactureirs (if ...

... * . OAiDOIAN RAILW, , CQP I - An ?? meeta ihe'ae the An ?? ?? Oonian Railw.ay ComiPany was. e' .yteis4:, tab %beff es, Hall for the followinge pthe op !e9 authorise the company A roe Eau -A-issueof new shares tOwtolk, -'cuth, d of ha r -which they, with' theonsetof-uh r anetn, whia h ',er'ed to raise by 'followio g the meeting, aro e The- Gasgo and Ket lm ParlocjentL a dh i ' a ?? o1k8 Jo ...

... --OW ONVAESE - -E-O I GLtMGOW CONVALESOENT a03IE, The ainth annual general meetiug of the sue scribers to this institution was held yesterday st tb H.6om Leazfc Junction. fr William Wilso, th, chairman of the directors, presided, and tber wi a large attendance of the friends of the institutiob including a good misny ladies. Among the gentle' nmen present were Revs. Drs W. C. Smith a Doble, Rev ...

... TUE NEWCASTLE ELECTION. N~ counting of votes peled at Newcastle deaetm on W~ednesday wan commenced in the Tow Hall yesterday morning, at nin~e o'clock, od the result wras declaredl at seven as follows:- Cown 7M5 va m vnd ?? .. 053 Majority for Cowen .. ?? 1003 The polling at the election in 1868 showed the following results Cowen (the late Sir Joseph), ?? 7057 , . . ?? ?? 6674 1AmnoU, ?? ?? ...

... GR5EENOCK. EXAs ?? Donald MTaviah yester- | day passed the Brd of Trade examinations in I aiatioa ea n- ai as in-th I home trade. , ( . :A *FoQunr'nwynt-At themniall Debt Court 9 f jsdy vb*pSkeriff~umithSThC5. itchell,. phipp caufg,g 1Port-M3iwotr ¢brought an acion! of demages against Mlfes Blslkwpood&4otden, -1 shipbuildej Po#Glssgow, inesequence of |thei hivin - l-~l er iwithitoreasonable .l ...

... i at CADaDF.R.--Tbe ?? monethly meeting, was be! on Wednesday-Mfr craig (!lrLtie of Bedlay ps. jin siding. -The following anpiltients wore mnad&_ ay Missackay tothe female ?? in CuIryt.-,. rs Public School, and MIfes M'Neilage to ba Rowkg. J _ mistress in Garnkirk Works School. A st- dfeeling of diseatisfaction was expressed agairt the zr, rule of the Education Department linlitino th 7 w_ ...