... INFIRM AND IMBECILE: CILHREN. A meeting of the Ladies' Assciation for visiting andaiding permanentlyinfirm andimbecilechildren was held in the Religious Institution-Rooms yeater,- day ?? James A. Campbell in the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr Dods& The CHAIRMAN said he was very glad to see such a large meeting, as it augured well for the move- ment being prosecuted- ...

... ELECTIO(N NEWS& - . re ! 3IXsITRMAL RE-EtECTlO!N3.-Sir'Maaey Lopee bi ICivil Lord of the Admiralty) has been returned Itt for South Devon, and Mr Cross (Bomre Secretary) t1 afor South Lancashire. Tbe polling for the County w of Dublin commenced yesterdaymorninc at Nighteen bE polliun places round Dublin. The result will not be fo rknown till this evening. The prevailing impreasion to is that ...

... SCOTeH ELECTION PETlTIONI The petition -at the instance of Charles krid Irwin, merchint,. 2Maxwell Stret, GlasgIsa James .if regor, timrber-memasue-, FPAokieA agalast the return 'of Colon el Mure aa memkW it Itefirewishire cam ?? their Lodbship6df W SecondDivision of the Court of Ses4ion6S~7 oa a question in regadt the service of ?? ton. It eeems that Colonel Mine as a prees France. and that ...

... t t: c(elie Met-terniich who was one of Er ofte fze p° the hashio3aable world during the 5 .a iu- In has been getting into trouble ti ?? it' 4 related that at a soiree gv e b --ltY tiekow, Russian Ambassador in that 14a Arhe dhe uke Louis Victor and the PI d ernie accepted the mission of nt g bte of the house, the host JoR ?? arried. The lad y nt bavs d. ti i tls after the Empress Elizabethi ...

... EC.JEASTI A/4 ,. ST SILAS' ENGLISH EPISCOPAL CauRaiL-The ' annual meeting of the members of St Slas' English h Episcol Church .was :held last night in the hall Q of the Pree Church College. IMk liartinipresided, .S and there wvas a good. attendance of 'the congregn- f tion, The principal object. of 'the 'meeting was to hear an address from the -Rev. Dr M'Lean, . Bishop-Elect of: the North-West ...

... DE RAITWAY COLISION AT MANTUEL rnEpORT TO THE BOAtRD OF TRADE. Colonel Yolland has forwarded to the Board o 'Trde the report of the Court of Inquiry on be Oision on the North British Railway at BoJ,,s junction on the 27th January last, by which 17 persons were killed and about 30 in. jured. The report concludes as follows :- , The primary cause that produced thia fearfl collision was the ...

... 'I i o V :- . II. HOUSE OF COMMONS-SATURDAN, March 21, ti The Srx&Kxa took the chair at 10 minutes past 12 k.d o Mos'its, 'who was introduced by 0 MrOBjilie Cochrane: and Sir Wlilliam Stirling- Is ~'Maxwell, took the oath on his re-election, con- aenysuot 'on his appoiatiment to th ffc o ir ~PRIVATE BUMitESS. f 7e A number of ?? bills were introduced by V is Sir CHARLES FOISSTEgC, and read a ...

... THE FAMINE 1N BENGOAT (From a Correspondent In West Bsrar.) : February, 2,. 1S74. :rSr famine in Bengal daily assumes more serious Hc ,proportions, 'and the present is only the begin. Bij Uinig of the sufferings. We may well ask whet tre will they be in the months of May and June? 2pe , Writin~g from, the western side of India, it is r, uinnecessary for me to give you detalds of this 'calamity ...

... ; ? ?,To -N 6- I 1 116 LA 6T J O Y. ji. ? I . erelc couttibutes to the April I' i o-dc un~ ...

... GIASGOW CITY MISSION. . - ~ 1 . . . Th ot-e~ighth, annual meeting of the Glasg.owwi d CitK. miso was held in the Trades' Hall, Glass- of ?? hast -night. Mr W. G. Mitchell, the Sid president, occupie the chaii; and a mong -those on -i 70the platffini 'were the Rev. Dr J. Marshall Lang, M, eV.. W. Srygeour, liar. J. G). Scott, Dcv. Johs. ARenfrew Rev., D. Cowan. (Saltairy), Dr Scott; gnc ?? i5. ...

... -IA V=TERAN TMPERANOR AYXaRuM At a numerously-attended meeting hetd in th& Corn Exchange, Preston, last nigbt. e4 pseot d over by Mr Robert Benson, a MWgtrate at * I town, an address was presented Mr Joseph LUeesr. who has just completed his 80th yearhea , which bore the sinatures of snore th S20 e sentativ5 tempers c enu fjatofthe Unite Kingdom, acknow ledged the vaube services n Livesey bad ...

... Os ,\TING, H V . Iu both Houses of P llar .ent yeteltayj I ) Her Majesty's WlinistDl I ilita H Majesty's Minister bei t ofI thanks to the lo alr and -lote of onthe6 Gold Forces engaged in the laste a the Lord mcas Cot. n the Souse of. Lorer e s ha; llor fintroduced his Lnan D ChncllorC bdereY, N te e of Co3mm Sir ?? to deroon, said the Govern- Dr meat could not takr e an7 a.ition 'rupreeor iMO ...