... ISCOI r. SCORdH BILLS IN PARLIAME'.Vl. I EDINBURGH AND DISTRICT W4TERL Sl. I t oHUS OF CoxMwos, Thurdla*. f The Sele* Committee on this bill resumed th ; mornmg7.Mr Kenyon in the chair. Mr EtNaBLM said that since the celenittee had last sat -tbe parties had met in tLb' - hope of coming to some agreement which woass I stop the necessity of any further contest o¶'el e the bill. Both parties bad ...

... UIs MONALD, M.P., AT ST D.O'D. ;Last night - ~r I&onald,-M.P., addressed his_ f constituents at Stafford. MrM'Donald said it had , been elleged, vdth regar&jic the non-unionists,.that tc , he desired they should be jtrned out into the field V a and dislike wild beasts. Ntsuch statements-ever tl h fell from his lips. Well, he believed that it was tl .1 every man's duty to join an ?? that ba'd d ...

... ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS. Galsgow, M&Q l, 1874. i .,-I should not have notaced ar Yjm. tder'sf s letter in to day's Herald, only I wish to deny the s of assertion that I told him the fern in quest ?? was at U New Zealand fern. All I said was that we had a o Id New Zealand pulystichum which it much resembled. O Ir This hint was given him in a friendly spirit, in i ur sufficient time to afford him ...

... To.day the premier stbamer lona resumes her station for the season after receiving avery special overhaul; externally and internally. The main saloen has had considerable additions made to it adornmehit while Atkam stearing gear, &c. supplied by Measrs Bow & !'IMhlai, Paisley, has been introduced, in order to-fcilitate the vessers.. navigation. -. Captain- M'Gaw, the-popular -coixiaider, ...

... I BLA .AD. TatsEATENED SCHISM rN TrE CHURCH OF -At the Synod of the Episcopal Church yesterday an important discussion armae. It was proposed to enact a bill which *ould give T preponderance to the laity in deciding upen Bal modifications in articles of doctrine and the T formularies of the Church. The Lord Primate acsi said that if this were agreed to he must consider 0 whether, seeing that ...

... COUNTY MEETLNGS. C-LACKM~ANNAN. i Mr Jbhnstone, of Alva, was re-elected convener. ti The assessments for the year 1874-5 were fixed as 9 follows.County General Assessment, Id per £1: Contagions Diseases (Aninial) Aet, id; New Court- House; gd; Prison, id. There was no assessment ( for tbe Distriet Lunacy Board this year, as the a amount has been all paid up. e KIRKCUDBRIGHT. h M Nr iifaxwell ...

... OUJ9UZtIU mu s Uvu [ah@ As Fac1jaGYV iN2TELLfX44r!YC,. FRANCE. Raris, May 18. Count Brigade. whorepreaentedjthe. epartment of the Nord in the National Aesniwbly, is dead, * TUTE MINISTERIAL.CRI*S. , Paris, May 18. The Journal de. Delate ofEt' Ias morninl announces )that the efforts rnade by M. d; Goulard yesterday to form a new Min istry have completely failed. M. Magne, who was suamnexndd to ...

... I NEW ESTABLISHED ORCEES IN GLASGOW. I Ace_ Pi a of sEr1L&LL ?? A-.fl ELDERS' CHURCH, th de- 'PLANIATIO.i, EOVSS351tz. two Possibly at no prevlous period have such his laudable efforts been made by the various Pres. ;; byterian denominations in thc.city to meet the Ier. requirements of a rapidly fncreasing population the In respect of church accommodation then at the and present time.' In ...

... II ?? IN _O NSR Y L___A L I FIRE IN BP.OWN'S ROYAL MUSIC HALL . - - we s Shortly after midnight an alarm was raised wc f that fire had broken out in Brown's Royal Bid I Music Hall, Dunlop Street, From inquiries made, it appears tbat, just previous to closing ler at the hour mentioned, a barmaid felt a indications of fire procee~ing froui the. pV kitchen attached to the restaurant, and w~hich ...

... DOMESTIC JNTEL LGENCEi., : j ':, , , . ' . .. : 7 ' ' ' di no , ., 1EXGLAND.' -u on ,u ee ILLN~ES o'61 'PltuicH LEOtO6L.-EHIs Rocyal Highness wh .Prince Leopold has been confined to his room, Wykeham foir inIHouse, Oxford, throuigh 'an attack of- sctca fo smeco dayg~past. . -' h eir ,PREENTATION OF ASHANTEE 'MEDAL1 BY HER-MAJESTY. Cor lie -Her Majestyat noon on Saturday presented at Windsor - ...

... - BENGAL FAlMINE FUND. V- n.;.1 , s>L P^ .z± a. les -- 0 A meeting of the Bengal Famine Fund Com~ its mittee was held yesterday ip the Council Chambers Lg- -the Lord Dean of Guild (Mr Patrick Playfail) he presiding. nt Mr W. NV. WATSON (hon. treasurer) reported La- the amount of subscriptions to date as follows:- - Total amount of subscriptions, £15,094 us; ty interest, £3 14s Id; in all, £15 ...

... yal EfAiOAla. the TurEaTS-llovAL-ir Henry Loraine and the his talented company take leave of Paisley to. am night. The pieces are to be 'TAte Duke's set Motto, and a drama. In the former of these 'ed lr Loraine impersonates threecharacters, while ath Miss Edith Kiuggley undertakes the part of ?? Blanche. ,u Tirm FACULTY'S FUNDS. - The Faculty of ht Procurators of Paisley, which was ...