... ST ANDREW'S RoMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESGATION. s nthanaal soireeof this congrega- so tiR .On threldlast night in the City H~al], which' was wel fi'ded. The chair was occupied by the Rev. D P at Mum-ro, and there were present Archbishop Eyre, at 'Rev. Dr Macfarlane, Rev. 1-i ugh Chisholm (John- Sc 3 stone), Rev. Won. Caven, Rev, I'm. Carmichael usdi (Dumbarton), &c. Archbishop Eyre, who has just dh ...

... A^MRICAN COAL FOP EUROPL The American papers received in Liverpool yes- terdav announce the departure from Philadelphia of the steamship Pottsville for Havre with a cargo of coal. The papers state that this vessel is bound upon an enterprise of great moment directly to thel coal-mining interests of the country, and indirectly to many associated branches of American industry. The Pottsville is ...

... THE HUNTETA.N XIUSZ UL Int a parhlet on this subject, dedicated by s Anti-Confiscator' to-the General Corncil and Is students of the University of Glasgow, the writer gives a brief memoir of Dr Hunter, and f re publishes several extracts froam the will of the the es testator. Referring to the money value of the ous er bequest, the author says:- wa i. It is understood that on the coins and ...

... a Ascot M'LirAN, of 57 Dalrymple Stre Ms Ac-ic M'LucAs, of 57 Dalrymple Street, writes to say that he is not the person of that name whno was robbed of a gold chain and locket, as re- ported in this column on Tuesday. STABBING CASE; ON BOARD A STEAM-WhlelI the steamer Thistle was on her patiage from Dublin to Greenook yesterday morning a case of stabbing took place on board. It appears that ...

... THE HUGH MACDONLDn MNhENOrAn FOUNTT: . -The Hugh M1acdonald Memorial Fountain at' the Bonnie Wee Well on the Gleniffer Hills,! S after having been under repair for the past week, gh has now been poet in good order. A ratadaiig wrail id haS heenerected in a semi-circular form at the hack and sides of the fountain, and several other: Zimprovements have been effected. On the sur- in rounding ...

... TRS SCHOOL BOARDS. GLASGOW~ ten Asealmeing of~ Glasgowv School Board was to- bald yes ?? MichaefCornnal Presiding. o THS EDUCATION ACT. the Mr KIDSIOZI renorted that the Board in commit- mit tee had very careful~ly considered thle Education Act, the, Amendment Bill, anid had agreed to petition Par- n Lamecnt in its favour. This had been done, and the, tie p)etition had been presented to the ...

... TREE SCOTI SU IN-ER.SITIES C031M1SSION. -. f T k)tDtUATION. Lw nothirng perhaps is the transition from the' mediveval to the modern world msere strikingly seen than in a comparison of the number of sub- jects that now form the basis of University teaching with what passed as the whole circle of academic culture in the University of Paris in the twelfth century. It is rrntiened as a proof of ...

... =sgrl, lzt l MONDAY MORNING. Api-. I MON'DAY INORNLNG, Ara 1. Although no official intimation has yet been tnade as to the successor of Lord Derby at the Foreign Office, there seems no reason to doubt the accuracy of the statement made by our Londonl correspondent on2 Saturday that Lord t7 Salisbury, who is at present discharging the duties of the post, Nvill bo appointed. MIr liathorne H.ardy ...

... ;i1IEPERIAL PIARLIAM ' I I HOUSE OF LORDS-MoDAYr. re |The L 02DCHEL.,crLow took his seat -on the m £Woolsack shortly before-five o'clock.. qe s THE NVAR, IN THE TAIANSVAAL (I I in reply to the Eawc of KnxEn sLzy, , te The Earl of C ADOGAN.said-The last oticial return respecting affairs at the Capewasa despatch E s from Genemli Thesier, dated MIarch 12, which I e stated thrt the Chief, Sanditla ...

... %ISN-RC.K A5-N1D HIS SUBORDINATES. (rnOM '9vT SPECIAL fO'r2ESPOflNDzrr.) Pertln, March 29. tvaar wouid be tihomcict iu London if Lord pea-.consrield sihould decl.iri in the Upper House, nid in thu presence of Earl Derby, that the tmhappy s'a'c Etetorit Qouestton was duet o thl eti'ecencr oi th: e Szi -c ry for Foreign i ArTairs o0, ia tiie ,.-c'tl e, L-rd Saliibury, tc[t i.-tl 1 ?? 'ic' to ...

... SCOTCH EDUCATrioN RETURN9S. m A return has boen issued showing the expendi- (j sture from the grant for public education in h Se )tlaiid in the year 13-77, upon building grants ' aid anmual grauts to elementary schools, and c ithe results of thme inspection and ?? of o ?? schools during the year ending 31st I August, 1877. The total expenditure for the year was £482,017 (is Gd (an increase of ...

... C tOMSS S7TOCLTCD, Fire has broken ant in the ElI workings ofa Ferniegair Colliery, belonging to Mr Smart, coalmaster, Hamilton. Fortunately the occur- rence, while attended with loss to the colliery owner, has not been accompanied with hurt to life or limb. The colliery is situated on the, right bank of the Clyde, two miles from Haamil- ton. The coal is reached by two shafts, which work the ...