... - Windsor Castle, December 3. The Queen: and Princess Beatrice drove out yesterday afternoon. Viscount Cranbrook, Secretary for India, had an audience of the Queen. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Southampton, the Dowager: Marchiornsas of 13ly, Lieutenant-lGeneral Ponsonby,i and (Aeneral Vzsount Biprwen~t to Cam en Houaes Chislehuret, this morning an~d paid a ...

... I I I_ |filEscZa'a TsazWGiBAS |A - ?? THE EMIPEROR'S RETURN TO BERLIN. Berlin, December 8. A thanksgiving service in celebration of the Emperor William's return to Berlin was held, to-day in all the churches of the capital, and was sit] attended by large congregations. A Te .Detna was sung in the Catholic Church of St the 'Ssdurg. The Emperor and Empress and all 010 the members of the Royal ...

... aLASGOW PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIOTY. A SEiF.AC 1NG SWAOGZ SCHEM The Philosoplical Society of Glasgow met last ti evening in the Corporation Buildings, Sauchiehall C Street-iDr Fergu preiidisgX ' - p Mr HosATfo K. BsoiI aD, A ?? sub- . mitted a paper on A Self-acting Schema for fo R1apidly Remdovine the Sewagea of Gaingorn.dji3 Purifying the River. 'te baid the ewssagie p es- I Itiou had three- ...

... CITY PFAOCHIAI BOARDX * The first meeting of tae city Parochial Board after the election was held yesterday at ten o'clock. few APrOcx'rMSXT! OF OHAIR14AS. D kirk- Mr -Gzo:ns YooaNra, the retiring chairman, tin' al in said their first duty was to appoint a chairman, rigg lons, for the year, and he had the honour and pleasure Stir )jo-snthat Bailie Thomson be appointed to p wi te ons.t ...

... I n.. PRESBYTERY -A-YD SUI3ORDINATh 3 i ST-STANDARDS. I tih, IThe U.P. Presbytery of Glasgow met yesterday pru in committee for the purpose of considering the sic i ~.rposed declaratory statement in relation to the we u co~rdinate Standards, and were in session for, 'act Ifive and ahalf hoots. On resumiing asthe Fresby- tery (-Rev. M4r Oliver, moderator), the following- El was agreed to as the ...

... THE CALEDONIAN BANL. v A ineeting of shareholders of the Caledonian e Bank, called by Mr James AL Anderson, Edin- r burgh, was held in Dowell's Rooms there vester& i day afternoon, to consider the position o the e bank in the present crisis, with the view of con- a serving its rights and interests, and to resolve i upon the joint action to be taken for that purpose at the general meeting of ...

... GLASGoWv TOWN COUNCIL., ; The usual monthly mesting of the Glasgow i Town Council was held yesterday-the Hon. the Lord Provost, Mr Collins, in the chair. THE DEACOY CON VENEL- 3 Mr R. A. BOcUE, being present for the first L time since his re-election, made the usual declara- i| tion, 1sod wras wcluorned by the Lord Provost in name of the Council. , . TILE TtAkWAY SCND4Y CARS.. The mwtlnteseof ...

... (ILM.ARNOCK. a t AnsmEs TEACHERS.-A general meeting of the Ayrshire branch of the Educational institute of ?? was held on Saturday in the Town Hall I -Mr Rose, president, in the chair. Several pro. e positions regarding the Endowed Schools and a Hospitals Act were submitted and agreed to, and t the consideration of one was delayed. Afterwards a Mr .ain, Ayr, read a paper on the Teaching of I ...

... 25mT LANARK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. The annual meeting of the 25th Lanark R Y.V for the distribution of prizes, took place in New- some's Circus last night. On previous years the officers and their friends had a ball, the prikes to the successful competitors in the various regimental shooting events of the year being presented before dancing commenced. It was found that very few of the members ...

... GENEIPUL FORLEIGN -NEWS + 7' II.ATTEMPTE'D ASSASSINATION a's' ~ ~ F H AUSTRIAN EMIPEROR. . d ia Viemnna, December 27, Evening7. The P;, -.vI this eveuiiig saxys tint the ruiours a telip~t uplon the LEni[erore~ lifo re Con- `11 p'voi frc~ni alttoztad ti~ac pers-,iis Nyh', 11t;' I '1e t ?? rlie ?? of :it nature to a.1 ?? t:'r 17~uLiI gee tlo Iilin! Lry urs' ?? A\iL * ?? va 'er..'iVed 1 it c ...

... AFRICAN, EXPLORATION. a We are reqnested to publish the following letter just received:- a Blantyre Mission Station, Shire Hills, 24th September, 1878. I see in the newspapers that the Royal Geo- d graphical Society are about to send out another eexpedition for the further exploration of Africa. d There is also a proposal to set up a telegraphic line betwixt Zanzibar and Cape Colony. One ...

... DETENTIom OF AILeS. M The Post Office authorities published the fol- he lowing intimation yesterday :-Owing to the nit failure of junction of trains at Warringtou, the di. its merican and the Irish mails despatched hence la, isper limited mail train on the 24th were brought Y In- to Liverpool. The Irish mail was forwarded Y at, thence per night mail on the 25th, sand the at ?? mail shall he ...