... IMPORTANT- POOR-LAW DECISION. In the beginning of the present year the city Parish of Glasgow Parochial Board raised an action in the Sheriff Court of Paisley against the Parochial Board of Eastwood, concluding for payment of . £252 14s 1d, being advances and interest incurred t on account of Mary Jane Smitb, a lunatic pauper, who is now upwards of 20 years of age, and also for relief of her ...

... GEDERAL FOREIGN NEWS GEBMANI\- AD THiE UNITED _& iES. Deeri. mber 23, Evening. r. ?? -c-. -of this evening 'ives ,se .-cuaJUC ?? tr -:e state.men:1s of - the U-nited States -n ua: n, w 1 hich recentlx' zcr . -~A d in New Yorle. ~~ ~~*o in ore thath Germanyi that the United a protest against -teas t-ne Mlonroe doc- t . iiat the annexations i. by t e Berlin Cabinet, ,UcCeFF;'; ' C -- . I'z L ...

... L\IPERALPAT~L P&PttIENTT, lUtiO ?? ()F COME IMY- N-MOyDAY. 'ile $ ...

... ANDERSON'S COLLEGE, t _ h PROOSUD RZEOVAL TO THE WEST END. e * Considering the extent to which the instit. tion bearing the above name has contributed to advance scientific education, and bearing in mind also the many eminent men whose names have been enrolled amongst its teachers and taught, it is scarcely possible that we can - remain uninterested in any movement which may result in the ...

... CALLY ~ f~yP7a) THE PROPOSED LOTTEO p- o CALLY CON S F-D 9 (BY As OCCASIONA' CONT';-ctt,) Having studied with some degree oF the doctrine of chances and thea z, - Sof lotteries, I would, with yovr 'aerwi; ...

... THfl LNES IN THE NORTH BLOCKm. COLLISIONS ON THE MERSEY. On Saturday last the Clyde was frozen over for about half-a-mile down. the river from Car- myle, and a large number of people took advan- tage of the smoother parts of the ice for skating. Several rinks of local curlers were kept up till e after darkness had set in. This is the first time e the river has been used for curling at this ...

... - 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 ...

... I Army rEQ1RGANISATION IN AMERICA. it- ts The New York papers publish the report of a le joint-committee appointed by Congress in June a last, to prepare a scheme for the reurganisation of We the army. The committee have drawn up a bill, is twhich, theysay, will, if adopted, make a condensed Y. and complete code of army law. Of this bill a is Washington despach in the ?? York Tiibws gives .d ...

... GLASGOW. At a meeting of ?? Committee vesjr, r day Mr Nicol reported that the fund for the ua_ . employed now amounted to £3307. Semey mernbers of the commtittee stated that the-y ?? obtained subscriptions which would brin ,a feand up to about £;3600. At the central ic0a5 ing department yesterday 168 new apphca; appeared for work. The greater nmiaber of these with the others previously engagbe ...

... WEEK OF P;5 ib^9 . . . ,. . e. G- .;.A I A Conference of the 2lz::1.e c' G.:;r bytery and tieclerp'nleu 1. preaciiei5 in conteCL.G ' - wsa held v-ester lar atfWr0' -Lr stitution 1iconis-I'v. P t siding. lbs le rie n- V rel i ' ducted the ?? Lerl *e- th:.r of ute c~ergyu~en Ln y vj;_ : part il thle ii'ou *ee. a i - frain unn:voidabte calt45s letr. a lenter trum frincipal i-u.leC ' ability to ...

... 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- ...