... answers in this case came to-day for consideration. It wili be remembered that the petitioner, who is a Church of England minister at Chelsea, asked the Court compel James Citird, of the Seabeid Arms Hotel, Cullen, to deliver up rum the person of Ann Caird, his daughter, whom petitioner alleges he had married according to Scotch fashiou, word of uiouth, and also by writtea obligation. In his ...

... Johnstone Burgh Police force. The Johnstone Commissioners have created this additional post in their force view the growing requirements the town, and their action has been santioned the Home Secretary. Got:ROOK. Parochial Board. The quarterly meeting of the Parochial Board was held on Saturday. The Cemetery Committee was empowered erect a house for the superintendent. committee was, the ...

... Mr aid of the funds of that institution. Blackhall, Paisley, in IN WIGTOWNSHIRE.— At a meeting of the Local Authority in Stranraer yesterday, it was resolved to slaughter the whole stock on the two farms:of Balneil, parish of New Luce, and Low Creachmore, parish of Les- walt, on which uro-pneumonia has been found to exist. On jel there are 35 cows and other cattle, and on Low Creachmore two ...

... COMMITTAL OF M'WHIKTER FOB MTRDER. The man John M'Whirtcr, who apprehended iu connection with the outrage and murder of his paramour, the woman Hunter, the vacant piece of ground in Clair Street, waa fully committed for trial yesterday a charge murder. The police, we believe, have been successful their effort* to clear much oi the mystery which surrounded the perpetratiou of the foul ciime. At ...

... DINNER, The 47th annual dinner of the members of the Western Friend] in the Grand Ho Charing last evening The between 50 60 gentlemen. over by Mr Hi ugh T, Orr ‘chairman and Franc. Gi Dougall (crow those support being the Rev. * Le Enoch’s), Rev. Mr Leggatt, Dr . Morton, Messrs M‘Call, Arthor, Jehn Gareiner, John M‘Caa, Downie, Hillcoat, John Maan, D, Mitchell, Jas, M‘Keilar, and D. kt ‘ohn ...

... past week was tollows:—Museum (open free Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, till 6. other days till dusk), Galleries, including visitors to Institute Exhibition, for both institutions, 7533. Captain Drc.vke.nne.ss. —The Liverpool Local Marine Board yesterday suspended the certilicata Captain Louis Murphy, formerly master of the Liverpool ship Nelson, for months, for having been guilty of drunken-1 ...

... SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATI nated for the nine seats in the above Board ALZIEL.—None of the retired, = poll take in Dalziel Public between the homeel Dau. and aed 4 contest is Fatairx all the seven Board, who have served 1873, were ated, with the additien of the Rev. Ji x withdrawn by the 19th inst., there will require to be an election on candidates have for the Forres Board, the first seven old ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, | was in lateness of the at 12 o’cloc bat possibly ow to the members were slow in = and it was tht ne Han to constitute a ey and the was enabled to take the ‘HE MARRIED te PROPERTY Mr ANDERSON, in moving the second reading of this bill, said he thoug ht the scantiness of the mem showed in a very re- people who in the House, for he happened to be aware that the ladies ...

... FIRST DlVlSlON—Thursday, March 20. PETITION. —MRS MURDOCH UK3 BOTD and others. ; Counsel were heard this in the appeal by Mary Murdoch or and others against the deliverance the liquidators the City of Glasgow Bank. The claim was Bad* the legal agents of the petitioners, who a letter to the liquidators claimed damages, the ground that they had been induced purchase stock the fraud of the bank; ...

... RDEROUS IN THISTLE — A case of murderous assault, which it 1s feared may terminate fatally in 2 house in Thistle Street, Hutcheson- town, occupied by a cabinetmaker named John M‘Phee. From the ‘ information we have received, it that some years M‘Phee married a ae named Ci vidson, and took up house at 75 Thistle Street, their of the second flat of the tenement. Mrs ‘Phee, by her first had two ...

... CLYD CHTBUILDING, While our shi i with their “shores” like the burnt trees of a forest, nothing but disaster, a few yachts bulking at various yards on the Clyde is a both pleasant and cheeri The big and little boats getting into shape at Fairlie might make a homeward voyager believe Glas- gow never was more At Greenock the delusion would be lost, and every mile further would tell its tale of ...

... Licensing Court.—At a meeting the Magistrate* yesterday afternoon application Mr Philip Bradahaw fur the tranaier Um (pint license 35 Street, lately held by Maclntyre Wood, was granted. Deiraudinq the way Coup AST. teaman, named James O'tiara, was charged before A. R. Pollok yesterday with travelling by railway on Saturday night from Port-Glasgow to Paisley without a ticket, and was sentenced ...