... of the Convention of Royal the Justiciary Court-Room, —Lord Provost Boyd in the opened Rev. imated by Mr Hargis, Clerk, that 64 burghs had sent ip tas of being ners Con os age ome ey that the the fifth volume of the Conven- The minute, he said, stated that it was to raise the gt dhe y bond, payable the so might be for paying deputations to London or some (* Oh, oh,” and iter. ost Haddington, ...

... THE AMERIC. TRADE, Gazette reports from the iron regions ‘of and ing States on the condition prospects of iron trade. statements are prepared by the managers of the leading iron and steel manufac- furuaces, and rolling mills, They all speak of marked increase in activity in all branches Furnacemen manu- facturers are more hopeful, and give uniform testi- mouy to an actual improvement better ...

... WiDDOWS IN DUN Last night Mr F. G. Widdows (Frater Aloy- sius) lectured in the Victoria Dundee, on the Mass. Long before the opening of the doors the street was blocked with am immense crowd, a vast proportion being ladies. When the doors were opened at seven o’clock the hall was crowded in a few minutes, while hundreds were unabie to admittance. ‘I'he hall was packed to suffocation. Mr ...

... MR READ, M.P., ON THE COUNTY BUARDS BILL Mr C. S. Read, M.P., spoke at the meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture at Norwich on Saturday on the County Beards Bill. The hon. gentleman said all the new County Boards would have todo would be to work the unworkable High- way Act, control the per idiots, revise the valuations—which wou! be no use whatever, as the Surveyor of Taxes would overrule ...

... ARDS. Govan of the Govan Parish the ratepayers Pack aod Plants last night in hill Street Public Schon Gare for the Mair, ‘Who was called Board during the past three coe Mr M‘Onie work carried, on during the in terms somewhat similar to submitted a th meetings held at Govan of the school Ross, one cg Red * these Poste be bad fl title , and all pur- a desire on part of Board to ” He ) would like ...

... drowned im a pond uear his tather’s house. He had been piaying at the side of tue pond along with some about the same age, when he slipped and iell in, His compauiuns raised tne alarm, bat a cousiderable time elapsed before the body was re- covered, and liie was consequently extinct, bali Accident.—At a maich piayed on Daturday on the Recreation Ground at James M‘Lachian, one of the players, ...

... ENGLISH MARRIAGE STATISTICS, — prints the “A member of A te opie lish Parliament bas curiosity to give the following statistics relative to county of Middlesex the state of matrimony ia ‘the city of rs ivea who have 1872; husbands who have fied from their wives, ; married people divorced, 4720; ried people living ‘in perpetual those who hate each other, but dissimulate ; those who live ...

... kI ARNOCK., License COMMITTEE—REFUSAL To CoyFinM A GROcER’s LICENSE.—At a meeting of this committee, held in the Towa Hall yester- day, two new licenses which had graoted by the Magistrates at the recent Licensing Court were dis sed of. That granted for the new hotel in Duke Street was unanimously but the grocer’s license gran to Mr Smith, Glencairn Square, was not confirmed, this decision ...

... YESTERDAY'S NEW YORK PRICES, Ez. on Wa. Loan “Do. Sune a Bo. ¢per Vens. o | ey pee ben May receipw of cuttos 26 all Ww aad ‘Stave wore ...

... oN or THE Kicur Hos, T. F. or funeral ee on Saturday. It was attended thee to of about 150. The more immediate friends of the where a short at noon in Dalquharran Castle, service was cenducted the Rev. Mr Giffen of Edinburgh, formerly minister of Dailly. The coffin was borne shoulder high from the castle to the family burying-ground,, near to the old castle, and overlooking the Girvan. Here ...

... REPRESENTATION OF FIFE, Conservative On Friday, Captain Oswald of Dunnikier, dressed a the county of Fiie, ad- supporters in Austruther Town Thomson of Charleton presiding. ~ The hon. can- —_ after stating that with their present majo- the Government would see no cause to dissulve ant ad to be done, opinion mig saved the disastrous war, and said EE all the newspapers od the Continent higher ...

... ustrious temale cultivators of the most ill natural science I taly has produced. Of her numerous works the best known are her * Appen della Flera Komaua, blishe * Biolegia Romana, written ia in 1824, and her he was a member of sever scientific elegant academies, and highly es ed by the botauists of Europe. she was occupied on a work U pea the her 80th year, taneous flora of the Colosseum,in ...