... READ, M.P., THE COUNTY BOARDS BILL. C. S. Read, M.P., spoke at the meeting of the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture at Norwich Saturuay on the County Boards Bill. The hon. gentleman said all the new County Boards would have to would be to work the unworkable Highway Act, control the pauper idiots, revise the valuations—which would use whatever, the Surveyor Taxes would overrule everything they ...

... The annual sittings the Convention of Royal Burghs commenced in tlie Justiciary Court-Room, Kdinburgh, yesterday—Lord Provost Boyd in the chair. The proceedings having been opened with prayer by Rev. Lees, it was intimated by Mr Harris, the Clerk, that 64 burghs bad sent commissioners, and only two —Pittenweem and Culroes—had not done so. TBI RECORDS. On the minutes of committee meetings being ...

... _ Last night Mr F. G. Widdows (Frater Aloysius) lectured in the Victoria Hall, Dundee, on the Mass. Long before the openiug of the doors the street was blocked with aa immense crowd, a vast proportion being ladies. When the doors were opened at seven o'clock the hall was crowded in few minutes, while hundreds were unable to obtain admittance. The hall was packed to suffocation. Widdows ...

... The Cincinnati Gazette will to-morrow print report* from the iron regions of Ohio and adjoining States on the condition end prospects the iron trade. The statements are prepared by the managers of the leading iron and steel manufacturing works, blast furnaces and rolling miiia. They all speak a marked increase in activity in all branches the trade. Furuacemeu and manufacturers are more hopeful ...

... GLASGOW UNITED TRADES' COUNCIL. This Ceased met ia Middlstoa's Hall night —Mr Tbernea M'Duff, vioe-president, in the«hnir. Tfc* minutes of Mi* pre visas ft having been read and »pproved, number letter* wen read 'n«n the rojii»ih*i«.Typspisph ...

... firit class to Ghrk 4 , TM sasasarsgfflKs that waa ootirely uoolicHod, w*Aea2m^s il FrewdTStoLSTta'thJ regular of hnsinsm. Tha Satiaßal Acathe lata Duko MoattmntOßoy; at Br (seal thooftoeieholdbythoMa^.fai'r-iS'IV ...

... MACFA&LANE HCDSOV. In the High Court Justice yesterday the case Macfari»ne r. Hudson came up. was motiou under the Registrations of Designs Act to restrain the defendant from manufacturing or selling au iron gate iu imitatiou of design registered by the plaintiff, a manufacturer carrying on business Glasgow. Air Ciirri Y, Q.C., who appeared for the plaintiff, stated that Macfarlaue had ...

... The annual report of tbe Council of Ayrshire Rifle Association has just been issued. it Cooacil congratulate the members on the success that attended their last prize meeting, which was held at Irvine on and 3d August, 1878. There decrease in the entries lor the whole the oompetitions aa compared with last year, but taking into acoount the bad state of trade prevailing, the Council think there ...

... steamboat Company, was launched yesterday afternoon from the shipbuilding yard 01 Messrs liobert Duncan & Co., Port-Glasgow. Mie is commodious ' saloon steamer ot great power, credit to the builders, will be furnished by Messrs Han- j kin Greenock, with engines, the diagonal jet condensing Her l paddle wlieels are very large, being less than £2 feet diameter. Amongst those present the | launch ...

... At the meeting ef Glasgow Town Polios, Statute shser. Sanitary—whish to be held to-day, the following report Dr Russell will be laid the table On 21st February last received information freas the inspector of poor for tU parish of Baldernock that A cum eatoric existed the farm ef Barrastoa in that which reported la accordance wMi the in>tru» tieoe tbe Board Supervision. wees able to find any ...

... METEOKOLOGIC-VL OFFICE Rtl'OP.T. The weather this morning tiue at all our more south-western station*, as well as some pari* Scotland, but is cloudy dud generally, with mist iu some places, rain at ami Liartit/., and sleet Oxo. A slight thunderstorm paused over Brussels yesterday, while heavy sleet lias fallen st Nairn and heavy raiu burnt/.. Slight showers rain have occurred at several ...

... THE DURHAM COLLIERS. Abort lu.uoo miners voted en Satnrday tar th* vnksexpeetod that thaSTwonld to work y**t*rday asoralng. bat it waa so* that MOO at them had joined the hand*, that oaly aboat sen, exelueiv* th* forty ail* whuh did not receive notice, went to wort y**t*rday, thus briagtag th* total at amen el*** to 36,MMk Thi* asahar, however, deaa not miaast the what* al th* man thrown oat ...