... Yesterday afternoon Dr Cleland, Professor of n Anatomy, Glasgow University, delivered the in- trodductory lecture to the students attending Glasgow Veteriniary College. Among the gentlemen - by whom he was accompanied to the platform were -Principtl M'Call, Who predided; Professor WItiley, Ydinburgh; liev. Bobert Blair, Bev. Mr Watson. Messrs It. M'larlane, Greenack; Thomas Campbell. ...

... LAST WEXH&S WRECKS. A % MOment ShoWing the ?? Of ?? vrrecke, with ibiii cargoes. creow, &c,. reported darive the week ended 2d December. 1882:- I I. Crew and Natienality Crew. or 2 Cr. a FPort whre. Cut British. Aecringlon Lam S Fleetwood.. Lead ore.. AL _ Scheenl44) ?? , Sunderland. 58 Coals l. .Aminius ?? S IGrangemt'h ' 2-coaLa:..:. , _lL Cedar Grove St ?? - lenerl .L.. 5 12 Foretter S ...

... INSTITUTI(N OF ENGINE 7 SHIPBUILDER1S __ The twenty-sixth session of the Tese.** Encineers and Shipl uilders in s . lt-t ?? last niglt in the hail c5hi 5 5.1 V Bath Street, when there was a f2rhe atten. 'i.tl members. l t e ;: :Councillor RE.D delivered the inaugrj add. taking for his subject the ircrease nf thersawsol.tfre temn in connection with the shippin- t iT ?? ing of the developsment ...

... The latest sews from Skye is that a newv batch of Lord Macdorald's crofters have refused to pay rent until certain grievances are redressed. The former agitation among his Lordship's tenants was in the neighbourhood of Portree. The new outbreak is among the crofters of Bretkish-a township lying on the sea coast betireell Brbadford and Kyleakin, some twenty miles further south. The grievance ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENOE. I35 FLEET -STPErD, r: Friday ?Night. c OH these new rules! They have legalised 5' motions which used to be irregular, and the |ouse of Commons can only groan under the a new burden. Kearly the whole of last night a was given up to Irish affairs, on aL motion for C adjourrnment as sanctioned bv Rzile 2, and a large slice of to-night has been given up to the v' ...

... . Windsor Castle, December S. e The Queen and Princess Beatrice walked and drove this morning, attended by the Hon. Horatio Stopford. in The Duchess of Albany drove, attended by Lady Knightley. a j His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Dul-e of 1, Albany, attended by General Right Hon. Sir E. Ah Ponsenby, went to Addington to-day, and was At present at the funeral of the Archbishop of Can- ...

... MsTEORODOGICAL OrFici, Friday, Dec. 1, 10.30 pr. The weather to-day has been very foggy over the central and south-eastern parts of England and 'misty in the north-east, while en our western coasts it has been cloudy and rainy. The S ,.m chart showed that in the course of the previous night the barometer bad fallen generally, and that a small depression had advanced to the neighbour- heed of ...

... About five o'clock vesterday morning, t'he boots in the White Hart Hotel, Catheart Square, Greenock, suddenly awoke, feelina a choking sensation, and oa getting out of bed, lie found his room filled with smoke, indicating the near presence of burning wood. He at once aroused the rest of the inmates, and an alarm haviug been given, the fire brigade was soon on |the spot. The fire by this time ...

... IGLASGOW OPHTHALMIC, INST1TUTION. The thirteenth annual meeting of the donorr and subscribers to this institutiou was hote yester- day in the Religious institution Rwooms. Nir jas. White, of Overtoun, presided, and among those present were Sir James Watson, Alr Archibald Arroll, AMr J. Guthrie Smith- of Mitugdoch Castle, Mri David Ml'Cowau, Air Jamnes Miller, .Ir-W. Ml. Clark, Dr Wolfe, Mr ...

... THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF THE S.S. ABERD.IJBN. The following is a faller report than we were able to give yesterday of the paper en this subject read on Weduesdey by MrA. C. Kirk before the Institu. tioa of Naval Architects:- Economy of coal, said Mr Kirk, in steamships is a point of so great importance that any step in this direction is worth chronicling. Steamships are now making long ...

... HSCHOOL BOARD ELECTIOY. EDINBURGHI' The election of the fourth School Board for Edinburgh to carry out the provisions of the Edu-; cation Act of 1872 took place on Saturday. In the three previous contests tbere was some question of principle to decide-in that of Saturday it could hardly be said that principle entered into the, election. On the nominationdaytwoladiesand sixteen gentleman were ...

... REGISTRAR-GENERA'S RETURNS The weekly return of births, deaths, and mar- riages in the eight principal towns of Scetland for! the week ending Saturday, July 22, ?? 1 ideath-rate in the eight principal towns during the week ending with Saturday the 22th July, 1882, was 217i per thousand of estimated population. I Thisrate is2 9 abovethatforthe correapondingweek: of last year, and 0-4 above that ...