... 21OUNT VES U VIUS. The Daly ?? Naples correspondent writes The late increase of activity o, Mount Vesuviue produced very interestiug phenomena of eruption. dine utner day a stream at lava broke oat LA the base of tie new cone due east, and, the principal veuti beinig thus leit empty, the sides fedl in. At the sanic time tile lava produced aa inmmense l CaSiD about 100 teat wide, at least 120 ...

... BOILERMAKEERS' AND IRON SHIP- BUILDE S' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The second annual festival of the Boilermakcers' and Iron Shipbuilders' Friendly Society was held in the Grand National iHalls, -.Main Street, Gor- bals, last night. 'The Lord Dean of Guild UMlr Alex. Stephen) occupied the chair, and lie was accompanied to the platform by 3r Dl. Rowan, ?? Young, of Got-as- Rev. John MNxurray, Calton ; ...

... BARONY PAROCHI.AL 13OA1D. A spec l meeting of the Barony Parochial Board was held yesterday for the p irpose of cousideringt tue PVor-law Amendment Bill as amended by the select ?? M'Laren in the chair. Lhes Caarama-s garve in the report ut the represen. tatives to the conference ?? ou thelPoor- lwAmendiaentBili, l-e reported tiat the confer- o nce ?? of representatives from t r bu-gl ?? ...

... HIGHLAND AND AGR1CULTUP3AL SOCIETY. the I The monthly meeting of the directors of this not . society was held yesterday afternoon in Edinburgh ga ?? Smith, Whittinghame, in the chair. Letters the were read from Sir James ?? Stewart Richardson of Pitfour, Bart., conveying to the directors thi thanks ef his family for the resolution passed at the Board meeting on the 7th December regarding the ...

... WEATHER REPOR T AND FORECAST. . , & ~~METEOROLOGIC' IL OFFICE, I Wednesday, Jau-ary ;1, 8 r.M. TnaE large depression which was so greatly affecting the weather in Scotland at the time of our last report passed north-eastward during the night, and at 8 Am. to-day its centre was shown over thle southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia Over Scan- dinavia it had occasioned a rapid fall of the baro- ...

... DIRESS Di THR WESTMN ISLANDS AND HfGEILA&M. I (NOTES BY A OOBEBSONDEKT.) ' Discass in the Hebrides, and the West High- lands generally, on several former occasions !necessitated appeals to the citizens of Glasgow for aid, and these appeals were generously re- aponded to. These occasions, however, were very differentfrosn the present one. They were occasions of famine consequent upon a succes- ...

... 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 ...

... FAILURES, A petiren is liquidation has been filed at the Oidham County Court on behalf of Samuel Myer.a- cough, of Cambridge House, Castlemere, hoch- dale, teacher of rouic; liabilities, £130D. The creditors of Edmnund Whitehead, silk and poplin manufacturer, Piccadilly, Manchester and Tonge, held a ;neeting yenterday. The liabilities wore £23c1.5 and the assets £'005. Liquidation was resolved ...

... THE FINANCIAL CIUSI IN FRANCE. (RtEiSt'S TLEGXRAjL) .taris, February 2. The failure of the Union Geuerale was declaed to-day by the Tribunal ot Commerce. AU. bontoux, president of the Union Gednrale, and M. FEcuer, the manager, were arrested last ouight duriug the board meeting of the conipany, it as stated that legal proceedings have been conu. umenced against several of tue directors. The ...

... -,-TTEBS TO THEE EDITOR. U UNIVERSITY REFORM. Campsie, 28th April, 1882. Srmt,-I bave read Sheriff Guthrie's letter in to- day's Herald on this subject, which, however, does not materially add to the arguments *vhich have been already advanced in opposition to theappoint- ment of an Executive Commission. Dr Anderson ' Kirkwood, in bis carefully-prepared speech at the I meeting of the General ...

... PAISLEY GEORGE A. CLBRK TOWN HALL Ur I GPFSNLG CMrn-ON, DEMONSTRATION, AYD It { CON VI5RSAZIONE, of Paisleyhobserved a general holiday yesterday, and le Celeirated by means of a grand trades' procession er thle opening of a magnificent pile of' buildierics ae known as the George -A Clark 'town Hall, which ry has been erected and gifted to the town by mern- o, bers of the Clark family (Anchor ...

... rrela POLICY OF T, UN ITED STATES. Ad M DLTR BLAINE ETERVIEWED, |(PEir.ma'S TflLB-tRM.) Ieshioctoa, January 30. The TrS ingfn Post of to-day reports an inter- view between a member of its editoriai statf and Mr Blaine, The latter is represented to have said that his instructions to Mr Prescott we-re fully dis- cussed vvith President Arthur. They were referred to in tihe annual Meseage at the ...