... 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 ...

... D. (From our Melbourne correspondent.) Rosedale, Gippsland, Victoria, 17th January, 1882. The numerous attractions of Gippsland have led me to select Rosedale as a likely centre where a friend and myself might take up quarters to enjoy a brief holiday. For around this pleasant township there is considerable variety of scenery-mountain and plain, open and forest country, river and lagoons close ...

... THE E mPERORT lvgiUAwS BIRTHDA . (RtlETarS TsEiGIt , zIS.) Berlin, M1arch 22.' Trhe' Emperor Wflliamn's eighty-fifth birthday, was ushered in- early this morning by a fanfare of *trampefs frbmn the tower of the ImperiaL Castle. In all the schools the forenoot was obh- aerved. as a holiday, and thanksgivirg services, ,which wvere-.iattended by- large con rtieo5s were held in all the Berlin ...

... U.P. CHURCH PLFAUTING AND EVANGELISATIO?- BOARD. The annual meeting of the United Presbyterian Church Planting and Evange~isstion Board was held ?? A. H. ?? presiding. D. Scorr read the annual report, In whiich it was stated that while the past yeast operations had not been marked by any very u-j. usual or striking incidents, the work had been judioionuy carried on. No attempt had been made to ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH2 LATE DR JOHN MUIRt 21 - ?? Buckingham Terrace, Ayr, to l4th March, 1882. ha Scic, ---I observe a letter in your issue of the 11th no instant headed The Late Dr John Mluir, with in the initials of M. A. C., which I shall quote at aol length, in order that I may be clearly under- bu stood:- th( 1Glasgow, 9th March, 1882. pri Sir,-It wvill be interesting to your ...

... SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.£ IAirsraTrnm EAsrn-The following were the Icandidates nominated for five, seats yesterday' afternrool :-Rer. Tune, Murray, parish minister; Wem. Morton, bakcer ; Jas. Brown, fanner ; DavidI Cook, solicitor and banker; Alex. Foster, saddler;.1 W~illiam Kay, brewer; and William Wright, pho- M tographrer. Il AIWRoAII,.-.ST Viannss.-This election took ~ place sesterriat'. ...

... SCHOOL BOARD ELBCTIONS ?? EDINIBURGEh Last ?? several meetings were held in con-; nection with the approaching election of ?? new Schnol Board for Edinbargb. The Free and United Presbyterian Churches caudidates- the Rev. Prof. Duff, the Rev. A. Mackenzie Mesats F. Browvin Donglas, David Dickson, anal Andrew Mitchell-held a meeting in the Free Assembly Hal, Bailie Anderson presiding. The ...

... I -I- ?? pc I VIZATUER REPORT AND FO.MCMU. Tuesday, M5arch 14, 8.30 r.:. Ti:E changes w:2tch were noriced last eveam6 liat continued in progress. At eight this mersinS Z;l: barometer was falling orer nearly the wfuhe . westeran Eirope, thle caange being greatest in tnN west of Ireland, and the anti-cyclone was movine slowly south-eastwards towardis central Euroqc, The wind was easterly over ...

... Avantim are ?? *ske to seu ?? Omdor to the Ptubusiong O ffic early g as possibo, and e tan 6 p.m _ _ __ _ i THURDAY OGRNING, MARCH . Is[ the aouse of Commons yesterday, -hr i O~n1~hs5ettrmoveddthe secondxerdiiig of the Agricultural Holdings (Law of Distress) Bill, ; Mr'Salt mhoved that it was ine t to pro- :Vd with he measure till futher evidence had been taken as to the working of the.law. ...

... II ?? MORNINTK, MARCH 27. The result of the Glasgow School Board a] slection was declared about five o'clock on taturdaymorning. The Rev. Dr J. marshnal Lang headed the poll with 56,464 votes, and o0 the other successful candidates were-J. N. 9: Cuthbertson, Michael Connal, H. A. Long, Rev. e: H. Murphy, Rev. Robert Thomson, Rev. Fergus W Ferguson, D.D.; 14ev. Dr Munro, John Morison, ni Wim. ...