... FAREWELL DINNEER TO THE AMERICAN MIIN ISTE R. The Lord Mayor of London (the Right Heon. James Whitehead) last evening entertained the IHon. E. J. Phelps, United States Minister, to t i farewell banquet at the Mansion House, when there was a most representative gathering num. - bering nearly three hundred. The com. 3pany included the Lord - Clancellrr, the Earl of Rosebery, the Lord Chief ...

... 5. The fifth ordinary meeting for the season of the h Philosophical Society of Glasgow was held last IS night, in the rooms, Bath Street-Dr J. B. a Russell, the president, in the chair. There was a 1, good attendance of members. IS LETER FOSOM rxOFESSOR MX ?? ! The CaIose11AN read a letter which Ur Mayor, the secretary, had received from Y Professor Max Muller acknowledging his election as an ...

... The traffic receipts of the West Flanders Rnuly for the Iweek ending January 20 Show a decrease of S10. Thetraffic receipts of the London, Brighton, and South 5 Coant Railway for Tuesday show a decrease of £66. The tt,-'0c receipts of the Indian Midland Railway for the Leek r di ig December22 Show an increase of 13,122 rupees. . he toadereceipts of the Bahia and San Franciqeeo Rail- way for ...

... THE BEITH CHURCH DISPUTE The Established Preabytery c1 Irvine herd a special meeting yesterday at Irvine to hear parties who had been cited to appear in connection with the dispute between the kirk session arnd congrega- r tion of Beith as to the election of elders. Two petitions lodged prior to the last meeting of Pres-1 1 bytery were read. The first was from the 13 I ° ' gentlemen elected by ...

... MARITIiE0 LOSSES AND OASUALTIE& ft followrrag is C lis' of n sn21tie s rsprrtee at Lloydgb on Losn-boak betweeL mridnr tit Wednesibl, January!6, t's trd nsidnioht Wednesady, January 23, 1889, (3) denoting steamers 3arne of VesseL Tons. Flag. | Voyae and Cargo. Crasulty. Savre Livso I ?? -_ ?? ?? ?? Lost. Airlie ?? 1560 British. 1876 Borneo, Frernantle. Fire. S Firuna . . 137 Danish. 1863 ...

... RIVIERA. GOSSIP. - fProM OUX SPZCeiL CoRtrSPONDBNMT.) Nice, January 21,iS8iX The fashionable Riviera season is now in full ainig. We are generally believed to be in the height of it when the Nice Races are in pro. i gress, and the international pigeon shooting contests are decided at IMonte Carlo. These events bring many people down south, though: I not of the class that we count highly ...

... WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,1889. On the reassembling of the Parsell Commnis. | lion yesterday, Sir Charles Russell announced I that he did riot intend to proceed further in f reference to the Sheffleld Daily Telcgraph, the proprietor haviun stated that the contents bill fo alled in question was published without his PI authority or approval. The President expressed sc biis satisfaction at this ...

... The sixty-fifth annual meeting of the contributora to the funds of the Glasgow Eye Irfirmary was held yesterday in the Directors' Room of the Mer- chants' House, West George Street. Sir James King, Bart, the Hon. the Loid Provost, presided. Mr War. GEORGE BLACK, the secretary, sub- mitted the annual report, which contained the following :-On Zslt December, 1887, there re. mained on the books ...

... FiRE IN NORTH FREDERICK STREET- it i DAMAGES, £7000 TO £8000. CB A large building at 63 North Frederick Stret, fri Glasgow, occupied by Messrs John Nairn & Son c and Messrs D. Boss & Co., was last night W9 !totally destroyed by fire, the damage being pa ! estimated at from £7000 to £8000. The build- re ! ing consisted of four fiats, with basement andh ing consisted 01 ~~~ha attics, and was ...

... THE LATE MR R. S. MENZIES, I?.P Reference wes made yesterday in all the churches I a in Coupar-Augus and district to the lamented death of Mr Stewart Meazies of Hallyburton, ALP. for East Perthshire. The Magistrates arnd Police I Ceommissioners met on Saturday evening and drew u Up a letter expressing condolence with the familj, and asking permission to attend the funeral on Wednesday as a ...

... ?? r I tISY A YISEXRY CORRESPONDInT,) r! Professor Huxley, who has sat on so many of .1 the Commissions appointed to ?? inito the 5 state of the fisheries, gave it as his opinion some *years ago that it matters not where men fish, when they fish, or how they fish, so far as .affecting the supplies is conccrnecd, and he r enunciated these. opinions with the fullest possible knowledge of the ...

... TEE SALVATION ARMY. a BeSCUE DEMONSTRI&TION5. f Whatvkas termed a Rescue Demonstration o I r of the Salvation Army in Scotland was held last tl e night in the City Hall, which wae crowded. 81 Provost Colville of Motherwell presided; and among those on the platform were Mrs Bramwell Booth, Rev. John Robertson, Stonehaven; Rev. C o Lauchlan MI'Lauchlan, Captain Hatfield, Major f Adams, Staff ...