... MVnelqIAI; MBRTNGfi. meO i~Ar0- eqrtarterly shtattory meetr of U 0 the Commeissiomerli of Police was held yestera at cl nociA. P'rovost Craig presided. The registrar'sI 1%r report for Janulary' showed that there were .51.i7 es- births and 33 deaths, the death-rate being 2-t75, as! Pt by azeiist 20t5 for January last year., IIrJ. B. 1 i sot ?? replied to thia momsioesotification BE ad. ...

... CO URINTG , - a EHAYDOCK PARK MEETING. ,FrmDfky, Febrmary 15. Judge, Mr J. Cok-e. Slipper, T. Wilkinson. A more glorious day for coursing than that asso- ciated with the concludieg day's proceedings at Haydock Park ceuld hardly be desired, for the sun ashone out brilliautly during the whole of the after- enoon, rendering matters most enjoyable. The n attendance, though fairly numerous, was not ...

... SO1BEES, LECTURES, ?? aJNfORTH BRITISH RAILWAY EmpovnvE~s.-~Tle ifourth annuial social gathering of tile employds of the IN-orth British Railway Company at Quee Street and Cowlairsl Stations was held last night inm the Albion Halls, College Street. The chair was ch; occupied by Mr J. G. A. Baird, M.P., and he was Fe .,supp~orted by the R1ev. Georgo 'Gladstone, Mr J ?? Holmes, locomotive ...

... ITHE POLITICAL- SITUATION] N E FRANCE, . Paris, February 12. Itr o-day'a sitting of the Senate M. Floquet brought forward his bill for the re-establiehment of aingle-member constituencies, passed by the Cham- ber of Deputies yesterday. The Premier proposed urgency for the measure, and the motion was agreed to. The House subsequently, on the pro. posal of M. de Casabianca, and notwithstanding ...

... sarl The thirty-tbird annual meeting of the West Full Coast Mission Society was held yesterday in the Her hall of the Religions Institution Rooms, Gias- gow. Rev. Dr James Black presided, and among Cat, otbers on the platform were Mr Alexander Allan, Thc Rev. Dr M'Lean, Rev. Dr M'Calium, Rev. Mr tw Counell, Rev. Wm. Boss, Rev. Mr M'Ewing, ea Rev. David Hay, Rev. Jamess Kidd, and Relr. A. The ...

... d DAILY RECORD OF POLITICAL j l gl 4AND OTHER EVENTS. Ga res r (SPECIAL TELEGRA MS VIA THEP COMMERCIAL CABLE.) Ca iml r i ?? Iin 5 ' (FROM OUR OWS CORRESPONDET.) abh New York, February 18, Evening. fol News has come from Hartford, Cennectiout, 3 of an explosion of a boiler in the basement of the pot i Park Central Hotel in Albyn Street, a short lfn 3 distance from the New York, Newhaven, and ...

... lSCHOOL BOARD ELECTOS ON IN SCOTLANDo l TEXT OF THE NEW BILL. The text hasbeen published of the bill to amend the lawrelating to thetelection of School Boards for Scotland brought in by Mr Shiress Will, Mr M'Laan, Mr Esslemout, and Mr Lyell. The measure ie prefaced by the follow- memorandum- The first object of this bill is to abolish the0 cumulative system of voting at the election of ...

... THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 6COTLAND. The monthly meeting of the Glasgow Brarch of r' the Educational institute of Scotland was held in ev the rooms, 207 Bath Street, on Saturday, when Mrs Anderson, of the Glasgow School Board, delivered hi an address on The Dignity of Teaching. r fo David Forsyth. the president, occupied the chair, Li and introduced the lecturer. Mrs Anderson said ro that ...

... AFFAIRS IN FRANCE (|ose OTR SPECIAL CORRISPONDRST.) Paris, February 12, Evening. No one was taken by surprise at the vote of the Chamber re-establishing scrutins Warr-on dissseswt, or district voting, in the place of the present system of list voting, which has been tried and found wanting. Fear of Boulangism induced the Rouse above any other considera. Zion to pass the Ministerial bill, but ...

... CANDIDATURE OF MR W. L BOASE. Yesterday Ur W La Bases addressed meetings at Luncarty, Stormoutfield, Almondbsnk, and i Methven, four small villages to the north-west of Perth.: The first tvp, took place in the after. - noon, and the last in the. evening. At Stormont- field therm were about 150 people present, and Mr Mackenzie, Stormontfield Works, presided. Mr Boase, after his addreis, which ...

... _ _ _ _ tb~ Ml MUMLEY'S REPLY TO MlR CHAMBERLAIN. ae Mr J. Morley was entertained to breakfast sec yesterday morning by the President and Commit- th tee of the Portsmouth Liberal Club. In replying to the toast of Our Party and its Leaders, the aib right hon. gentleman said the Liberal party was de said to be without comemon sense, science, veracity, and purse; but he thought, judging from ...

... . AGRICULTUR ?? ' SPEAL R ORT FREAST OF OTLA . >1 ?? t-T to Mday lot the mld weather of the st pa t week was very favourable to the rapid ad. vancemeat of all kinds ef farm work-with the single exception of stubble dunging. This im- al I portet item is consequently not as forward as tt it womld have bee, n with a harder winter. la ,Some £armer5 not to be behind the seasn, have tj pushed the ...