... THEil EARLY ESCOTTr511 CIItR~tCl. In a lecture to his class yesterday, Professor !Cue-per, in cornection with the work of St Alar- |Faret, toolk up the charges brought againast her of having Romanised the Scottish Church oF her day. The wvork of St _Margaret, he said. ha d becn-called the no tmanising of the Scottish Church. Tiat 'was not the Aact truth, hut only. ons little aspect oF wlhat ...

... RECENT ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. DUhBUK ALN DUBO WE. THE VIEWS OF OR DAVID MUR.RAY. (To the Editor of thc GZaCsgoe Herald.) Sir,-The recent discoveries on the shore at Dombuck have excited much interest, but have, unfortunately, given rise to considerable contra- versy; and, while no final judgment can be arrived at upon the various issues which hare been raised until an official account of ...

... OUR LONtDON' GR=OE`.i 68 FLIZE STf33T, Monday Night. LORDS AND COMMOINS. S j The House of Lords had a brief - sitting this afterneon. -Meeting at three i v o'clock, it advanced a number of private bills, i introduced three new ones, sent for the' t F Coremons and had a Royal Commission with all 5 its quaint old ceremonies, passed an Act or two Y in the Queen's name, and adjourned for the | a ...

... CHUBCH OF SCOTLAND SABBATH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. The fifty-third annual meeting of the Glasgow Satbath School Association in connection with the Church of Scotland was held in the Irsdes' Hall, Glassford Street, last night. 3M1r A. 3M. Williams, the rreesident, occupied the obeir, and among thoae present were Professor Cooper, Sir John N. Catbbertson, Rev. Dr MAdam Muir, Mr Pirae, Rev. J. Bell ...

... THE IRISH COUNTY COU.NCIL ELECTIONS. EXTRAORDIPMAR2Y MT-NIAYOR OF GORK PELTED WSTH ECCS. Tbe Cork NIationalist newspapers deseribe the scene whiclh occurred on Sunday at Killarney as surpassing any1hing in the way of election rows yet chronicled in the history of the coinsLty. Originally there were threo candidates for the Couty Coiuncil Division, Mr MYoriarty. solicitor. end Mr O'Shea, both ...

... COTTON WEAVERS AND THEIR WAGES. The Executive Committee of the N'orthern ('rnntiea Amalgamated Association of Weavers lsre decided to issue circulars to the districts 'ttin-r forth that the application for an advance r1 ner ?? in the w.ages of the operatives has !),en t-rtf.ed. and aski-ng _Are yon, as members, it -avcur of cominz out on strike so as to enforce he m ?? It xcill thus he seenl ...

... THE FAY' EAST. A REDUFF TO ITALY FROM1 CHINA. SPHERE OF INFLUENGE REFUSED. (.raESS ASSOCIATIOXN SPrEUTl.) Peking, Mcarch 5. The refusal of the Chiineso to accods to the Italian demand for a sphero of infuence, with ?? lease of Sau-Tien as a naval base, was ex- pected, but. te m;rnaer of the reftrsal-viz., by the return of the Italian Minister's despateh, is ronsidered -aunu'al. It is reported ...

... I GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY I- E.XTENSION. OPENING CEREMONY-SPEECH BY MR RITCHIE. The opening of the Great Centr2 Railway ex- tension to London yesterday was a notable event in the annals of railway enterprise, and the' directors of the company wore fortunate in securing Mr C. T. Ritchie, I.LP, the President of the Board of Trade, to perform the-ceremony,! and thus give the undertaking a sort of ...

... THE QUEEN AT HNIE-DRIVE BEYOND I ~ JVILLEFRANICE. I (uzurTEr' S T2fLEGRAIC.| Nice, March 13. The sky was overcast this morning, and a slight ! sirocco was blowving. Queen VicAria, who is satcd to be in perfect health, has ordered her thanks to be conveyed to the municipalities of Nice and Boulogne, to the Chamber of Commerce of Boulogne, to' Madame Bardon, Madomoiselle Biesini, and I others ...

... ?? j 1 NEaVron UP. cOuncn, PARTSCr-NEW OLGAx. I-In Newton Place United Presbyterian Church, Partick, last night, Mr D. -T. Wilson, Mss. Doc. I Oxon, inangurated a new orgau which has been recently placed in the church. There was a, large attendance of the congregation, and Rev. John T. Burton, M.A., minister, presided The new organ. which. has beon subscribed for by the congregation, is a ?? ...

... THE FOUNDERMIC OF THE CATO. Among the lost through the foundering of the steamer Cato is -Mr D. Drumnmond, chief angineer, i I Greenock, son of Mr Daniel Drummond, deputy- ! i harbourmaster. He had been in the employment j ' of Meesrs khncaid & Co., and r-aa appointed to the ship u-bile she lay in Victoria Harbour, i Greenock. A brother left Greenock yesterday i for St Ives to make ...

... AYR RIFLE; RAINGES. At a meeting of Avr DisIric' Committee e! the County Councii yzsterday -Mr Mattlhew Smith, Prestwickk, presiding-thlie Clerk (Mr D. W. Shaw) read a letter from Mr J. Campbell Irons. 22 York Place, Edinburgh. stating tiat on behalf of Her Majesty' WVar Department lie enclosed draft by-lba's whic'n it was propcied to put in force to regulate rifle and carbine practice at ...