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MUSICAL AND AETISTICAL SOCIETIES.
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Drawing; Miss Elizabeth Patrick, Walter Yuil,
James Campbell, Enoch Copeland, Pupil Teachers ;
Duncan Brown, Janitor.
Hours of Attendance — Morning Class from
7 to 9 ; Evening Class from 8 to 10 ; Fees, 3s. per
month ; Apprentices, 2s. per month. Female Class
from 10 to 12 noon. Fees, 4s. and 5s. per month.
Private Classes. — Females, Three Days per
Week, from 12 to 2 p.m., £1. Is. per Quarter;
Males, Two Days per Week, from 12 to 2 p.m., 15s.
per Quarter.
THE GLASGOW CHORAL UNION.
Mr. Seligmann, Conductor ; J. H. Ferguson,
President ; William Sellars, Vice-President ; Gilbert
Lang, Secretary; J. Dobie Smith, Treasurer; Jas.
Buchanan, Librarian ; Henrj'- Tosh, Convener,
Ladies' Committee. Directors, J. H. Fergu-
son, William Sellars, Gilbert Lang, J. Dobie
Smith, James Buchanan, Henry Tosh, William
Donald, J. R. Livingston, David Ferguson, J. G.
Stevenson. John Lennox, Officer, No. 72 Wilson
Street.
This Union was formed in 1855, by the amal-
gamation of the Glasgow Musical Association,
instituted in 1843, and the Glasgow Harmonic
Society, instituted in 1850. The Practisings are
held every Wednesday evening, at a quarter past
eight o'clock, in the Jerusalem Temple, No. 61
Cathedral Street. Gentlemen Members pay an
annual subscription of os., can be admitted at any
time, and their tickets are in force for one twelve-
month from date of entrj% Honorary Members pay
an annual subscription of One Guinea, which entitles
them to two reserved-seat tickets at all Concerts
of the Union, and admission to all Practisings and
Rehearsals. A Concert is given every New-Year's-
Day morning in the City Hall, and other Concerts
during the Season.
Subjects of Study for Session 1856-7: — Mendel-
sohnn's " St. Paul" and " Lobgesang ;" Haydn's
" Creation ;" Handel's " Messiah."
GESANGVEREIN.
The Gesaugverein is composed of Gentlemen
Members only of the Glasgow Choral Union, and
meets every Wednesday evening during summer
for the study of German part-songs, in the Temple,
61 Cathedral Street.
Musical Director, John Dobie Smith ; Business
Director, Gilbert Lang,
GLASGOW PHILHARMONIC UNION.
J. Harkin, Conductor ; F. C. Fisher, Leader.
Andrew Christie, President; A. A. Thomson,
Treasurer ; Thomas Menzies, Secretary ; John Reid,
Librarian ; Manson Gray, James Gilchrist, Gabriel
B. Menzies, John Barr, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Com-
mittee.
The Union meets for the practice of Vocal and
Instrumental Music every Tuesday evening during
the Session, at a quarter past 8 o'clock, in the Hall,
54 St. George's Place.
NEWSPAPERS, NEWSROOMS, ANB LIBRARIES.
NEWSPAPER OFFICES, AND DAYS OF
PUBLICATION.
Bulletin, Daily, Office, 29 Gordon Street.
Chronicle, Wednesday Morning and Evening,
15 Turner's Court, 87 Argyle Street.
- Christian News, Saturday Morning, 142 Tron.
^, Citizen, Saturday Morning, 34 St. Enoch Square.
- Commonwealth, Saturday Mor., 37 Jamaica St.
Courier, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
Mornings, Buchanan Court, 75 Argyle Street.
Examiner, Saturday, 7 Argyle Street (corner of
Stockwell Street).
Free Press, Saturday, 164 Trongate.
Glasgoav Daily News, 88 Jamaica Street.
Glasgow Gazette, Saturday Morning and
Evening, 24 Howard Street.
Glasgow Weekly News, Saturday.
Herald, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Morn-
ings, Spreull's Court, 182 Trongate and 26 Glass-
ford Street.
Ladies' Own Journal, Saturday Morning, 10
Royal Exchange Square.
Mercantile Advertiser, Shipping Gazette,
AND National Property List, published every
Tuesday Morning, 74 Buchanan Street.
North British Advertiser, Saturday Morn-
ing, 10 Royal Exchange Square.
North British Daily Mail, 106 Union Street.
Penny Post, Saturday, 56 Maxwell Street.
Saturday Post and Paisley and Renfrew-
shire Reformer, Saturday Morning and Evening,
15 Turner's Court, 87 Argyle Street.
' Scottish Guardian, Tuesday and Friday, 94
Miller Street.
Sentinel, Saturday, 37 Jamaica Street.
The British Friend, 1st of each Month ;
Office, 161 Gallowgate.
The Glasgow Advertiser, every Thursday,
104 Union Street.
The GlasgowTimes, Wednesday, 37 Jamaica St.
The Northern Times, Saturday, 20 Dixon St.
The Property Circular, every alternate
Tuesday, 106 Queen Street.
- The Workman, Saturday, 29 Gordon Street.
Weekly Guakdiai^, Friday, 94 Miller Street.
ROYAL EXCHANGE NEWS ROOM,
Queen Street,
Receives regularly all the London, English, Provin-
cial, Scotch, and Irish Newspapers ; also Commer-
cial Lists, French, German, Colonial, Canton, and
American papers, with all the leading Reviews,
Magazines, &c. Open daily from 7 morning till
10 evening. Strangers, who are introduced by
Subscribers, not charged, unless they attend for
more than four weeks. Officers in garrison are per-
mitted the free use of the rooms. Chairman, James
Hutchison ; Deputy-Chairman, Thomas D. Douglas.
Directors, John Buchanan, Thomas D. Douglas,
L. Robertson, James M'Cleland, Archibald Smith,
Richard Kidston, John Henderson, James Ellis,
James Hutchison, Robert Aitken, Michael Rowand,
Robert Black, John White, James Lumsden, and