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CHARITABLE AND FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS.
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HOUSES OF REFUGE.
Board of Commissioners appointed b}' the Statute
— The Sheriff of Lanarkshire, the Lord Provost of
Olasgow, the Dean of Guild of Glasgow, and the
Deacon Convener of Glasgow, ex officio.
Members appointed by the Magistrates and Coun-
cil of Glasgow— Bailies Blackie, Govan, and Grant;
W. P. Paton, Hugh Tennent, John Downie Brj'ce,
James Play fair, John Thomson, Hugh Moncrieff, John
Smith, James Kelso, James Allan, Michael Rowan,
James Salmon, J. B. Kidston, Wra. Crichton, John
Kincaid, Wm. Graham, Lambhill ; Walter M'Lellan,
James Moir, Robert Lockhart, jun., David Smith,
Kobt. Walker, Letham Hill, James Wilson, Joshua
Paterson, M.D., E. G. Ross, D. Marshall Lang.
J. D. Bryce, treasurer; Rev. A. K. M'Callum,
M.A., governor of house for males, and William
Glover, assistant governor ; Charles Ritchie, M.D.,
medical attendant of males; Michael Honeyman,
auditor to the board ; John Rae, head teacher ; Miss
Sliman, matron of house for females ; George Miller,
medical attendant for females.
GLASGOW ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND.
President, the Hon. Peter Clouston, Lord Pro-
vost ; honorary vice-presidents, his Grace the Duke
of Montrose, his Grace the Duke of Argyll, Lord
Belhaven and Stenton, Lord Blantyre, Walter
Buchanan, M.P., Robert Dalglish, M.P.
Directors. — From the Royal Infirmary, David
Smith, William Ewing, and William Kerr ; from the
College of Glasgow, Re7. Dr. Jackson ; from the
Town Council, W. Whyte; from the Merchants'
House, David MaoBrayne, and Robert Edmiston;
from the Trades' House, the Deacon Convener and
James Graham; from the Faculty of Physicians, Dr.
J. Stewart ; from the Ministers of Glasgow, Rev. Dr.
J. Robertson, M.A.
EI.ECTED BY THE MEETING.
' John Smith, Charles M'Kenzie, John Blackie,
jun., James Murray, A. Orr Ewing, Hugh Baird,
James A. Campbell, Jas. Reid, and Joseph Morrison ;
David Yuile, treasurer ; R. Jameson, secretary ; Dr.
Lapraik, surgeon; D. Thomson Aitken, teacher; Miss
M'Arthur, matron ; Robert Thomson, superintendent.
INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF
THE DEAF AND DUMB.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll, patron ; the Right
Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, president ;
Rev. Dr. William Muir, Edinburgh, honorary vice-
president ; Hon. the Lord Provost, Principal Barclay,
Sev. Dr. Hill, Walter Buchanan, M.P., Robt. Dal-
glish, M.P., John Jamieson, Wm. Buchanan, Andrew
Tennent, vice-presidents; Rev. Dr. Robson, Dr.
Henderson, Dr. Norman M'Leod, Dr. M'Taggart, Dr.
Buchanan, Rev. G. K. Flindt, Rev. Henry Batchelor,
JRev. Alex. M'Ewen, J. D. Bryce, Robert Craig, Jas.
Eeid, John Henderson of Park, H. L. Schwabe, Jas.
A. Campbell, Walter Gray, Michael Connal, Thomas
Buchanan, Alexander Ewing, James Lumsden, and
William Euing, directors ; S. M. Penny, 16 St. Vin-
cent Place, secretary ; John Cabbell, 111 St. Vincent
Street, treasurer; Dr. A. Dunlop Anderson, and
Dr. T. M'Call Anderson, physicians ; Duncan Ander-
son, teacher; Mrs. R. G. Kinniburgh, matron; Jas.
Lawrie, John Liddell, John Proudfoot, and Miss
Jane Cameron, assistant-teachers; Alex. Banner,
Government School of Art, drawing-master.
GLASGOW BRANCH OF THE FREE CHURCH
SCHOOLMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.
The members meet on the first Saturday of every
month, from October to April inclusive, in the Hall
of the Free Church Normal Seminary at half-past 12
o'clock p.m., when a paper is usually read on some
subject connected with the art of teaching, or on
some hterary or scientific subject viewed in relation
to education.
OiHce-bearers , president; John Shaw, Free
Church Normal Seminary, secretary ; John A.
Craigie, Free St. John's Schools, treasurer. AH
teachers who are members of the Free Church, as well
as teachers of Free Church Schools, are eligible for
membership.
GLASGOW PROTESTANT INSTITUTION FOR
ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE GIRLS.
7 York Stkeet, Little Govan.
Miss Oswald of Scotstown, patroness ; Mrs.
Urquhart, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Munsie, Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. H. S. Wallace, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Richardson,
Mrs. Macewan, Mrs. R. Smith, Miss Blyth, Miss Kerr,
Miss Wilson, Miss Mitchell, Miss M'Keand, and Miss
M. Hutcheson, committee of management; Mrs.
Munsie, 1 6 Royal Terrace, secretary ; Andw. P. Eeid,
29 St. Vincent Place, treasurer; Mrs. Wilson, sub-
treasurer; Mrs. Sliman, matron; Miss Sliman,- teacher;
Hugh Brown, John Bain, Jas. Playfair, David Stow,
William Kerr, J. A. Campbell, John Cabbell, Hugh.
Heugh, George Younger, Anthony M'Keand, Joshua
Paterson, M.D., Peter Ferguson, William Euiug,
Michael Honeyman, David Richardson, Robert
Munsie, gentlemen's committee ; Mr. Robt. Munsie,
82 West Nile Street, secretary.
BARONY OF GORBALS BENEVOLENT.
James Howie Young, preses; William Neilson,
treasurer ; the Hon. Peter Clouston, late preses ;
William Campbell of Tilliohewan, James Craig,
Carlton Place, James Scott of Kelly, Joseph A.
Wright, Abbotsford Place, honorary directors; James
Morton, William Wilson, James Brown, David
Ritchie, James Gourlay, John Craig, Joseph A,
Wright, Andrew Gemraill, Wm. T. Edmiston, Robert
Ker, George Harvey, directors; James Stewart, vice-
preses; James E. Newman, M.D., medical officer;
Alexander Young, writer, Glasgow, secretary ; James
Robertson, officer.
GRAHAM CHARITABLE.
This society was instituted in the year 1759, and
was incorporated by seal of cause from the Magis-
trates and Town Council of Glasgow, upon the 2d
day of Jan., 1770. None are eligible as members
of the society except persons of the name of Graham
and their descendants, or those married to individuals
of that name or their descendants. The entry-money
to strangers is £5 5s., and to sons and other lineal
descendants and sons-in-law of members, £3 3s.
Simon M'Lennan, preses ; Patrick Scotland, trea-
surer; directors, William Graham, late preses ; Jas.
Graham, wood merchant; James Grahame, account-
ant; Allan Graham, merchant; Andrew L. Graham,
writer; William Soramerville, merchant; Alexander
Nisbet, ironmonger; Alexander Wood, ironmonger;
clerk, James Graham, 62 George Square; factor,
Robert GoodwiD,235 George Street ; George Graham,
officer.