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EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
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Dr. James Wilson, President; Dr.
Charles Ritchie and Dr. Allen Thomson,
Vice-Presidents; Wm. Lyon, Dr. Thos.
Watson, Secretaries ; Dr. John Coats,
Treasurer. Drs. James Kirk, E. Watson,
R. Corbett, J. A. Easton, R. M'Gregor,
and Joshua Paterson, Council.
ANTIQUARIAN AND HISTORICAL-
His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon, Patron ; Sir Archibald Alison,
Bart., Sheriff of Lanarkshire, President ;
John Buchanan, Treasurer , David Tainsh,
Secretary.
FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
Matthew Wylie, M.D., President; W.
E. C. Clark, Vice-President ; Jas. Donald,
Treasurer; John M'Carron, Secretary;
Thomas Christie, Librarian; Jas. Miller,
Seal Keeper; Alexr. Morton, Vaccinator;
John Dick, Factor ; James Dougall, Offi-
cer. William Black, Geo. Lade, M.D.,
Robert Adam, James Kirk, M.D., David
Walker, James Scanlan, Directors.
GLASGOW MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Dr. James Wilson, President; William
Lyon and Dr. James Adams, Vice-Presi-
dents ; Dr. Ebenezer Watson, Treasurer ;
James Fraser, Secretary.
ROYAL BOTANIC INSTITUTION.
Sir James Campbell, President; Sir
Archibald Alison, Bart., Sheriff of Lan-
arkshire, Vice-President ; Hill, Davidson,
Hill, & Clark, Secretaries and Treasurers;
Stewart Murray, Consulting Curator;
Peter Clark, Curator.
Directors. — Sir James Anderson, M.P.,
James Hannan, David Mackinlay, James
Scott, Dr. James Watson, William Gour-
lie, from Proprietors. Dr. Walker Ar-
nott, Dr. Allen Thomson, Dr. J. P. Nicol,
from College.
JURIDICAL.
Instituted 1847. Andrew Christie,
President; John Naismith, Vice-Presi-
dent; John W. Ross, Secretary; William
Halbert, Officer.
Directors.— W. B. Faulds, T. G. Wright,
R. T. M 'Master, Robert Carswell, J. S.
Fleming, David Gow, E. A. Grant, James
Miller, Charles Wingate.
The Society meets in the Sheriff Court
Hall, County Buildings, every Wednesday
evening during the session, at a quarter
past eight o'clock. Its principal object is
the discussion and elucidation of disputed
and undecided questions in law, with
which is combined the preparation of
essays on subjects of a legal and literary
character.
HORTICULTURAL.
Patrons. — His Grace the Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, Sir John Max-
well of Pollok, Bart., Sir James Camp-
bell of Strathcathro, William Lockhart,
M.P., John Macgregor, M.P., Alexander
Hastie, M.P., William Campbell of Tilli-
chewan, John Gordon of Aikenhead,
Andrew S. Dalglish, Robert Galbraith,
Greenhead, D. M'Kinlay, Sir James
Anderson, M.P., Neale Thomson, Camp-
hill, Col. J. Monteith Douglas, Stone-
byres, Hugh Tennent, Wellpark, William
Bankier, Colliebheag, Robert Napier,
Shandon, John Tennant, St. Rollox, Hum-
phrey E. Cram.
The Hon. Robert Stewart, Lord Pro-
vost of Glasgow, President; John Mitchell
of Moorepark, Vice-President; Rev. W.
Anderson, LL.D., and Rev. Dr. Gillan,
Chaplains; Robert Thomson, 186 Tron-
gate, Treasurer; Thomas Brown, 49 Vir-
ginia Street, Secretary.
The business meetings are held at the
Glasgow Athenaeum, and the exhibitions
iu George Square.
THE GLASGOW MUSICAL ASSO-
CIATION,
Instituted 1843.
John Carrick, President ; Colin Graham,
Vice-President: William Sillars, Trea-
surer; James Buchanan, Librarian ; Gil-
bert Lang. Wm. Sellars, James Buchanan,
J. H. Ferguson, David Ballingall, William
J. Pearson, J. G. Stevenson, David Mit-
chell, Committee; Wm. J. Pearson, 49
West George Street, Secretary ; Mr. Selig-
mann, Conductor; John Lennox, Officer.
The practisings are held in the Jerusa-
lem Temple, Cathedral Street (corner of
North Hanover Street), every Wednesday
evening during the season, at a quarter
past eight o'clock.
GLASGOW CHESS CLUB.
Henry Glassford Bell, Sheriff-Substi-
tute of Lanarkshire, President; George
Macfarlane, Hon. Treasurer; James
Home, Hon. Secretary.
Extraordinary Directors. — Sir Arch.
Alison, Bart., Alexander Hastie, M.P.,
James Stirling, A. Orr Ewing, James
Smith of Jordanhill, F. W. Vanderkiste,