Glasgow Courier. — 1864-12-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE LANGUAGE BECOMES ENRICHED.—One murderer gave us the word "burke;" a second appears likely to add to the vocabulary of trade. In a small shop not far from Sloane Square, Chelsea, may be seen the following tasteful announcement:—"Hats muller'd here !" —Builder. The new evening newspaper which we announced as in preparation a short time since will, we believe, shortly be issued. Its title will be the Glow-worm, and it is intended to give the news of London society rather than the politics of the country, and our relations with the rest of the world. A miniature telegraph office, designed for a present to the Emperor of Russia, has been prepared by an artisan in New York. It consists of a complete telegraph apparatus, all embraced within the compass of a morocco case eight inches in length, six inches in width and three and a-half in depth. Miss Helen Faucit will close her present engagement at Drury Lane on the 20th, her appearance as Imogen Upon that evening being her last appearance in London for a considerable period. Her appearance in "Antigone," in her husband's new play, and other roles foreshadowed in this season's Drury Lane programme, is thus prevented.—The Age. A.calf, presenting an extraordinary appearance, was taken from a cow, killed in the slaughter-house, Paisley, at the end of last week. It had two heads, seven legs, and two tails, and seemed to possess internally the organs of two calves joined together by one back bone. The fore and hind legs on the right side were perfectly formed, and united to what appeared to be their pro. per body, and the left half of the animal possessed one fore and two hind legs, the fore leg having two completely formed feet, and the hind legs being considerably distorted. The two heads were remarkably perfect. The fcetus was, of course, dead when found, but seemed in a perfectly healthy state, and to have been carried about six months.  It is rumoured that a naval officer of great reputation and noted Arctic antecedents is about to formally propose an expedition direct to the North Pole over the ice in winter.- -Reader. The Messrs Blackwood have issued what cannot fail to prove an interesting and valuable book, framed from the journal and notes of the late lamented Capt. Speke's friend and companion, Captain Grant. The book is entitled— "A Walk Across Africa; or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal. By James Augustus Grant, Captain H.M. Bengal Army."  - _ The Civil Tribu nal has just given judgment in the action brought against the Abbe Perreyve by M. Leon Lacordaire, to recover the unpublished manuscripts of his brother, the late celebrated preacher. The damages were laid at 100,000 francs. After hearing counsel the Tribunal rejected M. Leon Lacordaire's demand, and condemned him to pay all costs. Taking for granted the truth of the old story concerning Mahomet's coffin—i.e., that it is suspended in midair by the equal attraction of several sets of magnets, acting in opposite directions, M. Plateau has been experimenting upon the subject. He submitted the question to a careful calculation, and despite its many difficulties, he has found that it would be quite impossible to attain stabletquilibrium, no matter what magnetic appliances were employed. A splendid book has recently been produced in Rio Janeiro under the superintendence of the Emperor of the Brazils. It is a work illustrating the course of the river San Francisco for considerably more than 1000 miles, and would do honour to any country. A copy has been forwarded for the acceptance of our Royal Geographical Society. Only four copies of the volume have been allotted to Europe, and the first of these comes to the society mentioned.  A