Glasgow Courier. — 1861-11-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

COUNCIL.—Mr Alderman Arden moved that the Watch Committee be instructed to inquire into the efficiency of the borough police, and to take such stein as they deem necessary. Mr Wreghitt, in seconding the motion, made some remarks as to Mr J. Hind (a Liberal member of the Council) walking at the head of a mob on the evening of the 16th of October last, which said mob broke several windows. Mr Cook (Tory) herJ made some unpleasant personal allusions to Mr Hind, and said he ought to have been imprisoned for the part he had taken. Mr Hind denied that be had walked at the head of a mob. He, with hundreds of his fellow-townsmen, had walked in a procession to celebrate the triumph of the so-called "rioters." With regard to the remark of Mr Cook, he might as well say if he (Mr Cook) had his deserts he deserved transporting. Mr Cook —I never set fire to a stack. You rascal, you villain, you scoundrel! what do I want transporting? You deserve transporting for firing a stack (great disorder). Mr Hind—Now, sir, you have charged me with arson—you have said that I set fire to a stack, and that stack was insured. I hope you (the reporters) have taken down Mr Cook's words, for I shall try the question elsewhere. Mr Cook (greatly excitod)—You are a liar; I did not say so. (Increased commotion.) The council at this stage of the scene broke up in disorder, —Leeds Mercury.  A National Dental Hospital has been inaugurated in the metropolis. 1111411's son has again been apprehended, this time for a burglary at Norwioh. The late heavy rains have caused great floods in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The subscription to the Shakspeare Fund, estab• lished by Mr Halliwell, has reached upwards of £2,708. It is reported that Mr Maclise has been offered a knighthood, and like Mr Fairbairn declined the same. Operations have been commenced by the con. tractors for the pulling down and demolition of the India House. . . .  The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that 16,733 bales of Indian cotton arrived there on Thursday last. A new joint-stock bank for London, to be called the Mercantile, is projected. The limited liability principle is to be adopted. More disasters on the coast are reported. The accounts from Hartlepool, Shields, and Sunderland arc especially distressing. Although the newly-elected Mayor of Tynernouth, Mr J. F. Spence, ra a Quaker, he attended the parish church on the Sunday after his election. The jail delivery of debtor inmates at Horse. monger Lane prison, so far as circumstances would permit, was completed on Wednesday week. On and after the Ist of January next letters posted in the United Kingdom for Natal must be prepaid, or they will be charged an additional 64. Admiral Fitzroy, in a letter to the Times, advises seafaring men to place no reliance on the opinions of weather prophets, who predict many days in advance.  The Lord Mayor of London has declined to represent Finsbury, and, althouuh many names are mentioned, no candidate has formally announced himself.  The amalgamation is stated to have been arranged between the new London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company and the Queen Insurance Company of Liverpool. On the suggestion of the committee of the National Temperance League, the directors of the Crystal Palace Company have agreed to erect a number of drinking fountains at the Palace. Jonathan Hardaker, a commission agent residing at Rodley, near Leeds, has been committed for trial at the next assizes in that town, on the charge of obtaining goods by false pretences. To relieve the distress arising from dull trade in Carlisle, subscriptions are being raised to get up an establishment where victuals may be economically cooked for the poorer classes. A German artist, of some eminence, named Becker, sixty years of age, living in Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London, committed suicide by blowing out his brains, under the pressure of distress.  Anew postal convention has been entered into between the English and French post-offices, giving advantages for the transmission of papers of commons and of business photographs, engravings, &c. Two convicts employed at Gosport stole a cake from the pocket of Mr Bushnell, engineer, and ate it. They became very unwell, and on inquiry it was found that the cake was intended to poison rats.  On Friday morning a bridge, near to Huntingdon, on the Great Northern Railway, suddenly fell with a great crash, blocking up both the "Up" and "down" line, and consequently completely stopping the goods traffic. At a public meeting of Roman Catholics in Huddersfield, resolutions were passed condemning the foreign policy of the government, and pledging the meeting to unswerving fidelity to the Holy See.