In all that relates taghting, paving, sewerage, and the like, Glasgow deserves laud atory mention. The city is governed by a lord provost, 9 bailies, and 47 councilors, to whom are added the dean of guild from the merchants', and the deacon-convener fro:n the trades' house. The sheriff, five sheriff-substitutes, and a stipendiary magistrate exercise within the city a co-ordinate jurisdiction with the civic magistrates, and pre side over various civil and criminal courts. Much of the spirit which characterizes the manufacturing and commercial affairs of Glasgow has been carried into its municipal arrangements. Corporation halls, comprising a valuable gallery of paintings, have been secured for the citizens; public parks have been purchased at great cost, and laid out in a style of unsurpassed beauty; and a supply of water has been introduced from loch Katrine at the bountiful rate of 32,003,000 gallons a day. Glasgow has (1878-79) 61,069 registered parliamentary voters, and sendsihree members to the house of com mons.
Many of the public buildings deserve notice. The cathedral, which has recently been restored and enriched with stained ,e-lass, chiefly from Munich, is one of the finest first pointed churches in the kingdom. The royal exchange iu Queen street, several of the banks, and many of the churches, likewise present fine specimens of architecture in a variety of styles. Glasgow has several equestrian statues, including those of Wil liam III. at the cross, the duke of Wellington in front of the royal exchange, and queen Victoria in George's square. The last two are by Marochetti. In the green there is an obelisk, 144 ft. high, to Nelson, forming a conspicuous object in the landscape. In George's square there arc a column surmounted by a statue of sir Walter Scott; a fine statue of sir John Moore, by Flaxman; one. of James Watt, by Chantry; one of sir Rob
ert Peel, by Mossman; and statues of Robert Burns and Thomas Campbell, erected in 1877. A marble statue of Pitt. by Flaxman, stands iu the corporation galleries. The new public halls, opened in 1877, spacious and elegant. Charitable institutions and benevolent societies abound. There are several theaters and museums, and numeroms halls in which soirees and concerts are held almost, nightly during winter. The wealthier inhabitants migrate to the coast in shoals during the summer, and cheap Saturday excursions by river and rail are extensively taken advantage of by the work ing 'classes. To the n.w. of the city is a botanic garden of about 40 acres, which is thrown open every summer, during the fair holidays, at a merely nominal charge. With the additional and recent attraction of the Ribble conservatory, large numbers visit these gardens‘ Besides the Necropolis, there are several other garden cemeteries in the vicinity, of which Sighthill is the most picturesque. The A ndersoniau university, a college for the unacademical classes, is described under ANDERSOF, J 011N.
The Caledonian, the North British, and the Southwestern railways have each a ter minus in Glasgow. A union railway to connect the various stations on the n. and s. sides of the river was projected, and its large handsome terminus has been opened for traffic; but the Caledonian is constructing a separate central station for its own use. Glasgow has six daily, and twice as many weekly newspapers. It has about 300 churches and chapels; and is most liberally supplied with schools of all degrees and for all classes of society. Pop. '01, 83,769; '61, 446,639; '71, 477,710; including suburbs, 566,150.'