... 1 I3C 4.BT. SI'tOXD AYrS MflYINCL - Tlhe High Court olusticiary ie-timed in Aber- deeo C -t-rthotts' x-nsterd.' morrn.ow 'o dispo'e oit th tolwu!ih and iast case 6n the caettdar. Lord _M'Lren took his es-e.t onl the bench at hailfpas -.en. Mr Alexm:tlder Localgnt AIhLure |a3 acdvocatrc-deo)ue, a,.C!R`ed br Mr Cowatn. v-hle tIf- Gear Ae . Si ih aeted as clerk of cantrt. Tee tibiec were tlto adr ...

... I I APPOINTMENT Or PROCURATOR- FISCAL. A meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Aberdeen was held in. tihe Sheriff 1Courthouse, Aberdeen, yesterday forenoon for the purpose of appointing a procurator-fiscal as euc- ce.sor to the lstae Mr George Cadenhead. There f wa, a large attendance, and, on th motion ofi Uar James Murray of North Inveramsay, Mr I i Gordon of Newton was ...

... BOY FOUND DEAD IN A CORNS CHEST. The Aberdeon counby police authori- ties have received inforinaittion of an extraordinary oceurrence at the farm of Balnacraig, near Aboyne. It appears that some time ago a boy named Ciarles William Thomson, aged 12& years, went to the farm, partly for the purpose of recruiting his health and to give such assistanee in the farm work as he was able to accomplish ...

... Zbe coftt. Osborne, Saturday. The Queen drove out vesterdayv afernoon, attended bv the Duchess of Roxburghe and the Rloil. Evelyn Moore. Captain Adair, H.M.S. Auustralia, and' Commander Purefoy, HE.M.Y. Victoria and Albert, hfacd the honour of dining wth l;Her Mlajesty and the Royal family last evening. The Queen Nvent out .zhis morning, accom- panied by HEler Roval Highness Priocess Henry of ...

... ABERDEEN POLICO OCO1RT. (Thursday-Before Baillie Taylor.) The Baillie on the Licensing Laws.-A licensed grooer was charged with having on him premisces sold w~htsky to a boy 12 years of ae contrary to the conditions of his certificate. Ac- cused pleaded not guilty. The boy, in the course of his evidence, sai he was at school, and Wuas in the habit of selling newspapers. On 2bth Deoember he ...

... THE AVANAl'AO SALVAGE CASE.| nF' AMTMARZT COIET. I A WA lI; ]b 0 jl. Inte tdmrlt i ntv aloe. *f the figh CourtCs the aimn tic as-wfe- rentin era tin bs st rr i te A n aii ainst tie -rner> of TsIat't ,a' ht nea xl before Sit Fran c-is l oit R 1he irt l trhe r-anIng i hbe Wai- T-e oAtiG eI't v- ery hesery anyd brrt IIli t rIs. tin 18th I emhe!aidi birekl *iltt t ref itt If keeio l heftn liii ...

... JAMES GOODALL, G(ALLOW-1 GATE FREE CHURCH. ' Rev. J4asns Goodall, the esteemed pastor of; Gallowgate-Free ChuTrb. Aberdeen, af ter a faitb- ful ministry carried on in an east end district for well nigh i ,eaas. has made appiica,tion f or a col-' league and successor. His lairk-session,' deotis' court, 'and congregation, as well a5 the Preqbv- tery, have cordially agreed to the request,. vhich ...

... SOMERVELL DIVORCE ;l i~ CASE. the DIVORCE GRANTED. last ght, the Lord Stormronth Darling heard evidence on Fri- ted day in the action of divorce at the instance of ty. :-Mrs Kathleen Emilie M'Laine or Somervell, on against bei husband, James Somervell of Sorn, her county of Ayr. Counsel for pursuer-Mr W. omA Campbell, Q.C., and Mr Mlacphail; and for the das defender--the Solicitor-General, Q.C ...

... HOW BRODIE OF BRODIE WAS WOUNDED A letter has been received in Inverness giving a vivid description of how Lord Lovat's Scouts behaved in the action in the vicinity of Bethle- hem, and how Brodie of Brodie came to be wounded. The letter states:-For a while the bullets hailed like a hailstorm. One poor chap, Barron, was killed- Lieutenant Brodie was wounded, and four horses were shot. How we ...

... I CRIMINAL STATISTICS FOR MORAYSHIRE FOR 1899. Mr J. B. Mair, chief conskzble of dMoryehire, in his report, just issued, for the year ended Mest December last, says: -There has been a deareaie of crimm. as well as of persos apprehended or cited, during the year, and this is sll the more -oteworthy wxhen it is found staet the decrease is general. 1168 Crimes and offenoea were reported or made ...

... I tbe d *Court. I Vioeregal Lotlge, Duiblin, Tuesday. The Queen went out. yesterday mornaiad, attended by the Countess of Antrim. Princess Christian of Scfileswig-Holstein 1 laid the fo deoartion stone of tbe City of Dub- Iin Hospital Nursing Horme ini Baggot Street vesterdav. On arri'val Her Royal HiZhness, Who was attended by thie Counres-. of Arrmn and Colonel Lord Wiiliam Coeil. was ...

... A YEAR'S CRIME IN PETERAHID. I 'lhe police statistiie for the year 1899.for Peter- held are now made up. Thie fqgurqs showv that 273 persons-236 niales and 37 feiualese-vere cited or apprehended during the year oil socme chlargeo or another. Of these. 269 qiere disposed of in Peterhead, the renlainitg four being eent before ihe sheriff in Aberdeen. Bail mas either lodged or the sroeceedinps ...