... EVIDE NCE BY SIR W. HARCOURT. Sir WVain. H{rcourt orilhlis tv gave evidenn55 before the Select Committee of tt e House 4l Commons on the telephone system Cf the country. The right hlon. gentlemi an, who was Charcefllr of the Exchequer between lt92 and 1895, said hoe WvO surprised at the statement made by Mr Luanb Oe the Post Ofliec, to the effect that bothf Mr(3ucjee and Sir William Ilarcourt ...

... EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR AT THEI BANK OF ENGLAND. . * A BAG AND £1000 TAKEN AWAY. t On Saturday afternoon a clerk from a London banking firm was engaged at the Bank of England in' withdrawing' £3000. EHe placed a bag con- taining a third of the sum in gold on the counter, while he placed the remainder of the money in 1 another bag. Whilst doing this the bag contain- ing the thousand pounds ...

... er LONDON, Monledy.-Market quiet butfirm. English wheat mi in moderate request at finmn rices; foireiginalsso sold at fully UI late svi'o.es Flotir-Steady mtirket, but mot micb dolln lie i lrhidi g barley tlf de rer 'ii week; mitllhirg kinds1:aill *a i o-1 firm.n JlttYiian (l:Lts fI ilrar sinlecc hlist mdlry; other oirte ig a t Inla0 ereid Malize exhlils a ilar oia-aine,. Rlather moro Su 'i, ...

... TEE EOAST0UAARD TNQIJIuX ATtT!.' T3,, TlI~~'~toti1O: codc ;I'i~~~ls~ a~ticn atf2 dblis, ;IWs theoainfthwek hes ~ e~LatiIb lrig'Joblifirnn'itt Cowie, near tiblii~lii' on 22n December, 1876 w aedhal Osy 2 g,80pm. Ths--'agi,&l e tedn of the' imr4 pbi. thie Gote ilft Whb'lcbmfod of! tile carne, gentle- was1611a .Sin i. .-oml~e--.Poo R.N., inspector Scott'a M oni -viz apaIW.'Jesldent), Nf Jorrion ...

... ~~~~~~~~ _ THE PETERHEAD JUDIUIALj rCrOR CA-se. i.~- .t \ _.I .l ..1 A 4 ArnLn~nsn - !t It will be recolleetted that a contention aroso t between, Air John Logau.; farmer, Lundmrton, and.DIrs c Rennio and husband, Peterhoad, beneficiaries underthe r lato hir George Logan's settlement, owiaig to the resig- r nation of the trustees nameil in it. Procsdisre In thei D matter took place between ...

... AN AFFECTIONATE COURTSHIP. In the Elgin Sheriff Court yesterdays afternoon proof was led in an action of breach of promise of mar.iage at the instance of .Isabella Fotheringham, domestic servant, residing' at Cluny, in the parish of ;3Nfford and county of Elgin, against James Ander- hon. mason and builder, village of Dallas, in the county of Elgin, suing for £200, with interest at 5 per cent. ...

... ABERDEEN SHERIFF CRYINAL COURT. SATURDAY-(Bofore Sheriff COxBam TuousciO). y'l' of RUNNING AWAY WITH A HoseS AND CABT.-Jhmes Davidson, groom, at presorl in custody, was charged with malicious mischief. Thtn libel set forth that on the 14thiast. he seized hold of a hoiso yoked in a dog- catt, belonging to John -Murray, farmer, on tle public I road at Taesets,.Tipperty, and after having driven ...

... ABERDEEN CIRCUIT COURT, The Autumn Cirouit Court, for the counties of Aber- to deen, Bianif, and Xincardine,: was opened yesterday I e. morning, in Aberdeen, Lord Des,, presiding. His nt lordship was escorted from Douglas Hotel by a detach- ment of soldiers from the Barracks, under the command of of Captain Welsh, nnd was accompanied by Sheriff II- linlrii, Lord Provost Jamieson, Baillies ...

... CATTLE MABRKETS. of LONDON DEAD MEAT, Monday.-Stippliks crijtinnle the modeorate, but trade is Stow, owlig to thle Warte wooieahr. l'ist. Bost qualities of nitat, however, imait!tale their va tue. Beef, the 2s adl to Os adl; muttter!, 3s 44 tos Os4 Gd t eat, Gea 44, to 6s the large pork, Is 4d to 4s 4d; small do)., 49 lid to 4s li:d; lamb, i is7 4d to Os per stone. 11 HOPBRtEWSTER, AUCTION ...

... III the Outer House of the Court of Scusion ont Thure- dry-beforo Lord Atdani-the following nction was called. The pursuer is Jano Dingwall, reciding ait 2911 e High Street, Elgin, daughter of Donald 1Dingwall, t tailor, there. Sute sues Robeit Ortnidton, sur-eon t u dentist, North St James Street, Edinburgh, for ptay- c .a went of £500 RH soBLtiinll nIld danogr1 for alleged i i breach of ...

... THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE IN THE jiut NORTH. the I 1 . Lt AA TIC _) .. . - -- -----ruldn .ile ire 3w on :or rio he led ed an he at [ti in he '8, is. he ti, Is, lie st, IT he of riti lie 1- Ire is' all ri't tit, id. thc diil rig rust ie.) hie [rg or of Ile lie b- Like every other branch of industry, the shipbuilding trade in the north of Scotlasid during this year has been in a ...

... YESTERDAY'S IMARKETS, ns ;ns ABERDLi-N MARKETS. ;4, ABERDEEN GRAIN .MABIET, Friday. ys There wvas aL good attendonce nt the matrket to doly, rat Ise s IS loolking after Scerants for 1,arvest work. V'cly little IIisjiis1 lii was, however, done in grain, and prince show sconrecly any he chaellg. in S. D. . 1), be Potato Oats . 24 0 :. 25 o l,.. 0 0 to .°to 40 lbs. l bushel. Coinats'. 2 ...