... I3iPORTANT ACTOrN I AFFECTING P4 .OCHIAXL.-BOARDS. An important action under the Civil Imprison- ment Act was desided by Sheriff tlomrie Thomson at Stousehaven yeseriday. A' etitiof- .was lodged at the iuntance of Fettereesis Parochlal Board asking the Sheriff to imlprison David Duncan, ship captain, for his failure to repay bdvances arnount- iag to a considerable sum made 'by the Parochial ...

... IGLASGOW OPHTHALMIC, INST1TUTION. The thirteenth annual meeting of the donorr and subscribers to this institutiou was hote yester- day in the Religious institution Rwooms. Nir jas. White, of Overtoun, presided, and among those present were Sir James Watson, Alr Archibald Arroll, AMr J. Guthrie Smith- of Mitugdoch Castle, Mri David Ml'Cowau, Air Jamnes Miller, .Ir-W. Ml. Clark, Dr Wolfe, Mr ...

... THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF THE S.S. ABERD.IJBN. The following is a faller report than we were able to give yesterday of the paper en this subject read on Weduesdey by MrA. C. Kirk before the Institu. tioa of Naval Architects:- Economy of coal, said Mr Kirk, in steamships is a point of so great importance that any step in this direction is worth chronicling. Steamships are now making long ...

... HSCHOOL BOARD ELECTIOY. EDINBURGHI' The election of the fourth School Board for Edinburgh to carry out the provisions of the Edu-; cation Act of 1872 took place on Saturday. In the three previous contests tbere was some question of principle to decide-in that of Saturday it could hardly be said that principle entered into the, election. On the nominationdaytwoladiesand sixteen gentleman were ...

... REGISTRAR-GENERA'S RETURNS The weekly return of births, deaths, and mar- riages in the eight principal towns of Scetland for! the week ending Saturday, July 22, ?? 1 ideath-rate in the eight principal towns during the week ending with Saturday the 22th July, 1882, was 217i per thousand of estimated population. I Thisrate is2 9 abovethatforthe correapondingweek: of last year, and 0-4 above that ...

... MT THE RECEPTIO-N'OF THE QUEEN'S PIIMZELkN- AT DUM1BARTON. L ost aight Serge ant Lawrence, the winner of 2 the Queen's prize, arrived in Dumbarto=, ani rw s t received with every manifestation of rejoicing. . He arrived with the 7 P.m. train, and was met at 1 the station by the Dumbarton rifle corps, underj the command of Captain John l r. Denny and Lieutenant William 13. Thomston, and the Dum ...

... The balf-yearly meetig of the General Council of the UniversiLy of Aijerdeenvwa-s held ire tue Marischal. Colhee BulldiSo 3esterday-Jrtucipoa Pirie presidiug. ?? James Atoir, Rector of the Aberdeen Gram- mar &chooi (ormterlyoi the ijgh; z:chol,Ulasgowj, moved- Teat thle CCoucil respectfujly represeut to the University Court that it is expedieut ldI desirable that an Lxecotive COntIIIrdiLll ...

... THlE FAIR HOLIDAYs. Since the Fair began the weather hat been uniformly of that bright genial da N tion which makes holiday-making pleasa0-s enjoyable. Low barometric pressure steadily prevailed for some days pasz the predictions issued by the Meteor,, A Office have not been enconragnig. Dam course of yesterday sevefal heavy showers , rain fell, and the weather prospects are 3Vjj Lq from being ...

... GLASGOW TOWS COt?NCIL - - , rnoal montbjvMotrnP of the GlyO lie r ,ndlwas held kysterdaythe Hon. a zd Frovost in the chair. lad O RD oWVOSTi. ors ' ) read alte Ou tte T ~m~t.EaK ?? xe..Wb\;~~e~bl'r-sm TherTo - rWh, iitee, o behalf of ire Committee f ero Jr.- offring to present to the Corpora- Ot prta of ox _Lord ProvostSrJae hs1) -,MrHedoinanR . A. to oSaidS it ha', been the prae-tice he L- ? ...

... THE REVOLUTIGONARY MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA. ADDRESS IN TsE CITY AL Pr 3UB REn KAPOTKIN. I Last night, in the City Hall, Prince Krapo~tkl,, ! the Russian exile, delivered an address on the Russian flevolutionary Movemeat. Mr J. I Shaw Maxwell presided, and there was a good attendance, the hall being about three-fourths filled. The CHAju.w±N, in the course of a few introduc- tory remarks, sai. ...

... FRA1CE nee I (oR31 oU OWN CORfESPONDhNIT.) ll-pPsxrs, July 14. old The people axe keeping high holiday to-day, f and are amusing themselves in their wonted d pastimes on national fetes. The streets and boulevards show, perhaps, a diminution in the Ple; number of flags or coloured lanterns compared bad with the two preceding years, brt in the fau. in bourgs, where the working class congregate, ...

... (mOM OUR ?? CORRESPONMDNT.) Melbourne, August28. I An atrocious attempt to take the life of the Roman Catholic Archbishop was made by P. A. C. O'Farrell last Monday afternoon. How it was not successful seems most wvonderful, see- ing O'Farrell was within two yards of his intended victim when he fired two shots, and. when both were standing face to face. One of the bullets hit and wounided the ...