... NORTHERN CnCUrIT.-LIVEi troOL, AUGUST 26. (Before Mir. ?? INIARlTIN.) I SCOTT AND ANOTHER 3. DiXON.-TiE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK AcvioN AGAINST THE MANAGING D1IRCTOR. This trial, on which a large amount of commercial interest has concentrated, came on to-day, and the court was crowded at an early hour. The counsel for the plaintiffs were Mir. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. I Edward James, Q. C., and Mr. Brown ...

... DISTRESSTNG ACCIDENT AT WORTLTING, THTNTEEN PERSONSl DROWNED. t (From the Sussex Express, August 28.) t A gentleman, Mr. George Torr of Greenwich, has been nccupying for the last few weeks Aurneta House, formerly I the residence of the late Princess Augusta. During his l stay there IMr. Win. Smith, a relative, also of Greenwich, with his lady anid family, have been oni a visit to them, and a ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGE'NCE. F1.ANE, 31 (From tho Times Correspondence. a P'aris, Wednesday, Alguist 25, 6 P.1f. t The session of Utr C ouncil-( neral of tile department of the Loire wnts openedl, ?? by COlirt dc Persigny who 11 has been appointed its .'resideiiit. Upon that occasion the, , Count inade an eloquent and very interesting speech. Hev said:- t Long aceustomed to dread 'the sliqiitest ...

... I- l -rsn~~ ?? THE LIVINGSBTONE EXPEDITIZN. The Royal Mail steamship Phmebe, Captain Clark, has arrived at Plymouth. She left the Cape on the 21st July. The following summary of news is published in the Cape Argus:- Affairs over the border remain i77 statu quo. The Gover- nor, who is to mediate between the Boers and Moshesh, has not yet been able to leave Cape Town. His horses are ready; and ...

... 'SLATE A SUBSTITUTE FOR MA-RBLE. To the .i ditor of the Ulasuowt HavaJi. To the Editor of the Ula.Sgow HiBrld. SiR;-Ia your ~iftpressinil of yesterday I observed an article- under the above beading,' and in'. which there are statements not only erroneous, but most grossly absurd . Extracted from tie Philadelphia Press- one lay well feel disposed to attribute ipost of its statements to that ...

... FROM OUJR PARIS CORRESPONDENT. 1Paris, Friday. At a conference of delegates from various European -nations oil 'Iuezday, last it was resolved to preseitt Professor Morsc vwith a sum of 400,0000 francs, as a recognition of the c greatffrvice he has rcndered the world by the invention of the Ekctric Telegraph. France figures for 235,dOOfr. of thi8 f4 sumn; anld, strange to say, Britain was not ...

... GREENOCK AND COAST' NEWS. (From the Greenock Advertiser of Friday.) I HEaRING FisHiss .-The herring fishing in Lochfine dur- I ing this week has been carried on by the drift net, but the I I fish are, very small and poor in quality. Yesterday' the | ,Rtf.war br-,lght iboet 100 bo-e8. The Skye fishing was almost nil last week, and the steamer of Wednesday had I only a few barrels on hoard. ...

... - .- A -- 2 -1 I (From the Inverness Courier.) The reports from the moors continue to be of the same satisfactory character as those which we have from time to tine published before and after the 12th. The followinig are a few notes of sport:-Mr. Frederick A. Hankey on Clare Moor and Swordale, killed 6 brace of grouse, 2.& of black game, and a couple of wild ducks on the 20th inst. On the 20th ...

... MONDAY BIOININTG, AUGUST 30. WYE have further news fron India, But, thouhll brief I and inminiportant as compared with recent de(spatchles, 1 4 -1 1- - s ?? -.I . . l _ . * In it all leans to the favourable side. The troops in of Oude were engaged in hunting down the rebels and wl in the reduction of the mud forts. Many chiefs had e surrendered to Government. Sonic received rewards Ac for ...

... MTXICAN REPUBLIC. ?? ~~ - - ?? - ?? Ad I , (FromitlheTimues' CityArticle.) The intelligence from Mexico on Wednesday shows that the umovemelnt of that Repnblic towards extinction is increasing in a rapid ratio. The reactionary Government which had succeeded to power after the overthrow of Comonfort by the intrigues of the ecclesiastical party has already evaporated. Although aided by ...

... ORDINATLC')N' AT RENFREW OF THE 1RIEV. R0I1ERT ST''EPHIEN. t The Presbvterv (f Paisiley met in the parish church of I Renifrew onl thl 46th instant, for thc purpose of ordaining the liev. ilolert Stephell, late assistant to the Rev. Dr.t Barr, of St. Enoch's, Glasgow, to the church and parish of Renfrew, vacant by the translation of the Rev. IMlr. Alex t :ander to Stirling. The Plle. Mr. ...

... NORTH BRITISH. RAILWAY. .1- 9- . ;A;A;A.A1 - .- A;1 ?? The followving are extracts from the report bythe directors to the general mneeting of the shareholders to be held in Edinburgh oln the 4th day of September:- In presenting the accounts for the half-year ending the 31st July, the diretors rejoice to state that, notwithstanding the serioxs derangement of trade throuighout the kingdom, I the ...