... ly WFe are told of Aberdeen being behind other places in M st what is called the Free Libraries movement, Aberdeen rd ri. r, was before most places in- it. When Mlr Ewart's Li- di braries Act first passed, a good many years ago, Pro- m vost Webster took up the matter, if we recollect aright; e jbut it was found that, through some mistake, the t at Act was not practically applicable to Scotland ...

... THE EXHlBlTfON OF IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES AN THE ROYAL NORTfHE, N SOCIETY'S S H 0 W. . THUER can be no doubt but that the exhibition of Imple- Iments and Machines, accompanied by the awarding of prizes for the same, at the meetings of our leading agricultural societies, has been of essential service alike to the imple- 1 ment maker and to the farmer; and it is a matter of regret rthat this ...

... .; , ,Alt ,isi ?? / ?? ' * i . .r. ; E .: Ci; I'> te I .r ;, : m v. ., S {:e Good Words Opes r fop W ithge r nv. a ' bf Lar dercle' bf ?? er b e n e ld .,d, l .ourt. * 'onmc otht is h ~tdbisg but ;SJula iiugh ?? n~ indi. ccate a story o pifl muteet~h Iuteet *thbutaid'o 'roi aice 'f orcxrygale cthe'Re,^anc. Thei Eeiy?'rC SrtarM.,~ 'P..Sc c! eontributter h i phe r o' o1 !'ber 14, in whicht ...

... MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS.,. - SATURDAY, April 13. AMUSEMENTS. Theatre-Royal-7 P.M. Hengler's (Gand ?? Street-7.30 r.M. Royali PrinOSS Mnsio ?? Street-7 r.M. Exhibition of' ¶toyrl.Sottish Academy of Sculpture ¶nd Painting- Monund-9 AM.b to 5 ?? anldI to 10 P.M. Burs Mo uoniift, Cailton Hul-Admrskon 2d-10 to L. Pitt Street Safety Swimminig Baths-Open 6 A.X. to 10 P.M. .EVEING PAPEER FOR EDINBURGHL ...

... A curious story of the great revolution bas just been unfolded in a Paris court of law. On June 11th, 1794, Baron de Saint-Ouen Dernemont, one of the grey mous. quetaires of Louis XV.'s body guard, and the Baronne de Saint-Ouen Dlernemont, his wife,,were tried by the revo. litionary ?? and sent to the scaffold on the same day. They left five children, two sons and three daughters. So far back ...

... 1 , I . , I I -: .; : gTWOTE,. RT,;.&a. . . n L ?? n oE thehw aitsof mediwevail piests in tingl'and oecuramia 6a treatise na.i being'edited for the Earl English' TttBSociety,' Mirk's..Dutie' of -arsh -Prieep??.., ?? swriber. iriiinstiructins the- prrest .howe ito baptize a ohild, and.suddenly puts.n 'f:But if you arc too cqunk ,to' sayithe words of Baptism i their proper o~dierw Iwhat ...

... OPENNG' OF- THE PuAMS EXHIBITION. The follovig 4gdecripioi 'of the 'opening of ' the Paris n Ehibition is from the pen of the special correspondent ef e the Times:- 1 , . The 'mere unce emoioci opijihi created verylittle etre rin Paris,,and the approaches to the building wverenever, e lets . crowded.' ' A fed W attkl of cavviry *erel there to t keep.thet carritage ...

... OUTTIOS FOM. THE MAAZIN S. ?? WUs.,E l bas'in the pzesaat number of ?? ?? aboigephic'sketchof oSaIme1 Rogers, whom he knew. 'This sketch is 'probably a very .faithful..portrait. Cqrtainly, it does not err On the side of, atry. amuel Rogers, 'dead, ma well pay to be Ived from hts living frienid' SauelHall . The editor of the Art Journat iescribeswthe bankeripoet ?? selfsh and censorions. The ...

... 1,IT EIALTTRE. YIWH;ARU 1ia. Sw ul:Nd.. ~By Willsa -White. s&,oadon: Si .Dpkis, Marshall & Co. Iss a. fior msnerrtice wve fosi~owed Swsedenlbo rg's hlistory as far as thu remarkable cs-iis which took plae in his oth year. His life, so faa, haslbeenthattof asis- pit-minded siekcr after truth. Given to theological sp;:culationin his somewhat precocious childhood, he bad in early outh been ...

... T HEA T P p- A REVIVAL OF -Rop~AL :- REVIVAL OF ROB p Pocock's dramatised version of R7 the rare fortune and capacity of renewin of its Popularity after ])uIt short inte y j e quiescence. Probably there is no Shakespearian drama thlat is more of the gowv Playoers, and certainly there is ne tha commands more general att'n when 11 n ptha duced with even partial s..c I It iS pr'. medium ...

... DtU.M13A1.TONSHIRE CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of the Dumbartonshire Agricul- tural Suciety took place yesterday, at Dalreoch, Dunnbartn. OUtf Ayrslxire stock there was not a large number of tirst-ciass animals shown, and of sheep there was a great scarcity. Of horses there was a ery fine display, and the lots of butter shown were of very superior quality. The prizes offered for poultry were ...

... T}3Th STORY OF TANTALUS. X Isrr:thommses:) THlE S±1vr5.m- {ysontliODime; The old story of Tantalus was repeated in a pora- graph of Our CityAwicleonEnda). Itannonced that a ?? company had been established in thatfaa I or the purpose of boiling down into tallow te a sheep fo week. If we reflect alttle on what this means, there is something ,bnost incredible in the statement. Here in London we ...