... -~Tim~ Select Committee onth-eGame Laws sat on Tuesdaylast Bei'~tf ? week, when there was. a very' good attendance, both of hon. a i~ members and of the genersa public, as it was expected the On Principal. witness to be called would, in a, great measure, piuiq If nAfute the evidence given previously by Air Camreron, MYP. wats The witness called was Mr Purvis, Obig Mlains, nearboo Thurso, who, ...

... -I th Abrimt Nltvad. : WED)NESD~AY, March 19, 1873. ,------ I - - United only THE attempt between the French and 'ntdStates babli Governmnents to establish a common system of postage, the ;analogous to the English penny post, seemis in some he d danger. The concessions 'of the Duke de Broglie to -diat the Government, on behalf of the Committee of Thirty, form lead people to speculate on his ...

... I.O O PICTURE PFARMIU IN'W, i' ; - ZEALAND. - | Tru. following is an extract from a letter from a tradesmnan as who was f ox a longjirnleresident inj Dugndee, and who though' of tying is hand MIfrig nNo Zealand, 1) havig been much teihpteid to'emingrate by 'enticing repre- in sentations. The letter is dated 'Catlin's River, Feb. 21, w 1873:- ~I hatve waited ai'ong:.tme before ...

... HERITORS OF OLDAIACHAR. -- ~~~~~~~~~and I DRY ROT IN THE CATHEDRAL. Taylo A special general meeting of the Rerntors of Oldmsachar 5Vas and t: held in the Cathedral on Thursdlay-Mr Forbes of Balgownie lande, presiding. Sydn( The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting had been trc called owing to the reappearance of dry rot in the Cathle- 0, aI dral to a Considerable extent, and they would now have ...

... QtTESTIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT. FACIAITIES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. | A BILL, introduced into the House of Lords by Lord I Caraarvou. for enabling Bishops to license preaching !It stations in a parish, on the representation of twenty- j fiv inhabitants, was thrown out on Thursday, on the motion for the second reading. Lord Caruarvon'sa .obj ect was to provide places of public worship apart from, and ...

... HER MAJESTY'S OPERAHOUSE, The, most exacting of the patrons of the Theatre must ad- Am Mit: that Mr Gomnersal lacks not in spirit or taste in 6140 the way of presenting variety in bis bills of dramatic fare. favour Week after week tbe summer season has been marked by ;Lveral the appearance of some of the travelling London Corn- has vi panies, combined for the representation of the more recent ...

... LONDON. Tuesday Evenling. The Earl of Mount El igoombo wne, installed Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall. Lord Westhuty's fullerAl is fixed for Thursday next, at the cemetery, Colney Hatch. After ten days' stay, the two sonls of the Prince of Wales left St. Leonards thisi morning for Londn.b At the Liverpool Police Court to-daty, Frank Hulchins, i cashier to Messrs Gordon & Co., was charged ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF KINCARDINE- SHI RE. if- e T11E pheasants could not have been more taken by t s surprise on the first of October, by the shot that t o disturbed their early breakfast, than the Kincardine- e shire Liberals appear to have been by the appearance y of a Conservative candidate. Perhaps it is not to be expected that the pheasants should learn from experi- e ence that a certain ...

... I- I - 8: FACULTY OF MEDICINE-WINTER sb 187-73. - I~~~~~E NE ,ngO,17.3 tvid IANATOMY. FIRST YEAR STUDENTS. - .~~~~~~Prize men. Lee; 1. John Harris, Newcastle New South Wale Tie 2. Alex. Wilias Lach eL-Cusn-e, Abford. tZe 3. James Simpson, , Areen. 12 Robert Win Burdnett Hnty . 4. Wnm. WhlatnNot 1, Order of Jferit.-Wlim ane AM., Banff; Justhn X! Dry; M'Crtby yde, Brander, Lhanbryde IinS Elgin; ...

... a {Tn annual statutory meeting of the Alford Road Trustees w was held at the Bridge of Alford on Monday. Mr R. 0. Faquharson of Haughton in the chair. ii The Clerk having read the minutes of former meetings, e Mr Grant of Druminor proposed that Mr Farquhlarson of Y Haghton be re-appointed chairman, which was seconded t by Col Leith Hay, and unanimously agreed to. Dr Garden moved that Mr ...

... WE are now in a position to lay before our readers the letter of Mr Baird of Auenmedden, containing the munifi- cent offer to the Church of Scotland in Aberdeen, referred to in a recent Journacf- GLASGOW, 22d July, 1873. Rev. Henry Cowan, West Church, Aberdeen. DEAR SIR,-ID reference to the communications you have made to me concerning the extent of spiritual destitution in Aber- deen, and the ...

... FRANCE.- N PARIS, August 1g.-The general result~s of the elertion for pre- , sidents of the Councils-General appear to be favourablo to the fe Conservatives, who have been successful in forty-eight inistainces Icc against thirty-two in which Republican presidents have been cc selected. The Council-Genteral of Ajaccio has met three timesM to elect its president, hut on each occasion so Many ...