... BISHOP MACDONALD, who recently returned to AJXrdse,1 was waited upon on Sunday, at the conclusion of foceccosA Cservice, by a committee of gentlemen from the Itcc,.1 Catholic congregation, Aberdeen, and Presented witsI anI address of cordial welcome on the occasion of hiss et'c o his episcopal residence after a period of severe ilhinc- Tjl;e address was a.s follows To tics Right Rev. John ...

... to ON Wednesday nlight the members of Her Majesty's Go- h vernment were entertained at the Mansion-house by the ;e Lord- Mayor, in accordance with customn tow~ards the close of the se 'oi.Nearly all the Ministers werd present. The n toast Of The Army and Navy was acknowledged by Mr 15 Ward Hunt and Mr Gathorne Hardy. Responding for Her to Majesty's Ministers, Mr Disraeli reniewed the work ...

... ITilHE PRMDENTBLECT OF 1z BTI8Ei ASSOCIATION. I With the possible 9Xcpon of the Prsidenlcy of Uxa ?? ibueime Itific honour of the Royal04 8oic5msaschiil thonou that can be conferred on any perso n ?? aeuitf more disenguisthed tan that of beiag obiofficer ofthe-e British Assoiatio for th Aivanoemaitof 9diiio,. IV is. an hnoue tht las only for the brief period of One yer, ,but en. thatacont ...

... EiGH WA.Ts AT GLASGOW AND GR1EROCL t G&sow. GasZNoc , ; Ssr n . Iliereuing. Mowicg Et ?? ur B.i E H am. ILM aM. Lays. hxes ?? 31 1 ' 51 45 0 13 0 34 I 0, t W ?? . 2 227 551 25 3 Thur ?? 23 235 123 143 2 Fr. 3 3 328 1 59 2 16 3 Sat,. S4 343 359 231 247 4 Sn ?? 413 428 31 316 5iz AMon , 6443 4,58 331 346 6 L DuNnD E.-Opening of lew Schools.-Yester- I day, three of the six new public schools ...

... PAISLE'Y. a ACCIDEN-T TOAAsWEaLxiR'SSTOCCK.-csterday er afternoon, a boy named Cornelius Cronon, who n-is in the employment of Mr Dobie, tobacconist, m High Street, was driving a two-wheeled barrow down the School Wynd, a steep, narrowv lane d11 that runs into Moss Street. The barrow on the ?? way down the wynd got oat of the boy's con- - trol, and ran right into Mr John Lyle's shop es window, ...

... GLAGOW POLICE BOARD. blie fortnibtty meeting of the Glasgow Police hard was held yesterday-the Lord Provost in ,b T chair. THE Ass.9ESSn s FOR 1875 6. Tino Finance Committee's minutes of date 20th MYut contained the estimated revenue and ex- ,lditur. of the board for the urrent year. In the ,tvt-e labour department the revenue Is set down ta 318 15s 3d, and the expenditure at - 0li9 2s 10(3 ...

... THE WPUATElIR AND CROPS. DALayv.-larvest operations were commenced in this neighbourhood yesterday, and to all appearance will be general in a few days. MILNGA VIi-Harvest operations havebeen com- menced in this district. Mr John B. Walker, Crossvegyot Farm, was busy reaping a fine field of oats on Wednesday. There is agood bulk of straw. Some stalks pulled from the field measured 73 inches in ...

... S I F FATAL PRIZ FIGHT E IV EIK\0POOL. DL.-I i On Sunday afternoon, one of those encounters P P designated a prize fight took place at Aintree, I e near Liverpool, which ended in the death of one of I the combatants, the principal in the disgraceful 9 affair, The fight, which was for £5 a-side, was r between John Mahoney and Simon Looney, both d dock labourers. An eye witness states that he ...

... I- - C SnxnTrr CRIBMNAL CotrT.-At this Courrt, ?? old offender named Margaret Higgins or M'Ilheuy vas selt ' 60 days to prison for assault. TowN Co01xScC-The ordinary meeting of Town Council was held yeetelday--'rovest, Neill presiding-but the business contained ia the minutes was of a purely formal charactar. PnOPER.TY Sa LB,-l e; tertla , Md esars Cameron a Son exposed in the Tontine ?? ...

... CNNO E CRUISE Ft'OM ARDR1STIAIG' TO POU'T1RIM.-. (F'LDOM A COUhR&3P0NJDE:'.) One of the best wavs, undoubtedly, of spend- in- the summer holidays is by taking a canoe trip round thhe West Coast of Scotland. With this intention, three members of the Clyde Canoe Club with their canoes, Rlauoi-r, Rambler, and Alopoon, started about seven o'clock on the mornings of the Gth July fur Greenock, where ...

... AGRICULTURS. e- TH5E crops in the West of, Scotland are now of rapidly approaching maturity, and in most districts of cutting is commenced. For some days past the 've weather has been rather unfavourable for harvest Lat operations. On Sunday night, and again yesterday, 2w rain fell heavily for several hours, and last night ad continued dull and cloudy. ice LsAGs.-arvesding is nowgeneral in the ...

... i- i- ' v ?? ?? ?? .. - .. . . ?? GLASGOW ?? PRESBYTEz.t ' | - The usual monthly meeting of this rev. Court was held ?? Dpbie, Shamrock Street,' moderator. . DISESTABUlSHENTCrT. : ,:1. - Mr BucHAv A g (intrirn Clerk) intimatea that a D communioation had been received from the Bg Synodical Committee on Disestablishment, an- 'CA nouncing the derision of the higher Court on the el subject, and ...