... I Gouptocs,-A meeting was held on Monday- I Mr Binnie in the chair. The Clerk reported that the children of the parent authorised to be pro. secuted at last meeting having been in regular attendance at school during last month it was thought unnessary to proceed with therosecution in the meantime. Returns of attendane, with officer's reports, were submitted The Chairman, on behalf of the ...

... . L S L M ?? , 1~aL GLASGOW. -North Woodaide Free Chirch. - A atconverssione' of the -iseinbers and friends of this- e recentlyerected Church -Extension Charge was s5 held on Tuesavevening in tie 'Church. Hall. ?? Rkv. D. R. ilpjtric ?? the flchai'r-a6n~d wa's tupporeed on the platformn by~ YMessrs sAleL 'Aeia'ndir, Win. Moore; R.-Ferns, g, James Camipbell; elders; Mr M'Nair, missionary, re &c ...

... JSUEUBBA NpK~fWFsl -~ nA&RTI-AZ egm eed rrsuc;-YcsterdW dter. Puoco, a man about 20 years of age, caled at a shop ini Hyndland-Street, and stated toethe party in charge that he had called for tbe insurance prtmium. Hie would doubtless Ma'e proved sue- ceas~ful in his appication for th; money, but for the fact that the premium ?? been paid. The would-be insurance agent is 5ft. 7in. rn height, ...

... I IBLIP. a IJ A. J RETURN OP THE VICAR WITH HIS BRIDE. Islip was the scene of great animation on Friday i last week, in consequence of the return home of the 3 respectod Vicar (the Rev. T. W. Fowle) with his bride, the r youngest daughter of the late J, Isaacs, Esq., of Dorset- r square, London. Decorations of various kinds were placed in conspicuous spots; a fine arch of flowers and ...

... AN AC HUN FiOR 6LAN'DER. In the Coiunriorr Pleas Division (Lord Colisridge end Justices llett, Grove, air I Lilviley Bltijrint in h5lnr.) jlligrinent -A-s given yesierday lit tile Ce of Seallall ?? ?ttoertei ft. Tir swiseanactictwr to r .over daulnge forUI 1tenvler, end thie Matter hiaving betu argued, the Court toik tirae to cousilu r it. Lord C'OLFE1r)sin, il giving jrdinment, wtid thnt the ...

... EXPRESS. , dM O R NI N (G TO-DAY'S LON DON PAI'ERS.54 MERCUUlY OFFICE, Wednesday, 6 a.m. DEATH OF DUKE GEORGE OF MECKLENBURG. The Timzes has a telegram from Paris announcing that Duke George of Mecklenburg died yesterday morning of liver complaint. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. A Post Berlin despatch announces that the Czar is expected at Xissengeu early in July. CHINA AND RUSSIA. A permanent Chinese ...

... REUlrLNGTON'S TYPE-WRITEfl. This reanal-kable American invention, wih l: promises to do for wItigIL that Which the sewing g-n, ,ias has d.ase for soWing;I, haa been TeCenitlY ?? t:edrl inta lhist oenitlry, aud i Dnow being largely iteld in ?? p!ies of biisnoens, newspailer offices, &e. Fly ?? meatns ely one who has acquiited a fa-ir amount of prointieney in haind- [ing the very simlnde ...

... SPECIAL COltRESPONDENCE. (B3Y PRIVATE TELEGRAPM.) Loxrox, Tuesday Night. There was no feature of interest in the Parliamentary proceediugs of the day. The Lords met for the first time after the recess, merely to pass a couple of bills or t so and adjourn. 'The Commons, though more devoted t as far as application is cencerned, did not arouse c animation of any kind. Over the clauses of the Poor ...

... IMORSNING EXPRESS. TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY OFFZGE, Saturday, 6 am.' THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Standard publishes two telegrams from Vienna.. The first ?? present warlike agitation in Servia. is considered in well-informed circles here to be in- tended morely as a means whereby to bring a pressure to boar upon the Porte, in the belief that such a pressure, noW that Turkey is ...

... THE WO(RIC OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR I LONDON. There has just been Printed the Iarlhameutary return moved for by Lord Frauois Hervey ie Idarch last, ahosv- ing unidor ditiereint heads what have bucn the proceedirigs of the School Board since their elotetion in 1870 with reselect tie the supply of accommodation and the cost of it, whiat has been their arnnual income and expelutitire, atid thie ...

... VILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will and twoe codicils, dated Decemher 12, 1874, and March 20, 1370. of Sir John itaryoss Wilson, Dart.., lato ot Charlton House, Kent, and of ~ite'johus, III Groat Carstield , Esex, who died on thse Ilth i, t,, avere proved, an thle 10th inst. by Danie Charlotte Julia Wilson, the widow, Spenicer Pecceval, the 11ev. George Maryou Wilson, thle son, and, tile Rev. ...

... BRITISH POLICY IN THE EAST. The Spec/alfor contends that, in its recent policy in the East, her Majesty's Government has exhibited considerable skill and some courage in support- ing the wrong cause. Every step in their policy has tended to make the Turks of Constantinople more vigorous, less fettered, more convinced that, do what they will, let them desolate provinces, or destroy communities, ...