... P'OR'rsoY I nI ClIUIUCH DAZAARI. e A fanby hillr, ti o proceeds of which will go to id in defmyio- the lebt pre.,ently remting on the recontly- erectod Fir Ie Clh rI t Portguy, was opened on Wedl- nesday forenoon by Rev, Mr ]'cyton, tibe miniister of the e echur(l. It mlaly be recalled that the foudlidatiollnstonle Iof aL Free chilricm to repleo the oldl stru eture formeoly 1d in Use( wIas ...

... nBANI'F.4 t, OVen 5? iou es' Ciusi INA r Coun'r. -W illiam Gordon, a 110 33135 carter, residing at flack ?treot, ICeIth, wee yesterday 0 brinight befoie 8liceiii'?uIotitute NioiicrieiT, ehared 01 a ith having, on 22ni1 July current, within the ltoyai ti * Gik lIe tel, Kei eli, assaulted to tile CifuijOil of blueR 15 Chai los Inglie, ii labourer, also reajiliog there. ['Ill ? JIlIlI accused ...

... nt THF Improvements Committee of the Town j a [e Council have aon admirable opportunity for exer- tl 1 cisilg their ingenuity and enterprisc. Their t] 1. schemes of improvement are so wide that theI C th oniy regrct is that the means of giving effect to a id the proposals are comparatively so narrow. h he Whatimight not be done by a litdle of that Im- ff n- perial power that enabled the late ...

... AGRIC U LT UR E. his COn AlR, July 18.- -For ovor a fortnight the drought n me has continued to increase, and. every kind of vegetation v rds is suffering more or less. Now and again a shower oth seemred looming a-head, but any isolated drops thiat fell iC ury were speedily evaporated by the wind. On the .13th E , and 14th the wind was very scourging, and damaged h the cereal leaves very much, ...

... THE TESTAMENT OFt PETER THE GREAT. A WRITER iln the Nineteenth Centitnry for July Vi of disousses thle question of tho authenticity of St )Q.'s this famous testtament, whichl is supposed by w lil.somne to he thbe political evangel of the House tl und of Romanoff. The question may comie to ho ti M~rone of greater interest and importance than Al 14these historial prdhlems-the atillhorshipi~of ...

... ' TUE1 CONRAD lsESS. THE TREATY OF BERM M nditi. t, ' in fon bit A 1 l1te edition of tle, Timi~es of SI ttuday gives the Caur :It'll t tInl~cY the wholo of the Treaty signed that day ais we tilei*d l',erliii; the, portionlg oliittIed having reference to Cuolls, n 1andllSOtif matters ofilinor importance. ab IThe, follOwillg is il ti5lcl'ilol eg Ii ~jjljty thle Fnpl of Guermoany. His Majesty Art ...

... PAROCIIIAL BOARD OF OLDMACHAI n irs I DAY FEEING SCHIOOLS. .nigs A m,--t irry of thle Jerretral 1'rirposea Committee of 1 m)it, bthe P'aruchliarl B1mr, r of 01l1rirriclirir wasl held within the I I of IBeardi' r ''mi, 0 lDi ittorrl -itrort, Abrerdieen, ycstcrrlqry. Ailr Car-den, e britriti i f tire Boaird, presidied(. Letterst r irt wore r-ad frlorui General Sir Alearirder Cordn nn th it I to ...

... C~~~~~~~~~ AII , I A _ \IL Y 7 ABEltI E)I'.N, FRIDAYt.\, JUtLxY 2l, 187S. IN the IIoUSC of [ords Ihist ighlt the - i Sr- of Beaconsfield illoved an adthresi to thank t.he Iuee for her graciolus iwestt ge regarding the iarriage of the Duke of Consiuatight, and to assurc 11cr Majesty that the House Nvould conour in mensures to enablU Her hMajesty to nitlic further provision for His Roie l a ...

... N LON DO 1)1JN(.,E. I Ii' I * j~ I' ilI *L' I ' ~and (pqt Telop ap~ ~'iih'lonCi''~~l of a It AN(F ANDI' I ANO t lllilCNETO-fc THlE ENIi (iI'''i rjjili> I IE lsE\TAII AOF I~lE 'ItE~lil'Fil)IV 1V-ISION oN'( l I IT1-TIai 'ril-l, It DEII i ii 1t WI AND THlE File tIIItlfliti TiE 'l\'i-ltR 12Pl IX 1'IQ 'lt i : 111. \S Nl A i FITS I I 'I, E - t 1101 OF ~ ll IFI 'l A~N Di A N -11V j~it' mIN' ...

... FRASEIlBUIRGH HA1'BOUR DOARD. t The monthly meeting of the Harbour Toaid wr.s h hield on Friday aftternoon--Mcr Tarras preailing. STEAM TUG. il A letter was read from the clerk to the Stearn Trg C1ompany, Mnising offer to let the vessel to the Board Y during the hsain * sea son on the same terms as last t year's engigeenerit, viz., £80 rer month. Two or three metabers present were of opinion ...

... PAROCHr F . BOARDS AND FEEDING SCHOOLS. Seor. Botrids and Parochial Boards all over the country appear to lhe pretty generally rp. F posed to cach otlher oin the subject of Day Iu- i dustrial Schools. With the School Boards.bhe question is a purely piractical one ;with the Parochial. Boards it is, in a cortain sense, cie of apparent principle, but of a principle I so attenuated as to present a ...

... iIr n U'UXWflATe aT le BBIRTHS. rt At 1 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on the 2til ult., the wife le of WCIIAM J. BmST, of Bombay, of a t01,. At 33 CclstitutionStreet, Aberdeen, on the 20th ult., tbe IS wife of JAMRS L. PHILIP, of a son. d At lt; Albyn Place, Aberdeen, on 1st inst., the wife of TIOMAS ADAM, jUll., of a daluglter. ' At Richitiondhill, on the 2Dth lilt., the wife of Jorn LYALL Ii f ...