... -,o3wl- %I- LAEST -If JITJ IHC NEWS. THE COURT, &N. OSOoiztE, Are.- 10. p'it r'utcess Beatrice, attended by and .?the Hon. Amy Lunbart, ?? NLCowes, and Newportyetry co~bI D' Pl Tat was in attendance on1 u scyi aitdg ?? ~i~. ntend by Mr. Royle, wcent Out ~ of Vai~swith the Prin'ces Albert ~ pr~ c20.andthe Princesses L misc ~ ~L ~0 f Waes, Visited the Queen ?? luncheon. 1, j1 in the grounds ...

... ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS AT SHOEBURYNESS. I E rJ- w ?? _: A ?? - _w ?? The second division of volunteers, consisting of eight detachments, marched into camp on Satur. day for their eight days drill, This division is not so strong as that which departed on Friday, the number set down for this week being some- where about 800. These come from the Cinque Ports, Lanark, Forfar, Aberdeen, Berwick, ...

... o Yesterday in the AbeLdeenl Police Court-Baillic Inn Charlenis Smith on the bench-Ann Sutherland or Smith, bef Iesidiig ill St Paul Street, was charged with having, onl cot the 30th tilt., within her house there, carried (on budi- tit nesess a pawnbroker withoit hIavitig first obtainel a t 1icens flom the I'Povost rind Magistrates of the city. Site pleaded not guilty, and weIl defended by Mr ...

... at tht Tni; victory which our erratic friend Mr Mac- up Ba: 26 konnochie has -just achieved, in the Court of by tL ng. Queen's Benich, is one that may turn out to have rathe its practical interest and value north of the Scotc Twveed, The Church of Scotland has had thle Radi Se authoritative jurisdiction of its courts extended that I s.and strengthened of late years; hut the decision strat4 er ...

... HIUNTLY. cot POLICE COMMMiSI.oNEiS.-A meeting of this Doard tt, was held on Monday evening. A lettcr was cad from Mr Dunbar, of the Exprees Office, aecepting a water uleter 111, on the terms offered by the Coammissionlers. Mir Donald, baker, wrote refusing to have a meter. Some disHatis- faction was exprlessed at the way inl whicn Air Donald Irs had treated the Comomissionmeia in the matter. ...

... 1 PHEj LONDON -FiNANCIL AMSOCIATION. -Tithilihietiu ordinary hai1-.3rclr- WenMIlMkoing o 4theearohoidera-9 ?i 4Wi5aOMIUM:5We4 tad TESW~ay Atthlt (h1ty. 'ermlso Hott-.os e.j.dd, t Rnota ol.i d, was' nniner~ly t Icenped trhfehelt.. :ftacerepurbof tdadirvctors audg WhAMIenta en t~iiliawn. t~ke 2he Ui~l5t~ Wad he ?? w thiit ~te isadnebsts~ sany ?? stated in 1the zegort, but, that mndat bear In ...

... CIVIIUSING AMERICAN INDIANS. The Crow Creek corruptions only add one more to a long series of the same sort of disclosures. We find it said, in the last report of the Indian Office that in 1877, out of 278,000 Indians (exclusive of Alaska) in the United States, 112,903 now wear citizens' dress; that 22,199 houses are occupied by Indians, of which 1103 have been built during the last year; that ...

... (rotezpooa.f~f 411 et era~ibe ae eecoanlied by, the name ad addre es' Of the stlvE5, -not n ectiafly for Pu6lictioi,, but for fn aa~ix act ion of the Editor We sannet unde take to reigr rejected .mfntunaliAonf . BOARD SCHOOLS. To the Edior of the Mercury and Pos0. Sirnthemr is an old adage, Look before yon lepwhich I think it will be well for the inhabitants too ead to vai theselesyt o ...

... THE CAUCUS SYSm -* ?? ?? re An imp~ortant correspondence has passed be- condil tween the Right lion. WV. B. Forstor, M-P.orfor ftf~ 'Bradford, and 'Mr.:Al're Iinigworth, the chair- wicV man of the Bradford Liberal Association.~ The remin sassooiatinn, under its recent reozrganiSAtion, has a pisieE rule (15) whereby any candidate proposed. for the IandI representation of 'the borough must give ...

... FISHIda L00flTo2v !.-The weather was a dead ca2m eterdsy, with aseyere thunderstorm and heavy rain- Baskets were with hcay, e zollvin being the ressorts from each of the besats enpza;- Troute Lbsa .t MrSmlth,.Erlghtas_..~ 7 6 S J hr Paterson, Edinburgh. . 10 8 O 1 SleD. F. Scott, Edinburgh ?? a 9 f, Mr Mathewson, Df aetrmne, came In the ?? nghz wnt t, ni trom; tweighing Mb _ GOLF. EaE GoLF ...

... MURDER OF A PARAMOUR. A boiler- smi th, named William Simpson, is in custody at West Hartlepool, charged with the murder of his paramour, Jane Turner. The pair quarrelled, and then Simpson is said to have so severely beaten her with a heavy stone that death ensued. ...

... DEATH OF MB. JAMES GRAHAM.—The stroke of Death has this week fallen with appalling sudden cess upon a well-known and highly-esteemed citizen of Newport. M. James Graham, auctioneer, &c., of 67, High-street, rose on Tuesday morning in his ordinary state of health, and died between 2 and 3 o'clock on the same day. The visitation came with startling swiftness. Mr. Graham, as was his wont, went, ...