... t;CHIlLD SUEFFOCATED.-fin Th ursday n ight a child n ine Iweeks old, the son of M~r M'Ken tie, spirit dealer, JBlgin, was overlain by his brother and suffocated. rTHEFT OF A PERa aOF BOOTS. -On Friday-before 1 Honorary Sheriff:Suhstituste Mfaclean-MIary Gordon or eBremner was convicted of the theft of a pair of elastic- sided boots, the property of Euphemia Rtoss, Lossie- omouth, and was sent ...

... GREAT MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. A towvn's meeting, called by requisition to the Mayor, was bold in St George's Hail, Liverpool, on Satlurdlay afternoon to consider the question of sup- porting tbe Sunday Closing Bill nOW before P~arlia- ment. The Mayor, Mdr Thomas B. Royden, presided, and there was a very large and influential attendance. The Mlayor spoke in hearty sympathy writh the Sun- day ...

... -- SiEVEDOM.. * Of the many antique virtues which have disappeared. hefore the niia'rcb of miod-ern enlightenment and progress,. the smost comnpletely aextiaot is-.thatiof *reticence; . There are 3o such WinDgs, as sfecrets nr cenfidepees nowvadays;', l and society acts upon,the supremely un'selfish principle tb'dt whitever any one member of it knows: should be procllime~j rmiscellaneously ...

... TUE ~SCOTCH EDUCATION REPORT. The report of the Committee of Council on Education ine Scot] and has been issued from th'e Edulcation Depart- ment. The peerhal to which it relates closes on the 31 ...

... It is spring, and the aInnual warfare begins. Early .ni the morning the jocund farmer hiss him to the field and hunts around in the deald weeds and grass for the 'plough he left out there some time last fall. When be Ifinds it he takes it to the shop to have it mended. When it is mended he goes back into the field with it. Ealf- way down the first forrow he lays lie runs the plough fairly into ...

... AGRIC IILTURE. -- THES UNHORNINTG OF CATTLE. sPrincipal W~alley, of the EdinburghL Veterinary C ollege, recently delivered a lecture, at t-he requLest of a-nh directors of the ScottishL Society for the PreventionF of Cruelty to Animals, on the subject. of unhln idulg or dishorning cattle. After sniile introductory reinit-rs, he stitel that' the oIp-ration of *nub. 'rming cattle wvas chi ifly ...

... ,The proposed observatory on Mfount Etna. the site !oi X which has been fixed at a height of 96o2 feet above thre level of the sea, will far outstrip in altitude any diun- lar establishmnent in Europe ;- but the U~nited Scates - can already boast of a meteorological station, which, :a this respect, ercela everything else in the world. CC . t Government Signal Service Station on Pike's Peak, iu ...

... rg ABERDEEN,? THIURSDAY, JULY Swl39 _ _ _ - - , _ , _ _ _ _ _ r THE East India Railway 1311 again occupied the attention of the House of Commons yesterday. On t Ithe motlion tha-t. t~he hill th.ulA lho oronalA q, ( t the motion that the bill should be amended, Sir G. the Campel moved that it should be postponed for a week paz-i with a view to allow time for further consideration. reso or Mar D ...

... A PROIDETIA GU it,|XJ( ESIT. A widlow ait DEort, in Hlolbiuwi, who was very judas- £ trious, was left by her-husbsaiu, an emninent carpenter,* wfithr a comfofrtauble hoti;e some land, and two boats for c carrying merchandise -sld passengers on the canals. v She was also suppnsed to he worth about ten thousanda guelders in ready money, which she employedin a hemp and sailcloth f'actory with sa ...

... AT?U'RIINCJ? IMPERIAL. 1ThKL tOWr TH UNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.- ,ave Oe-(ur Wociwich correspondent gives the following -as the principal details in the programmne of arrange. singments for tee funeral .f the Prince Imperial. On] dad' thie arrival of the O;rontes in the Channel on Wednes- dythe body will probably be transferred tb the ,wrAdmiralty yacht Enchantress for con~veyance toWool- : ' I ...

... MR JAMES MORTON AS A DA~IRY FARMER.| the- - he M7r James Morton having failed, for the time, in all aend hsbig financial schemes has turned his attention to and dairy farming, and at E~lderalie he may he seen any ver morning busily looking after the mnilking of his cows. Link Mr Morton has entered into his dairy speculation with ord- his accustomed energy and thoroughness. Hye has erected at ...

... I lriirg t te ale.aa Gctfe, a correspondent* Cr says :-The whole of that part of the human family t1 inhabiting these islands outside the territory of Scot- 'land ire placed under real obligations by the enter- . poising brides arid liridegroomas wko have adopted the vi sensible plan of getting mnarried in the afternoon instead 6 of in the morning. What an unspeakable relief is this ic Inew ...