... THE SWEDISH ARCTIC EXTEDIZION. Bz=N, Friday night. i i The following addiFional con2unications (the first e e three froum Lieutenant Polander, and the remaiding t two from Professor Nordenskjbld) are an int.eresting a I addition tV the narrative of the Professor diteadd t,. s published:- :. . t Steamer Vega, ice bound, 64 deg. 5 min. N. a lat., and 173 min. 30 sc. W. long. 1M4luth of 3 ...

... ottISION IN THlE THAMESJ.-; AN ABERDEEN STEAMER RUN DOWN. e EXCITEMENT ON BOARD. ( ,3;CUE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. I yesterday morning considerable alar was bed in Aberdeen by the rumour that 0ne of the London steamers bad been run in the Thames. The rumour proved to be Correct, the City of London having been nelision on Wednesday night, shortly after veaiig the wvha~rf, with a Hamburg steamer. ...

... ABERDEEN TOWN COUNCIL qui POLICE DEPARTMENTI. blt S. An adjourned meeting of this body was held yeste:'day i~i afternoon to resume con sideration of the question of we age erecting a new sewage pumping machine at Clarence z1gi of Street. Present-Tbe Lord Provost, presiding; Baillies tO Donald, Smith, Macdonald, and Esslemont; Dean of ha I, to Guild Walker; Treasurer Walker; Councillors Paul, ...

... IF the meeting of the British Association, which closed this week in Sheffield, cannot be I spoken of as equalling in magnitude some of its predecessors, it can, and doubtless will be, inscribed on its annals as one of the quietest and pleasant gatherings which has been held under its auspices in recent years, Fewer 'reaty lions roared than usual, but the one or two i fee how- secured were ...

... THEr Ulo I crPL ab DEUTATIO2- TO TIIp, ir, DE?'UTATIOX To-- G .8' A .s A deputation efu at meeting on Gla eguploreed, appotf# ceProvost andj MasgoW G(h ap'en t a Chambers yester8day of te cit a i ')I th .T-j~ord provs j 11Y aville, Ciy In t.'hC Lr a- Lrd Povot Informaed th z5 Stated t ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE CAPE MAIL. Lt The Donald Currie mail boat Dublia Castle, fc(ra t Cape Town (July 29), arrived at Plymouth last night. e Among her passengers was Lord William Beresfor'l, e late of Colonel Buller's staff, who stated, in answer r to inquiries, that he believed the wvar was over, ort ie e would not have left the front. The forward move- ment made by Sir Garnet Wolseley he ...

... j i - THE DANGERS OF THE RIVER. t, a] a STATEMENT BY A PASSENGER. d fi A correspondent, signing himself B. G., writes ti to the Times: - While Ministers were regaling u: themselves at Greenwich last evening, the river PI rolling by them was near being the scene of a disaster sl similar in character to that which befell the Princess *: Alice, and near the same spot. As it is, one fine a, ...

... It is something for the youth to congratulate himself on having won the girl of his heart; but h he will have infinitely more intelligible reason for J delight if, a little time hence, he discovers that the i woman of his choice is also the wife of his wish. It i1 would be an interesting question to ask, were there any statistics that provided the materials for v an answer, what percentage of ...

... aRDEEN TOWN COUNCIL. pOLICE DEPARTMENT. onthly meeting of this body was held yesterday qbe -Baillie Donald presiding. The other mem. Iter°n aet were Baillies Alacdloald. Sinith, Ross, pes Pres Treasurer Walker; Messrs Finiilay, Ogilvie, ssle l b~uffus, lMackenzie, Paul, P.tterson, Donaild, Tere2CflTUflch, Hunter, Gordon, Aleaiin, Kilg .u, Aiken 0'ogETr FOuNDATION FOR CAU tSWAYS. TheStreet ...

... EDUCATIONAL GRESS LS AMID much of temporary discouragement it iBin echeering to know that an influence is at workS|t s amongst us byF which ou r country is being raised D in the scale of civilisation. The machinery of 8 Elementary Education in England, compara- s tively new though it be, has already been so far Sc extended that about four million school places fo r have be en provided ; and if ...

... )i morpumle. In view of the recent collision on the Thames be- tween the steamers City of London and Vests, tbl following remarks of a contemporary on the ship steer- ing telegraphs of Messrs Francis & Company-an inven- tion calculated to minimise the chances of collision at sea-will be read with interest :-U e have to present i to our readers particulars of a most valuable invention I for ...

... i ARRIVAL OF THE CAPE MAIL. It TILE RETREAT OF CETEWAYG. E THE CASUALTIES AT ULUNDI. 't REPORTED CENSURE OF LORD i CHELMSFORD. PLTMOFTH, Friday. The Donald Currie steamer Edinburgh Castle, Captain Duncan, from Cape Town, July 15, arrived in Plymouth Sound this merning, bringing the latest t -news. The Stanzdard. anzd M'ail, in the special edition, oublishes the following:; DERBY, Monday.-I A ...