... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN IMAILS FROM LONDON. I -- - - ldL L6, to- els rn- ,94 77' 70 Ls ; 09 he led or-' ere led re- me led ior up ngs ties lls, L is ber snd ing ven be tch ian ost be- itly e- le. Scotia, & Prince .Aug. 19 Evg. Edward Island..) Newfoundland .. ug 19 Evg N. S. Waleo & New, vi a r Waled New . iaj San Francisco Sept. 11 Evg. Portugal via 3 ...

... ie SIR GEORGE MACPHERSON GRANT was safe to Il d get through his inaugural speech yesterday with, i. r out any serious hitch. He has judgment and I ,r tact, and he is not new to the work. The e Hs Ronourable Baronet's allusions to the late Earl I g of Fife and to Viscount Macduff were in good I taste; and so, upon the whole, was his reference t to his political antagonist in the present contest ...

... A public religious conference was held yester- day in the Free Church, Aboyne, under the auspices of the Kincardine O'Neil Free Presbytery. &moug those present were Rev. Messrs Smith, Craigmyle; Moir, Aboyne; Fer- guson, Strachan; Reid, Bat chory; Murray, Midmar; Nicoll, Cluny; Smith,T;-rlaiid; West, Cromar ; W. B. Alexander, Crathie; Muir, Ballater; Fitzpatrick, Aberdeen; Wareham, London ...

... LETTEPS TO THE ED)ITOR. SIPR GEORGGE MIACPHERSOIN_ GRANT'S I1U GAMNIE PANACEA. I -r Piuscarden, 29th Aug1ust, 1879. re SiR.-Judging from the speeches and letters which St Lave recently appeared in the newspapers, there would St Icli seem to be consilderable variety of opinion as to what'! M the practical effect wounld be of an inalienable right7 given to farmers to kill ground game on the ...

... At the dinner of the Monquhitter Agricultural n L Association, held at Cuminestown on Friday-Mr t I Francis Christie presiding-the proceedings of which si were briefly reported in our Saturday's issue, Captain y Hutcheon, Lower Cotburn, in proposing Continued p Success to the Monquhitter Agricultural Association, s. r said he did not know how long it had existed, but he I could say ...

... ~~~ - 7 vSv. l IN the Roulse of Lords last night the Lord Ohancellor stated that the Government were anizious to introduce a bill to consolidate the anxious to introduce a bill to consolidate the lunacy laws, but the late period of the session prevented the introduction of such a measure with any chance of success. iEarl De la Warr re- samed the adjourned debateon the second read- inlg of the ...

... HOLIDAY.-Wednesday was held here as the riex second annual holiday, and all places of business mit were closed. The weather was wet and threatening, tha ,ut not much rain fell. There was a considerable in- tail flux of strangers drawn together by the attractions of mu the flower show and poultry show. At 'the flower show the drawings at the door amounted to nearly £11, an advance of about £1 ...

... Rose Chalee is the type of the French gi isette of the pI, old days of our youth. She worked by day in her mn garret, and danced by night at the Barriere Bals, where she fell in, and fell in love, with Philip Him- GI minghofen, whose advances to her were accepted on the understanding that they were to be pour le bon G motif; marriage was to be the result. Philip earned J loof. per month, and ...

... A favourite subject with the old Flemish painters is! it i the Kermesse, the annual fete which the industrious, ma thrifty Netherlanders celebrate by, for once, breaking | rest with their penurious habits and giving themselves up wal wholly to feasting and amusement. One of the best, alm the Trouble-Fete, has been lately added to the waQ collection of modern pictures in the Brussels Museum. ...

... The L~ord Clerk-Register (Scotland) Bill was[ read a second time in the H~ouse of Lords last| night. Lord O'Hagan called attention to the treatment of lunatics, with special reference t~o the report of the late Irish Lunacy Com- mission, and showaed that nothing had been done towards carrying out the recommendations of that Commission. The Lord4Chancellor pointed out the complex character of ...

... AN INTERXIEW WITH PILINCE NAPOLEON. Ca PAIIS. on 11 Since the death of the Prince Imperial, Prince OP )y Napoleon has with some reason earned for himself the be Fn soubriqud of The Silent. Hise partisans are no anxiously awaiting a sign, but he makes none. na Cr-Cautious in his demeanour, he seldom speaks, ve s) and little or nothing is known of his opinions, wl e- which remain enveloped in ...

... WH&T used to be said of Wellington, that he never knew when he was beaten, may be said of I some British Radicals, with a difference. The Duke never fought when he knew that to fight , would be to lose ; he reserved himself, and s selected his time and place. But your English i Radical sets out with the theory that he is. right I -that the Democracy must be supreme-and s that all who differ ...