... OF THE, UNrIED KINGDOM, FOR AGRICULTURAL AND SANITARY PURPOSES, FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11TEH, 1879. (Issued by the Meiteorological Office.) femperature Rainfall. - X = w ! . Dr - ttalf- .More or Dr. c 4 c rbelow No. of fall less than Districts. Meaoun Rainy for the Mean > for Days. the forthe O O week. week. week. WHEAT-PRO- 10ths 10ths of an DUCING: Deir Deg Deg Des. F. of In. Inch. ...

... coST OF THE HARBOUR BIL DETAILE ACCOVST OP THE X . ,fviowing detailed account of the expenses in I >co with (1) the prOmotIon of an th6e pre. q jo:! meeting the opposition to the A brte r tfroa 3 Act, 1879, and (2) the opposition > ur 0omiissioners and the Townl Council to the l ab dn Harbour Constitution Amendient- Bill, l ilber lad before the Commissioners at their monthly P t oday. The ...

... DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE SOLDIERS. VIENNA, Monday night. The latest accounts of the disaster at Serajevo re-1! present that 760 houses, exclusive of side houses and I shops, have been burned down. The rich Servians I are leaving the town with their families for the I country. To provide room for the homeless the mili- tary have left their quarters, which are now filled ...

... ;D. iser, ABEP.DEEN UNIVERSITY LOCAL rth; EXAMINATIONS. SIR,-The Senatus of the Aberdeen University are Ink. decidedly to be congratulated on the step they have 1, to taken in starting the above examinations, and it matters e1tor little whether the original idea rests with the Aberdeen tetor School Board or not. All those, however, who know a Mr little about these things are very well aware ...

... BIRMINGHAM. l The name of Mr Jesse Collins, of Birmingham, is under consideration as second Liberal candidate for I>swich, in conjunction with Mr West, Q.C. MONMOUTJHSHIRE. o: It is announced that Colonel Kemp Tynte declines c: to come forward as Conservative candidate for Mon- tl uoutlhshire, considering that it would cause a division p of the Conservative party. b -P SHIPPING DISASTERS. a ...

... i Al( It is announced that the Crown jewels of France, if -they m'bay be Gill described by such a name, are JO] to be sold for the-benefit of the State. The 1e Seventh Committee of Initiative has favourably i Al received a proposal to this effect, which was lately I submitted to it by that zealous Republican, MI. Jot Raspail, and it will probably not be long before a Alh grand auction will be ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... AGRICUJLTUTRE. LINSCH.-A goodl day now and ar.ain at intervals of G ova Lweeks; but incessant rain has fallen on more than East 90 per cent, of thie summer days that are gone. The man harvest is to be extremnelys late, due more to the ab- and :sence of heat than to the heavy rainfall. Oats are RUSE coming slowly into ear, and will he bulky after lea ing ;where the laud is well drained; after ...

... Dr Simpson lived in his college chambers to the I last, but received his friends occasionally at a ! ; neighbouring tavern, where a room was always kept at his disposal. He attended a club near the I g',college, and in good weather its members dined ery Satt at Anderston, a suburb of Glasgow. 1 4. in thee meetings his chair was always reserved foI him, being left vacant when he happened to fi ...

... L 1. Beware how you accept an invitation from an industrious widow or an indefatigable old maid to spend the -day, especially if she should add, Come early love, and bring your work. Be I assured that very soon after you arrive, a heap of linen drapery will be piled on the table, and you will be asked, just to run up a seam or twoi h and then to fit on the boddice, like a dear.,. When ...

... A SCENE. The monthly meeting of the Ellon School Boar was - held yesterday-Mr Gordon of E-sleruont presiding. ,A1l the members were present, with the exception of , Colonel Turner. A PERS0NAL MATTER. The first item on the card of business was, The Chairman will call the attention of Mr Copland, as I Chairnian of the late School Board, to a written sta~te- Iineut inade by it, seriously ...