... The Clerk read the following letter from the consult ing engineer, Mr Dyce Cay : “8 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, 25th Nov. Aberdeen Harbour, Dear Sir, —I suppose from what I gather from the minutes and reports committees of the Harbour Board for last month’s meeting that the Commissioners are about to complete the embanking of Market Street and of the whole area of the old bed of the ...

... Warlike proceedings Tunis havo been brought almost to standstill by the heavy :ains which have been falling during the past few days. The Transvaal independence Committee on Friday passed a resolution of regret that the Government had refused to agree & modification of the Convention concluded with the Boers. be Sx Yaj'sLiZß, who ha* been for some time time French Ambassador in Berlin, on ...

... -|THBE FAIL OF A SCHOOL, BUI.LDING. tov The following ore full portionlacs of this Bad ecci-v 1 dent ?? echool whichl woo tbe scone of this sadv socorocronee is situated ice Melville Streect, rolboleshirldo (East), neoor Glasgow. It io under the scanagsnoente of the (loran Ponish School Boned, by sebon it woos d~ erected folly three years iLgo, the present being the : third sesson~ sfines it ...

... At Alehouseburn, Banff, on the 21st inst., the Rev. James David-on. »ml, William Mitcubel, Esq , sugar planter, St Vincent, West Indies, to Gborpina Ja»e, second daughter of George Gordon, Esq. At Forrrs, on the 19th November, the Rev. Adam Robertson, David Ross. Stillman, Greens Coxton, St Andrews Lhanbryd, to .Ann M'Lban, 3 North Back Street, Forres. At Wardend Cot'ate, Elgin, the 16th inst ...

... Fraserburgh 368 2,904 12 7 Fyvie 89 402 9 5 George Street, Aberdeen 245 1,067 12 0 Hoi burn Street, Aberdeen 100 117 0 8 Huntly 184 1,206 1 3 Insch 23 149 1 2 Inverurie Keith-hall Kemnay Kennetbmont Kincardine O’Neil Kintore Lonmay Lougside Mintlaw 179 1,392 9 0 13 218 1 8 68 254 16 11 40 243 8 0 34 147 14 5 71 390 14 5 39 165 16 9 68 124 8 5 54 512 19 11 New Aberdour New Deer .. ...

... Moderator. Private business occupied the first twenty minutes of the meeting. FOREIGN MISSIONS. Rev. John Rae, Causewayend, gave notice of the following overture Whereas it appears from last two reports 1880 and 1881 of the Foreign Mission Committee, that the mission to the L banon, undertaken by this church in 1870, has been abandoned ; whereas the reasons alleged by the committee for this ...

... ■the lose at several million dollars. New York, Saturday evening. Further particulars of the loss caused by the fire Haverhill, Massachusetts, show that 102 shoe factories and over other business establishments were destroyed, besides a number of other buildings and several banks. Two thousand five hundred workpeople are out of eutployineut. Hundreds are in distress and numbers of families arc ...

... d Br SPRECIAL WIRE YROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDBN .l LoNDoN, Thursday night. .I have authority to state that, prior to the reassembling of Parliament, a Cabinet Cosncil will be held, and that an important statement will be communicated to both Houses setting forth the furthermeasures which the Govern- ment intend to adopt for the suppression of : disorder in Ireland. These measure have been under ...

... __ ,E~LAT I . .. : SBF.TLAND Fssr ?? ,-This Presbytery met nt Leerrick yesterday. Tho Rev. ?? ooro Rogernon,LBer- wick; Clark, Cuoniogoheegic; and Mofegrerer, Upeeound' -osinitere; with Iceocro Gee. M§ertin, .rtnhendonarann James Berry, Aberdeen, ?? George ianodonald, hlerkinh,'wered heppohobed merobersoE o;the ensuin6 Gieneil A~eoriolsl. The report don the 'Sustodtatien Pond ohowed an ...

... NEWS. Captain Boycott hunted with the South Mayo harriers last week. Bank Directors have raised the rate of discount from 5 6 per cent. Mr Justin M'Carthy has declined the leadership of the advanced Irish party. A Standard telegram states that General Tehernaieff has been appointed Governor-General of Tur- kestan. Fears are expressed for the safety of the coasting vessel J. N. Elizabeth, from ...

... ift CRISIS IN EGYPT. d E-O E M M CE EM E T OF t o. r FORTIFiCATI ON S. vROLAI&TION 1Y RITISf lip ,VI e ADJlAM4SX, band . : :. . , .. Thes TBREATENED BOMDARDMENT OF bmW count ALEXANTDRI. been a ' ,. g emna, Snndiy $ pW G7Xen [ *Vsh Evy goes axe MiS U0t$( On order )*Maiat~lbut lsklaic, a tln entiloikhhi tte I-.~ g' Admirl Seyomour is ptepan~iu & proohnnaiion WX ?? he Zfgyithin ItulOtho~c ?? ...

... LATEST LONDON NbWSI ILI .Cfl I UISB FPON.l (UlP. 011, G)iilI'CikXiIEN ?? toni cii, Mottlday ;iiiptt.t The ltoytti Natiooltlt Jif,-bhtt listiititivln lets ut reS ?? . 'V tile *tl t iliac iln .i miatlyelts r I lo'tltitt of £f 0 tfreol tic r Miljisti' the Qut eci. '[lie otirsi which hti'tbke Oul in el' lie ticO f ;'tiliiittiIt this iftertit' it s tnot ?? by I Ihei, S i F i are ?? wilt the ohl ...