... BANCHORY. SCHOOL BOARD.-A meeting of the School Board was held in the Townhall on Wednesday. Mr P. Davidson, chairman, preided. The Clerk sub- !mitted a general account of the receipts and expendi- ture for the past year. The Clerk also submitted a vidimus of the probable receipts and expenditure for the current year, when it was resolved to certify to the Parochial Bnard that a sum of £528 ...

... IThe custom of striking medals to commemorate I victories is a very ancient one; but it is only ill stea modern times that they have been issued in the form! thei of personal decorations. Probably the first medal in g conferred in this country for services in the field was wor one authorised to be issued bv Charles I. in the year repi 1648 to such soldiers as might distinguish themselves and ...

... LETTERST) THE EDITOR. A MISCARRIAGE 01 JUSTICE. Morphie, by Montrose, 4th June, 1880. SIR,-I enclose copy of a letter which I sent to Sir George Balfour on the 25th. ult. I have, however, received no 5nswer to it, asy more than I have done to several former ones addressed to him in connection with the saie sad event. I shall reel glad if you will kindly find space in the Aberdeen jotsrn(d for ...

... i A DUNDEE BREACH OF PROMISE CASEI'-}. | In. the Outer House of the Court of Slission, on fNull NWsdiresriry, Lord Cra~iglrill Awd ai jury hail before them gut the ease of Altaic Nicoil or Cathhert v, Ptter Mitchell at ot loirer-Wion, Which was brought to recover damrages for agai rilloged, breach of prerrrrse of marriaige and FsedocLion, corr TIhu ds intigar nuder eaoh head are laid at £500, ...

... SOOTETY GOSSIP. E-. FBOWI -.TJ~HWE.Y] The Qaeen will arrive ai;Wiidi.r from Balmoral at Saturday, uJuie 26, and'afier'etaylng there about thyeu weeks will proceed to Oabprone for six weeks. . The mallet~naed at Trute blithe Prince of Walee was the oWne wi r h l#ih Charles IL laid the foundation- stiom of St Pga1! OU~ral.- ltwas presented to the Old Lodge of ~t PaUL iy Oh ie6p~her;Wreov a ...

... THE GREAT CURATIVE AGENT. -_- EDGAR WETTON'S PATENT MAGNETICON CURATIVE APPI4IANCES, XNature's romtedy for the Proventiou, Alleviation, and cure of all Functional lfiorders arishig fntm SlIggishl or Imperfect Circulati,'n of tho Wlood, Weakined Ner vous lorco, or inipared ,Vital Eiwrgy. SPECIAL NOTICE. 1 DGARW ETTON'S PATENT IMAGNETI- El CON is lu'' n ia ousehold Word in everv patt of the ...

... THE SOUTH AMERICAI&N WAR. T THE BO'MBAR1ZMENT OF, CALLAO. I SANTIAGO DE CnILI, May 22 (vra Lisbon.) th Count Sotomayor, the Chilian Minister of War and an Marine, died at Buenevesta, on the 20th inst. Seven thbnsandi Peruvians and five thousand P.' ta Bolivians are reported to be entrenched six miles th from Tacna, under the command of General Campero. di iThe Peruvian Admiral Montero is at ...

... EI GL A3, . ,GMLtUL 3SOCIETY. Ilirni The hafb~~ this hg society was &1&yd ter~lajr ifternon iet he.gHsallJ(.eorge SinaI ;-- V-.vBri~lgei Edinburgh- Lord NTapier of Ettriok, K. T., Uonil ie-esdsi the chair. Amongat others present I stati, viie-reSii Jam Gs';ar~iner Baird, Bart. ; Sir Jamb R. this i Gibsofilialtlilcf' ,Bart- -' lMr .WAkeof Bowland, C.B.;I tainA .MrG~l;.q;Wrl~hose r Rtebeonof ...

... TIRE ColMI.c pRESS. I _ - i ~gBI [FROM PUNCH. ] Do, Are Welsh rabbits included in ground game ? Commencement of European Concert--The ident;cal Note. LIVEI WHILE You MAY.-Timid Passenger (as the gato freshened)- Is there any danger? Tar (ominously) - Well, them as likes a good dinner had better hev it us to-day 1 try A PDOFESSIONAL ATTENTION.-The lawyers ought to I to be happy and ...

... tIF BRIDGE OF BANFF. - dj ~ ltf', o wiliti oloigI ,,pyl:been' dreYs; ' W by`,GEV Brygdn' Ijglme ad7re b'W.'G ryo, Esq.; Callen'Hosite to 'Fok~as. William Coutts, Eq., Provost of'anff eiofWe * ...

... The Sumi of X4 1 l asLd WitS o olWect.d itt t Ito, ritsligo Parish Cthurel last Situ day fir I xt ly Strtllg, fordls illissi(ol, for relief of the fauiin -st rielfi I top'upti latiou ttf Kurtlestan AIh W'illiat Lilidsay, %1lrkr't Stritt, hlts; consented to lwbomlo a patron of the 1) e S\ ii iitni og Club and 11um1u,1e Society, anli hias ItltId i 3 itt somen donatitti tocardLs its fuids. V ...

... ..ELECTION PETITIO.NS. B. i' :'. GItGAVESEND. The hearing of -the Gravesend Election 'Petition Ions!iveas resumed for the fifth time yesterday. l rms I Samuel Lawrence, engine-driver, in the eimploy. I > the I ment of Mr. Bevan, said he attended a meeting at the able i King's Head public house, Northfleet. Mr Sheen, first the seuretary of the Liberal Association, was present, toed and the ...