... 5:R ;I: :-H Although lacking the distinctive interest which the tli presence of Her 'Ma-jestY the Queen , pAf'ssa Ttl Is'L gthering of Upper Deesd clnmn yerli H tighland Lie Castle in connection with the Braertia Ro(a g i Society was in no degree less enjoyab~le to those who ID took, part in it, and attraCtive to the visitors and specta. so% tors than previous 11eet' gs ~ bec fteb Royal lady ...

... Y1TEAN WELLS. 1 SCHOLABTIC.-At a meeting of the School Board of I I0 this parish, held on II ay, UIiss Watt, from I Miss B Robb's bio-rdiA nig- ol6, 'Dumfries, previously !pupil M teacher in St Andrew's School, Aberdeen, was u'nani- B mously elected assitn4tditea6flier in the Public School, k, Ythan Wells at'a salaryj of £42`per an'num. 1 iM CAIRNIE. P .PAnSHl COuihci ', )R'PAIS-Seyertal,' ...

... FrerE TIlE LAST OF THE DISTURIBANCE BILL. the fi Describing the closing scene in the great debate in capas the Iouse of Lords on Tuesday, a London corre- Sir 1 spondent says :-The rising of Lord Craubrook gave an t w indication that the end was appronching, emphasising mighi ,the objections to the bill, which bristled like quills emini upon the fretful porcupine,' in a speech ef chara- hade ...

... TIHE HERlRING FISHERIES, A NIGHT AT TiE FISHING. In the beginning of tre precent month I nailed from Point Law on b arrd a ibot engaged by one of the local rurern, We left thc harborr at 4 p m., and steered direct for tile fishingground. Tire weither had been rathere wet; and n8 there wns little wind it was half- past six o'clock beforo we Arrived at the place where the sfipper decied to ...

... BANFF. FIRE IN t HAYSTACi.-Abaut 10 o'clock on Wedues. lay forenoon a fire, which night have resulted very seriously, broke out in a haystack belonging to Mr A. , lossack, confectioner, at his stabling premises in NNorth Castle Street. The premises, which are situ- ated at the back of the shop occupied by Mr Stimsou, baker, are very closely built, and had the fire not been speedily got under, ...

... (FROM OUR OWNV cORREsrONDENT.) ) | - SVEWNSEA, Monday Night I The sections to-day were on the whole more it than usually well attended, although the majority ' n of the subjects down for discussion were not of any Ii t it general interest. The most exhaustive of the dis- ! cussions took place in the Economic Section, which l si opened under the presidency of Sir Antonio Brady, t} and in the ...

... - .- RGiSAftANo oFVQT - -c1ORwrrn~w, .w. The registr o oter for the current year No, Just bees cospflti ?? Kssbet, assessor, with1 the Ioleimg -reaits-,--. Abbey .. ?? * ' 508 ?? ; 62 60 586 2 *Xilbsrchan ?? . ,: 3G6 22 22 36- - Ersktine ?? 12 9 8 122 1 ?? ; ?? J ]31 ,7 8 '132 71 Recrew * SS 9 :8 ig3 - ?? .-436 42 29 382 - 13 Ddtinp ?? 6 -1 - 3 - Lehwinnocb. ' 274 35 2S 264 - 1 ?? 6 1 - w-S - ...

... BUGLEgSIASUZ'IC L. THE GOSPEL IN ITALY.-On Tuesday night Signor Gavazzi. delivered a lecture in the Ac ree 'Tron Chorch, Vuadas Street, his subject being the evangeliation of Italy. He referred at the outset to the time when auy one was punished with iw- prisonment who was found redding or putting in circulation that Gospel whiclh was now being preached throughout Home to its uttermost corners ...

... LA UNCHES. BELPAST. - Yesterday afternoon there was launched from the building yard of Messrs Harland & Wolff a vessel for the Britisih Shipowners' Com- payof Liverpool. She is named the British Mrerhat, and her dimensions are-Length, 256 feet; breadth of -beam, 18 feet ; depth of hold, 23 feet; gross tonnage, 1780. The vessel will he-rigged and otherwis fitted out in Belfast. CUn-EmTaowxN. ...

... AFFAIRS IN A'USTRALAT 4:oUR ours OWONRRSrOXDEST.) Melbourne, 24th June, 1880. MoRE political trouble is in store for the Colony of Victoria. Three years of it did, indeed, sicken the country with the cry for reform under the late Berry Government, and in February last the result of the general election was their defeat and expulsion from office. When AMr Service succeeded them it was reek- ...

... =HE AFGHAN W- . THE AFGHIAN WAR. [ wag ,TELEGRAM TO STANDARD OF TEM MoEING. ) Quetta, August 13. istsrbances are again reported from the Shi v.ey. These are to be attributed ex. dvelY to the Kakazs, a Pathant clan of iOUS robbers. The agricultural population g alley, composed of the two sections of 0 Tneis, holds aloof, and would rejoice bear that the Kakars, who have for erations terrorised ...

... . K SCOTCH BMLLS I-N PARLIAMENT. H OUSE or LoRDs, Tuesday. THE BELtSfULL, IXOTHERTELL, AND WISHAW RALLWAY BILL. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of this bill assembled this morning, Lord Brabourne in the chair. The other members of the Committee were the Earl of Cork, Lord I Wrottesley, the Earl of Normanton, and the Marquis of Exeter. Mr PorE, Q.C. (who with M1r Richard, ...