... One of the most extraordinary misadventures in the records of railway accidents occurred at the New Passage Pier of the South Wales Union Railway, at the mouth of the River Severn, late on Monday night. By the late train from Bristol there were amongst the passengers two seafaring men named Bates and Diamond or Hall, who had booked to Cardiff. The line, on reaching New Passage at the Severn ...

... iettfo Wtug AX. f~PAUPER LABOUR. bDEAR Sim,-From my official connection Us trea- 3,surer of the Oldmill Reformatory School and thet S IHouse of Rifugeln Aberdeen, where -industrial work aM Ihas been carried on advacitageously fur many years, cee, Iand from conversations with iniliavt firs of poor in ths -nxg] -I counties of Aberdeen and Kincardina at various timesE ove may yars 1 aveben fr lng ...

... ABEIM)EN, FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1881, Ix the ulouso of Lor(d yesterday afternoon Lord AA avell( y gave notice that he w ould move, a; all addition to 1-'ord Lyttoln's motion respectingr III Candailhar, words to the elect th at CoIILII i55i1leV5 tri should be appointed to consider and report upon ' the best node of governing Candalihir. Lord ISo Enuield inforned Lord Craonbrook that the pro- WI, ?? ...

... , SKETCHES . IN 1fPAR AM ENT. I WESTMIINSTER, Thursday evening. There was a short but sharp discussion in the We regr House of Lords to-night on the question of army with an at organisation, which originated in a question put by Lord Strathnairn, who Wanted the report of by the rig] o Lord Airey's Committee forthwith. Lord caused a g1 e Morley, of course, would not givie the necessary 'friends ...

... FY SPECIArL WIRE FROM OUR OWN Itreat floa CORRESPONDENTS.1 gre all the manuscri 47 FLErr STRMET, Monday night. tion, add Mr1 Forster has adroitly escaped from the unn ml 8speci ilsallt duty of absolutely suspeuding the I The SiU fabeas Corpus Act by investing the Lord- the conqi l 0ibetenat and the Chief Secretary alone with , grama be te power of arrest. Provision is, however, elusion 01 Ien ...

... M9 ir Robert Shepberd, Jun., Ellon, has palss' the 10v flmnroasntulof the Phaormaceutical Society of vesv on Great Britain. G , ViP GARtTLY.W _r3 The statutory annual meeting ?? thubis ~r, paihwshold yesterday within the Barony, 1'ilhilic ,as sc~hool-1, whe11n Mlessrs William Mleren,efrmer u hilihullBA and and James BRtuce, farmer, Collithie, Boere dunrirngtelB iad elected to serve en the ...

... ESTABLISHED CHFURCHI COMMISSION. I - - vD8 I THE BLANTYRE MISSION SCANDAL. rgO The Commission of the Established Church General ded Assemblv met in the A-senibly Hall, Edinburgh, yetterday-Rev. Dr Chrystal, Auchinleck, moderator. Y, Reports in connection with 'The Blantyre Mission a Case were laid on the table by the Foreign Missions Committee, the special committee on the matter, and id, ...

... SALE OF POLLED CATTLE AT KITTY BXlElVTER. 11 - ?? The tenth annual joist sale of cattle this year at the T ~1 Agricultuarl Halal, K~itoybrewoter, boo baa to be he'd F t tinder somewhat al~tered oircunistaiscos ; for, for the 11, first rime since the institation of these auctions, the ts polled and sorlierorn breeds have had to be sold ,epa- or ately in conoequesee of the large increase of ...

... SiR MICHAEL HICKS BEAdIH -,AT -STROUD. ye alm ndl STROUD, JWednesday night. wh ~1To-night theiannual dinnier of theStroudeoneserva- of rnd hive Benefit Society was held in the Subscription excI [th. IReokrno of that town. Mir Clement Richio (Grand. liii master) presided. The occasion was embraced to p I present Mr J. E. D~orington, who hos con- cor ektestedl the borough in th e Conservative ...

... i [BY SPECIAL WVIRE FROM OUR OWN evora CORREZSPONDENTS-] eaver, ?? ?? ?? that k K 47, Facet 6TREET, Wednesday night. Prom] Mr Biggar's suspension may be ascribed to a! very simple cause. Mr Biggar lost his head.! and pi The lien, gentleman was no doubt obstructing ' The the progress of businesi. He had been put up to to be speak for five hours. Hehdcranymd wrang. heroic preparations to hold ...

... HUNTLY HARMONIO UNION. t The first public performance of tie Huntly Harmonic Union took place in Stewart's Hall, Huntly, on Toes. Iday evening, ia presence of a lar4A and fashionahle eaudience. The hall, which is seated for 700 was corn- ?? filled. ir Wi iam Legge, Senior Magistrate t of Hulatly, presided, diseharging the duties of clseirman tin an nile and genial manner. Amongst those present ...

... sJ TErEPopurATION OS'KlqCAnrD~aEfHlRn. -The censuI4 documents in the hinds 'of the Sheriff-Clerk at Stone- h aven have note been carefully examined, aed thu vI following table shows the Populations of the different. va pri'heg of the county as compared with the totals for r~Population, Arhuthsott * ilecs Females 1881 1871 BachryDeenck 258 232 490 531) y Jinchory.Teraian. 14816 1576 362 2870~ ...