... E LAg OF BASHN- There is probably no region in the chan-'zdenT_ that has so, faithfullY preserved to the Dresent day ; original features and characteristics as that aGc-- outlying district of Palestine which, once upon a. Og, King of Bashan. Iced to relinquislh inl favelt o^ t , half tribes of 31anasseh. Age after ago, and suec- - generations of historians of all nations and la-J m-a^ ,have ...

... DISTSiTCT & GENLRAL NEWS. I ~- - P, the appli' ations fos tickets for MrGlad- Dr stone's meeting in Edinburgh Corn Exchange next or month havo already far exceeded the space at the dis- re postal of the committee. The E4rl of Rosebery has remitted by c( eheque to all the tenants on his MeAntmore estates 15 d per cent. of their Michaelmas rents paid last week. b This is thre seventh half-yearly ...

... WASHINGTON, Saturday. A physician has offered Mr Scoville 1000 (10 fare for Guiteau'm body after the execution. Guiteau having been informed of the offcr, said, Wait for a higher bid. The prisoner insists upon making him-. self the opening and closing nrgunment in summing- lip the case for the defnce. Mrs Scoville has written a letter declaring her be- lief in Guiteau's sincerity, and adding ...

... of HOUSE. OF LORDS-MoNam. 00 Their L9ordships met at five o'elock. Mn TIlMMl'5TIA ANP THE AMUM 01 Lhrd LAMINGTON gave notice that on an early day he will call attentidn to the system of examination of c' militia officecrs for admission to the army. is THE GOVERN UNT AND THlE IRISH LAND ACT. d Eari GEANVILLE-I tlnnlc itonlyreipectfultogtate, Ythe course the members of the Government in thia ...

... TEi oCHURCH or SOOTLA?ND-ITS POSITION IAND WORK. The following in a complete copy of the dOesmont p unader this heading tba~t has boon prepared for eirnula- S ticeeroong members of Paeliment andoothars, a. Sorn- n ma'of whinh appeared in our COImon A, ho day ago;- fltloiea of a resolution in favour of tha Diaostcrblisb- montond Diseadoeovmont of thle Church of Scotland p ha-clog boo~n given in ...

... 811 ___. . - . - . [BY SPECiAL WIRE PROM OURB OWNs al CORRESPONDENTS.] it hit Losros, Tuesday night. Pr~ It is very evident that the Rilmainhaun treaty ela belongs to t~hose questions which are known as ha' 11Oh, von mnuse not mention them. At all' ma events., thar is the term applied to the subject by nlo fan honouralile mnember who dues not sit with PZ~ Mr Gladstone. Rumlours have for some ...

... jM4 tlhs flu titi tt it: 'Al. ..( ritl volt led. on' sitd nty 3 to aat has Dglu. oot Ort. iil. loor DD the add tee to ad, of i'of of a, oot thee Int' his on. B. en, ho 010- rii lea tel Ion ion Mel an, nt,, ol. Ih, sq. SS. )n, ,ic te, er- .ge snn T. F. in aa .ill cs Cull )nt tee of ,er- oot Ih de thg ing ]ti rd- ty, se for ofo aid adl vcr oes nit aof, eve to rdd ur- ncr !plD led DUE, to ollt ...

... SKECHES IN PARLIAMENT. I P15 i | VillJ±Ezk 1.15 roa.aJJ ativl2 fl'(j WoorsRNsTa, Monday Lniht, Lord. Oranmore and Browne ensdeavoured to get op a discussion on the alministration of the - Irish Land Act in thDe House of Lords to-night, - acd to some extent succeeded, bitt Mr Plunkett r, was attacking the Irish policy of the Government ig in another place,, and so many noble lorde who at would ...

... ABERDEEN LADIES' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, *iL'e close of Physiology and the Laws of Health was-concluded on Saturdany, when t'rofosso, Stenidhoe,- afterf a lmature on shle argan and phenoamena Of h earing, noenbunced thle rsulrt of the class enraminatioan, orld ifoafes of the objoota and work of thle assoejation. The course whimh ho had had the honour to comuaboe wos not one'maorcly of ...

... A DANGEROUS LUNArlC. AtAberdeniSher'ff CsmrtunSnturday-before Sheriff I Thomson-ce petition svas presenoted by the Pocumrator. Fiso-l praying that Elimecth Forbes of Smith, a widow, I residing icl the villaga of Stunrtfiebl, pariah of Old Deer, t boe eonisied in a hlinatic asislnn, AB sho wae a hmnatic, and in a stote of threatosing danger to the ligces. lr Dnacan appeared iel M111arb of thoe ...

... TE WEATHER. [From-the Meteorological Office. ] b FGRASTS-of' weather for Tuesdsy4 May 2, 1882 (issued a6 8 p.m. on-the previus day):- 0. ScornaN'D N.-Southerly breezes, moderate; 1in, sbut not settled; . showery later. * ; 1. SCOTLaND E:-Do. u . te 2. EsGoaeD NLE -Southerly and south-eaSterly winds; shqwery, changeable. 3.ENOL&ND B. DO. r 4. Mrnaliu Cb~U'6Ts3.Do. 5. ENGLkDO S._1bO\DON A'ND ...

... TERRIBLE PASSAGE OF A MONTROSE-LADEN thi STEAMER. re Particulars were reccived in Liverpool on Saturday of c the fearful iuassage of the Glasgow steamer Ayrshire, tr, whilst on the voyage from Mlontrose to New York. WI From the statement of Captain Ross. it appear. that hiesl left Monltrose With a cargo of potatoes on the 11th of Bi March last, and was compelled to put into Halifax on ux thle ...