... Yesterday, at the Western Police Court, a cab- driver named Robert Ross was charged with furious driving, and with knocking cdown the constable on the beat at the corner of Wost Prince's Street, on Monday last. A ple.h of not guilty having been entered, the constable (Gunn) deponed that he was going along the street on the day libelled, tiat he saw the panel driving northward at a furious rate ...

... TSt2 CLYDE SHIp. JOINERS' STRIKE. UPORTAnT BnU-GS OF EMPLOYER9 Aass WORKMEN. A. meeting of the ship-joiners on strike' as held yesterday forenoon in the Govan H~all;, Robert Street, Gors). The general secretary (Mr Williram Paterson) was asked if he, had received a letter from Mr William Pearce, in which an advance of a farthing an hour was offered, and which had not been submitted to the ...

... TIE AINARCHICAL MOVEMENT IN F R.AN. N, c R' ! -~Paris, ?Ncvember ?? Tar.E is nothing new to reord connected with what is called the Anarehical rnoysment, and one is inclined to tbint' Parisian householders I miht venture to unbrick their ground floor or cellar windows, which, in their excessive' nervousness, soine of them stopped: up, believ- , ing this precaution against the blowing-tup mania ...

... A conference of mainisters and elders interestsd Iin the improvement of the devotional services of 'psi the UnitedPresbyterian Church, ao I favourable to Ithe formation of 'an association for that object, eras we held yesterday in the hail of the Edinburlgh Presby- an tegr, United Presbyteri in College Buildings. The of Rev. Dr Jas. Brown, Paisley, presided, and there was oPr, an attenijance ...

... CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION IN ABERDEEN. A Conservative, Club was formally opened in Aberdeen yesterday, and the opportunity was taken to hold-a couple of large party gathesrngs. The club was opened at noon by Colonel Innes of Learney, the ehairzmar, and immediately there- after the members and-friends sat down to luncheon in the Music Hall. There was a large attendance. The Earl of Kintore ...

... LORD CARINARVON ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. e. The Earl of CarDarvon delivered an address last! .g night on the present state of public affairs to the )r members of the Newbury Working Men's Con- servative Club. There was a large attendance, the chair being taken by Celonel SirPobert LoydLind- ie say, M.P., and among others on-the platform were ij Mr P. Wroughton, ?? Sir Alex. Arbnthnott, nK.C.S.1.; Mr ...

... E CRISIS EGYPT. THE CONFERENCE. NM0TKER PROTEST FROM TURKEY. THE WAR PREPARATIONS. (REUvER's TELEGRAMS.) Constantinople, June 27. The Conference to-day held its third sitting. After the Ambassadors had separated, Rechid Scv. the Secretary to the Sultan, went to Therapia goi had a long conference with Lord Duferin. The Bitish Ambassador has had several nter- ...

... DISPERSION OF THE M¢ONTBLETTON POLLED HERD. Yerterdar the entire herd of pure bred polled C Aberdeen and Angus cattle bred with so much c care and success during the past half-century by 5 the late Mr Walker. Mfontblettolt, near Banff, was disposed of by public auction in preseice aof a large attendance of breeders and farmers in the C North of Scotland. From the superiority of the g animals ...

... THiE SEIZthFRE OF ARMS IN OLEREN I WELL. I Yesterday the further examination of Thomas I SaLtsh the occupier of the premises in which the great seizure of srmsaand ammunition was recently roads, took place at flow Street, where the pri- soner was remsoved from the House of Detention at C1er enwell. In consequence of the threatening letters that have been received by Ikspector Peel aad Mr ...

... IMPERIAL PAARLIAMENT, .. ' HO' SE OF C'M f- NS3S- ' Tba- SOAKER tookthe chair at fou ot'claok; A SCTCHq PETITIO)NS. nrr h JRet7t ion h lne n -prrsente byd Dr me asrne fro the 3o w in faseurrhf the repeaie of the Con- 'n~btsgions o D Gsea~e Ict,- Dr ?? from pulllic mdeet- 5ings in the 1 ueele- Rooms. noticegso tf Bur Saei. onr- tic Ani from a-wtne.rosimeee to nhen G b r t~icot-rr4t, and 5ls in ...

... I- -TION OF PORTRAIT OF MR I> 'SDPEW GALBRAITH. v fternloon a number of gentlemnen met' rev. tin Galeries. Sauollcehail Street, 8eV ,f handing over to thle Car poratiian ln~honer~'de Nd eGalbra]th, in ordler that the~~0~r of he allery of Lord ProvoetsI 0wb ing forme. M'r Win. ei ~~ cke tothe chair, and he was iJ~ to te pltformn by Mr Galbiraith, ?? umlohros Ewing Creuc- w~y~fceutnatitof ...

... J7DICIAL STATISTIC' OF SCOTLAND. - . THIRD ARTICLE. POLICE STATISTICS. i In our two former articles we gave for the year 18S1 the amount of the police forces both in counties and burghs, and the expense there. of. WVe now give the first table in the book, 'which is termed eRtrospectire Tables, the. 1 first being a comparative table of (1) the establishments; (2) the effective state of ...