... The balf-yearly meetig of the General Council of the UniversiLy of Aijerdeenvwa-s held ire tue Marischal. Colhee BulldiSo 3esterday-Jrtucipoa Pirie presidiug. ?? James Atoir, Rector of the Aberdeen Gram- mar &chooi (ormterlyoi the ijgh; z:chol,Ulasgowj, moved- Teat thle CCoucil respectfujly represeut to the University Court that it is expedieut ldI desirable that an Lxecotive COntIIIrdiLll ...

... SEEcaES Er LORDS rOUN;, ADAM, AYD iA'LBSN. t The annual dinner of the. Glasgow Juridical 3Society was held last night in the George Hotel, I George Square. A company of abent a hundred wa |s presided- over by Sheriff Clark, with Mr J. 'IT. T. Brown as croupier, and amongst the other gentlemen present were Lord Young, Lord Adam, _Lord M'Lare, MIr C. D. VDonald (Dean et * Faculty) Professor T. A ...

... EXTENSXVE HOUSEBREANING O. T r { SOUTfH SIDE A series of thefts by moans of hOuseba4 logs have ijst been brought to light oen t ,soth-side of the city, which have resz.e: in the apprehension of Peter Hende , John Logan, Elizabeth Campbell or Hed,-. son, aud Mary Smith. For some t:rne ha- i complaints had been made to the ;|authorities that a number of business i imises and private houses in ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMVENT i iffOUSE OF LORDSL-RIDAY, The LORD CHANCELLOR toaic his seat on the Woolsacck at five o'ciuok. - UNION 01OF BENDFICE. I The Bishop of LONDON introduced a bill to amend the 'Union of Benefites Act, which was i ut read a fist time. as DUXE OF ALBANY (EST ABLISHMENT) Or BILL,. nt Earl GRANVILTIXh mloved the second reading of this bill, atid in. uuing so said it wots ...

... A NEW r PROCESS OF PEESERVING M±EAT. Yesterday afternoon a number of gentlemen a ipterested in the question of the ?? of s butcher indet met in the Cannon Street liotei, s London, to witness the result of a3 experiment begun on the 6th March last. On that day a z couple of sheep were killed after first hav- ing had borscic acid injected into their veins, and the carcasses were hung up in a ...

... AYIRSHIRE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. fhe atnual show of live stock and implements in connection with this flourishing association was epened in the Cattle Market field, Ayr, yester- dlay, with rte show of implements, dogs, and poultry. Althoughthe exhibition of implements Ls one of the most interesting to farmers as con-. nected with the cultivation of their land, it has never had much ...

... THE CHANNEL TU-NNE t I At the ordiuiary meetbeg of the jmembers of the ?? of Arts, held last night, in. their ball, rAdelphi, London, 'nudes thle, pretfideacy of. Lord -A. Chufrchill, a ~discussion on the' Chaenliel'Tfitnel 5was introdneed b1~ a paper by SiiB. Waikin. -At ' thle opening of t s proceedvigs, the Presideilt ex- pressed Einsense of the loss wisctr the bceiaty and ?? libel ...

... ;ORANGE DEMONSTRATION AT - GREENOCK. I SPEECH BT' lsR ASusixa JBanTL'Er, 51.5 Last night an Orange demonstration, under the, auspices of the Blythswood Purple Heroes Ten'. perance ?? 1No. 342, was held inj the TIowfi Hall, Greer.ock. The attendanuc' was not very large. The hall was decoratel by flags of the Order hung from the gallery, and thus presentedc rather a, gay appearaico. Mlr Allan. ...

... Ad~lertt- are respecsflafty a~z.ed7 to sen&d Vaeir trder.5 to the Publis'id,7 Onciee aa earay as po-, 3e, and not later than 6 p.rn. __ YW X .. WEDNESDAY KOr WXM, APRIL 12. Lord Salilbery and Sir Stafford Northcote arrived at Liverpool yesterday afterovn, and a series of Conservative doetonstratiouss verec inagurated in the evening at Orriskirk, where |tl the leaders of the Conservative ...

... INATIE AFFAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND.| (rauI oUB OWN COBE ZSPONDEaNT.) . Melbourne, 8th February, 1882. Tas Maori King Tawhiao, with friendly greet. Si ingB on his lips and attended by a kingly retinue, a hbs after many yea4s of self-imposed isolation i Satopped forth from his privacy, and on 19th January made a public entry into the city of s Auckland. Hitherto he has stood somewhat C haughtily ...

... Ad rtisers are ?? asked Uo bend their Orders to the ,ubhshij Qrfloe as early as possible, and not iater thab 6 p6.M TUESDAY 'MORNZING, APRIL 18. The House of Commons re-assembled yester- ter day after the Easter recess. Among the ques- wh tions put to Ministers was one as to whether in Mr Parnell could be lawfully re-arrested under all, the original warrant, and whether if a new one tat, were ...

... WEATHE REEPRT AND FOREC.AST. METEOROLOGICAL OFFICZ, Monday, April 4, &t0rs The weather over the Juited Kingdum to-day continues culd, generally dry ant bright over (Ureac britain, rather cloudy in Ireland, with haze in some places aud showers in others. A heavy shower is reported to have fallen at Burst Castle this morning, alter whioh the sky cleared. This neorniugS observations ahowed that, ...