... THE COMIG GROUSE SEASON. *r (ar A SFORPTO?G COHTarehwot.) 'o atALTnzouGH it is'mnucb too soon to form anything Pt like a correct estimate of the present year's - !'grouse supply so far as young birds are con- in cerned, I think it is only right to let it be co known as early as possible that on some of our g Scottish moors a large. percentage of the old is grouse have been attacked by a ...

... -,-TTEBS TO THEE EDITOR. U UNIVERSITY REFORM. Campsie, 28th April, 1882. Srmt,-I bave read Sheriff Guthrie's letter in to- day's Herald on this subject, which, however, does not materially add to the arguments *vhich have been already advanced in opposition to theappoint- ment of an Executive Commission. Dr Anderson ' Kirkwood, in bis carefully-prepared speech at the I meeting of the General ...

... PROSECUTION OF THE P1HEIZT Fog. IelIBkL i At Bow Street Police Court, London, yesterday, William Mertens, of 54 Whitteld Street, a native of Germany, sad describing bimseif as a comn'osi- tor, was brought before Sir J1 ames Ingham, in custody of inspector UO'tagan, charged on a war- rant with having on the ISGa hilst. prioted and pub- lished ie the arrijveitasoaadalous, wicked, ad seidi- tious ...

... IMTH1bENERAIL- 1..S3LIES. ~:EStBLIS9HED CHR. I TheGeneafASB ?? the hchf.Sq-I-i lad as oene ?? yeterday Vith the- anly usual State ?? yes', aslit h lad, whic 4-ifli ashaab tevcrgl elosm deuc Auiar he esttndasNameoAS .dot, t, t1hat scen prsentd>tes L thhI _ 1 an pr rle ~ on he ocasin the.- uifor of-the Lordgi- -pie e Lieuenaoltdof It Ort brei eete na: ?? VKiegof4t½Lod TeigOmnlstOf -Lodth i and-- ...

... TAE AMERICA'GOVEMNIMENT AN-D I THE ISLATD OF IONA. e All who have visited that island which will ever be held sacred in the ecclesiastical history of Scotland-the island of Iona-will remember i that the guide, in explaining the relics and ] pointing out the graves of saints and kings, also refers tolthe interment, some sixteen or seven- teen years ago, of nineteen American seamen, who perished ...

... INPERIAL PARLIAMENT.1 HOUSE OF OMMOS-WEDNEsDAT. The SPmirsaa took the Chair at twelve o'lock. AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. 1 Mr BOUEE gavenoticethatto-morrow be would i ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the assurance be wave last Monday week that the measures that were being adopted by the Western Powers in Egpt had met ' e with the concurrence of the Porte wheth_ er it ...

... (RxUTR's TELEGA.) - I :1 C airo,.May 29, 5.10 P. I Arabi Pasha demands the withdrawal of thel circular recently issued by the lhedive pernittiog i the provincial authorities to stop recruiting. I 1 Constantinople, -May 29. The Ministers again held a Council to-day to dicluss the question of Turkish intervention in' ,Egypt, but still no resolution has been taken. The I majority are in favour of ...

... On Saturday evening. Colonel Sir J. M'Garel Hogg, M.P., gave his annual dinner to the Metro- politan Board of Works. 'Ihose present included ethe Prince of Wales, the Duke of Teck, Earl of nNorthbrook, Earl of Kilmorey, Earl of Cadogan, ?? of Galloway, Earl of Kimberley, Earl Cairns, Viscount Powericourt, ?? Sir S. Nortbcote; the Lord Mayor; 3Mr Shaw Lefevre, M.P.; Mr Ayrtou; Sir J. Xay, M.P.; ...

... GwENERAL ASSEMBLY , OF THE FREIME CHURCH. SATURDAY, May 20. The General kssemblv of the Free Church of Scotland resumed its sittings at eleven o'clock this forenoon -Dr Robert Ifacdonald North Leith, moderator. For a Saturday, aud consider- ing that there was no item of business on the pro- : gramme likely to provoke much excitement, the '&ttendance wvtas large. .Dr Begg scerns to have - quite ...

... - AllVERY OF IBMLFR vAT I WASMH - _- I! IMpS'LDLNkG UEVOLVOTION X IN' sn i 0AE During the last few years there has been it capidly growing in importance what is known as n, the ammonia process of making alkali, or car- va bonate of soda, and which has been threatening, pi to supersede that of the great French chemist, in Leblanc, a process which was introduced into ga this country by Muspratt ...

... DEPAR.TtJRE OiF THE PfCESS LOUISE . FOR CA2NADA. 9 Her Ptoyal Highness Princess Louise and suite' sailed y fta i mrL the M se in the Royal Maii steamer Sanatian, of the Allan line, ?? Ifr Quebec. The Princess travelled in a saloo.' carriage b, tlie i1 A .M. I train from Easton; and the train being ex- pedited after its ?? from Crewe, arrved at Lime Street Station at 3.45 instead of at its', ...

... DISEASES 0F WOMBUIEN AND CHILDREN. The annual meeting of the Institution for the Diseases of Women and Children was hel yesterday in the Religious Institution eies. Sir Jaises Watson presided, ant among othero preseat were Dr Belt, air Robert Gourloy, Mr Julia Gourlay, Air Wn. Aliar, Ar Lietke, M.r Hl. Watson, AirFratser, and aseutber of ladies. Dr BrLL read the report, which stated that the ...