... ELECTJON NEWS. RESIGNATION 0F THE MEMER For. Q'E\Xa Sp iCerNFTT-NIr Richard Lalor, MY.P. for Queen's * County, has written to his constituents, stating that, ,as lie cannot any longer fulfil his Parliamentar I duties, he must resign his seat. 3 b Iivzr.TY v.-The writ was served oni the N ice-Chancellor, as returning officer, yesterday I norin at ten o'clock. 'The date of election wNill be ...

... TEE $SYE CROFTERS. &t; ~AS ,IA MWilu -tame. S t U a - - sri stl The following letter was yesterday received by thets editor of the Celtic JMfaZe:-siaC ,f A- Mackenzie. Esq., Dean of Guild, St] inverness. sti h Dear Sir,-On reading in the Inverness Courier an )f account of theproceeding-s of Tuesday last against the -A raes crofters, I thought that something might be done [ to take everybody ...

... (REsTuR's TELEGRAM.] C.xrrlo, Thursday. The questions at issue between the prosecution committee and -,he defence have been practically arranged, and Mr Broadlev will immediately proceed with tlere examination of witnessesfor the prosecution. [EXCHANGE CoxpmNy's TELEGrQAM.] CAmRo, Thursdav noon. Owinv to the firm attitude of the counsel for the defence of the prisoners, and the unassailable ...

... At T ostittir IflTHS. I SrtAberdaee, on the 4th inst., the 1'np wif of.JAts 8foe~tmasnAtlarotlQ, Mass., lUnited BIWArr% At 2 MaketStretAberdeen, on 8th inst.,i the wife: 'of I AND~eW Scorr. of a son. Jn mstIoc sn, t ~~~~th i~~~~~~~~~nst., the wf f h ev oicToefo ae At. I 'Nort Siver Stet.bren nte9th mest., Mre lineH MACKSerosr Of a aghe At 8 Eldoen B1ree breeo h t inet..,Mrs CriorQo SMITH Of a ...

... TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT; NEAR LEEDS. r'ULLMAN CAR ON FIRE-AN ABERDONIAN 4 BURNED TO DEATH. The Scotch express, which left St Pancras (Mid-I: land) Station, London, at 915 on Saturday night, and! timed to reach St Enoch's Station, Glasgow, at 7 45 following morning, met with a fearful catastrophe on f nearing Leeds, about two on Sunday morning. The! train was made up of seven or eight ...

... i' CLCLESIASTICAL; PEDESBYTERY OF ABERDEEN. be Tir-e Estahiloited P-:eshytery of Aberdeen-met within, tin t -yhChapel at- noon yesterdlay-SMrM.ithla nronriorThe was a agatnaneo 3membhers. iur cue, mroton or toe Clerk (S~%ir Allan)i. Mr Bell, Johni(- itorsCirriwachsnmdatrfor the onquingtsix n'1is fI- -minutes or last meetin; cavhig been read xv. uOY!inol- ol or severalt pait .ics hart been ...

... D 3BRESS AND M NTLE SALOON- 225- IYIO\-N STREETf 225 FUIRS! FURS1! FURS!! A FRESH DELIVERY; SPECIAL VALUE. - WATT & GRANT, 225 UINION STR.EET. 225 POOLISHED VULCANITE RESI-NG COMES of every escriptior t. each Poettree. C. 'r5Ll, ACaNACIi, & - froaiC 6d mC~hat CtC* pLi, ACuSAC. &; Co.. UridZt! I Street, Aberdeen. If AITIJMN & WUNTER FASHIONS. JAMES SAINT & C. beg to a2nnlounc:e that Uleir ...

... PETERHMELu TOWN COiuNCIL inl the Council Room ve~terdat-'Provostr Alexander,- -presiding-to have th; acceptances of the newly- elected C'Ouneiflors. The t-owesiilark (Mjr Eotte),rt criiat arm lln B aulle wiii, thle returningoficr intirnatitig the tee elected Couneiillort. 0 L They havling been sworn in in thle usual. manner, in * Ial intimlatedl their intention of accepting the office of du ...

... CHJU33RCH OF SCOTLAND FOBIGN MISSIONS. 11 -On Saturday ab sale of~ work dons by working parties of thes South, East, and North Perish Churches, jfAberd'een, in aid of the Foreign Missions of the ChurchA t~ook place, in the Ball Room, Music Hal Build!-s iugs.. Each, of the congregations bad separate Sea fstalls, and though the parties had comabined we: L, for the purposes of sale,. the business ...

... MELDRIM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Yesterday the second show for the season in connec- s tion with the Meldrurm Horticultural Society took place fo on the Public School grounds, Oldmeldrum, the use of fo which had been kindly granted for the occasion by the fo* School Board. The ground was much more extensive al than that previously used in the village, and conse- quently was better adapted to the ...

... RULY ENTRANE IOATION. - The results of this examination have just bet- putb- lished: In Scotland oonsiderably over700 candidates wezt forward, of whom 686 have obtained a place in the list.. The following are the names of those who sat at this institution. Twenty scholarships have been awarded to thloe highest in the 'lst. Those marked (a) were members of the preparatory class in connection ...

... ild CRAIG.-At a meeting of this Board, held on Mondar in evening-Dr Hugh MKithell in the chair-Miss Jessie tee Scott, of the Independent College, Taurton, was ap- pointed teacher of the Infant School, Ferrydens, ad M8 iss A .Nicol, Montrose, to the school at Westerton, itt rnroom respectively of Miss Smith and Miss CraLig to- ROTES.-A meetin of the School Board for this ebt parish was held in ...