... - IMPERIAL PARLIA?NT .OSEvflORD3 In tlee House of Lords on Monday afternoon, i the Earl of Kiunberley said he had no official knowledge of objection in India to the Indiaa Procedure Bill. The sanction of the Secretary of State in Council had been formally given to -the measure. Notice wsgiven by the Lord Chancellor of his intention to introduce a bill to amend the law of contempt of Court. The ...

... ?Th'PXXEN, SATtYRDAY. MARO? 17, 188& * ' ':r a nfte r iiiieo'clocon Thiursdw ngigt' -gre.t excitemenlt was occasioned in the vicin~ity of Ib D.USeB of Parliaent by the report of a *t'v eiuedo1us exloafon which, on -inquity, wras founE. to have occurred in th e offices of the Local Go-ernaaent Board, in.Parliament Street. Thae liveiie-n' anprehension was manifested in the flouse of Comnmons on ...

... , TE .BE5DDEDV JOURNAL AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. It Srs,-It would have been a good deal more to the 'I purpose had the Rev. Mr Chisholm, instead of indulg- r tog in an angry and indignant protest, endeavoured to refute the assertion at which he feels so mush ag-N sgrieved, that secret societies, whose origin is in r hatred of property, thrive best in countries where the religions is that of ...

... I [BY sP'ECIA4L WIRE PROM )UR OG 0 Y CORRL'SPONDENTS.] Loipox. ~Wednesday nigh)t. Mr1 Georgo Andlerson is at proud man, an4J lhe, oo8isi. Ftea hlas poated thoe part ai thic the Princess or Wed ls bud~l aaucetlotctt an.l the Hatuse rit oj Comnmons three ireiTf lith sulffic'tet spirit an.l 4attnlltr f'. initO rh1 sublject In naxke the CO ab' 'izien of pigzeonl-shn:ing an act of intotan.- of ...

... TalHE FORDYCE LECTURES. AN~ALYSES OF IIIANURES. Is Yest~erday, at noon, MrT'.J.arniieson,Fords-ce Lecturerc on Aggicciturie. delivererd the third of 'the special lectures on the Landt~ul es,1ution in the Lawy Cass- I room of Muirisclhal Co legs. Aberdeen, the particula r subject of lecture being 'Analyses of Manures and guidacein judging thlem.' it is not, he said, a my ilfircutienl to ...

... GRIxCLTTU-RE. JOIN'T SALE` C? POLL-ED CATTLE ATrtl C ~ll l, 1A T. ct at At. iAaotto'ive 'or. te is to dispose of a capital h atlI iikbrd 'oat-hire bails at theG facto of 1e an '' N-' ha : J amtes Argo. A iii t' DC ti.-~: cle ita' been tender-ed neces-I Tit.'iaoinaa'tonntottrt c t~he jorart s! ole tarO r' i' sent terward ivi .L;Uhsrdve Mrli' taly South V ~ lri.Keilettird Nir Jaiu anHrr, nzl ; ...

... MR W. ClUNNA2':, BROOKS, M*'., ON GOVEPYRMEN C P'OLICY. *Colonel WP. J. Leg-hand Mr NV. C. Brooks, the rairs- herj for liast Cheshire, addressed a crowded meeting of their ccorrtitireuts the ott er night at Marple. To the ctqIrrse of an ecle arid telIling speeoch, _Mr Brooks said- Whrichever way we turn, we find that Ili,-, present I ministry, whbich ba at its licad what they themselves call ...

... SALE OF SHORTHORNS AT LETiNTY. fl'k tJ-4?1? 1,r,-flnr,? at f4thente'OnSaturdav I' - -- -1 attracted a large gathering of agricritaistst and. breeders throughout the country. Air F. Cruiekohank,, Lethenty, and M~r Davidson, Mtains of Cairubrogiea, had lots entered for the joint sale at K~ittybrewster, but thatl sale having been departed from, they had no ajterna- tive but to sell the stock ...

... SOCIAL MEETIN-(lS. -\ g -rhG Rnn.-Aroard LA he GooD TEXPLims.-The Bon-iccord Lodge. No.63, en, held a social gathering onl the evening of the 23rd inst. ,sa in the Trinity Congregational Hall, Shiproa. Brother IS. Still, W.C T., presided. After tea, the Chairmnan gave m- a short address, in the course of which he alluded tn sit the flourishing condition of the loige and the order in Ily ...

... Vai KETTHTI.-A social meeting for thle benegt of the ce.t navvies working on the Keith and Buckle line was held H. in the Longmorc Eail on Friday ce-cuing. There-was a large attendance. . Addresses were delivered by Rev.; M'essrs Macieod and Mlacfarlane, Keith; Marr, rissiorr' we arv, Fife-Keith ; and~itockdalr, Grange. tt Dunrns.-The Durris Vrolunteers (D Company De& uni- side Highlanders) ...

... Dr Bain has addressed the following letter to the Edwcatiowal News on the resolution passed at the meeting ef the Educational Congress with reference to the University Courts Sir,-Now that you have completed the report of the late meeting of the Institute, I beg to recall attention to a resolution passed, after the reading of Mr Moir's paper, with no discussion, and with very insufficient ...

... ~ S- LO - NDON N-.- 6-, LATEST LION'DON NE'lW S I jr> MP'11 wra: FlRut (1(7? *-E\Y8. A ! - I ' Vt - tcLxo-Do. Thursday night. jThe announcemlent inthe mo0rnin~gpapers that 'dt the ronranticallv-iit eresting case of Hyland I re !. PrITs r wega^Soildprob~ably comors o for hear-:c ing to-day had the eftect ofdArawingto'theCoLrt .ar. o Qiueen's Benclh a large erowd of fashionablet dilettaiteus of ...