... I - The new Free Ohureh at New Deer, the founda- c d tion-stone of which was laid the other day by Mro 3. Dingwall Fordyce of Bruoklay Castle, will be, when e ie finished, witlhout question. the finest building in the I district, one of the handmomest in Buchaen,and, in- r n deed, for substantiality, beauty, and completsness, f L. -vill compare favouvably with any building of the d kind in ...

... TM rE iSoW TIU MATML _ '[DaT Niziwe TELE9IMA] -' a . . AesouiW-i Mbnday night. Reliable ijiformation. has be' 'received that-an - i- attack by, the Arabs under 'tbe Sheikh Shamynn on1i Mhdi the forces. comanded, by.Clonel Punwta is at:T L. imimineilt, but the poirt' hosq' fqir tlhe assnaut is wildi doubtfnl. From the position in 'the desert occdpied. intb s by the rebehl, thiey 'crn-thirowv. ...

... o-M!CRAL A.SZMBLI3. 11 ~~ I r~f~a~ -, ~ne i~a3'aSnf I a We'larg#7 Cjwfn -2 a z~tro wz ?IV qa zad Npatcido V I~zfa 5Wiczttaa sa w_ ~riVzs ni j stervAfe wr~- in A i~lr.'~~ %5 rr- mi~g teai w~rte cr-aa23~e 5f40' ~ ~ijs Ur-r4ts- -20r; W tl~= t tLeU:&d ,~,p qyt ),7 tb, A, B I ae 5'We'A54 ;. u-e,& siv 4! c ~r-a+4 tr~ 2ce T , , rimxz &A~~~a nyt~~eta a ~ait ri ji of iurer R, 6awi ~ jk 1. zve- ?S~i ...

... RBEGISTRAY(-GBNERAL'S RETURNS. The return of the births, deaths, and marriages I registered in eight of tho principal towns of Scotland S for the month of Blay is as followsa:-During the i month of May, 1884, there wero registered in the towns of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, I Greenock, Leith, Paisley, and 1'crth the births of 4114 children, of whom 2076 were males and 2038 females. ...

... - MAJORITY OF MR W. J. GRANT ;.0 'F BALDORNEY CASTLE ' EEJOICIXGS ON BALDORIZNEY ESTATB. Mrsle illiam J. Grant of Baldornsy Castle, Baniff-I 'shire, attained his majority on Tuesday, and the neari Sion was sanried with consederable rejololligs by the tenantry on -the Baidorney estate., in honlour of the event, flags floated during the day at uosot of the farms~ on the estate,~ while on the ...

... t arty AinDRFEN JOUnNAL OFt'IOV, ,s. 47 Fleet Street, London, B.C., Thursday morning. Ilid JTO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. CODI _- the (BY SPECZI7AL WVIRE.J the try, for EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. airs -- [F Rom To-DAY's Turzs.] ASSoUAN, Wednesday. It is inmpossiblo to avoid being strtsck by tbhe freedom with which every one here openly admits lield that he is waiting to see if any force will be provided ...

... REE CEUROM 5 -- The General Assembly of the Free Chuurch of Scot e 3land resumed its sittings yesterday at tan o'loe oo-Dr TyTaylor, Tiuso, moderator. I FINANUE ON151ITTFRS ITER'OitT. Mi William Wed (eolder), submitted the Finance I Committee'5 report, which stated that dining the year the funds raise for the different s ehemes and Objects of the bree Church,elurih of the io t anldv of Orphans ...

... I ABERDEEN'fLIBERAL ASSOCIATION. y. REPRESENTAiXON OP THE CITY. k nseoting of the General. Council (the 230) of Ic . the Abrrdeen Liberal Association was held in the . Lecturo Room, Cafe Buildisigs list night. Mr Prosser, -y. chairman ci the assooitition, presided. When thet lbusincssecsmmencecd, at eight o'olock, the hall wild not .half filled ; and at no time in the course of thie ven- ini ...

... EISHIiNG itEPORTS. AuinEEor, Saturday,-The .sbing here hap heen atteniled with somewhat be'ter edcce9s this week than ' last. The great line boots have uas] a run of good-luck, and have brought ashore large quantities of fish, their total catch renlising £520. The trawlere prosecuting the fishing in the Moray Firth have again been more - fortunate than those boats who confned their opera- ...

... FOREIGN AN? COLONIAL MAILS, Ad ~r.,ryst Qmu Snw. IPATM OF XrXT MAILS FOROK NtIT o D&STINATIOxN. Loqaro-oi. Stan Dun i Auetralia (South), Tnaialntilafld June- .1une S Victoriao.. vla Brindisi . 11Jee n Ainstrail (West fl),i ';v. ..eOrk June -1L Junio Berud .vlahe'Yink_. xine :-r Do. . Vick ff~Jifax . June 19 WIJune 1n lIrazil, bl. Vldeo,&o ..vis Lfiverpool 3une 3 E June ...

... EDUCAT[ONAL Il\TSUTE OF SCOTLANDh * ' ' ABREREEN A1WUE -of QS Saturday the annual meeting of-ths Aberdeen toi Brartchof the EducationalIntitute of Scotland was of heldiin the Girls' igh School,'BoElont Street, teo Abordoen-1r G. I. Duthio, Waodside; rnesiding. An Fe abstract of the income and expenditure for the year ef was submitted. It showed the income for general an funds amounted to ...

... PARLIAMENTAR Y NOTES. Tm. OUNIPIPAL ELECTIONS BImL. i e The Grand Committee on Law and Courts of Justice s and Legal Procedure sat again yesterday, under the presideney of Mir Sclater-lBooth, to proceed with the C consideration of the Munieipal Elections (Corrupt I and Illegal Practices) Bill. At the last meeting of the Committee the original clauses were disposed of, and a long adjournment ...