... 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 ?? 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. .Of these, 3784 ...

... 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 ?? vla Brindisi ?? 11Jee n Ainstrail (West fl),i ?? ..eOrk June -1L Junio Berud ?? xine :-r Do. . Vick ?? ?? June 19 WIJune 1n lIrazil, bl. Vldeo,&o ..vis Lfiverpool 3une 3 E June 7 ?? JunldC 0 June 121 Ls lBraivi3. ?? I~~by ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

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... REE CEUROM 5 -- The General Assembly of the Free Chuurch of Scot e 3land resumed its sittings yesterday at tan o'loe ?? 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 ...

... 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 ...

... - 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 ...

... LArTEST LONDO NEWS| py SPEaCIAL WIRE FROM OUR OWN Loinox, Thursday night. TIhe preliminary business of the House of Commnons was quietly disposed of to-night, c committee on the Franchise Bill being resumed shortly after live. The Ladies' Gallery was besiegced with orders for admission to hear the adjourned debate on Mr Woodall's proposition for a female suffrage, and some of those who were ...

... IN A RAGE AGAIN I T. b Londbet ?? of the jfanejcl Cohs ier gives ttt ?? account of the scene tba on. cdneited durifig q destion time in tho House of CQ o ald Inot DoS Tu Ta6,.:it: Mr Gladstone came ?? to day, to blows with Mr Ashmead Bartlett. Th x- h astbtrphe hfhs bbeta l ohg threateped, but it has be so often averte d that hopes wtro entertained th t nd storm would blow over, The Premier ...