... N-AS1IfN~Io7lE OFSNITflLOUICCAT, ASSSOCIA- I TION. i 'este; d.- the f 'tji a sghibiti0nn of the Nairn -hi o- 0nithr A' .'icjl ,iitij v ;as held in theTown- ,dhall Nsi1t. TI le ' Itimll. wich is restrictet to , NairnlIii C'. l'i.> ,l1O som s tit, *,r-:r of exis Iele,| 0Ind uilirlrg 'i .at ,lv ,iod it hi~t gained for stef a I wnnis wtIich tih people *if N:1iIJr 11Il,, it 1 riItlvy iprriid of. ...

... THri; BTRITISIT LOSSES AT A1BU KLEA. The Tinwio wilitarv critic, discussing the formation of the british troop's at Abhu Klea, says -The existence if a vely slight physiCal obstacle would make a vast difference iu repelling an Arab attackl A mnere visible and palpable line m irlding the sides of a square and showing the mon the preci-ic positioi at which they must .stanrd and( to which they ...

... I EBXRAORDhNARY ALLEGATION AGAINST TEIE UINISTlFM. PROBING THE GRAVES WITH AN IRON ROD. The Rev. James 1a-n, minister of the parish of JDuthil, Carr Bridge, in the romantic valley of Strath- it opey, bas irritated the feeling of his parishioners by a publishing a letter in one of the local papers to the effect that the graves in the old churchyard of Duthil, W which adjoins his unoccupied ...

... CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF SCUTLAND. I The business meetings of the Conaregationall £10 Union of Scotland were opened ol Tluesday in iri I Aberdeon. Meetings of subscribers to the poe. Widows' Fund, the Ministers' Provident Fund, star and the Theological Hall wvere. held during the An( day, and in the evening a inieting, or the U.nion to I took place, at which the President, the Rev, for Mr ...

... THE PANAMA INSSURRECTION. } It THE BURNING OF COLON. SHOCKING SCENES. ( [iFRon OUr. OWN CORRESPONnDExT.] New York, Saturday morning. - Official a despatches which have reached here from c Panama state that the rebels having threatened to attack American property a body of United s States troops advanced against them and opened ] fire. The rebels were dispersed, one of their number being killed ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, - I THE REV. C. C.' MACDONALD ANjD M M1R GALL. V Sex.,-I was very much astonished to see in your b vestelrdafy issue that, in reply to a question, . tie Rev. 'Mr M11acdonald said that, if he 81 cou id tllansge it, Mr Gall would not be retained as Sl School Board officer aiwhile lhe held his position as a tl m1em11ber of the Kennethmont School Board, to which, t I believe ...

... I + ~~~~~~~~I [FROM1 OUR OW-N CORRESPONDENTS.] Lo-Nioo,, Thursday night. The Rouse of Lords had no sitting, this being Ascensioun or EHuly Thursday, but the Com- nboners, less consicerata of the feasts ox the Church, assemlbled as usual, and the peers, thrown Out. oi work and unable to I find rest, camie down to the Lower House. d Every other gallery was full to overflowing, bi and tlhere ...

... : ~~~~~~~i I : RHUTEWS aam. AND I I . A.. - i- Vap> Town,Apwf4 25.-The Unio4 deliu te4~ livid rixe -ofuth10j6fh bi1 t:. Dllrbhai AAKlI 25.-The Oun LIe Onej Fi.aaez fr e o f Alt he*t aisllr hare bn X iD** eO tUhl . ahedg tdiu weti d.I.1ad hi Aden, Thrs(.-he - . rid 0. steamer Sutlej. It hoer on the afternoon of the 28th inst. for Bombay tith the outward London mails of the 17th inst. The ...

... GENERAL FOREjON NEWS THE CANADIAN OUTBREAK. GENEIAL RISING THREATENED. tFaoM Ous OWN CoasRsaosDnEt.] New York, Thursday.-Telegrams from Ottawa state that Riel is planning an attack on General Middleton's little force, and that a Weneral uprlsing of :the Indiana is anticipated. IoAt Qft'apllle is p-erllds position, and the settlers in e vi yof the Fort are iastily THE IN5UBRRECTION AT PANAMA. ...

... A NIHIrJST'S VaWE OF RUSSIAN RULE. I~~ ~ ~~~~~ - Stepniak has published a new book. He writei as a proclaimed -Nihilist and as a lover of his country. Ill his eyes tire two things are tihe saCrO. Tbere is no bepe, according to hiii,, forS Russia under the Czars. TThe House of toroanoff represents to him al dorad- ing and terrori-ing desp tisn xwhicli stides the griod in the nation, fetters thu ...

... ' THE FALL OF KHARTOU.ll EXTRAORDINARY REPORT .BY A k FUGITIVE. REPORTED POSSIBLE BSCAPh OF GEINERAL GORDIO.N. [FROM Oct OwVE CouRasPo.NrwDRN.]1 Cairo, Tuesday afternoon.-A Coptic mer- chant who was one of the few men who managed to escape from Khartoum after the massacre has arrived here, after a long and painful journey, and has made a most astounding statement to the authorities. He asserts ...

... I ',I()'MYTROSTE CONNSF7RVATIVE ASSOCIATION'. La SPEECH1 BY 'MR P. 3. PORTIOUS, OF LAURISTON.,o The si~dinaqry rcthlil ire-tiag7 of the 3lontruse a Oeoeetrsatit'cAosociati'tn was h'eld fin the :Miasoic0 liall, Now Wynd, enl trcladAvy colg Catin Stansfeld of Deonserld Occupied the chair. and there C wOO aevery latte ottendence.i the hail butog, tilled to Ig oceofewiuog. In apeaule-, th. ...