... a ROBERT GORDON E fIS HOSPITAL AND HIS COLLEG I LEantV BY MR ALEX. WALKIE . Last nighlt, in the West Parish Buildings, a lecturew tinder the above title was given to the Young M3ex's. se Guild and members of the West Church byEx-Dean gi of Guild Walker. The Rev. J. X itchell pr e sided. There was a large attendance, and as the of lecture was interesting and important we give a full gt report. ...

... C-NNENEAL ,O1REIGN NEWS _l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTHE EARTHQUAKES 1?1 SPAIN. Im [.Fhiom Oust 0m-sv, CouxnsrospvTr-TJ'iri Mi adrid, lVtednesday. -Frequent shocks are vbilt being~ experiencod in Andaluisia, but they itooi i V~t'~ mtilchaactr.Shock is hardlyI ~110 '. xor wii i wii hic to descie tiepeuia a asiltlu .ho In prt ail No further los's Of ...

... ShiAkrP S-NOWSTORM. Yesterday lmorning a sharp snowstorm visited the north-east of Scotland. The wind, having backed from south-west, settled for great part of the day in the north-west, and blow for several liours in intensely cold, blustering gusts, accom- anied vwith a snowfall which at times was very heavy, and broken by few clear intervals. After *sunset the %weather settled considerably. ...

... The annual general council imeeting of the National Reformn Union wase held at L an- chester yesterday afternocn. Mir Barlow, thair- mlan of the executive, prsr idiug. In moving the adoption of the r1p1); ha !z:id that, since 1S75, the number of branches had increased frorn 13 to 345. He trusted in futtre they .vould cet more help from the South of England. Kr Ar. X. Armitage was reappointed ...

... 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 ...

... PEITE[URlE'AD TOWN COUNCIL h .l' riot; .i PROVOST. A nieetini. of the Petorliuad Town Council was held yesterdav. Blillie Will, -,'uior Magistrate, presided, and there was ai full attcndance, Alfr Al. itclki-itsoii town elrc:, read the clause if the Act IJ i'oT-iaiant wit i reference to filling' up a VacaiicV, which was to thse e t-e-r that any appoint- mnie't was u/d iafrr7ica till November, ...

... : ~~~~~~~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. ...

... I ~ . ANNUAL SERMON IN ABERDEEN. l The Rev, Herbert Bell, of John Knox Church, Aberdeen, preached yestvrday the annual sermon against cruelty to animals, under Mirs Gibson's Bequest. The text was Proverbs xii. and 10th-A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. In his interesting and stirring remarks Mr Bell alluded to the inestimable services which the Royal Society for the ...

... | LETTERS TO. THE EDITOR. I~ -- . I THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION7. Smis.-Numerous are the opinions expressed as to how the -vorking-classes will vote on Thursday in the election of members for the School Board. Many seem to think that they will as a rule vote for the candidates nominated by the several churches to which they may themselves belong. Others, that they will east aside all ...

... LECTURE BY PROFESSOR LINDS&Y. Anniversary services commemorative of the opening of the church were held in Queen's Cross Free Church yesterday, when sermons were preached fore- noon and evening by the Rev. Professor Lindsey, D.D., Glasgow. There was a large congregation at the forenoon diet of worship, and in the evening the church was uncomfortably crowded, many being unable to obtain sitting ...

... 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 ...