... oa~ok'' CORRESPONDlNOE. 65 Fr.5-tr S'rnZaZ V WVednersday SIiht. 1 ren l~avtr hardly emerged fro= ona!, _ i3 e.ciernnt has to-day been plunged I' o anothel. For four days the town hba been .n a stae of mingled pain and indignation tcbs dynamite outrages of Saturday, agd to- 0J it3 pulse has been quickened afresh by theI dews from the Soudan. As early, I believe, ; ?? nine or ten o'clock this ...

... AYRSHIRE AND WICTOWNSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the members of the Ayr- shire and Wigtownshire Archaeological Association was held in the County Buildings, Ayr, yesterday -Mr PI. A. Oswvald of Ancheucruive presidiog. 2Mr B. NV. Cochran-Patrick, M. P., peente.'i the annual report, which contained- an expression of regret at the death of Mlr Cooper of Failfurd, who, as ...

... LETTERS TO TIE EDITOH DEAN OF GUILD AND PROFESSOR - GAIRDNER. St Vincent lane, 28th Jandary, 1885. SIB, - Owing to the vrell-known C ?? loquendi of toe learned Professor it is always difficult to condense his meaning, even When you comprehend it; but comparing what I said at the meeting on Mlonday ivith his letter -in to'dsy'e' paper, the difference, to use his own term, is inappreciable. ...

... | Colonel Majendie and Colonel Ford revisited Westminster Hall and the House of Commonrs yesterday and completed their inspection there. ; Despite the fact that a numerous staff of work. .nen have been engaged sinee Monday afternoon in clearing away the dehris from the interior of the House their task has not yet been com- pleted. At the Tower no steps have been taken to remove the ddbris, ...

... The annexed statistics are made up from the returns of. the Board of Inland Revenue for the twelve months ending 30th September, 18S4 and those of ?? of Trade, 31st December, subject to the following explanations zz- The quantities of foreign spirits and wines not havin- been given separately for each country, the .verage of the kingdom is assumed for each. No returns are available for ...

... Tha report of the General Committee of the AssociatiorL for the Bettev Endowment of the University of Edinburgh has just been issued, and from which the following are extractse- With regard to the bequest of the late William Dickson, somue commuuicationg have passed between the Acting Conm- mittee and the Senatus Acaderuicus, with the object of asaor- tuiuiun if it were practicable to give ...

... 'FOUR WQRKPEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH, i The worst fears seem to be realised regarding i the fate of the four operatives who were missing after the fire in Messrs Scott & Co.'s cotton. spinning rill at Rutherglen Bridge. They were 3all seen at work when the outbreak occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Since then they have not returned to their homes, nor have the city police, who have been active in ...

... I A mass meeting of unemployed workmen was held in the Town Hall, Greenocl; yesterday. Mr J. M1dacphail presided, and ivith him on the plat- I form were Councillors John Neil, J. Anderson, &r T. Mitchell0 &c. Apologies for absence were intimated from Sir IM. It Shaw-Stewart, Provost Wilson, ?? Lyle, Morton, and Campbell. In the course of some preliminary remarks the Chairman said lie believed ...

... Ij ?? GLASGOW FOUNDRY BOYS' RELIGIOUS i ' I I SOCIETY. I The -annual business meeting of the Glasgow Foundry Boys' Religious Society was held in the 1 Christian Institute, Bothwell Street, last night- Mr Dick, the president, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN; having briefly introduced the business, Mr MARTIN read the treasurer's report, which stated that there had been received from the public, ...

... I BAIVQUET TO' THE MARquiS t). RIPON AT LEEDS SPEEt=ES BY THB1E E.VTCEROYMR t. ElILDERS, ANDJ MR FORSTER. n, The Mh,rquls of Ripen was entertained last night at to a banqiet by the Leeds Club on the occasion of rehis return to England after five years' absence as ?? olO India. The banquet took place in 'the b Victora Eg1, where there was an attendance of to 1 batwee I SOL and 400 gentlemen. ...

... SCOTTISH FARIERS' ALLIAICE'. ANNIUAL MEETING AT ABERDEW.. f The annual meetjing of the Scottish Farmers' Alliance wag held yesterday in St Katherine's 3 Hall, Aberdeen. M Ar John Rae, Haddo, the Ipresident, occupied the chair. The meeting was afttended by abouit 400 members. Awong those present ?? A. H. Gordon, ALP.; Mir Geo. IJdd, president of the Esiglish Farmers' Alliance; MJr IVWH Bear, ...

... In the Greenock Sheriff Court, on Wednesday, Sheriff Smith decided an important question re. garding the validity of seamen's bonus notes. The action was at the instance of Mrs Dolary Camero= or MI'Donald, boarding-house keeper, against D. S. Hendry, ship carsenter, for £3, being the amount of a bonuls note granted by the defender in favour of Henry Williams, 8eaman, and endorsed by him to the ...