... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... DISEASE DAN(-ER SIGNALS. JF you have pains atthe chest; if your breath- ing is oppressive; if you have shooting pains under the shoulders; if your appetite fails you; if your stomach sickens at fat ; if you find yourself always weak and weary, and ais tired when youget up inthe morningas if you had been workiing all night; if your mouth and throat feel like your having swallowed powdered glass ...

... VICTOR HUGO 'VIEWS ON'CAM1ITAL BUNISHMENT. In 1839 Hugo wag successful in interceding for tine lift, of Blarbesl, who had been co-loader with Mlatiui in an insurrection ; and 23 years later an in- tereisting correspondenco passed betwcen thereprireved invi and his benefactor. As a peer of France, Victor Hugo sat in judgment in 1846 and 1847 on two men named Kitia andi Lecomute, wvho had fired ...

... The rivor Don is crossed within a mile of the soa l by two line bridges, the oldest of which owupiei our attention. The Brig of B:lgownie, as legend and poem alie hI e named this beautiful arch in c| venerable as to colt comparative antiquity into the ehade. The river Don has always appenred with pro. phetic rhyemsters to hlve been more a favourite than the more stately Dee, on which stands ...

... Beautiful of situation, and notably a, strong- hold, Herat comes to the eye, with a grami earthwork claiming honour as the must stupen- dous in all Asia, crowned by a mighty wall, and pro- tected by a wide, well-kept moat. Here are the fiures:-Earthwork, 250 feet wide, 50 teet high wall, 14 feet wide, 25 feet high; ditch, 45 feet wide, 16 feet deep. Well may English seldier, speak of Herat's ...

... (UIITRCH OF SCOTLAND E.NDOW- MENT SCHE-ME. DEPUTATION TO ABERDEEN. yesterday special services were conducted in all thie parish churches in Aberdeen by miembers of the corninittee having charge of tile Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. In the afternoon a ptiblic meeting was held in the East Church. Iev. Jimes Cooper presided, and introduced the speakes S, who ivere :-Rev. Dr Hutchison, ...

... [ SOCIETY OOSSIP. I~~~~~~~. - -. [FFRO, TilE WOReLD.] The Ir on. I [caoh Somerset John Massey is among those sN''ix arc 5ofalt to try their fortune in the Far West. M Massey sailed last week from Liverpool, bound for Texas, where lie will settle on an extensive cattle ranche. The Duke of Rutland is at present staying at Aix- les-Bains for the benefit of his health. The bells of 3 the parish ...

... 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 ...