... LETTERS TO TZE EDITOR. THE GOVAN C'ASS. Western Club, Glasgow, May 24. 1 SIR,-Acting on the discretionary authority en- a trusted to me by Dr Macleod, may I ask you to ;I insert the accompanying letter in your to-morrow's print. Obviously I could not competently pro- duce it at the bar of the Asesmbly-I amr, &c, E F. LoC7tsskT RoBEIHoSeaN. j The Manse, Govan, Mlay 22. 1 i My dear Iobertson,-As ...

... IMIPORTANT KEEDIVIAL DECREE. (RUIAL TLEGP.AYdS TO THE STANDALtD OF MISS M5ORNING.) Cairo, Wednesday. Representatives of the various Powers to-day formally called upon the Egyptian Government to inmmediately rescind the late decee taxing the coupon of the debt 5 per cent upon the groundthat the Convention not havinag been ratified, the Khedive had no rig~ht to anticipate its provision. They ...

... A A general meeting of the Volunteer comimis. sioned officers, past and present, who have joined the West of Scotland Tactical Society was held in the Religious Institutiou Rooms, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, yesterday, for the purpose of ad. justing rules, &c. Colonel D. Matheson, C.B., of the let Lanark Engineer Volunteers, was called to the chair, and among those present were-Lieut.- CoL 3. ...

... G6ENS. ASSEMBLIES. eSTABLjSH1ED CHIJRCH. SATURDAY, M1ay 23' lyeumd to-day at eleven o'clock! The '5snujjrem Miool utdrews, mode- I LOW ARDSt A ?? laid en the table the report o h Lodas: the Aged and Infirm Ministers' m42 'Tecount of the capital fund at the end PO 959 ?? 103-an increatse on the To icme or the annual fund weal ,at 5d.'5 inrese of £,182 49 id. Tbehi ?? is bratieb bad been more ta ...

... I M.moROLObcAL OFFIC, Tuesday, May 12. 8 P.Ur. T5ne dry weather hns prevailed to-day over Eng- land and Ireland generally, and sbowery weather in Scotland. Temperature has been low, and while light south-westerly to westerly breezes have prevailed at the most, northern of our stations, easterly winds have been felt in the south, and calm or variable airs at the more central stations. This ...

... FREE CHURCH ASSEMIBLY. (Contnured from Tenth Pag-e.) EVENING SEDERUNTT. The Assembly resumed its sitting at Seven o'clockc int the ?? Brown, Aberdeen, mode- rator, t HCOsE MTsSIOlit Dr ADAM, Glasgow, presented the report of the Home Mission and Church Extension Committee.s The work of the committee, it raid, presented no specisl f features during the past year, but it bed gone on, steadily and ...

... I THE QUREN'S jOURNEY TO BA-LMORAL, I The ryal train, with the Queen, the |Marchi nems of Lorne, Princess Beatrice, Princess of Leiningen, and Princess Margaret and Prince Arthur of Connaught, arrived at Larbert, on the way from the South, at half-past eight yesterday morning, and after a stoppage of five minutes proceeded for the North. The general public were excluded from the plat- form, ...

... BLECTION NEWS. RFEPRESENTATION OF 3ERWI0(SHI1RE. We are informed upon the highest authority that i Colonel ;Milne Home of Wedderburn, It.P. (cum- r manding the Royal Horse Guards Blue), will con- test the representation of Berwickshire in the Con- servative interest at the forthcooming general elec- t tion. A representative meeting of the county Con- servatives, under the presidency of Sir ...

... CASUALTIE.S. Tire Gottlias, hlorroward l bound from Mlozam bique, has been wyreeked. Vessel and cargo a total loe. Llovd',s agent at Abo telegraphs on 17th inst. that the itoxiurglh Caste (s) has gone ashore six miles from Abo, on the Cluster. Lreyies agent at iialifax telegraphs that the Magidaleaia (N orwegian bartue) has been abandoned irl a siuking crudition. Crew saved. Lloyd's ag er t at ...

... ., ME NUNDEILA AND THE SCOTC H SXCBSArT BILL. A deputation from Aberdeen University, con- sisting of Principal Birie and Professors Donald- sOn, Geddes, and Ogston, and accompanied by Mr Craig Sellar, I.P., waited on Mr ?? at the Education Office yesterday afternoon, their object being, as stated in a circular addressed to the Scotch Education koard, to supply a defecti whichmust be supplied ...

... SATU1BDY MORNIG, MAY 2, The main feature to-day in connection wvith Ihe Anglo-Russianx crisis has reference to the ar-bitrattiors proposals of the British Government. It is understood that these arrived at 3t Peters- barg yesterday, and that they 'vill be considered today t -at Corncil of- Ministers, to be held nurder the-presideney of the Czar. From Tirpul, the headquiarters of Sir P. Lumsden ...

... LORD ELCHO, MY.P, AT DUVNBAR. Last night, in the Corn Exchange, Vunliar, Lord Vto Elcho, M.P., audressed a large meeting of his con- tu stituents. Provost Brand, Dunbar, presided. 'lhe Hi circumstances, Lord Elcuo said, under which he B then addressed thenm were widely different to those p under which, more than two years ago, he first M had the honour of addresding a public ieetinu in Dunbar, ...