... THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST ABERDEENTSHRE. MEETING OF LIBERALS AT NEW MAUD. On Saturday afternoon a, meeting of Liberal electors, di connected with East Aberdeenshire was held within re the Auction Mart at New Maud for the purpose of w'~ considering -what steps ought to be taken to secure a c thoroughly Liberal Parliamentary representative at the approaching general election. The circular ...

... OU ER PLOTS. . . .~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [BY,~ A SEAFARM15r. In a recent article I' eubinitted the case of the ar elI rilote, as stated by one of 'ibeir own body. InI the to following paper I propose to, include the information 0f Ihav e obtained respecting the earniupc, hasrdships, fo sad other features of the I.ilot's vocation from in- re julrise made at ports around tile United King.domi. St It ...

... |GENERALRFYMEIGNINEWS __J r THE CHOL1A IN SPAIN. [FBOM OUR OeS CORBISPONDEiT.] Madrid, Saturday night-During the last 24 hours there havj been 598 fresh cases of tchplera, and 303 deaths in the province of Valencia; 64 ca;is and 43 deaths in Valencia capital; 52 casts and 28 deaths in Murcia capital; 155 cses and 76 deaths in Murcia province ; 10 cases and 3 deaths in Toledc capital ; 15 tases ...

... ' 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 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 ...

... A Parliament-ry paper just published contains reoi ports from Her Majesty's diplomotic and consulay officers upon the consumption of intoxicating liquord abroad, Consul-General Oppenheimer estimates, w ith regard to Germany, that in the distilleries of the' I Empire in 1875 and 1876 at least 200,000 litres o4 pure alcohol were produced for mere consumption- or, in round numbers, six litres per ...

... LATEST LONDON NEwS. I (FRO M OUR OW, NT CORRES PONDENTS.] c LONDON, Friday night. n The unexpected deadlock which has arisen P in lhe political situation has completely changed o the aspect of affhairs. Attention is diverted from U tlo constitution oi the new Ministry to the re- a ' ...

... I I SOCIETY GOSSiP. [rROMlr ST STLnHZN'S R MVIEW,) After the performance of The Pastoral Players, on Saturday afternoon, in Mr B S. F. Maegeash's lovely grounds at Coombe Houne (uaow a Hydropathic :}Establishment, bnitformerly the residence of Lord Liverpool), the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their three daughters and Prince Albert Victor, pasitook of tea with the present owner, and ...

... 1 I~ ~~~~ -- A large number of very important Scotch estates were put up to auction in London yesterday by the well-known Scotch firm of Messrs J. Watson Lyall & Company, land agents, Pall ealil, who have estab- lished in London, what is to be an annual series of sales by auction of Scotch estates. The first estate put up was the Castle and Barony of Fyvie, in Aber- deenshire, which was a ...

... INVERURIE CONSERVATIVE I ASSOCIATION. SPEECH BY MR IRVINE, YR. OF DRUM. 0 The inaugural meeting of the Inverurie District v Conservative Association was held in the Townhall, I Inverufrie, on Saturday afternoon. The proceedings took the form of a luncheon, aind there was a yeryh large attendance, thre hail being filled. Mr A. AL. Gordon of Newton presided, and the croupiers were fi Mes~srs ...

... THTE EPTITSENTAT1ON OF ABERDEEN. 'dP 1'tBET EENTEE TRADES COTNLCIL C ND T. ' lL LIBERAL ASSOCIATION, a: ?7__-C'T1OuN 01' DR W. A. HUN~TER AS A LA'BOUR CANDIDATE. Ui 4A ci5i. i the Trades Councilc earheld lastbh inl the Northeorn Bail to consider the questionuh iii, 1'aclianientr'rty representation of the city. Mar ci Thomnp.'on miscidod. fC 'cc Chairnanm said that before they proceeded to ...

... NORTHERN CO-OPER.4TIVE CMOMPAN'Y. Si,-I have been reading with interest the letters appearing in reference to the Co-operative Company. I have been a shareholder for many years. My ob- ject in joining was to get cheap goods, and not to em- plov the company as bankers, Any little savings I may have are well looked after in Exchange Street, and the suim can be realised with interest. I am only a ...