... LIBERAL.UNIONIST MiETLTING AT BANclORY. . Last night sc mbetitig of Liberal Unionists wase 116ld wtithini the IBancobry (16ffiieholigel Hall fo the JV 0 purpose of orining A local brunch of tile Aberdeen S. Unionist Associatioti and to ma~ke Arrangemenfts A bfoe atonding the, nting to be addresoeid in Abet~- fdenonrhg38 current by Mr 'R. B3.Finlav, MXP 2r There was a fear attendance, among ...

... ABERDEEN, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1887. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Salis- bury stated, in reply to the Earl of Rosebery, - . I I '.- - - - 'k1,. that he believed an important Convention bad just been concluded which would settle the differences which had recently marred the relations subsisting between Great Britain and f the Porte. The Prime Minister was not, how- ever, in a position at ...

... LETTES -To THER EDITOR. - -4. -_ - A NOISY NUISANCE. Sus,-Sund:y evening though it be, I write to ask you if nothing can be done to stop that horrible nuisance which proceeds daily from St Mary's tower in Hluntly Street, and is aggravated on Sabbath to an intolerable degree. To-day, for instance, the effect is as if somebody were amusing himself by striking old iron pots with a couple of ...

... I .I HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. BILLS PA.9),D.' The House met at four o'clock, when the Royal a senlt was given by Commission to the Duke of .Conaught'sLeave Act,, the Conversion of Indian Stock Aot, Sapreme Court of Judicature Ireland 0 Act, Incumbents of Benefices Loans Extension Act, 18t6, Amendment Act; Customs Consolidation Act, 1 1876, Amendment Act; Police Disabilities Removal Act, and a ...

... THE BURNING OF A- PARIS . 'THEATRE. II i SIXTY FIGHT BODIES RECOVERED, . a HEARTRENDING SCENES. t SS i (RrEutx's TEnxauaoSXS.)E me Paris, Friday.--The work of recovering the er bodies from the ruins of the Opera Comique was t a- resumed this morning. It is stated that 20 is bodies of spectators who were suffocated lIave a ir been found lying in a heap in the refreshment I zeroom of the theatre ...

... SaW YORK'PRICES- RIDAY. na's Money easy. Cotton firm. Petroleum firm ,en Lard firm. Wheat firm, but quiet, Flour firm 3bt Corn qulet, but steady. Sugar dall. Coffee stead y his Iron quiet. 1. Thursday. Friday. Fles Call Money, In. U.S,Gov. Bond 3 p o. 5 p.o. the ,, the seouritiea ,. 3 pc, D p. nd Exchb.nLondont90 days'sight 4*85.'t 4-85k li the CableTransfers .. 4-87i 4-87i S ...

... --- Mr Haldane, M.P., in a letter to yesterday's Times, replies to the statement of Mr Arthur Elliot:- That the Eighty was originally founded by Mr Albert Grey, assisted by Sir Henry James and Lord Richard Grosvenor, and was some time known as Mr Grey's Committee. It was, says Mr Haldane, certainly so formed for the purpose of the general eleotion of 1880, and so little store did its ...

... STATUE OF THE LATE PROFESSOR FAWOETI. , Yesterday afternoon a statue of the late Professor Fawcett, in Salisbury Market Place, was unveiled by the Earl of Pembroke in presence of a large gather- ing. A public luncheon -at the Council Houee followed, at which Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, and Mr Leslie Stephen spoke in eulogy of the late Prof.' Fawcett. A Finn at the farm steadinga of West Mains, ...

... THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO I BALMORAL. Mtto, - lord ARRIVAL AT PERTiH tion The Queen left Windsor about 820 on prida, and evening, accompanied by the Prince and Princes s of Henry of Battenbere and Princess Frederica of lial. 6eds over, for Balmoral. Her Majesty the lueen and sut the arrived at Perth at 940. There was a lar'ge attend. am ance of the public, but these were kept at a reopectfluj ?m- ...

... THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND MR O'BRIEN. The fortnightly meeting of the Irish National League was held in Dublin yesterday-Mr Edmund Leamy presiding. It was reported that the receipts since last meeting amounted to £219. Mr Leamy said they all felt deeply moved by the intelligence which had just been received from Canada. If Lord Lansdowne had desired that Mr Wm. O'Brien should receive fairplay, ...

... MARK TWAIN'S REPLY TO MATT'H-IEW ARNOLD. At the annual reunion of the Army and Navy Club eof Connecticut, at Hartford, the cliief address on tile r memory of General Grant wats madle by the Rev'. llr IM. B. Rliddle, formerly a chaplain in thu service, lIe ewV11 followed by S. L. Clemons (Mlark Twain). It tbe course of bid remarks A r Cleimeni said -Latelv a great and honoured author, Matthew ...

... [LATEST LONDON Nws.,. .FROMOUROWN CORRESPONDENTS.1 LONDON, Monday night. I have semi-official information which proves that foundation exists for the reports ascribing to the Government a convention for determin- ing the British occupation of Egypt. The convention is the handiwork of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff and Moukhtar Pasha, and the reticence of Ministers when asked to explain its ...