... THE TRAD.ES.UNION CONGRESS. i The concluding meeting of the Trades Union Con- gress was held in Swansea otn Saturday, and, in con- sequence of a number of important questions remain- ing on the agenda to be disposed of, a large propor. tion of the delegates remained until the ' debth. ,THE LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. At the opening of Saturday's sitting, Mr Cremer, M.P., naked permission ...

... SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE AiRiVED AT AasuDZEN.-September 9th -St 2o3d Clair, Nisbet, Scalloway, goods ; Nile. Kelly, Bo'ness, Fio coalr ; St Nichols, Reid, Wick, goods: City of to Aberdeen, Cbalmmri3, Londim, goods; Arica, Wyles, per Methil, coals; Black Dwarf, Adam, Queensferry, 3d. light: Earnbolra, Black, Invernees, goods ; Matin, Lucas, SunderlFtwd, coals ; Rebicia, Bendon, Teivn- mouth, Tripe ...

... SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD, LOVAT.' The painful news reached Inveries eet Tnesday aftetnoon that Lord L.svat had died ituddenly while out Rroeue shooting on the 2%oy llall Moors. At first the intelligence wsm discredited, as his lordship nAd been seen in tile towII 4z1 the previous day in his usual robust health, and appeAred physically capable of renaminag the head of Can Fraser for many a long ...

... ABERDEEN FREE PRESBY'TERY. IA meeting of the Aberdeen Free Presbytery was held on Ttiesday within the Presbytery Hall. ReV. G. WV. Taontieon, in the absence of ~Rev, D. MLuilll mnodeiaitor, presidine. The 1'realbvteri wveroe ng~aged r for nearly twvo sorstr in private builliear. It-Id .6Ari't, OF ASSiC I (S~it T1ihe e~leirk sI'lititterf a ci'trv if t~ie A.t rr A-- 1hil bly, couto ninig ...

... DR (. W. HOLMES IN PAR'S. The new instalment of Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes's diary in the Atlantic Montbly takes us to Paris, The solitude of the travellers there was in marked contrast to their lionising in London. W %Ve were, indeed, as remote, as untriended-I will not say as melancholy or as slow-as Goldsmith by the side of the lazy Scheldt or the wandering Po. I Not a soul did either of ...

... ]dell (FRoss THE WOILD.) is us A Danish correspondent informs me that the was health of the Princess of Wales has greatly improved don. since her arrival in Denmark. It is no use disguising will the fact that the late London season, coupled with by the terrible shook to the system by the fate whic; Pa. has befallen her favornrite sister, the T)uchess of Com- City. b--'-and, had afecte, 11.1l' ...

... ? %lit ;kbade'ell Xquvljl?,L ABERI)lDEN. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 14, 1887. In the House of Lords yesterday the Corn- mons' amendments to various bills were con- 1 sidered and agreed to. The Technical Education (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and t] passed. Lord Denman moved the second t] readingof theWomen's Suffrage Bill, which, p however, was, on the motion of the Lord b Chancellor, rejected ...

... TiHE CROFTERS COMMISSION IN INORTH UISTl. The Commissioners have now settled down in the ii island of North Uist, and for some weeks will be en- gaged with applications for fair rent lodged by the I crofter tenants of Sir John Campbtll-Orde, who may b be said to be proprietor of the whole island. The s Commissioners arrived in Lochmaddy late on Sunday night. having driven up the Long Island ...

... LOCAL EXAMINATION PRIZES. d The prizes and certificates gained in the recent t Aberdeen University Local Easaminitions were dise t tributed in the lTpper Hall of Marlichal College onx Saturday. Thtre was a large attendance of the a candidates hnd the general public, The Rev. i Professor Christie, chairman of the Board t of Management, presided, and the other I profeasorswhowerepresent were ...

... NORTIH NEWS. BANFF SHIERIFF COURT. NOVEL QUESTION I1: A DEBTS RECOVERY ACTION. In this case George Proctor, solicitor, Keith, sued William Watson, feuar, Tomintoul, for £20 15s 9d of an account. ThH factt of the case are these:- Defender's wife went to the pursuer and instructed him to take legal proceedings against her husband for interim ailmeut. She was admitted to the pvor's roll after the ...

... LATEST' LONDON NiiwS. ^ . _ ~~~~~~~~~~~ v [tROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] ' d LONDON, Tuesday night. v Thescenesof suspension which marked the closing hours of last night's sitting of the House of Commons were a fitting sequel to the debate on the Clare meetings. They werea marked by great heat, X condition of things a] which distinguished the sitting almost from the time that the Speaker ...

... The annual Court by the Magistrates and Council li of Peterhead for the purpose of hearing and dispos- U ing of appeals against valuations made by the I assessor for the burgh for the ensuing year was beld I yesterday. Provost Will presided, and there were I also present Baillies Fraser, Aiken, and Reid, and a Councillors Murray, Wood, Mackintosh, Mitchell, and Lumsden. I Johu M'Efardy, mason, ...