... FORGOE-CONCERT.-A concert Was held here on Friday evening for the purpose of raising funds to obtain prizes for the scholars of the parish. A long and varied programme of vocal and instrumental music and recitations was gone through. GLASS - LcioniE ON MISSIONARY Wona. - A lecture was delivered in the Central School on Saturday evening by the Rev. Mr Campbell, of Rosemount Parish Church, ...

... ili. REUTER'S MLAIL AND STEAMSHIP NEWS.I New York, Saturday.-The Canard steamer Etruria arrived here at 8 p.m. to-day. Port Said, Sunday.-The Allan steamer Hispania 1 and the British India steamer Kerbela, from Bow- bay, left to-diay for Liverpool and London re- spectively. Liverpool, Monday.-The HIall Line steanimr Merton Hall left yesterday for-Boinbay. S Port Said, Monday.-The Hall Line ...

... TUIE PUl.LIC IIEALTH. SI tiut 1\ IlI-ilT1OXN OF SANTITARY APP1LIANCEScl IN ABjErIX-IEN. int Tbe formation in Aberde'en of a Local Board in biti Ciicionwth th,-, \Worshipiiil Coini1'sY ofN 'a tnib, 'I ofLondon for thte purp'ose of institutitngf awit isIiA ejtratijon of competent mnoi isagrtf-w i:r~iof the dines. It shlows that the members of wat m1 imiioitatnt tradle os begianinit to realiz~e ...

... TIE AMCER AND LORD DU5IZRIN. Some further correspondence respecting the affairs of Central Asia was issued with the Parliament- ary papers yesterday. A highly interesting contri- bution to the correspondence is a letter from the Aineer of Afghanistan to Lord Dufferin with regard to the withdrawal of Russian claims to Kham-I-Ab, and the acceptance by that nation of the views of the British ...

... MR HUNTER, M.P., AT WOODSIDE Last night AMr V. A. Hunter, MIY. for North Aberdeen addressed a meeting of his constituents in Is the Burgh Hall. Woodside. Mr J W. Croosbie' iBlauevaiie Lodge, occupied the chair aud there was k a larae attendance. Letters of apology for inability St to be present were iead from Rev. Mr Saunders and Rev. Mr 1 oir and thereafter the Chairman intro- o duced ir ...

... DISP'urE AS '1'O A ROSS-SIRIIIE FARM. ated | be Court of Session on Thursday Lord M'Lare, | tdisposed of an action in which Duncan Cameron,l ham merchant in Inverness, sought declarator as againsL sted Tames Evan Bruce Baillie of Dochfourand Redcisti e that and the trustees of the previous heir in possession to 8 of the effect that pursuer was not bound to implement a I he memorandum or ...

... a th t DlINGWALr. rsE PIIESIkYTIav.-At a meeting of To e Dingwall Free Presbytery yesterday, an extract from cu the Glasgow Presh tvy meeting sustaining the Call W to the Rev. Mr Maclilijidl and the reasons for trans. hr e lation were laid on the table. Edict was ordered to m d be served at Dingwall onl 26th February, and corn- A missioners were appointed to prosecute the call oln hi coh March ...

... THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON CLAP-TRAP ILIBERALISM1. WN'riting to the Conservatives of North Camber- well on the subject of the establishment of a local Unionist newspaper, the Duke of Argyll sas :-The Liberal party is led by MTr (Gladstone has taken a wholly new departure, one which leads to chaos, and to the sacrifice of many principles which Liberalism in this country has hitherto held sacred. I ...

... T14,P GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. BAD COUGH. ANOTHER EXPERT SUMMONED. (REUTER's TeLEInAMS.) San Remo, Saturday evening.-The Crown Prince passed on the whole a very good day, Professor Kussmaul, of Strasburg, has been summoned at the request of Dr Von Berg- mann. San Remo, Sunday.-The Crown Prince passed a good night, bltrh the cough and expectoration being less. Professor Kussamaul off has not found ...

... MRI GLADSTONE AND DEPTFORD. Mr G ladetone has written to Ladv Anne Blunt a letter, vrhich was circulated as an election handbill in DepI;ford yesterday. The right hon. gentleman says that, without presuming to dispute the laws which seem to have been laid down, he has no doubt that 'Mr Blunt's intention In visiting Ireland wae to maintain the law as well as to vindicate popular rights, and to ...

... MR SH{AW-LETEVlIES FABLI S. The revival by Mr Shaw-Lefevro of the cxaloF1r1 libel on Lord Salisbury's Government that the; ',i. secretly favoured Home Rule in lS.-d in or1. ti attract the Irish vote, anid the acceptance e: its fiction as true by the Separatist orcanS iii ih. if', render it desirable to republish Lord Saiii; orY emphatic contradiction,, contained in a letter ro Mlr Mlaclure, M ...

... FOVERAN-PARISH CautRcn Caora.-The annual entertainment given to the Parish Church choit by their leader, Mr Phllips, was held in the Udny Arms Hotel on Wednesday evening. BRAiEMrAR-LECTURL-A lecture was delivered in the Victoria Hall, Castleton, on Tuesday evening by Res. William Gordon, the subject being From Braemar to Shetland. NAIaN-ILEcTuRrE,-On Wednesday evening, under the auspices of ...