... D CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ASSOCIATI(oN; SIR,-I was present at the annual meetinor of the ;, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aniimasl held in the Music Hall yesterday, and truly the ) dumb creation in Aberdeeni and the north-east of M Scotland are to be congratulated in regard to their rd protectors. The motions were proposed, sceoldmlf r-and passed without being even put to the meetill,, , ...

... ABEILDEEN SCHIOOL BOARD EL EP' 'I'l )ON A inzettag wns held in tiio. Plath H~otel, Abtlardeeli, riri ttoils u'cloik on Soturday, of those desirous, if Mi pctbie, to avoid the coast of a contested olction, and wa! a-, thed -3ates time s;ecure an oiticient and thoroughly brc oi--otative set of ineibere. The circular cailing , S1'! Inestiu;~ was sitened by c'x-D~eau of Guildin, Nva'lk, no~d Mi' J ...

... PETERCULTEP, I A pul.lic nleeting of ratepayers in the-Calter n, diitrict so hald on Saturday aftornoon at 4 o'clocklok a within the Craagteon Public School to consider as al to the ensuing election of the School Board. The | present members of the Board rare :-Mr John Rust, a jun., architect, chairman; Messrs Thomson, Oulter Paper Works: Diack, Benthoul ; Reid, Nether i Contla v; and Lawson ...

... ABERDEEN FRIEE LIBRARY. Ic IsROM A Coitiitsi'o0nstx.} A i A'. naschar- like capacity for buildill castles I ii tiit ;nt1' pervades the imaginative Twentv who lustitute the Aberdeen Public Library Crom- t viiee--a faculty in *which Councillor Mor- ,anl s talent is particualarly vivid, brilliant, 6 fe 1 i rtile. It is a pity that from such j oiiiintal iausin s the Committee descended e tile pr.- ...

... TO-DAY'S WEATHER FOREOASTS. r He's o VVJA' 0 u UAu-A. Issued from the Meteorological Office Yesterdav r at 8ID.m. r 0. Scotland, N.-North-westerly winds, inereaeing; showery changeable. i 1. Scotland, E.-Do. 2. England, N.&-Do. 3 S. England, E.-Same as No. 5. 4. Midland Oountiea.-Do. r 5. England, S. (London and Channel).-Light variable airs, fne and frosty at first; unsettled and showery ...

... THE EFFlCIENCY OF THE NAVY. HOW THE DAILY TELEiSGRAPsi THSINKS iT NiT 05 TESTED. The Daily Telegraph, reviewiim an article by Captain Colomb on the officiency of our navy, refers to tbhe useful shamn contests in Bantry Bay between the fleet and the torpedo boats, and says :-Captain Colomb proposes that the tremendous question of our mercantile fleet and our food supphcle should be tested ...

... THE FALL OF THIE FRENCH MIINISTRY. - - -e - - -- - - - M, FLOQUET SUMMONED TO THE ELYSEE. is it i GENERAL BOULANGER'S TRIUMPH. v n __ ad ir (RatrrTR's TRLEGsAMs.) nit ie Paris, Saturday, 2 55 p.m.-President Carnot en Fe this morning conferred with M. le Royer, vil President of the Senate, and will probably send TI it for M. Floquet in the course of the day. The a r general impression is that ...

... - . _ 4>- .S ~~~~~~~~~ THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN ..IN ABYSSINIA. TEE TERMS OF PEACE. [REcma's Tzr.sR>ms. ] Rome, Saturday.-A telegram from Masso- el wah, dated yesterday, says the Abyssinian advanced posts having withdrawn during the night the Italian scouts penetrated into the enema's camp. They agree in stating that King John has resolved to sue for peace, but the vigilance of the Italians has ...

... |LATEST LONDON NEwS. I 1 . I f FROMA OUTR OWN CORRESPON~DENTS.]' y ~~~~~LONDON, Sunday night. 'The only thing that is certain in France is the unexpected. Who would have thought dthat the powerful, the popular President Grevy LO would have been brought to the ground by an ig old humpbacked woman whom lbe had never it seen, and probably had never heard of until her a arrest. That ...

... rd, SKVNE.-The time for nominating members for a this Board expired on Friday night. The Board lee consists of five members, and only three have been Fo on, nominated. net in KrAMNAc.-There are nine nominations for the five cor seats, namely-Messrs A. G. Burnett of Kernasy of ing Peter Christie, Aquithie- James Halket, mason; m. as George Milne, merchant; Andrew Petrie, bank pl ild agent; ...

... e GRADUATION IN ARTS. 3 On Saturday the ceremony of capping the graduates p, n in Arts at Aberdeen lUniversity took place in the B Chapel, King's College, in presence of a large gather- R d ing of the students and their lady friends, I-] e Principal Geddes presided, and those who took places S, d on the benches behind were Professors Milligan, y . Stewart, Kennedy, Christie, Stephenson, Cash, ...

... - - a ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS IN SECOND- it ARY SCHOOLS. I GXRYA.N)S COMMEFiRCIAL SOROOLS, an The quarterly meeting of the Aberdeen Branch of s' the Association of Teachers in the Secondary Schools pM of Scotland was held on Saturday in the Grammar thi School, under the presidency of Mr J-. Moir, the rector Dr Schlomnka, High School, Glasgow, read a paper S on `G-rman Schools, their ...