... It is satisfactory to loarn that the results obtained by our local School of Art in the recent competi- tions and examinations held under the Science and Art Department are of a gratifying nature. Last year the results all over were the best ever obtained by the school, and yet with a continually increas- ing standard imposed by the department the returns just to hand are in almost every ...

... THE CM2OTELS COWMISS401N IN OfR-NEY. at- r The Commiasioners proceeded yesterday (Wed. t neaday) from Elrkwall to the Island of Sanday, r !r where they begin aitling to-clay. Tee cases to be (I called iirst are from. tle Earl of Zetland's estate in o le the north end of the island, where over 20 of the u u k tenants have applied for fair rent. 'The Earl has i el also lodged a few applicatione ...

... THE LkNARK ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS AT CHATRAM. ! - ?? ir The annual visit of a detachment of the let Y, Lanark Engineer Volunteers to Chatham has this ic year proved very interesting to them. Forty men have gone up this year, being double the usual number. They are under the command of Captain LBell, of the Cheshire Regiment, who has made himself very popular with the men, In a re- cent letter a ...

... ANGL AG. Trin EEr (DurnErsssnesvr).-Notwithetanding the fre- quent fails of rain this river has searcely been in flined during thie past week, but it has been swelled on more than one ocea- sion, Angling with bait and fly has been sedulously pursued by a large number of fishers, but the takes during the day have not been large as a rule. Night fishing, however, has been much more productive, ...

... OUR LONDON CORRSPONDENCE, i 65 FLErT STPZRT, Tuesday Night. The news from MOrOcco is very alarming, even if it be, as is probable, a little exaggar. ated. Sultan Muley Hassan appears to be running a-muck amongst his rebel sub- jects, and is in some danger of getting the worst of it. His downfall, if it occurred, would turn all Morocco into a battle ground, and create Earopean complica- tions ...

... b. STATE OF THE PARTRIDGE, ,F PRE SERVE.S. i . V - ) Aithouih. sport in the partridge preserves may r lawfully begin to-morrow morning, the first, it t is not likely that so many of these fine tablec birds will reach the market as has during some I late years been usual. Iu many parts of Seot- land there can be no stubble to speak of till I the pheasants have become due, on the Ist of ...

... ACGPIcLTUPE. 'ARaVESTIG IiN AUStldAHfUNGARY.-WEiting an the 13th inst., a correspondent says :-The im- provement in the weather, which has now lasted several days, has put a sudd'en stop to the specula- tion for the rise in corn, wbich in Hungary ha d be-un to assume formidable dimensions. The price had risen so rapidly that it was feared that both speculators andu produdcer would be induced ! ...

... PROCLAMATIONS UNDER THE CRIMES ACT. Last nigbt's Dublin Gazette contained a number, of proclamationts under the Crimes Act. The barony of Arklow, County Wicklow, is proclaimed I under section two (summary jurisdiction); fourtesa baronies in County Wicklow are proclaimed under sectiers one, two, three, and four; and seveQ; ]baronies' in County Mayo are also preclaimed under the same sections. ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, iB 65 FLEET STB=ET ! Thursday Night. Mr Gladstoue's article on Mr Forster has been 'he first relief of the dull season, and is the! principal subject of talk i.u political circles to. 1ay. It baS been remarked that his appcrecia. doif of Ur Forster's position as a statesman is oot quite so bigh as might have been e~xpectedL from asi old colleague and leader. It was ...

... THRUPSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30. The memberi of the British Archaeological Association visited several places of interest inI and around Stirling yesterday. After a short inspection of Torwoodhead Castle the party x proceeded to Tapock Broch, where an in- teresting paper on that peculiar class of build- I ings was read by Mr J. Dalrymnple Duncan. 1 The field of Bannockbnrn was surveyed, and after ...

... THE. IRISH IZN AMERICA. The following letter has been addressed by Mr Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National League in America, to the different States dole- gates:- Lincoln, August 28.-Dear Sir,-Owing to the refusal of the Salisbury Cabinet to grant the Irish members of Parliament an investigating committee to examine into the truth of the charges made against them by the London Times, ...

... KiLF-YEAILLY EETINS. I The statutory balf-yearly meeting of the Barony tarochial Board was held ia the Board-room yes. ?? James Parlie in the chair. INSPECTOUS' REPOrLT. Mr MIuOTIO (inspector) submitted the report for the six months ending 14th August, which here that the appiications for that period were 3031, coiciared with 32S0 for the c irrespoudinog eriod 4f last year-a decrease of ?? Of ...