... : - ire Mr Wm. Smith, M.Inst. C.E.,the Aberdeen-harbocr w engineer, who has been appointed a member of the Sm International Congress of Maritim mis eets in Paris in October in co Work, wit h t conection, with the m- Exbibition, has sent to the'Councll a paper upon the ad Conveyance of Ships Overland, in t illustration of z0 which he has had constructed a et of models of his. he new system ...

... CULkIIEPRY EXPLOSION I N NORTH WA4LENS. QREAT LOSS OF LII'E.e' .A v ery serios expiosion of gas occurred yesterdag I a~tervoon at Brynmally Collierie;, near WArexhan, a bywhich it is feared a large nu~mber of men have t los; their lives. The eaplosion took plaee about 5 .>, julst b-hore the day shift were leaving work., A partv hr of extiloters descended the sbaft as SOOD as possible, m anrd ...

... Her Majesty, acting on the advice of the Home Secretary, has granted a reprieve to Florence MIay- , brick, and commuted the sentence to one of penale e servitude for life. a Mrs Maybrick is reported to be improv- eoing as little. She is very thankful for the a efforts made to save her life, but the chaplain a considers that she scarcely realises the convict's e life that is before her.. When ...

... Mrs Rosana Lanoiimaun von Gmazaenfels, widow of the m an who committed a double eorder and suicide at Stratford, arrived in Stratford f rom, londlon on 'Thursday, and identified her huslasnd's, body. She Was met at the station by the Seperin- tendont of Police, who took her to the haosbe where the tbreo -bodies were laid out. The woman readily identifed her husband, and, kneeling down, kissed ...

... MAREBT INTELLIGENCA CORN. is Conx Avsun-Rlturn for week ended August ot 24tb is as follows :-Wheat sold, 33,669 qrs.; barley, & 341 qra.; oats, 863 qrs. Average price-Wheat, 80a Y Sd ; barley, l9B fd; oat, 18B lId. Corresponding : week last year-Wheat sold, 20,647 qrs.; barley, 16 oi qr.; oati, 1030 qrsr Average price-Wheat, 36s ld; of barley, 21s lid ; oats, 20s Od. ie LoNDoN, Monday.-Markeb ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Mi.-ILS3. DreC;ATClI OF NCXT MAT . ILS .FAT .DitsrrNAvroroa I RiOM LON?uON. MATS ;11 ry. 3 AS~ell~lOl .. -ia ];lyinokuth]..3ar. S 3l. 31cr. 11 s Australia, via.: Victoria, 1ew South Wales, (.rzeens!anc1, South Australia, and Tas- .manial, via Brindisi .,. S.. Ear M ',ar. - aT Western Australia via Brindisj..Mtar. 7 Mr M\ar. - e Australia (Parcelt. Mail) . M ...

... OLDliIELDRUM-MAIL GIG CONTRAOT.-This' TI, contract, which was recently advertised, has passed this to-day into new management. During the past year sc it has been held by MHr Oarrie, of M'Crae's Hotel, of I and it now reverts tolMr Williamson, of the Meldrum. peop Arms, w'hose father held it for a long series of years. deal rOTHES - PABO.4HIAL BOARDn ELEOTION.-OnI Tow Thursday the annual ...

... THE NEW UNIVERSITY RECREATION - GROUNDS. ai in, All lovers of outdoor sports will join in congratu. nt lating the students' committee entrusted with the ly acquiring and laying out of the new recreation ground in, at King Street on the sucecessful issue of the pro. 3a jjet. , The idea of a park orginated in 1884, when a 3y committee of students was appointed to consider what :'0 steps could be ...

... THE LIVERPOOL POISONIN(G MYSTERY. t The inquest was opened yesterday at (larston, near Liverpool, tonucing the death ot James Maybrick, aged 50, cotton merchant, Liverpool, f whose death is alleged to have been caused by poison I adminietered by his wife, who is ini cuqtoily. Mrs Maybricl-, whose age is 20, is a daugnter of Baroness Roque, and stcp-daughter of Baroa Roque. Mrs4 Maybrick's name ...

... DESPATCH OF NENT MAILS. NEXT hDESTINATIONS. ~r0Mo LoNicON. IMAIL box. hAscens[ion. . Via Plyineuth..Sept. 18 Mi Sapt. 24 Australia, viz. :Victoria, New id Sjoth Wales, Q~ueensland3, 0 South Australia, and Tas- of d mania, via lBriudiSi.. Sept. 13 E S Se pt. 1 6 ti n Western Australia via Brindisi.,Sept. 13 AM Sept. 16 of e Australia (Parcels Mlaifl Sept. - Al Sept. - of ...

... PERTEl RAM SOCIETY. SALE OF BLACKFAC D SHREPs Yesterday the first show and sale of blackfaced rams and ram lambs under the auspices of the Perth Ram t( Society wvas held in a field adjoining tbe loading bank a~ of the Caledonian Railway Company at Perth North. al The prize-list was as followvs:-For the best 10 shear-~ is ling rams-i Mr Craia, High Ploughiands ; 2 Mr VY BcanLetter 3 Mr M'Indce, ...

... SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CHU'RCH, (FROM A CORRESPONDIIET.) There is in this month's issue of the Scottish Church an article which hits off with accuracy a need in the National Church. which, felt already, will continue to be felt with increasing gravity as time goes on. The little magazine in which it appears, although less extensively circulated than Life and vork, has a substantial raison ...