... ABERDEEN, MONDAY, MAY 13,188P. I T.-, 4- n t AA .. Ha V-- en- -:A AA c- j . :2 11 __ London at Paris on Saturday, said France was il working for the peace of the world and the p fraternity of nations. t M. Thevenet, French Minister of Justice, il and M. Merlin, President of the Examining f( Committee of the High Court of Justice, are in favour of bringing General Boulanger before ...

... - ELECTION oFr lMEns.s. A meeting of -the electors of the parish of Old- a m nacbar was held yesterday afternoon in the office in D'iamond Street, for the purpose of electin;, 30 elected members. to serve on the Parocblala Board for the ensning year. There was a smaU attendance. Most of the nominatione- Indeed practically all-were made by Mr Giles, Holburn Street, and Mr, Mitchell, clothier, ...

... CoitN Am~nAflitt - Week ended May 4th. - Quantities aold-Whoat. 61,1.35 quarters ;barley, 7135:- oats, 3869. Pricos~wh5eCt, 2Ds 100l barley, 0is 7d; oats, 1i9a Gd. Corrospotiding week last year-Whleat sold, .55,419 quarters b arloy, 80356 eats, 4413. Pricos-Whilit, 31s 20 barley 30s Od oait, 16a 4d. LONONnnSMonday.-Uarket opens quiet for every. thing, the onlly feature being oato, whiach are % ...

... TEHE IiHONOGR.APH IN AbERDEEN., Q ,. - _ : .; .' ' . u- Yesterda'y : a private exhibition. of.Mr ;Zdison's phonaograph, in its 'latest iand most IPerfect form, was~ given in the Music Hall~ luildings, Abetdleen,' by Mr NY Lynd, FL. The invention is remarkable' for its simiplicity, If a drqpa. or membrane with a 1 needle -proje tilg from its cete he Ie , invbaik by ba sundwave, suchas is ...

... JSIR $ WM HARCOURT: AT BROMLEY Sir Win. Harcourt, M.P., last 'night addressed a crowded meeting in the. DriUhall, Bromloy, Eent. convened, by the Sevenoaks K visioI Liberanl Council. Sir Wmn. Harcourt, who on rising to speak was received with loud cheers, said he calculatedthatthe result of the Sugar Convention would be to increase the price of sugar 6s per head per year. The effect of ...

... (FaoN A, SePRIAIL CORIontrsrrT.) With the advent of the merry month of May we bave a promise of mueb-noeded improvement in the weather. The closing days of April and the opening of May were oheactorised by cold and excessive moisture, and a good deal of rain has fallen, followed by a decided improvement,and the meteorologist i will have to chronicle several hours of bright sunshine.' Nothing ...

... NEW DEER PARU)OHIAL BOARD. A meeting of the New Deer Parochial Board was held at NewI Deer on Saturday forenoon-Mr Charles A. Barclay, Aberdour 11ouse, ohairman of the Board in the chair. COLLEM1ON OF RlATER. Mr Greig, inspector, eported that the total poor rate for the year wao X468 5H 1td, and school rate £806 OR Old, and he had received £465 17a 13d of the poor rates, and £800 17e 9d of the ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL NE'WS. STIRLING FBEs PaRSiiYTERy-TaE New TzsTA. MSNT OCRAr.-A meeting of this Presbytery was held at Stirling yesterday. Rev. Andrew Shaw, Tullibody, proposed Rev. Dr Marcus Dods, Glasgow, for the vacant chair of New Testament Exegesis in the New College, Edinburgh. HIe spoke at lengthl upon Dr Dods' qualifications. It was agreed to propose to the Assembly the names of Dr Marcus ...

... :THE EDUCATIONAL INTE.RESTS OF DYCE On Saturday evening a meeting of the ratepavers of the -parish of Dyce was held at the farm ol Begaley for the purpose of considering the educa- tional interests of the pariab. There was a fair I attendance. On the motion of Mr Mitchell, CaWes. mill, Mr D., a. Cruickshank, Mlains of Dyce, was called to the chair.. The Chairman besought for all a patient ...

... THE STRANDING OF THE LADY CATHOART. SECOND MATE'S UMRTIFICATUZ5U8PgDZ Dl. In the Aberdeen Sheriff Courthouse yesterday, judg mnent was given in the Board of Trade inquiry, whiob was held on' Friday, into the stranding of the steamer Lady Cathoart, belonging to the Aberdeen Lime Company, off Johnshaven, on the 21st -April last. Sheriff Brown, who was assisted in the inquiries by Cautain John ...

... In view of the notice of motion given by Dr Moir at the Council meeting on Tuesday last, that the onter marches be ridden, it may not be inappropriate, wxrites a correspondent, to say a few words concern-i ing this old custom,and what we may expect to seeif I the motion is adopted. The duty of periodically perambulating the marches was one incumbent on all magistrates, and the Church at an ...

... ITRTUMPHS OF INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY. Both scientific and artistic circles in London are f at present greatly interested in the triumphs which ( have been achieved by Mr E. Muybridge, of San Francisco, in photographing the successive phases ii ef animal locomotion, or rather animal move- ments-for motions of every variety are re- corded in his magnificent series of photographs. Mr Muybridge ...