... * BIRTHS. it At 26 Rosebank Place, on the 2nd December, the wife of nGEocGs. LrInT1, Of a daughter. At 69 Queen's Gate, London, on Novernber 30, the wife of i Colonel Russui;L of Aden, Military Attache, Berlin, of a son and heir. a DE&THS. S At 17 Wardell Street, Toronto (Canada), on the 5th ult., THoMAs, only son of Thomnas Brown, jun., carpenter (late of - berdeen), aged 3 years and 1 mornt ...

... . . :: , ; 6 :: i I I :,.--. THE PROSPECTS OF THEf RADICAL1: PARTT. REPLY TO LORD HARTINGTON. TiHE GOVERNMENT'S IRISH POLICY. : 0 0 0 . ~MAscuxTaeiis, Tuesday. Mr Gladstone to-day spent a quiet time at Ford Bank. The ex-Premier was in capital healthtaud, seemned in no way to be suffering frem the efforts of his speech on: the preceding day. There was a crowded vatheringof ladies at the ...

... COSTUME DEPARTMENT. PRATT & KEITH. A Laree Stock of Ready-M'.de COSTUMES, in Black and Colours, COSTUMES Copied from Paris and London NModelv. BRAIDED COSTUMES, from 55s. TWEED COSTUMES. SKIRTS, with Material for Bodices, from 353. LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S TAILORING-Costumes, Jackets, Coats, Riding Habits. DRESSMAKING-DINNER, EVENING, AND WALKING DRESSES, MANTLES and MANTLEMAKING. MILLINERy ...

... In the El-in Sheriff Court some time ago proof was led in an important action at the instance of cl Doutald Clarke, farmer, Blervie Castle, Rafford,A againsrt Charles H. Mackessaok, eon of an eiig01 With James Nuackessaok, farmer, Earn side, Al'e~s, t ;uiiicg for the sum of £500, being the price of two C ent,';r colts, aPlleged to have been offered by the de- h lanider to the purSuer in a ...

... ECOLESIASTIOAL NEWS. DUNDaE-DINsER TO DA MENZIES, ABzrnxy5r. l Last night Rev. Allan Menzies, D.D., I parish ml minister of Abernyte., was entertained by the it Presbytery of Dundee to dinner in the Queen's He Hotel, Dundee, in celebration of his preferment to Il the Chair of Biblical Criticism in St Mfary's College, St Andrews. The Rev. Hugh George Watt, the moderator of the Presbytery, ...

... 11EALTH, STRENGTH, & ENERGY. DR LALOR'S HOSPHODYNE For TWENi N'-l'iVE YEAIS Ms unintainid its woe*wd-oid reputotioti as the only SAFE, INELIABLIL, PHIOSPIHORIC REMEDY 'eer d-co ered for the Il rm:,unt Cure of Wrain Wrenc!e, 1araly iI, Sieepte.i-tiei.. i hraing ireatut, Pre- niatu ie 1 fxo of Vital lower, awl all lunsetisal and lirPsed Condititon a the System depeuudeit upon the Delitieticy of ...

... LORD SALISBUTRY AND THE AFRICAN I LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Tbe National Temperance Federation has receied c the following letter from the Prime Minister Foreign Office, November 26tb.-Sir,-I am i directed by the Marquis ot Salisbury to acknowledge v receipt of your letter of 16th inst., transmitting a t memorial in regard to the- disastrous effecth of the liquor traffic upou t'A native races of Afrioa, ...

... I | THE MARITIME CONFERENCE. [RBZUTmR's TELEGRAM.] Washinigton, Thursday.-The report of the Committee of the Iaritime Conference on the various systems of saving life at sea says that the rules of'the British Board'6f Trade should form the basis of interiutional agreement. THE AMNESTY FOR CRETE. : (RRXUTERBS TELEGRAr. ) Constantinople, Thursday.-A passage deal ing with the amnesty question' in ...

... . LEOTURES, SOCIAL MEETINGS, &a. PORTLEITIUN-MUTUALM1fROVEMET8N ASsOCIATION. -The Mutual Improvement Association met for the f first time for the season in the Portletben School- room on Wednesday evening. There was a good atteudance. The work of the session was begun by a t debate, Onght capital punishment to be abolished? . the result of the vote being 9 for the adfirmative and ,20 for ...

... GOSSIP FROvI d TRUTH. I hear that, besides aoing to Italy in March, the r Queen will probably pay a visit to Germany at Whit- s suntide, in order that she may be the guest of the -Empress Frederick at Cronberg in the Taunus, and s Her Majesty would afterwards be entertained by the e Emperor NWilliam at Potsdam. There is no truth whatever in the statement that the state coach is to be ...

... THE HERRING BRANP Al pay O( MEETING OF, FRPURURGE FISHCUR.,L iiT Another meeting of the jdahcurer wvas beld in 'the Fraserburgh Townball Y Aterday, whcrn the report by.l the committee appointe~d to idrawup a memorial was l under consideration, Baillie Murray was oaUaed| upon to preside, ari-- 'after explainIing the 'nature 'of the meeting he alled on Mr Tarras to read the memorial aap~emred ...

... LO.RD KINTORE IN SOUTH-.EAST AUSTRALIA. ri, M~~OAGNICENTs iREUiPT10i5. Lord Kinlore, Governor Of South Australia, re- cenltlY paid a visit to IMount Gambier, in the coutha 'aet, On the occasion of the Agricultural aInd Herti- lxcultusal show, and met with a% magni ficent reception. 'The public decorations conaistd of theo words, Welcome to Mount Gambier, stretched a cross the railway yard ...