... TIHE PROCEDURE CO MMITTEE. The Press Associa'tion slays the Selitit Commiftm ee on Partly Consilered Bills met agazin y,¶sterday. Mr . i, (ioeoben presided, and all the memnbeors wero present. Tb The debate on Mr Gladstone's amend~meot, declaring In the proposed new standing order to be vinnecesasry Mr and objectionable, was resumued, sime..ogt the rto opeaker being the Chairman, Me iGlad ...

... ITHE GEINERAL ASSEMBLIES. t (F|les OUS OWN CORIREPONDENT.) t EDINBURGH, Saturday night. f In the Free Church Assembly to-day a dis- ; cussion which tended to throw light on* ecclesiastical prospects in Scotland was raised by a series of resolutions reciprocating fraternal o greetings with the United Presbyterian Church, C and authorising the Home Mlission Committee I to u meet with the Home ...

... I CALL TO fi3V. MX MOACMILLAN, rEitTim.' ' .Trr. A, meeting of the Free Presbytery of AbOrdeen was idd'yesterday for the psrpose of disposing of a call from Martyrs' Church, Pajaley, to Mr Macmillan Petroalter. lr Kilpa , Ferryhill, wagnmoderator' The commisiioners present were-ir M'Alpine from the Presbytery of Paistey; Messrs Mainds, Burns end Baird from the congregation of artyra' Church; ...

... THE, QUEEN'S DETARTURE FROM BALMORAL. H1er tajeaty the Queoen left Bal moral yesterday i tiftrtleioun for \; irdlsor, T'he weather was mild and i '' elal, tnd thle drive ilutid the Valley of the Dee f:',tt tiu Clstlc to Ilal'ater isl ; itch enjoyed. Iit )ct three qullatt'rs of in llhour was taker a '. .It:Illd: ,h tile 6i;itarLI C fiotwiti the a 'iA ii. ilet. ttuli the tirumititlt of thet it- ...

... DAMAGE, £15,000. About hal -past one o'clock on Saturday morning a destructive fire-perhaps the most alarming which has occurred in Glasgow during the past eighteen months--broke out in the extensive bread and biscuits faatory in College' Street tenanted by Messrs Reid & Co., and owned by Mr Neil. The premises are in the imme- diate vicinity of the Fire Brigade Central Station, but ...

... Z% ! -I' AlI'!RDEEN, AN '.AY, A-C: U::T 31, 181. A docisice leo 'S hils bell. ioiht in Chilii, and Pr' bs i'nt ilw ac.I a has si:asilined ar using d Q!t t. The (6,ivenerllllet tVc,o ii ere twice re- puls- d y)v tne ine-a. twho showed vely h su rr ecne hi ol th riat les. The two 1, ( iiun.;;iit'i'ael>.ilh lilvir livex a.lnd soie t 5'?1 Ilm'l w elv kffilecl ani owlitiled. X pallraiso t ande ...

... H tRVEST PROSPECTS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. rSECOND NOTICE.] STRATHISLA. IF S not a long cry down the valley of the Isla il licih to the Deveron and to the coast, but l,, re is a considerable variety of soil, from the le1vier, peaty land at Knock to the sandy land onesr tie c-vest. In the neighbourhood of Grange tile ot copIll is yet rank aand green, and it will he eto tur weeks before it ...

... A|BERDI)EN (TI'fY POLICE FORCE. I - AN'NUAAl, r iicS'rTION, Tire annual inspection of the Abordeen City Police force took place yestorday in tile yard of Gordon's College ill presence of the Ineirbers ot tire Watching anill Lighting Committee of the Town Council. In the caliy urert of the day Captain MAoorO, tile insreect-ilig ollicer, visited the six listrict police stabioll.-, and also ...

... DISTRUCT NU, W&, LAU- I;CXIIKIRK. Fuonius DitrviNrs,-At Stonelsaven SheriffCourt yesterda;y a farin servant residing at Marykirk pleaded guilty to a charge of diriving a horso and ldoguart in a reckless mIaller along the High Street of Laurenceluirk on the StdE inst.. whereby tile dog. cart was overturneod and lhe was thrown on the road, and the lives of several parties were placed in jeopardy ...

... I IMPEIMIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAT, The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- sack at a quarter past four o'clock. THE SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES ACT. I Lord WATSON moved that an humble address be presented to }er Majesty to withhold her assent to the words or in mathematics, occur- ring in Clause 4 of Ordinance 11 franmed by the tommissioners under the Universibies (Scotland) Act, ...

... LgM)N COPIRESPONTlDENCE. Tuesday night. Tbe, cioso of pariijainent wt.is dull. Scarcely qlilontil.rf nl eolserso woas present at any period of tIhc aft~enlioot. Thte forces of resistance were r eiLSted by Or C'las: fromn Scotland, Dr ' scar and Mr Tiin Healy fromn Ireland, but Xh, Th,;ii~lsi ohstructives weVc5 ooutbilt to the boenches and to listen to the wh+.ih Sootcholan addressed to M -ill ...

... UNIONIST MEE'TING IN |IRItMINGllAM. MRiIM AlT 1HWE'S ON '11l f`E NATIIONA LJSTS. MRl CHANMBERLAIN GON)EMN[NG Pho Lniionieit memorn n oto; Bir im 1if ;ngha were entertained at diinci' las nijilt, by tlhu, itiminlst of the. Midlland fColifilcuatiu y Club w h ii the chlair ivai takei; hy the pr~ealulli, All r IIni'y Alattliews, MJ' ., the late Home SCcretftary. Amnong. othierim prencuit, iii ...