... 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; ...

... I . HOUSE OF LORDS-TUEsDAY. The Lord Obancellor took his seat on thev wooleack at a quarter past four o'clock. iil MR alAE~r The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that Mr Disraeli, Clerk Assistant in their lordsbips' House, had resigned bis appointment. The good wishes of their lordships would bhe added, follow Mr Disraeli in his retirement after his long services. His lordship then moved that the ...

... GUNBOAT U'SED FOR TRANSPORT I SHRVIOBD-THI RE, SULT. I LCOMMUNIOATEDi] About six on Wednesday mozning H.MLAS Firm (nndertbheeharge of Lioutenant-Commaslder Somrset) pet init Aberdeen HEarbour There ie n gthiug ihOlar in tbat, on the surface, but when I 8tate tbafthe haid on boari five families of coaftguorderneu, who were being taken by Admiralty orders to new atationsi, aid that no ...

... LETTIS1 TO THE EDITOR NEW RAILWAY RATMS ACT. i Sxa--An important annmouncement baa beer) made to the traders and all interested in the carriage of goods by the railway, that the Beard of Trade. Cora- miasioners are to coimmenice sitting in Edinburgh au the 17th of next month, to consider the objections G that have been raised to the schemes and schedules e proposed by the Scotch railway ...

... TRll AaMlOU1LTURAI, OLARs, On Baturday the eewmnony of distributine lrizes urou by the studenta attending the agriunitural class conducted by Mr Thomas Jasmieson, ?.I.C., the Fordyce Lecturer on Agrioulture, took plaft in the 3Upper Hall of Mari'iohal College. The class nonsieted of t.,5 University stodents, mnostly of the fourth year; 3 Normal Collego students, Established and Free: 3 ...

... THE LIFEl-SAVING APPLIANOES ACT. A large and inluential deputation of thA coasting t and river passenger steamship owners of the United t Kindoem yesterday waited on the Comrmittee which. i under tbe Life-Sving Apuliances Act, 1888, made ' the rules which are to come into force a on the 30th June. to urge a further post- F ponement of the enforcement of theme rulen t Tbe deputation was headed ...

... Dit SOULES HOP BITTERS rarj the PUREST, ID CHEAPEST, and 1BltT BITTERS EVER, ?l R SOULE'S MAD3. They are coum~nded from HOPS, BUOIIU, MAND KE, PODO- lR SOULE'S PHYLLID, and DANDELiON - the i L oldest, best, and moost valuable raedi. D?n SOULFB cdnes in the world, and contain all the D . babt and tmwot curative properties ofall other Bitters, heiniu the greatest IBLOOD PURIFIER, LIVIllt ...

... WEATHER R1t1rORTr. MERTROBOWGOCAL. OPTeos3, LoxnoN, h Tues nday, 8c30 p.UL t A general and steady rise of the barometer has now 'i not in in all parts of our area, but the distribution of lie pressure remains almost unobanged, the barometer ,' being still highest over Scandinavia and lowest oif ha our south-virest coastn. Fresh to strong - tith easterly be winds have colnsequently prevailed ...

... THE P~B8LEY BRIDGE. LIVELY INDIGNATION MEETING AT WOODSIDE. aIst night a meeting of the inhabitants of Wood. side, called by Chief Magistrate Farqnhar at the request of 280 ratepayers, wan held within the Burgh HIall, Woodside, to consider and determine as to what steps should be taken to remove the obstacles which seem at present to tbreaten tbe completion of the Peroley Bridge, at which no ...

... AMZRDErN, Tuesday.-The weather is still stormy, El and only a small amount of business was done at the market to-day. Five trawlers landed light takes, bnt none of the line boats were at sea. prices:- Cod, 1l 6d to 2' Od each; large haddocks, 12c to 17s per box; smalIs, 12. to 140 per box ; turbot, 80S to 90a per cwt.; lemon soles, 58. to 61a per box; plaice, 23r to 265 per box; whitches, 25s ...

... ABERDEEN SHEllRIFF COURr. SNTgERESTING OAiE TO LI*nIDR)S AND TICNANTS. In July last George I.. Bl.ack, No. 77 Abergeldie d Road, Aberdeen, for hinseii :.nd aN legal adminis trator for his deoghters, Mary Ann and Nellie Black, brought an action in the Small l)ebt Court here against James ?l'Donald, mnerobast, AMoseat, r Kildrunmmy, for £12 as danages for the illnesses of ,bie said two daughters ...

... I MR GLADSTONE ON THE SUBJECT. b DEPUTATION TO LORD DUNRAVEN AND c f LORD R. CHURCHILL. -- F A deputation of miners representing the whole of d the mining districts of the United Kingdom, with the t exception of Northumberland and Durham, waited upon Lord Dunraven and Lord Randolph Churchill r yesterday with reference to tbe proposed Eight t Hours Bill. In reply to the deputation, which was n ...