... THE QU' K AT BALMQRAL-RATE OF RETURN TO WNBSOR. (FROm T1E CdORT OIBCUL 1.) Balmoral, Saturday. The Queen and Princess Henry of Battenborg drove yesterd-ay to Danzig Sihiel for luncheon. In the afternoon Her Majesty prolonged the drive beyond Braemar. The Countess of Antrim, the Eon. oine Majendie, anld Mise Buleel were in attendance. In the evening Xdlle. Janotha, Miss Alice Esty (Mrs Alec ...

... LRETTER-S TO THE EB DIET-11. i DUKE OIF WEST-'%.ITSTER AND ARMEN'IAN KRtTLE AKC?.tfAL.S. Ea-ten, Chretor, Cc' oler 1, 'LWI. Sin-Ia cori-^cavenca of a n-otis'- trK.:' '4 rn-iclrlar :ie--ctb Na~an~~ I Rsli'f Or..s-i' r-~ for thje Disire.i itn ?? Ti. w -:c ar'oea, ylly nr ame as Itrssri-cii, L sttto.ian G; 'iC if rvoal wi'l ?? we to stat1e tat it wac . ?? tny apt-ov1l or 'utlhority, an-d tint I ...

... AGRICULTURE, . SPECIAL REPWRT FOR THE WEST OF I SCOTLAND. N\o complaint can be made of the weather -c the lest fortnight, and the dry, settled, and pleasant time that has been enjoyed was all thes more welcome after the extremely unsettled char- ac.cr of the preceding fortnight. During the later weeks of October the succession of heay rains otacdo progress in, farm work practically iso- ...

... ATTACK ON PROFESSOR i COOPER AT ABERDEEN. I A special meeting of Abjferdeen Established Presbytery was held yesterday, when a letter was th .;read from the Rev. Dr James Cooper tendering Io his resignation as minister of the East Churchi to and parish of St Nicholas, Aberdeen, consequent A upon his appointment as Professor of Churchi Ye History in the University of Glasgow. The Rev, WWm. ...

... p1>JTSELL'SJRESIGA N I or Tbrs~O-. I ~t~3.Pus~11 who recently resigned the J-0 of gae edical Officer of ]Health for ~ ~05e~uitO. ?? 1los .appcdntaenet as of the Local Govermeneat Board asa-tevening enaterta'ined to andthestaff of the Western e a enassociatedfo -, hetibe sas gien in the W-indsor cn tedd by a large company, ~ ~ ~je~y f thke miedical profession. ilD~r'~5 ?? the 'Western In- 4. ...

... During the greater part of last century the | Germans, feeling keenly the want of a great epic poset, were accustomed to call the author of the MAelessio the German Milton, just as they called the polynorphous Herder the German Plato at a later date. In like manner inconside- rate admirers of the ill-fated singer of the Mearns who wrote The Course of Time seventy years ago have been wont ...

... [:!:GRIOlTLTUBEL I1 g-pywo, CHANLOCK IN CORN CROPS, -i of An interesting demonstration en a large scale0 ofa method which has proved highly successful r in eradicating charlook in corn crops is likely' Ito be made in the counties of Comberland, Durham, and Northumberland early next year. After a, careful series of experiments Dr Wl.. d Somerville Las found that by applying a solu- tion of ...

... ECCLELSTICAL GLASGOW PRESBYTERY. A meeting of the Presbytery of Glasgow was is1 held ?? M'Adam Muir moderator. 13 flOPOSsiD DIVISION OF fLS7B lY.fI The Clerk (Mr Pryde) read a communieation from Dr Mair, convener of the Assembly's Corn- mittee. with reference to the proposed division it of the Glasgow Preshytery. Dr Mair stated that the Committee had anthorised him to communi- c;.te to the ...

... )3COI ,SIASTJCA3L. The Rev. Ap . BDesr, M.A, WI).. hsheabr. app.ointed assist'nt to the Rev. Dr Cir.cS. MH'Grsgor in Lady Yczreterz Panrish Clhurch. ifdinbnrgh, in su ccession to thie Rcv. Arnold Sm.th. ?? Quexa's P- a p., Cawaro .-On Frieday even- ing ;he ' ?? c NfSler Iihble Class f's eonrscon ith Qrncens Parle Free Chu11rch met in the Cl ieg-iae- Sehoo;. and preseuted their t ae>^r. the R ...

... I PROVANKDT, ?? AND I I I CONSTITUENTS. hS. l Mfr A. D. Provand, 7I.P. for the Blaclcfriars and Ratchesontoln Division of Glasgow, addressed a mseting of his constituents in Wellington Palae2 FhlIl last right. Bailie Villiam Fife pre- .sded. and among the other gentlemnen en the platformi ?? Battersby, Conuuillor Duinlop. Mnssrs Henry Steven, Daniel Muray, Janes Donald, Tohan Campbell, John ...

... alIa-s, MINISTE;RAL CRIS IN, I A' N CGE. I HI. CDtJ'VY U U1 RTa(ES ThE TASK OF FMR5RIG A (.AEP1ET. (TELrscraX FPOU A SP¶5CTAL COt-.ESPODENT.) Paris, October 2S, Evening. Political interest has been confined to-day to the p ocees of Cabinet-making, now in full swing 1. DuoI, with somewhat unexpected a]acritr i in the cironnstar.ces, undertook the task of formr milg a new Ministr, and he has ...

... i GLASGOW PERPTHSHlIRE I - SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of tho mernebers of the Glasrow Pertl shire Charitable Scciety wae he-ld last evening in the Windcor Hotel-Mr A. Midal- loch Bayne, prccs, in the chair. The Treasurer j reported that ihe funds stood as ?? Oln heritable seceritiec, £LS00: Glasgow Corpora- tion 3J per Cent. stock, i1200 on deposit receipt, £:850: on current account, ...