... |NsCn PARISH CHURCH. i ORDINATMON OF RIflV. JOIN MACK. Rev. John Mack, late assistant Botwell Parish Church. was yesterday ordained and inducted minister of the parish of Inscb, the vacancy lisv- ing been caused by the translation of Rev. R. S. Kemap to Old Peer parish. When the time for service drew near a largo congregation gathered in the Parish Church, and the following Members of the ...

... _- I In Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday-Acting Sheriff-Substituto J. C. Dove Wilson on the boneh-James Mackie and Co., general mer- chants, Lewes of Fvvie, were charged, under the Sale -f Foods and Drugs Act, with having, on E 20th Judy, in their premises at Inverythan. by the hands cf their aesistant, sold to John Bruce, police inspector, a pint of whisky which was nct of the nature and ...

... AUCHTERLESRS. Parish Council. -The annual budget meeting of this council wax held in the Boardroom, Kirk- town, on Saturday.. Mr Cruicksbank, vice-chair- t man, presided, in the unavoidable absence of the 3- chairman. A statement of income and expendi- - ture was made, showing a balance at 15th May of £12 14s 9id, being a decrease of.£63 9s coin- pared with last year, which ie accounted for by ...

... J FRNIYE POAOCHM AT SWORL 1 THEY CUT ENGLISH NETS AND DESTROY THE FISH. The incursions of French fishermen upon the English fishing grounds within the three-mile limit have (says the London Daily Mail ) in- creased very much in recent years, and have been the cause of very frequent and loud complaints from the English fishermen engaged in the Channel. The internattonal law, while ...

... I i PROPOSOD INTRODUMCTON OF ELE TRICITY. Last night a meeting of ratepayers, called by 'tle Special l)istrict Sub-Cuinsmittee, was held in the Public School, Doye, to consider the ad- vigability of forming D)yce into a special lighting district. There was a large-ebtendance, and Rev. James T. Cox was ocalled to the chair. In' ex- plaining the object for which the meeting was being held, The ...

... iOouR LONDON LETTER. BY JOUR~NAL SPECIAL WIIIE. (FIOXT OUR OWIN CJORR~ESPONDENT.) 5 NmW B'itiiii STR'E'~T, Wednelsday night. The Fourth sezzsioa of the(, tiftecontli Parli-a- monict of thlt Queen's reign was broug~ht to a. et'oaO~ toi-day Iwith t-he elaborate coremlonial w1ilwhh iatinctied to thle event. The llouy..) (if ('0111101 0, SAt atl four11 o'clOCk, bin, onl1Y siayx'i nw'iii hr' ...

... BEAUY UOatg, like a fading rose, pigims for but a summer day; If doea the fairest oharms disclose, a bloasomrs only to decay. Tiat dobh dim the sparkling eye, And tlauds the brow with heavy care: It bide bhe blooming roses die Amasii exu o'er the raven hair. Oh, why, deceitful monarch ! why -The youthful marble brow adorn? Why plant a rose upon the cheek To fade and leave there but a thorn9 ...

... THE' DEATH OF LIBUT. SANDFORD. 3 * In reference to the news and details which have . already been published of the death of Lieutenant r W. R. Sandford, son of the highly respected B, Bishop Sandford, we learn, on 'ood authority, e (says the Newcastle Daily (qhronicle), that the i ead affair is as yet inexplicable to the young navi- gating lieutenant's family and friends. In some of t his ...

... INFERIOR WHISKY IN ABE IDEENSHIE. In Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday-Acting Sheriff-Substitute J. C. Dove Wilson on the benhL-James Mackie and Co., general m-er chants, Lewes of Fyvie, were charged, under the Sale of Foods and Drugs Act, with-having, '6n 20th July, in their premises at Inverythan, by the hands of their assistant, sold to John Bruce, police inspector, a pint of.whisky which ...

... vn1nAL OF Tl imLA'EtM PROFESSOR - - - 'tJUNS3TON. i *; The funeral of the late Professor Johnston, D.D., took place on TlnluJday 'to Oldmnachar CathedraL As iS usual . on such occa, sions, the obsequies partook of an academics nature, but as also indicating the great respect in which the late professor of divinity was held, the funeral was largely attended by the general public, including not ...

... I THlE MOO-ES. I Good sport is still being enjoyed on the moors, though the heat is excessive, and, in many re- spectr, very trying both for sportsmen and do-s. The general report is that birds aro plentiful arid strong. There is no appearance of clisease. Better sport is being got this season than for several years past. 'ihe following reports have been received: - Aboyne.-Yesterday, on the ...

... COMMENTM OF THE ARm. THE CZA3 AND FRANCFR The Times says:-We doubt whether aP pulse will beat the qiicker for the information that M. Delcasse, the French minister of Foreign Affaira, left Paris yesterday for St Petersburg. Ostensibly he goes to make arrangements for the visit of the Czar to the Paris Exhibition next year, and it is quite possible that the explanation will be generally ...