... '5. of CHANGE OF HOURS OF CLOSING FEUBLl& HOUSES IN THE COUNTY. e A meeting of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for tli5 County of Aberdeen was held in the Sheriff Court. t house, Aberdeen, at noon yesterday, for the purpose ay, ai considering the provisions of the Public-lH-oue5 Wl Hours of Closing (Scotland) Act, 1887. otn tile a motion of Lord Provost Henderson, seconded ly Provoet Will, ...

... SUICIDE OF AN ABERDEEN CLERGYMAN, We deeply regret to announce the death, under peculiarly sad circumstances, ot Mr Herbert Bell, minister of John KnDo Parish Church, Aberdeen. Six months ago his mind, on account of heavy domestic Afficrtiof, gave signs of weakening, and though able to discharge his duties efficiently and regularly, only t] his intimate friends knwe the terrible mental suffer. ...

... AN AFFECTIONATE COURTSHIP. In the Elgin Sheriff Court yesterdays afternoon proof was led in an action of breach of promise of mar.iage at the instance of .Isabella Fotheringham, domestic servant, residing' at Cluny, in the parish of ;3Nfford and county of Elgin, against James Ander- hon. mason and builder, village of Dallas, in the county of Elgin, suing for £200, with interest at 5 per cent. ...

... Gaol, and nothing is known as to the time when they udley o THd Stephen ore stD onGned kindHoflwa will be releasedn The prison authoaities, he revler anticipate that deynite and final instructions.wtll be received in the course of a daytor two with regardd te t tile men. POWEda OF oll E MrsndIB OF DONdOLA.-A kind of opposition Mahdsi, says correspondent, is the Mudic. who strictly enforces ...

... A BERDL7EN BURG11VALUATION COURT. t ., dso thle MNagistrates hold acourt, iitsliseTown- 'Re j.1 fic trhe purpose of hearing Appeals against the ITh vol atiecOs ronadoby the Assessor of tireBur-gh for the thi aI front Whoteoudlay, I8tI, to Whitounday, M68t. - 'teWalker presided, nod the ether moagistrates jo usseles-Basillies Paterson, Kinchaorn, Pyper, cur die nd U)gils ie. Treosorec Walker ...

... COURT OF SESSION-SATURDAY, I. __ FIRST DIVISION. THEi ABERDEEN CUSTODY OF CHILDREN CASE. PETITION-rrTR REV. WILrLAM ROSS FOR CUSTODY OS oStDREN. In this case the Rev. William Ross, somne time Free Church minister at Dundenald, Ayrshire, now residing In Rose Street, Aberdeen, applied to the Court to have the custody of hio two children which he averred bad been taken by his wife beyond the ...

... Id The Tinms correspondent at Rome says:-A dis- ft covery of high interest from historical, architectural, e | archaological, and other pounts of view has Just been d made in very curious circumstances. A magnificent S-main sewer, into which the flow. from all the drains 0 and sewers of the city will be turned an! carried bor l discharge into the Tiber at 4 spot beyond the to Basilica of St ...

... I COURT OF SESSION-TiinusDAY. Y ~~~~~~~~2 FIRST DIVISION. __ ~~~~~~~v prlTlON-s-ss OrMLIS WHYTE. o This petition was presented by one of the daughterso of the late George Whyte of Meethili, parish of I Peterhead, to have the trustees acting under herC fathers trust (Rev. James Stewart, Peterhead, and I Mrs Isabella Whyte) removed from office, and a judicial factor appointed. The petitioner eet ...

... I MR VALENTINE'S CLAIM AGAINST THE HARBOUR BOARD. Proof was led in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court, a before Sheriff Dove Wilson, in the action raised at the instance of James Valentine, junior, reader, Aberdeen, against the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners and r William Gordon, Town-Clerk and Clerk to the o Harbour Commissioners. The pursuer sued for £50 n in respect of services rendered by him to ...

... COURT 01F SESSION-TiURSDAY, FIRST DTVISION. THE NORTH BRITISH LACTINA COMPANY. PETIT5ON-11ARVEY AND OTHERS. The petitioners here are George Thompson Harvey, Aberdeen, andothers, who pray the Courtto grant an order for the winding up of the North British Lactina Manufacturing Comepaty, Limited, and for the ap. pointment of a liquidator. The petitioners wet forth that the North Briush Lactina ...

... The detectives engaged in searching for the body X of Police-Constable Hine, who is believed to have been murdered at Fenny Compton, discovered on Saturday afternoon a knife, stained with blood, close to the spot where traces of the struggle were observed, and within twoyards of the place where a quantity of blood was seen on the ground. The weapon is an ordinary pocket-knife, having two ...

... I ] M :\Ir Justice Day was engaged for several hours on Wednesday at the M11anchester Assizes in hearing a b breach of promise case. The plaintiff was Maria o: Haworth, daughter of a Blackbur-n butcher, and the tl defendant was Alfred Taylor, who was foormerly a member of a firm of cotton spinners and manu- facturers in Blackburn. Some extraordinary allega- sl tions were made against the ...