... OUR LONDON LIETTE1R. I b NEw BRIDGE STREET, ed LoNDoN, Thursday. he When Mr Gladstone made Sir William is Hftrcourt his Chancellor of the Exchequer, and ie when Sir William stood at the table of the u- House of Commons to introduce his Budget, th le apologetically described it as a humdrum i Budget. Last year he ventured on a distinct iid incursion into the regions of' sensational r's finance ...

... CONGREGATIONAL UNION Ok Ii SCOTLAND. I1 LIVELY DISCUSSION ON THE UNION QUESTION. The Congregational Union resumed in Ward Clialel, D)undee, yesterday. The Rev. Dr Hunter, Glastow, thle chairman of the union, presided, and I' the proposed union with the Evangelical Union ves the chief question to be discussed, there was a large attendance of delegates. In opening the proceedings, the Chairman ...

... NORlTHERN SUMiM11E R'ESORIS, VI. A BANFFSHIRR WVATERING.PLACE. CULLEN. Among tlte many picturesque towins and villoges which dot the Bauffshire coast none has com. so inuch into favour of recent years as Cuilen. ?? reasons arc obvious, for its recomnendlatioms to holiday-hunting people are many and varied. Cullen is no place of mushroom growth. IL is a royal bargh with a historic past, and the ...

... ELECTION. NEWS. . V, I. I - F - ma- - |ss - THE INVERNESS'SHIRE CONTESTS .. ARRIVAL OF THE WRIT. MR HAILLIE'S ELECTION ADDRESS. HIS LIBERAL LhND SCHEME. VOTES OF CONFIDENCE. The writ for Inverness-shire was received by the sheriff-clerk yesterday afternoon, and contempor- aneously Mr Baillic issued his addr ss to the electors in ]Pngli sh and Gaelic. ' The English par- Lion will be found ill ...

... THIE ATTEMPT ON A SPANISH GENERAL'S LIFE. THE ASSAILBNT SHO'. (REUTER's TELEGRAM.) Madrid, Wednesday. - Captain Clavijo, Who made a murderous attempt upon tho life of (Ieneral Prima de Rivera, was shot this morning. He met his death with perfect fortitude. Captain Clavijo, with his gaolera, emerged from the prison gates at a quarter past seven o'clock. A number of priests walked with him and ...

... LETTERS TO TTHE EDITOR. DR BAiRNARDO'S HOMES-STREET COLLECTION. Sir.,-There are many friends in Aberdeen who aicw personally about the good work which Dr Baraurdo has done for a quarter of a century in Se cuing destitute children froui lives of poverty, rnimemy, and crime, and training them and sending them oua t., be good, useful members of society. Thi woik mls grown so very large that he ...

... With the present low rates for grain one would think that the public would be gaining the benefit in a reduction on bread, but, so far as Stonehaven is concerned, the bakers do not seem to think the public to be participators in the lower markets, as the price of the 4-lb. loaf continues to stand sd. as against and in Aberdeen. It has been suggested either to form a bread society or to enter ...

... LONDON COUNTY 0OUNCIL ELECTION. THkE RESULT A TIE. The London County touncil election has ended in a tie, each party having returned 69 members, The Mdoderates captured another seat at Wands- worth, making altogether 24 gains to I loss, and easily carried their four men in the City and-two ,in the Strand, whilst the Progressives held their two seats in Fulham, though by a greatly reduced ...

... I WILL OF.O LORD IANDOL i ?? aORUOBILjL Probate of the will, which bears date July 26t,' 18B3i of the Right Hou. Randolph lleory Spercei Churoill, ooumonly called Lord Randolph Henry: Spencer Churchill, of 50 Grosvenor Pquare, Lon- don, w4i.I?., MY., vho died ozq the 24th January last, aged nearly 46 years, sen of the ysaenth Dake of Marlboroughl, haa been granted to his wlife, the H~ou. ...

... 8CllOL BOAMD.-A meeting of Cromdale School Board was held on Tuesday-Mr Fleming, chair- man, presiding. All the members were present, and the report of Eer Majesty's Inspector was read, Some buainess was also conducted in private. ELLON. I I)%VMWIN1DLr EV1CNIXR ?? follow- ing have gained prizes in ¢onnection with Mr i Gavin's evening classes at Drurnwhindle: -. Obalmers, W. Gale, J. Aitken, A. ...

... THE STEWART BURIAL PLACE AT BANCkORY-DEVENIOK. r r EREOTION OF MONUMENTAL CHAPEL BY THE LORD PROVOST. There are not wanting people who think that in the South Deeside Road, for a distance of at, least a mile westward from the mouth ot the Den of Leggart, they find the most delightful walk in Scotland. If the pedestrian should strike off to s the south, along the accommodation road im- I ...

... CHURCH 'OF SCOTLAND. .: THE OPENING FROCEEDINGS. THE LEVEE AT HOLYROOD. The General Assembly of the Church of Scot, laud was opened yesterday with the customary ceremonial. Theiformal opening was preceded by a levee held by the Lord High Commissioner the Marquis of Bredalbane at Holyrood Palace. Before the arrival of his lordship, a guard of honour was in attendance at the Palace. It consisted ...