... | OUR LON1)ON LETTER. I 1S NineW ]3cUDst Sceeia,t-: Friday evening. If tho Dnily Chronicle' is to be believed, Ir Munrilla has reasull io biess the day ]he entered upon peclitics as a profestion. This. morning your Raedical conteneporary made this unnousutelcooent ?? Mr Muindella applied for, and lins for scoco trne reeeived, a nocond-clsie . Isaioie 6f £1200 a year OlI the IIS:Ial] ground ...

... TRlE OLDIlTILL DIRECTORS AND CAP'T'AIN GOS II Trip directors of Oldmi]l Reformatory will be asked to-day to confirm a very strange proposal by the special sub-committee appointed in connec- tion with recent diffliculties amongst the officials at the institution. It is now no secret that the sub-conmnittee have decided to propose the supersession of Captain Ross and other o(lhcials and the ...

... ,1O.RAYSHIRE FARMER CLUB. SHOW AT ELGIN. The annual show of cattle, horses, sheep, &c,, in 2 ran1ection with the Alorayshire Farmer Club was Ill yesterday in the Public Park, EIgil, and proved to be one of tho most successful of recent years. Tho weaithor was superb, the bright sun- Srlinle which prevailed being tempered by a cool and refreshiug breeze; The day wits observed as a t 1,lidiLy in ...

... THE LAST S'iANiD OF MAJOR WILSON. I~~ ?? ._ A NEW 1ICTUlOTU1 TY A SCOITISH AR£IS1 Mr Allan Steewart, whose historical and military pictures have been favourably received at recent exhibitions of the rmoyd Scottish Academy, had recently the high honour, for so young an artist, to receive a commission from the F lue Art Saciety of London to paint a pinture for rnproduction in black and white in ...

... ABTRIDIA.W TEhe repert of theAeenhire' Velune at1 ,Rjfle AssociioU to thlhirty-foeeth *annakuAgasmlmeeai3g- of thee tassociation Btates; that the total receipts 't the Wapinechaw amousaed to.£l085 and.the penditure to £I244 ?? a deficiency for the yrg of £158. T uring the post year, oaccount of the- numerous and greatie eciaedi merov qndaced, there wee -a- expend iire of' M47; but agaisint ...

... : I . . ?? , i ?? ? , ! ?- AIE Dgui , ,- ., ,, , , . ?? ? - ? , ? ? I ?? . 11: . .:i ?? :? ? , ,, i, ? is 1,, a , , ' ?? , ., , :rr77; f; Id 1j Aebardeni Town -i m ,n te.wall' heabsence of Lor4 ovostesar.Th other. *embera plesenittr, e ?? S oHeudereop,' .Edwa, irrayni ay Deaof Giisd Mae, doonld, Treesnrer Bisset, Messrs Brown, Reid, Sangster,'Wilkie,, Fraser, Taggart, Baiu, oting,. Meff, ...

... OCOTLAND DAY ,BY DAY. I . .; ?? COIlINGS, GOINGS, DOINGS. Dr an d Mrs MacGregor hav ve. retioyed to tainburb j.froin Inveraray Castlo. The' Duke of Atholl, . accompanied' by 4i Stuarttar Fothriuigham of Murtbly and Fothring- ham, has left on a tour through Russia and the Dist. , EKilmarnock Public Library ad d Muteum at Elinbank has been formally opened by Sheriff halLI The library is stocked ...

... GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAIL- WAY BILL. PUBLIC MEETING AT CULLE.N. A public meeting of tradesmen, farmers, and olhers was held in the council chamber on Wed- nesday evening to considbr the bill promoted by the Great North of Scotland Railway Company to obtain running powers over the Highland Railway from Elgin to Inverness. Provost Gregor presided, and in a few remarks explained the object of ...

... LETT-ERS TO THE EBTOR. MR G. SMITH OF COALVILLE. SlR,-Kindly'allow me to 'thank you right downx from the bottom of my heart- for your leading article in your issue of yesterday in favour of my bill and work for the gypsy and van children. And with many thanks for pass help and for inserting my letter, I am, very sincerely yours, GEORGE SMITH of Coalville. The Cabin, Criok, Rugby, Feb. 1, 1895. ...

... SERIOUS LOSS OF L1F AT SEA. ABERDEEN STEAMER IN COLLISION. FOUR MEN DROWNED. Information was received in Aberdeen yesterday to the effeat that the steamer Spray of thim port ran into the schooner Osprey, of Goole, while on the voyage from Aberdeen to Sanderland. The sehooner sank, attd four men were drowned. Details of the casualty are not yet to baud, but it is understoed-thact tbe 0spoyihad ...

... : 0 I 11 e l . 5 Naw. BRIDGe STEIRmT, LONDoN, Tuesday evening, Some one has described, not altogether in. aptly, the position of members of the House of Commons as that of legislators revelling in the lap of luxury. Certainly when the faithful Commons assembled at the opening of the ses, sion to-day they found that, during the inter. regnum of the past six months, most important structural ...

... I Ao~tflqCU- COUNOIJ,I f . ~ * - I I . I , ! -, *f PUL fET~I 'OLwe raotMuTEE . 00 : A 'eetngt 4hs Bi m H Committeed 4 . Absdeen Ocutaty:Council- was ?? ?? . .fl*3rt~ OB~Ot of Imvnurnt~. 5 The-ecomuittee counsiere a ?? WVtAS the county medicil officer, Which had been remitted by the council, and' in which the medical' officer requesteds the sanction of the council to hli appoitsiesatb Ras ...