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.y i, I: i i London Truth any: that some one asked Tamas “ what he came here tor. " " 1 gun I came to get money." xeplied Talmsgo. " But.” said his queetioner, “ 1 thought Auction wu tho place to make money." “ You, but in England its already mado."wu tho mwer, , I'll. dnyl (hut are gone those distant bells lino sent their on“ through the twilight air. Ivan; by the “then. annexing on, 2 4'0 Inmmon tho iaithiul to evening prayer. [ lo“ wd clan, tender and dear, ‘ The well-known chimes are echoing still ' Mmoilow music. in and near. Immune sunlit tower on the convent hill. g The English Salvation Army hove been ; having high jinkn at Burlington in the shape 01 nhdieinjoh wedding. They had no mar- : tinge lieenle for their own ball. so they bor- < rowed I Congregational 'ehuroh, and a Miss ; thhun periormed the ceremony, in pree- ; one. o! a crowded and not very reverent ( ”A- Honor!“ throng In tho throbbing notol. , I of youth in the days of yore; L 11001! of m" were the lapaln yous, ' 80mins around their misty o oral lo” Ind clear. tender and door. The well-known chimes no echoing still mellow muolo. {or and near. tho lunuc tower on the convent mu. or The Bunion missionaries in Japan having 7i Medin converting 4.000 Japanese to their “Rh. 3 Bishop in ‘o be sent. to Jeddo by we 8:. Petenbnzg Synod. ' The Ohxiulen Betonned Church of the l Nothetlonde. which was formed in 1834 use It Igninet the retionelizing tendencies the Belormed Church 0! Holland. has now ' 800mm". and 850 congregations. -« Lord (Joins. the Lord Chancellor oi Greet Minimhoide religions meetings among his million. Hie hordehip expounde the Scriptures, and Lady Cairns leads the muaio. gluing n melodeon. ' In Melbourne. Victoria, Bishop Moorhoule III created a sensation by heading a deputy.- Ion to the Minister oi Education to urge the “nuns oi the historical events oi the Bible In the State rohooie. 3". Dr. Lorimer. o! Ohio-30mm has been Mound ol plggiariniug other men’s sermons. In once .1: tutor. 1 Principal Bainey hm Just laid the founda- fionollone o! a new Free'Churoh at Oomrle. , Boothnd. In» Me Min Macfulano left £9,000 toward: its erection. It in listed tint the English Government Iliad! to offer place: in the Senate oi the now Irish University to. at least four of the Idlh Outholio bishops. 1nd reveral profes- Iorloi the Roman Catholic Univonity will be oleoied to tellomhipl and places oi “lament. The King oi Bicm hu issued a proolamn. iicn declaring um honceionh every man mu be “loved to worship God withoui nonunion. icnd cccozding co the diomec 01 III! on conscience. Convert: to Christianity m not to be towed to worship spirits or to "I“. 09 .8095”; 7 It ll felt thnt'the resignation by Dr. Gum- Illnaol the pantorne 0! tbs Crown Court “grog-1101:, London, nmovoa one o! the nsln Maniacs from the way of a union m the English Presbyterian and the mares “ions 0! tbs Established Church of Mad south 0! the Tweed. Pope is stirring up his people in 3021:» establish more schools in order ‘0 hop the young Romans lrom falling aprey to the numeroug Protestant proaomizare “at now have {too scope :9 work in the rnuml any." Rev. Mr. Caldenmod, Presbyterian mie- nt Behuenptuunnkoe an appeal for an men. to be need on “an evangelistic in- ment " to accompany the singing. He um. ll hie eldeet eon had e until one which could be put in a box and carried on n ”'0'. head he would be almon u valuable II n eddiuonnl preacher. mementei gieu stand in (rout of the plat- form. filled with water Ind piente. " Thet livery Hell " he said; “but it must come 3m. It would ieel like on iceberg between no and my congregation." Bilhop Peek. oi Byrecnse, weight: between 850 nnd 400 pounds. and one night recently III! bodernehed under him. The gentleman it 'hOIG home he was visiting ren npeteiu in [not alarm. " Whet'e the matter, Bishop 7" minimal: enquired the host. " Nothing at "crowed the olergymen. “ Just toliyonr [‘11. ii In not here in the morning to look lor Hr. Moody objects very much to any ob- «action between himself and his audience. On entering the hall in Cleveland, last week. 'here he ya} to_epe_eh. b_e (ouqd_e lame Tho Rev. David McKee. the successor of 1):. John Hall in the pastorate of Busland Square Presbyterian Uhnroh. Dablm. has aligned to go to New Zealaud. Out the pleln the convent belle Are telntly peeling. eolt end clear; Over the I leln there comes egeln The]: long. eweet tones to my dreamy oer. ”I end ole-r. tender end deer. The well-known chime: ere echoing etlll heir mellow muele. hr end near. hon: the enth tower on the convent bill. a. tell WI Iweye la the evening wind. {2 blflowy wevee 0 er the rnlrle wide: I lo lsht elenle lrom 0 golden West, the I edowe qulver en every elde. ”I end cl: er. tender and deer. 'l'he well-known eblmea ere echoing still their mellow mnelo. (er end ueer. From the ennllt tower on the convent hill. Joyous peels thoee wondrone belle ‘ -' nave run forth preleo to the netton'e heert; Iggnnly Immmonrnlullalrolllng, ey've narrowed tor Dee 'e myetcrloue dart M end oleer, tender end deer. no well-known ohlmee ere echoing etlll mellow mule. ler end near. the ennllt tower on the convent hlll. tumor: 50 “in the one now nee definitely m next Me}. John B. Gough sold on Thundey evening. this reception, thet Charles H. Spnrgeonle thorough ehetelner {tom ell hlnde of elec- olle Itlnnlentl. 6 mseon lomerly dunk pet to come extent. at 0! Into yeerl hee Illnqnhhed it. Bpnraeon need to decline to at with tho temperance men heoeueo he mht there were [0 men, infldele among II. He he now overcome his eomplee In LII MM end thtovn hie Influence heuttly to tho tempetenee Mom. Rev. Jeeob Abbott, enmor end divine. died shit mtdenee. Fremlngton, Mm, on Ftldey «nine. Be wee botn et mum". no.1 e In the eellu." Our render- are aware the‘ eometimo ego 0 mo of Profeuor Bmflh, of Aberdeen. was {tin referred book by the local Presbytery to I humbly for lnrthor direction. The Inorlty eppeeled to the Synod of Aberdeen [that thin deeielon. but the Synod by a very do!" meioflgy confirmed the option or the AMONG THE CHURCHES. Vespers. 8 thing It Plymouth. Englnnd. Moly. the url of Motley. I very nblo young leonl poor. “id he did not look upon .ho mot-mom imporutlom from the United sun- with tutu. to: prior to the ubolmon o! the 00m hm tho’ qxlonllnnl condition of the coun- M w won. om: “an n the mount M The Ohoctcw Notion. which numbers nbout 17,000 people, hoe forty echoolc and two academia. It uleo pm for the college edu- cation oi twenty-two students in the Btctee. The office oi Superintendent of Education is elective. and bu been held by a Ohootuw ior tour you. A conflict between Church and State is raging in New South Wales. occasioned by the reading of a pastoral letter at the bishop's in all the Roman Catholic Churches on the 3rd 01 August, urging the faithful to withdraw their children from the public schools. A low days later ArchbishOp Vaughan, at e confirmation service. celled upon those otithe candidates who sttended the public schools to step forward end then refused to confirm them unless their parents would promise to remove them from these schools. In a sing‘o week 1.500 children were removed trom the schools at Sydney. Then the Archbishop preferred charges against the public schcole or godless- ness and immorality ; and he had no scone: proclaimed them than the Rev. Joseph J efleries took up the gauntlet in defence of the schools. From the ecclesiastical field the controversy went to the press and then into the Council of Education. so that all parties are now discussing the question of religious instruction in the public schools. A romantic episode.which bears a similarity to the McArthur-Eagieson case, or Ekirid, recently settled by the Court oi Appeal. reaches us from East Saginaw. Mich. It appears that thirty- one years ago there resided in Baretoga County. N. Y.. Bands 0. Cinenter. a young man with a wife and two sons. At this time the Millerite"boom" was at its height, and Carpenter's lather-indew was an enthusiast. Carpenter did not believe in the iaith, and the religious fervor oi hie isther~in-iaw assumed' such a pitch that it resulted in separating Carpenter from his wife and two little boys. He went to Albany. and in 1858 removed to Chatham. 0nt.. where he re- mained two years and then located at St. Clair and subsequently at Port Huron. wnich he has ever since made his headquartexs, being engaged in annoying and locating. From the time he left home helost all trees oi his family. other than the mere fact that they had removed to Michigan. On Wednesday Carpenter, now a grey-haired man 01 64. went to Saginaw ior the purpose of locating some land which he had been looking over, and in conversation with a gentleman named Richardson. who resides near Flushing, Carponteriearned the whereabouts of his son. whom he had not seen since he W: a child. He at once telegraphed to Corunna, and on Wednesday night the boy, now married and a stalwart man oi thirty-one, arrived ’1 Saginaw and was warmly greeted by his father. The meeting of father and son alter a separation of twenty-seven years can be imagined. The young man's name is Orlando Carpenter, and he owns a term near Cornnna. The other son, Lewis, resides near Flushing. The wile and mother is also living near Flushing. and, having long since supposed her husband dead. married again to a man named St. John. The old gentleman was overjoyed at meeting his boy. It is not likely that he will interfere with the relations the wife 01 his youth sustains towards her second husband. He is an intelligent man. and is well connected. His brother was the iounder oi the Oswego (N.Y.) Palladium. In the Free Synod of Glasgow and Ayr recently a motion was made to send to the Assembly an overture which states that it is “notorious that many ministers and Sessions of the Church are. knowingly or unknowingly, introducing the Congregational system. by introducing hymn books not authorized by the Church and receiving into their pulpits men who have been deposed by the Church 0 which they were oflice-bearere, and are using the pulpit as a rostrum mainly of literary and critical essays, in place of the truths of the Gospel. Thereiore the Assembly should “either relax the terms 0! subscription of Confession or put in force for correction and reformation the laws and usages o! the Church presently existing)" The motion was lost by avote of 19 to 2. Christian missionaries at Kin-chau. China. have hit upon the nowl plan 0! buying native girls in order to convert them. but it is found hard to obtain them at a reasonable price. The plan in to get the money back iron: the husbands when the girle marry. The mieeion publication. China'e Milliom, gives the etipu. latione between the missionaries and the parent: as follows: “ That the parents be allowed to receive half their money now and half at the girl'e marriage; that the feet be unbound; that the betrothal oi the girl be entirely in the hands 0! the School Superin. tendent; that she may not return home before her marriage; that, ii the parents recall her after the three monthe’ probation, they repay the aohooi {or the girl’s board at the rate 01‘82 per month.” The miulonories in Mad-gown mndo the first tron-lotion of the Bible in Molugaly. in 1835. In the rising ogdnu Chriuinnuy which lollowed. nnd which resulted in driv ing the mintonariel from the country, neurly allthero Bibles were annoyed; but name were buried, Ind than preserved unul rho mluionnrlel were permitted to return and resume their duties. This Bible is now being revised. The work ha! been going on ‘wo year-mud In partloipflod In by three mlulonoriu ol the London. one o! the Propagouon 0! :ho Gospel. one o! the Quaker. ond mo of the Norwegian Misuonuy Societies. The Evangelical Union. called into exiet- once by a revolt from certain doctrines of the Westminster Conloeeion, recently held a conlerence at Glargow. The denomination was started in 1843. and numbera now about ninety churches. It wee atated at the (Jon. lerence that a marked advance toward a more liberal theology had been made in the United Presbyterian Church eince that year. A new hymnal was adopted by the Union, concerning which it was said that " men would find a better estimate oi the Evangeli- cal Union Church in their new hymn-book than in their doctrinal declaration or the preaching of their ministers." In 1803, uud graduated ut Bowdolu College lu1820. Mus Abbott wrote a numb» ol book-.3110 principal 0! which no "The Young Obrluiuu." ”The Corner Stone." “Way To Do Good. " “ The Tuchor," “ floaty Head and McDouuor." " Summer in Sootlauyul ” and “ A Burial of Hutoflou o! Oolobnted Bovuoisul.” AN ENOCII ARDEN CASE. end pounce upon his parents. It is e greet pity that the law should be so enforced thet the mother should be compelled to give up 5s A week." Some curious edvertisements ere unearthed irom the Newcastle Chronicle by the Court Circular. One edvertiser wishes to “ Bent e summer house. with or without gerden, during the winter nights. Address by letter. steting lowest terms, toâ€".” Whet on iearth een e men went to do in e summer house on winter nights? This next is e delightiul one: “ Drepery Pertnership â€" Wented. e Ohristien young men. with £700 or £1,000, or two young men with £400 or £600 eeeh. speelelly required. Setieieetory testimony oi ieith in the Lord Jesus Christ ; elso give inli pertieulers. with costs enclosed. by letter, to-â€", Gimmick omee." It is to be ieered thet the Christien young men going into pertnershlp with his pious drapes he better look shesp " his tin or he will be pnnstueiiy skinned etsnder lestbkln. They ere experimenting in Hertiord with e substitute iore boiler ior steam engines. The devioeis now in e steem yeeht. The whole machinery and epperetus for running the host take up so little speoe thet they ere herdly e bit in the wey, end the eppeeranoe oi the engine end the steem generetlng spperetus end little smoke-stechis that oie minieture or ieiry- sihe engine. Ineteed oi e boiler eumbrous lend expended. tslring up much room. there is e little cylinder, in which ere ooils oi pipe. In the pipe the steem is genereted. The fuel is poured in en eperture et the top oi the cylinder, end the hosting is. in briei, just like the operetlon oi e bees-burning stove. The little engine ieeds the soils with just enough weter end no more. end the epperetue is non~esploeive. This wee de- monstreted b leeving the boiler end en e to ltsei ior deys end nights. only ettheprepssietervels thereon who iedltqithtlgnsessserys . voieoet. During the hesring of 3 case in which Joseph Brook was summoned {or not sending 0 boy, twelveyesrs of see, to school, the Lord Mayor, presiding in the justiceroom o! the Mansion House. spoke strongly oi the law which compelled boys to go to school who could elrcedv reed snd write lslrly. Addrccsing the representative of the London School Board, His Lordship remarked. "Hereiealsd Able to resd and write and esrning his bread end cheese. end you come end pounce upon his parents. It is egrest pity that the law should be so cnforced that tho mother should be compelled to give up 5s a week." He would undertake to say that during the lset twenty or th'rty years there had been more careless girls lltlng in England. in proportion to the population. in eflluence end idleness. than we had ever seen before. Instead of many 0! these wasting their lives in luxurious drawing- :ooms. would it not be much better that they should give them- selves to lntollectuel pursuits, that they should become students. that they should, in lect,sulzject their minds to the discipline which was to be efiorded by a college?â€" Report of Jacob Bright’s addren at Alan- clmter, lz‘naland. At a luncheon held at the Town Hall, Crediton. on the 20th ult., Sir John Shelley in the choir. Colonel Bullet presented Prints Lethbridge, oi the 13th Infantry. who had seen eetive eervieeln the Zulu wet, with e hendeome eilver watch. gold chin and locket, which had been eubzcribed ior by his fellow- townrmen on his return to hie nntivo town. Corporal Berry. 124th, would have been similarly honored. but he remains in Africa, where he has purchased hie discharge. Hie brotmr represented him. end his preaent will be trenemittcd by Sir J. Shelley. Since the Town Talk prosecntxone raised eomolong justified comment on the public sale of the portraits at women of fashion. a really serious effort has been made by those morttntereeted to stop the ante. In some of the London shop window where this china 0! photograph is exhibited. notices are placed that utter the present stock of them is ex- hausted no more can be obtained. The photographer: have been warned that they are in dense; ot prosecution. A project for e tunnel under the Rm-t Mersey. between Live: pooland B: rkenheed‘ has taken definite chape. Ite estimated cost is £600 000 and the Liverpool Town Council, the Money Decks end Harbor Board. the railway 5 having termini et Birkenheed and the Birkenheea Town Council are expected to (so-operate in the enterpme,!or which the necessary powers are to be eeked of Pexlie ment at the next session. A new bridge over the Severn. in Santb Wales. wee exeeted recently, making new and important railway connections. It crosses the brpld estuary of the river near Berton Plunge, and coat ebont $2,000,000. It in on the bowetring principle, and cousins of 22 spansâ€"2 of 327 feet. 5 of 171 teat, 14 of 134 feet, and 1 of 196 leet. ‘ Mr. Massey. M. P., speaking at an Old- lellowe’ gathering at Tlvcrton. on the 16th nlt.. said that all political parties. whose dlfierencea, by the way. wore greatly to the national benefit, were agreed in cupportiog friendly aocietiea as calculated to remedy the Englishman's proverbial want of thrilz. He believed that Englishman were superior to any other nation under the sun, but they were interior in the matter of thril; to “In French and Irish. At It meeting of tho Invomess Town Conn- oil it was unanimously resolved to present the freedom of tho burgh to Mr. Bright, M.P., who was residina in thst district. A depum~ tion waited on the right hon. gentleman, who expressed his indebtednsss for the intended honor. but said he could not accept it at present. The skull of Lady Jane Grey's lather. Henry Grey. Duke of Bnfiolk, wan dug up in the yard of the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the Minorleo. London. a few days 330. Grey Ina baheaded by Bloody Mary 10: pani nip-lion in Sir Thomas Wyall’a rebellion in 1554. When Mr. Phillipa, humor. 0! 8:. Biazay, Cornwall. returned from church recently. he noticed that a woggon in his farm yard was overturned. 0n raining it he was horrified to find the dsnd bodies of his two sons. The» children had cppuent!y overturned the va- hicla in their play. It is announced thet Lord George Caven- dish will retire at the end of the present Parliament item the ropreeentetion 0! North Dexbyehire. It is understood that Lord Edwerd Cavendieh will come iorwardiullia piece in the Liberal intereet. It in mud tint, lug a numbers of old Enflold riflol hnlng been (la-patched into different parts of Ireland, tho Governmont huvo just naked the seven! railways lor ro- mml nhowing to whom tha firearms have been um um! tho qunnmios. Lord Tsnro hes osused a mild sensation in England by burying his deeessed wile with his own hende. end in n plain wooden box, in the lawn in tront 01 his house. in Kent. It was in seeordence wiih the wishes of deceased and on a spoi of her own selection. Wuler reconlly broke into the tnunol which the Great Weston: Railway is ooneuucting under the Bovom, and the two headings of which were expeowd to meet in a calm" tune, and the tooldent will cause a delay 0! six or eight month: in the work. Perpetunl motion has been discovered again. This time in Liverpool. l‘goeu by water. Ind can be made to “ produce a power unfliolont to drive 311 the engines in LiVer p00 'u Mr. Alderman T. B Solley y. who was dollgnuod to: the 011100 of Mayor 0! Fulmouth tor the canning you. died vuy suddenly on the 19:11 uh. M Bhrowobury’ I um. b0! mum! J00". used thus yous. who dunk two ubioopoon. lulu of gin, loft in a home, died shortly alter. ENGLISH COLUJIN. Do animals ever commit suicide? A dog is said to have done so by drowning, perhaps on no stronger evidence than that which authenticated Oapt. Marryet's anecdotes. Doubts have been thrown on the sanity of the cat which hanged herself in the fork between two branches. The suicidal charac- ter of the scorpion, however, is reasserted by acorrespondent of Nature. We have all heard how the scorpion, if surrounded by a circle of fire, runs its sting into its own head and so expires. Probably most of us have classed this scorpion with Benvenuto Cellinl's celebrated salamander, or with the barnacles who give birth to wild geese. Mr. Allen Thomson, however. has a friend who has often seen scorpions sting themselves to death at Lucce. When the insect is caught he is put in a glass tumbler till dark. A light is then exhibited. whereon the scorpion first loses his head with excitement, and then “ brings his recurved sting down upon it and pierces it forcibly." In a moment his sor- rows are over. and " his excitement amount- ing to despair " ceases to vex him. It is odd that this suicidal mania should be hereditary in scorpions, because. of course, the dead, ones cannot have reported to the survivors‘ that the experiment is successful, while} suicide is far from complying with Darwinian 1 conditions, and favoring the persistence of ; the species. The alternative theory could} best be put in the words of the Ettrick, Shepherd, when accounting for the reported ‘ visit of a ghost to his grandmother, “ Maybe ‘ my grandmother was an awful least." But Mr. Alien Thomson has no doubt about the veracity of his informent.â€"-London News. Every intelligent medical man oi the present day recognizes the very great value oi rest in the treatment oi disease. It is not my intention, however, in this paper to enter minutely into the physiology of this great natural reetorer,but. as in former articles I have endeavored to impress upon my readers the benefits to be derived from judicious exercise. so in this I mean to teach. it I can. in a plain way, the advantages derivable irom restâ€"and if they only manage to carry away with them a few hints they shall not have opened the magazine in vain. iteet and activity might be aptly compared to two eentinels who have between them the duty to perioxm oi guarding a camp or {or- trese. They must take it in turnsâ€"when the one goes cff the other comes on. Were Aozivity to remain too long on duty the heart Would flutter and full, the braln‘would reel, and the sentinel drop dead oi fatigue. On the other hand,Iteet might remain long enough on guard to drop asleep. You see that even rest may be overdone; it eonduees to sloth. and ennui, and stony oi the brain. I‘o my thinking there is no more miserable man than he who has nothing to do. Were I deprived 0! my pen, and deprived of the power oi doing otherwise the little good I do, it there were no more work for me in this world, than methinks I should indeed be an unhappy man. 011 the other hand, put me in prison, and though you feed me but sparely, give me ioolseap, ink, and quills, and a daily run in the courtyard, and I think I should manage to rub along.â€"a ucll's Family Magazine. Speaking of the case 0! Miss Edwards, 01 Liverpool. and other mysterious disappear. shoes. the London correspondent of a pro- vincial paper says: “At the time 0! the diecovory of the remains (and before their identification as those at miss Hacker). in Euston square, Chief Ruperintendent Wit- liarnson, of Scotland Yard, received upward 01 1.000 photographs of temnles who were missing from various parts of the country, the bulk of whom had been traced to Lon- don, where the clue was lost. The ‘theory entertained by the officers is that. in many instances, alter the victim has been marked down, advantage is taken 01 the lax state 01 the present lunacy laws. a certificate of lunacy. signed by two unscrupulous medical practitioners. is obtained, and the unfortu- nate croatr~e is conveyed to one of the so- called private asylums. scores of which exist unsuspected in our large towns. and detained where help or discovery is next to impos- sible. A shocking cctc ot hydrophobic terminated totally at Dow-bury on the 17th October. A labour, nomad Btukio, was bitten by a dog the weeks ago. but the wound healed and his cpponod all right up till Tuesday. when he complcincd of tooling extremely cold. Into on Wedncadcy night he got out oi bed and went into the town united. running about on all tours with “range agility. and barking like a dog. Meeting a policeman alter mid- night he attacked him and inflicted severe injuries. but was unable to bite: him. though ho made a doipemto attempt. Four con. atallaa came up. and with dimcuityauscued the oilicor. Tho man was bound and con- vow-i to the wotkbuuee, when: ho died next mowing in twin! agonien. suffering paroxysm altar fiaroxyum, baking and foaming at the moat . From the London Worldâ€"“ It tho shade oi Albert Smith were permitted to revisit the glimpses oi the gunfight, he would be aston- ished to learn the change in the condition oi tho ballst-girl,whom 1w loved so wisely and so well, and whose history he wrote with snob chivairous earnestness. I understand that the ballot at Bsdltr's Wells is composed oi the impoverished daughters oi gentlemen, who are compelled to get their own living. and who are glad to corn £1 0 week in this position. Among them. perhaps, are to be iound in embryo the Naiisons, the Terrys, tho Footes oi the inturo. I am sure that, under Mrs. Batemsn's kindly care, they will have no reason to complain oi the stsgodoor being beleaguered." The scorpion‘s Hnlcldnl Impulse. Bell as n Rledlclnc. On the 6th a". the "man vocalist. Mr. films Boom, Appeared It the Theatre Roynl, Edinburgh, In Guy’s " Bouu'a 0pm." HI. put, 01 come, m that of Captain Hacheath, and “cording to the loot] critics ho noted and ma It to porfoouon. Nat- wuhmndlng hi: “mam your: the "Illnrhvoioo: 01 “3‘! um um mu m “ mm vow" of tho gr»: «1 um. «a purity and Wu. It to reported in Scotland that Sheriff Nicholson, 0! Kirkeudbright. will be oflared the new proieuorehip at "Celtic Langneae end Literetnre” in the University of Edin~ burgh. No one eeu deny the eminent queu- fleetion ot Sheriff Nichol-on tor the poettton. but it ie doubtinl whether he will relinquish hie brillient proepeete as a tuner tor the quiet retirement at the Univenity. The seaaion oi Gourock U. P. Church have issued' a statement to the Preeb’ytc-ry. in which “ to prevent misconception as to their position." they explain that although Mr. Macraa'e removal irom Gourock renders unnecessary iurther independent action on their part. their opinion as to that action having been right and proper remained unchanged. It in o singular {not tint the pattern most common on Paisley shawls, and which had nlwnyn been a lovorite. was in use among the Hindooa three or {out thounnd your: .30. The design wu brought to Painloy from London about a century ago. but the ingenuity of tho “ bodies ” has vutly im- proved upon the original. tflwer o! the Municipal Buildings, instead of t e tower 0! 8t. Nichole! (the tower attached to the Eaet and West churches). The new peel is to replace the old peel of nine belle thet was destroyed when the old St. Nicholau tower wee burned down. The Bells Committee has presented a re- port to the Aberdoon Town Council. recom- mending ghe_c‘reo;ion 9le pool 0! bolls in plan; A striking specimen of mural sculpture has been erec‘ed in the parish church of Trcquoir, in remembrance of Miss Torment. whore estate of The Glen is situated in Trnqunir. The memorial is the am of the late Mr. John Torment, 0! 8t. Roliox, who was deeply attached to his grandchild, and n has been executed by Sir John Steel]. Hon. Alex. Mackenzie. of the Bengal Civil Service. has presented to the Deacon's Court of the Free High Church, Invornou, the library of his (other. the late Rev. Dr. Mac. kanzio, of Birmingham, consisting of our 800 vols" to form the basis of a manic libnry in connection with the congregation. Major-General Biddnlph is shortly to pro- ceed to Balmonl to receive the honor of knighthood at the hands of Her Majesty. in acknowledgment of his services in command 0! one o! the columns 0! the 1m Afghan expedition. Mr. John Davie. of Port-Glapgow. who died on the 7th of Combat. in his 8951: year, remembered when he need to walk to the summer“ at Glugow, wading 8010!! the Olydo where the Btuomiclaw Btidgo now "undo. Sir R. Anuruther. of Fife. states that he has derived hm little benefit to his health {tom 3 summer npent in Switzerland. and that his medical advisers have recommended him to spend the winter in the south of France. Sir Miohaol R. Shaw Stewart. Bath, has, in Mplianoe with the unanimous request of Grand Committee, consented to allow himself to be nominamd for the cm“ 0! Most Wornhlplnl Grmd Manet Mason of Scotland for another year. A‘ I meeting held in Marimba! Cullego, Aberdeen. on the 7th alt, provided over by the Lord Provost, n was agreed to take steps toward: erecting in couneoflon with tho Universfly a memorial tothe late Mr. Wm. Jonkyns, the Baotofiary of the 03an Embauy. There has just passed away from Wigtown the familiu tonn of Mr. J amen Flaming, builder, 3t the great age of ninety-four you-e. He was laid by some people to be a descend- ant o! the Flamingo. Eat!!! at Wigtown. He was lumuiuly known as “ the laird." The action to recover £100 damages raised sometime ago by Alex. Robertson. “ Dun- donmohio," against John Lang dz 00., Dau- doa, (or an alleged llbol printed in we People's Journal. has now been diapoud ol in favor o! the defendants. The estate of Balmddnry. along with the property or Pilmoroa, Fortuehiro, has been purchased (or £81,000 by Mr. James F. W hue. oi the firm of June: F. White (I: 00., Dundee and New York. The Rev. Wm. Graham. Loohmn‘aon. hav- ing torwarded a photograph 01 the name 0! tho Bruce to the Queen, «Mb 3 report of the proceedings, has received an ,okuowledgment 0! them. A marriage has been arranged between Captain Richardson. 64th Regiment. eon of Sir John Richudaon. But. of Pitfunr. and J oasis. only daughter e1 Mr. Montsgna Wil- liams, buriutsr. V The members of the Episoopnl Church Repronenntive Council which h“ met at Inverneaa have dined by special invitation with the Duchess of Sutherland at Duurobin Castle. The chair' to tho Glasgow University which has just been conferred on Dr. Wm. Jack 13 said to be worth £2 000 per annum. Th9 Ptofeseor' no a native o! Irvmo, and received his only education in the Academy 0! that anciem buxgh. The Etrl of Aberdeen has resolved to con. atruot at scout o! abour £5 5, 000 a railway through his property in Ea“ Aberdeenahlre Irom Udny to Mothliok. Mr. Baird. of Urio. is willing to content the County of Kinoardino in the Tory interest, it we state 0! his hoalm will permit him so become a candidate. Arbroath School Board has nppxoved o! the scheme (0: inspecting religious instruction in schools. Sir 01min Summon has brought down a fine stag. weighing 23 nouns. in Glenmoxo forest. Colonel Campbell. 0! Blywswood, hu agreed m content Banlrowshlro In the Con- servauvo Interest. Mr. D. 0. Pagan. collector of customs, Dundee. died n his nuideuoo. Broughmn Ferny, on the 10:1: Inst. very suddenly. The Rev. William Ugiivio. minister oi Fin- iroy. has intimntod an application to the Teind Court for augmentaiion oi atipmd from 18 to 20} ohsldeu. The Immune of the common for the Foxth Bridge uroâ€"Meum. Arron, £870,000, and the Sheffield firm tor chains. £210,000. 8 COTE" comm N.