... ECOLESIASTIOAL NEWS. DUNDaE-DINsER TO DA MENZIES, ABzrnxy5r. l Last night Rev. Allan Menzies, D.D., I parish ml minister of Abernyte., was entertained by the it Presbytery of Dundee to dinner in the Queen's He Hotel, Dundee, in celebration of his preferment to Il the Chair of Biblical Criticism in St Mfary's College, St Andrews. The Rev. Hugh George Watt, the moderator of the Presbytery, ...

... WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF LEVEN . AND MELVILLE. Probate of the will, dated 1st of February, 1879, with codicils of the 5th January, 1882, and the 5th February, 1385 (the will and codicils being through- out in the testator's own handwriting) of the Right Hon. Alexander Earl of Leven and Melville,. of 21 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, who died in October last at Glenferness, Dunphail, N.B., ...

... _ _ _ .~~~ The men thly meeting of the Town Council (Police e e Department) was held yesterday afternoon. Lord E e Provost Stewart presided, and the other members t apresent were-Baillies Crombie, Lyon, Byres, Rust, t a Duff, and Brown,. Dean of Guild Macdonald, v E Treasurer Morgan, Messrs Maconnachie, Findlay a Pringle, Moir, -Nicol, M'Kemie, Gordon, Berry, ,t Collie, Wood, Pratt, Anderson, ...

... NON-COUNT9Y BOROUGHS ASSOCIATION. I A largely attended meeting of representatives of non-county municipal boroughs of England and Wales was held yesterday afternoon at Weetminster Palace Hotel under the presidency of Mr R. Jasper More, M.P. Considerable discussion took place on the effect of the recent legislation on the boroughs represented, and it was unanimously decided that a Non-County ...

... THE THOMSON LECTURES ON NATURAL I SCIENCE. I --__ 1X The fifth of the series of Thomson lectures on t natural science was delivered yesterday afternoon n within the Free Church College, Aberdeen, by Mr Donald Macabster, M.A., M.D. Principal Brown apresided. The lecturer, in treating upon the subject l I of the course, Germs and Diseases, directed atten- l . tion to germ diseases. He ...

... LECTURES, SOCIAL ME ETINGS, &o. ___ ~~~~~~a s - BA- It---WSLE7AtN C11-011 SOiRiEt-On Tuesday evenlin the 4ununld social Meetin!g zn conuectiou With C the Weuleyar Church was held in Sealield Street Hall. Tbere was a good attendance, and, the pro- E ceedirgs were of it nost enibyvble character.' Speebhes were delivered by Revs. WV. S. Bruce, J. XV, Geddie, , A. B. Roaerson, A. Smnith ot ...

... DISTRICT NEWS HUNTLY-tIALEc OF Wonic'. -A surplus sale orf d 5~work, in aid of the funds of the Huntly Jubilee It Cottage Hospital, was held in Huntly yesterday, andio was opened by Captain Bisset of Lossendrum. There ' awas snot a very large attendance, and during the day C11 'business was rather Slow. q r BUCKIE - THsc VOLUNTEER BAZAAR.-This 5 c bazaar wae opened in the Fishermsen's Hall ...

... . FISHING IN'TELLIGENCE. A , annN, Thrsday-.T irteen trawlers lande4 . fair catchos to-day of cod, haddocks, turbot, lemo soles, plaiee, and oodlinge. A'few steam liners also arrnved with light takes of cod, li4i, und skate. N small line ! boats were at sea to-day. Prices :Ood 2s to 4s eaoh-; ling, 2s to 3. 6d each; laree haddocks 18s to 17. per box; smallB, 10 to 14. per box; turbIt, 90. to ...

... ABERDEEN, THURSDAY;1V; 1889. At a banquet to 120 people, given on Mon- day night by the British Consul-General at t _,.:1_ _ .1_ I_ _-l ,._.__ ! I: L __ . I -.aY u1191- AY- U L- bll vUi1bU1-UUI1UrdL au Zanzibar in honour of Mr Stanley, he enthusi- astically eulogised the Zanzibaris who formed part of his expedition, declaring that at a great crisis, when the whole expedition was starving SI in ...

... GRANTOWN LOCAL AUTHOR.'TY. PROPOSED FORMATION OF. DRAINAGE DlSTRICT. A special meeting of the Local Authority of Cromodale was held in the Conrthouse, OtaGtownr, yesterday, for the purpose of con8idering the advisa . i bility of forming a Sewerage dittrict for the town of r Grantown, Mr Smith, Invetralan, chairman, pre- I i sided, and there was a large attendance of members. The Chairman read ...

... JTnnsaDAY-Before Sheriff Wilson.) ItMBMAkgBRA tSUB FORl Hilslt OF COlNTRACT. The Rowmoant Comb Couspany brought actions against three of their workmen claimiag the sum of £12 from each of themi, ws damage allseed to have been sustained by pursuers in coneequence of defenders, who were engaged to serve pursuers as timall-tooth pointers for one year from and after November 22nd, 1889 (con- form ...

... * I This book consists of the Burnett Lectures, delivered in Aberdeen by Professor R~obertson Smith considerably expanded from the form in which they were delivered with the addition of two to complele the discussion of sacrificial ritual. The book contains eleven lectures. A few years ago, it maybe safely said, this book could not have been written, both from lack of material and from ...