The House having gone into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service estimates, on the vote to complete the sum of 007,300, Mr J. MORLEY complained of the continued occupation of Egypt, and although admitting that there might be • difficulty in the way of immediate withdrawal, ur

N'" HANDS for abarthala, Parity and N ICE HANDS Iken";,)afiArrtifi7tV C olouring. H N ICE HANL'S Bi t% C Fl l4lar ealti e ttrl P Sk ieri inf ir— PEA R'S SOAP NICE 'LANDS Is specially prepared for the _ .. skin of and and other. sensitive

and other Vocal and Instrumental publications. A selection of Messrs I Co.'s Music is always on hand, and from which selections may be made. The Subscribers are slim Agents for Mr C. B. TEZZ, London; Messrs E. K6NLltit & SON, Edinburgh; and Messrs Matta & Co., Aberdeen, and keep

Mr Jones Parry has intimated that at the close of the present Parliament he will withdraw from the representation of Carnarvonshire. GERMAN ANNEXATION IN EAST AFRICA. A Daily News' Berlin telegram says that Zanzibar advices confirm the statement that Germany has assutned a prote

ATTE4MPT THE CROWN MIMICS LIFE. A Viennwtelegren mess eonfusnatien has new been received !of , ilte•seperted attesps against the life of:the Crown Prins" previous to his dspirturs hos. England dynamite cartridges honing_ been lewd in the-Pens Send Park. Th. new Paseo at Potsdam.

The News Prase that King Alfonso's health is causing esseiderable anxiety. is said to. Lass developed symptoms ot pulmonary consumption.

following is the number of Postage Stamps required to be affixed to each copy of the Northman sent to the undernoted ooantries : Australia l4 Africa l4 Austria. Belgium' Do. yid Frame Brazil. California, U.S Canada, Canadian Packet Canada, rid U.S l2 Cape of Good Hope and Natal

Mr Gladstone arrived in London on Thursday afternoon, and drove to the residence of Lady Frederick CaveudiA, in Carlton House Terrace. He afterwards paid several visits, and dined with Mr Knollys in Queen Anne's Mansions. Mr Gladstone, who is in good health, is expected to retur

CONTAINS-• A "QUALIFIED" SHETLANDER. KIRKWALL IN THE OLDEN TIME. KIRKWALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. With Illustration. MARRIAGE AND WEDDING FEASTS IN ORKNEY. By Walter Trail Dennison. ODD PETITIONS TO KIRK WALL MAGISTRATES. SCENES IN SIR WALTER SCOTT'S "PIRATE." With Illustration. IL

the Ordnance Survey are new prepared to supply the MAPS sad lther works published by the Survey. All the Maps of Orkney on the twenty-five and six inch males are now published, and parties requiring Maps are requested to write for the Index Sheet of their Parish, which shows the