... taes 7o the EDiTOR of t7e ABERDEEN JOURNAL. lay- ABERDEEN, 13th Feb., 1858. UtSI Sin,-In the view of the Council's discussing any pro- ,l,,, posal forthe alteration of the Petty Customs at the meeting hule to-day, I had intended to submit the following resolutions. joe From the turn which matters took, it did not appear to me ma! that I could do so regularly; and, therefore, for various per- ...

... . 3BY ELE CTRIC TELEGRAPH. Lo - AFuieCA.-The officers composing tile Niger expedition wer by ti nil well at their encampment ucar Babba, with .the exception of sion Mr Davy, the surgeon, whoso state of health hats obliged him to Clair return to England in the mail packet Hope. (Lori Tho made eTim ATLANTIC TELEORAPH.-lt is intended that both ships tion awill start again on Saturday. There is ...

... EXPERIMENTS WITrH DIFFRRENT MANURES ON T11E GCIOWTnI or TUR.;IPS.-A meeting of the Haddington Club was held onl Friday. The most noticeable feature wvas the determillation expressed by soene of tho members to curtail the expendituro of muillOy in tho purchase of Peruvian guano, preferring other fertilisers. This resolution, which we believe is very general, should affect thle market for ...

... FRANCE. PARIS, Thursilay oveni-g-Theo Empeorti, Empress, mid l'r-iiise liprilleft IliarritZ yesterdkay, aIt hisl-as 2 mdrached jriexat (l i ii th afternoon. Their Mj stisst out from Blordessix att 8s o'clock, aind arrived this mornisig ait St. Cloud. Theo whole party is reported to be in, excellent heal tiiand spirits. It 5S, sttitld that from thle estimate suppliedI by a conasmissienl ...

... R E F-0 Rv M M E E T I N G. GLASGOW, TUESDAY EVENING. A MEETING was held this evening in the City Hall, to hear an address from Mr Bright, on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. The Hall was completely filled-there being about 2700 persons present. The chair was taken by Mr Walter Buchanan, M.P.; and among those on the platform were-Mr Dalglish, M.P. ;.Mr H. Crum Ewing; M.P.; Professor Nichol ...

... ras- the le- SOOTma FAUrtmRS r RussIa.-The Peirthshire Advertiser id, publishes letters descriptive of farming and agricultural he operations in Southern Iussia, in the region of the Don. to The writer is a Scotch farmer, from Strathearn, and the 'r- farm spoken of has been tenanted for some time by gentle- t lm men from Perthshire. The letters are dated from Stabiva, at and were written ...

... l EOCHEL-CUSHNIE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIA- I T'ON. This Association held their tenth annual show and com- petition on Monday, 16th inst., on the Craigievar Market Stance. There was no falling off in the number of entries, and the quality was fully equal to any exhibited on former occasions. Tue Judges were Messrs Ailen, Endovie; Reid, Graystone; and Walker, Ardhunlkart, whose awards gave the ...

... THE COU'RT. *Upon Tuesday wveek the Prince of N'Wales killed a fine stag in Balnoral Forest, being tho first stag killed by His Rloyal Hlighness5 in Scotland.i The Queen and the Prince Consort drove out in the after- nooni of Wednesday, but aone of the royal party went out shooting. Upon Thursday the Qdeeni and tie Prince Consort, at- tended by Lady Churchill, went to Aultnagusach. The Queen ...

... Our usual annual contribution to tlh6 statistics of Aber- ( deen and suburbs is now due. We here give it in the usual form. v I. BIRTHS. The new system of registration has now been in operation for three years; and the following are the results, from the records of the two great parishes into which the town and suburbs are divided. The parish of Old Machar ineludes a small extra-burghal ...

... FOREIGN [NrELLIGENCE. - FRANCE. lot PAmes, Thursday Evening-The JDnitentr publishes the fo!- IT lovin~ The Plenipotenltiaries of Austria. rine Groat Bri- K tan russia, Russia, Sardinia, andi Turkey, met ons Wednl~esdaty iDs conforeuco at the hotel of the Iditlister of Forosin Aflrs to take cognisanee of the final act signed at CenstanltiolO~l °onf tho 5th Dcember last wvith D view to sanction ...

... SCOTTISH NOITHt-EASTERN RAILWAY. Tue half-yearly ordinary genecral mneeting of the share. holders of this Company was held on Fridany inl the offices, Guild Street-fJ. Stirling, Easq, of IKippendacie, thle Chair- a ax of thle Comlpany~, presiding. After preliminaries, thle report (which appeared in our last) was held as read. Thle OsHAII1hAN then said-Gentlemen, I think this is thei most ...

... - ----- -~ IN~SECURITY OF THE INDIAN RAILLWAY GUARANTEES. To the ElDITOIR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. S T SIR,-I beg leave to draw your attention to the following extracts, from a letter which has been addressed to Lord Palnserston, by Mr Clarke of Lahore, drawing attention to the question of the guarantees which have been granted to . the Indian Railways, and respecting which, if Mr Clarke's ...