... DONSIDE TuRxiP CLUB. -The ninth annual examina- tion of turnip crop was held on the 1st and 2d December. The Club consists of twelve gentlemen who are anxious to findfro oxerient he ostprbltale mode of cultivat- ing this very useful crop, and who unite in presenting the successful competitor with a handsome piece of silver plate, under the careful inspection of an experienced farmer, not a ...

... (Prom Punuh's Pocket books) READER, constant, orinco r mthe Toothpiakers. Oneo incontant~h o~f course YOU know th Totaikes n meets thena'at every evening party at that one goes to. In fact, no eve paety woeld br thought complete without them. evnng party would be herd of them in the doorway of the a Se sure to find a drg-rooma,ana straggler or two is always to be Seeen upon the etoiracosaa f ...

... MASON LODGES-OmFiCE-rEADRERS ELECTED, Dcc. 27. A- -- - - -lnsxo - - vsrrAro ABERDEEN M1ASON LODGE. Me Alexander Ruist, R. $. Master. oeei John Shoced, Depute Master. Oil Sir Thomas Blaikie, Past Master. tas John Jiamrieson, Sardor-Watrdon. Robert Eddie, Junior Warden. IHenry Ambrose Smith, Secretary. Alexainder Ross, TIreasurer. Clharles Winchester, Clerk. Assistants-Aloxandor Musson, John ...

... WgDilt DAttDam 29 1858.e WE:DNESDAY, D~ecember 29,1858. NOTES ON THE WEEK'S NEI WS. THE PORTUGUESE AFI'AIR AA.tIN.-The publication of a blue-book on the subject of the Charles et Georges has occasioned some discussion, and thrown some light I on English diplomacy that is not quite so pleasant as t might be. The British Minister at Lisbon, in his de- spatch to tho Portuguese Minister, says:- 1 ...

... Letters in anticipation of the Overland Mail have ar- rived. The dates are:-Calqutta, Nov. 23; Hong-Kong, Nov. 15. The Calcutta E pfftenece of Nov. 22 says:-I Letters received fron the camp mention that many of the rebels and budmashes had surrendered upon the strength of t the amnesty promised in her Majesty' proclamation; but, until the whole of the districts follow. the, example, the c work ...

... at] Alesdeep, Dec,6. 55 S tic Tue usual monthly meeting of the Council was held this ccT day-the Lord Provost Presiding. Cc 'RESN'T :-Ecaillies M'H1ardy, Oewald, and Fraser; wl thle Dean of Guild ; Dr Chiristie ; Messrs Wil- PC' lianis, Shepherd, Cruiekshsnk, Williamson, Our- uSl don, N~icol, Hesicerson, G. Jaumieson, and J. St` frc Jamiesoic. tic EAST ClURCitl VACANCY. qt A communication ...

... l- (plros07ei thte Glasgow Herald). it important movement has for the last few months been L in progress amongst em influential body of the laity of our e National Church, as to the best mode of remedying the evils fo Ii at present existing in regard to the settlement of ministers gr d in the Church of Scotland. The Act of Lord Aberdeen has mn now been in operation for about 14 years. It ...

... The N.ew York Herald, of thoelthinst., brougmltbythe Arago to Southauispton, contains the following:-The steamship Washing- ton returned to New York on the 11th, from Central America. On her outward passage woe at Port Royal on the 14th nlt., and landed several passengers. She arrived oft' the harbour of San Juan on the morning of the 18th, having experienced a heavy grale on the 15th and 16th ...

... -- ~~~~~~mont r THE Annual Meeting of the Trustees of this Bequest was plioal Ahold in the Advocates' Hall on Monday. The Lord Provost of ab! was called to the chair; and the other Trustees present got it -were-Sir Thomas Blaikie; the Very Rev. Principal tjon Campbell; thoe Vesy Rev. Principal Dewvar; Rev. Dr. to hi - Forsyth; Rev. Dr. Paul; Rev. Mr M'Knzio, Skeno; Rev, party Mr Wis e.M oe;Rv ...

... ON Thursday, Viscount Palmerston presided at the annual Lo Show of the Rormsey Agricaltural Society. In reply to the (c toast of his health, the noble Lard made the following ob- so Fservationis:- W Iit is no doubt gratifying to us who were members of the late Le IAdmininitration to sea that the groat features of the policy that Iwe recommended to Parliament have been carried out by our ...

... THE REFORM BILL, LU W l THE Reform of 1832 was, in so far as concerned the ral 3- energies which produced it, a work of nature and ne-wi o cessity ; but now reform is a question of cool deliberate ge r adaptation. The.fdrces which brought about the Reform tb - Act lay in the deep and invincible sense of injustice, and th, - the consequent determination to reorganise, the insti- fol tutions of ...

... COLIN CA)TFTZ'ELE,. ]RD CLYDE.- 'ir (fAr Observser) have '6een~fdvoured with the Zlowioixg- 75 a retbing to the parenbage of Sir Colin Catupedl (now wee. turd Cl yde)- by alady whti Sa lative of the island tosvehiels lows - 2 Sir OC6ins 'parents belongedj andr they may be resied'upom A as entirely accurate. Hisgrandfittiier and grandituether;by the Ihe mateniul side, resided' inrllay, on the ...