... To th~e EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. 0 t A goorl deal has of late been written and spoken on the sub- ject of Lay Preaching, and some have been calling in question t its lawfulness. But may not those who can discern aright the signs of the times perecive that this question has already been settlod, and that conclusi vnly, by the Lord himself putting on Lay Preaching the seal of his ...

... II Or PM= Nrnal WEDNESDAY, October 12, 1859. j Tug intelligence that the Convention of Villafranca th had been ratified by the Treaty of Zurich.was canvassed w last week by many parties who wished to discover more an in that act than it professes to embrace. We are told Pi' that it touches Lombardy alone, and leaves the question co of the Duchies untouched. According to the latest in- of ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN MAILS FROM ABERDEE. DESTlINATIONS. Despatched.' Box Closes. _ America.--nitedStates,Caolffrin a, and British North America (by Every Friday. 11,50 A.!X . British Packet, via Liverpool) . . Ditto-(by U. S. Packet, via South- } ampton) ,,,******** Land EveryMonday. 1.4. p,, ., L Australia, Van Diemer's Ln td, ir New. South Wales, and Man- mofevhy 11.50 A.M. ;i ritius, via ...

... To the EDITOR of the ABnZncpEN JOURNAL. SIR,-The supply of Water to the town of Aberdeen will no doubt soon form a prominent topic of discussion, and there can be little doubt that the gravitation plan will be the mode adopted; but the plans at present before the pub- lic are incomplete, in as much as no reservoir is Drovided for. I think this is a sine qua won in the arrangement, for in the ...

... THIS new body held their first meeting in the Court House So on Saturday last, uinder the presidency of George Thomson, so Req.. Dlean of Guild. The DEAN, in opening the proceedings, said-I must ox- fo press to you my most sincere thanks for thcs honour you Cc have dons me, in selecting me to preside over a meeting Of of merchants assembled for so loyal end patriotic a purpose as the present ...

... LORD DJERBY ON THE MINISTERIAL DEFEAT. not HAe MAJESTY'S MINISTERS attended a banquet given at the Au Merchant Tailors' Hall, on Saturday evening. Sir J. has Palcington responded to the toast of the Navy, and the prr Earl of Derby to that of Her Majesty's Ministers. 'His soc Lordship, after a few introductory remarks, said:- If at DiE any time in a man's political life these manifestations of ...

... DTSSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. Lr THE battle of Reform is, after all, to be fought in the a e constituencies. Three parties are to go to the hustings, E h each with its bill in its hand; and the Constitution is P 3- to be subjected to that process which even Mr Roebuck s e so strongly deprecates, of being scrambled for at a IL O general election. It is difficult to see what party can d gain by ...

... THE WAU. THlE BIATTLES OF PALESTRO. TuniN, Ma~7 31.-A fresh victory has been gained by Oar top.At 7 o clock this morning 253,030 Austrians endeavoure to retaketh position of Paleatro. The King, commanding the fourth division inVerson, and General Cialdini at the heal of the ~r- 3d Regiment of Zouaves, resisted thes attack for a COnSidle.,ble Ir time, and then, after having successfully ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGif MAILS FROM ABERDEEN. DEaSucATIONe. A:merlca--UnhtedSiates, Cabforia, and British North Anerica (by British Packet via Liverpool) . . Dltto-(by U. S. 1iacket, via South- ampton) .J Australia, Van Diemor,ns Land, New South Wales, and Man.). ritius, tia Southamption ) Ditto, vi' Marsei`es .. ! . BshanmasandHlavana, viaNewYork M elgtum ...

... THE WARt. co TnE military genius of Napoleon III., whatever it may afl prove in the end, is clearly of a very different kind el from that of the Great Napoleon, His tactics are of ap very deliberate and prosaic sort-as much so as those of the Austrians, who seem to do everything by rule ml and precedent, and sit down contented if they have it gone scientifically to work, whatever the result ...

... Wuis.TxvEn be the cause of the uninterrupted series i of defeats which the Austrians have suffered, C whether incapacity on the part of -their Generals, or t inefficiency or lack of numbers and sPirit on the part of the army, it is becoming very doubtful whether they will hold their ground at all, even be- f hind the fortresses of the Adige, unless powerfully rein- forced. It is whispered that ...

... HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIE TY. Tar adjourned general meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday, in the Museum, at one o'clock-the Dake of Athole presiding. There was a considerable attendance. VETERINARY SURGERY. Professor Syme said he wished to supply an omission in his motion at the former meeting. He begged leave to move, that a copy of the resolution passed at last meeting ...