... a AGRICULTURAL REPORT OF DUNIFRIESSHIRE,; D: FOR; DECE]mBER, 1858. LS . V12 IJDUaII al SJiS, .1 O D. . a N: EATH1ER. ANDl CROPS. ar : : . (Fron the. Dluifries.Herald;) The weather has beenfoipen, without 'now br almost any a frost; and there have been throughout hea~ry fallsrof-rain, d and often high wiiids: Theire haseen little interbiptio,-to Le ploughing, and the lea or grass fields on each ...

... M- RE T Z~, d . . :- , . .. ~ . - - -, . ?? . - , d (Fnnh tnsofPdyjd9 . *-.Tlie year wlnlh loses.tto'-dalrya''ll fi'nd its place ou:t te ' interest sa hais bsorbed, pb'hcattenttion, as'n'he ne o.te. ?? `ieoe' or during-tle earlier pe'iod of the ?? ?? Mutiniy.2 Likeonie of, those Arabianl Nightss - ht or cantos'of A riostowhich contain :the close of' one 'fi davenitura aind tie commenceent ...

... I N ' ' .I T ; _ . , I i F R- I - ?? - INCENDIARIS'\/[INI riOR'FA RSHIRE. 0~ (From the fontrose Standard.) : The district kniowhn y: the nhme of Braes of Angus ba. been thrown into a state of great excileinent by the incen- diary and burgilaious operations df'sbine person or persons hitherto managing to ehclde thea vigilance of oiur active detec- tives; but sanguine hopes are entertained by ...

... L L-AI'E ?? NEWRS. i : : or_ e> - . : ?? ?? ,s HEBALD OFFIOFM MOrisi9. ;BY ELECTRIC A1D l.MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. ?? ~ ~ ?? .D - ' t ' : I A ?? Alexandria, December25. Tbe steamer, Bombay arrived at Suez fromilombay on the 21st, withl dates t the '9tl. TIhe steamner Emeu also arrived at Suez ou the 21st froms' Austrailia. The amnesty is slow]y but surely thinning the ranks of the rebels, and ...

... FROMI THE LONDON GAZET~h0(' FRIDAr. tx ^ n z a an) .^ vE .rz ^ w:- I I A . As.. W ,NAR OFsFCin,NPALL'M NAL5;,Dea- 31 . *, i>l ...

... DG Lads GOW, JAN-UA.RYA 8. * ,_ X, -N ,, -, -I.7 . ASSESSED TAX COMi SSSIONEiS MEETIGe=.-A meet-. .e ing of the Coimimissioiers was 1'held iin .thie Court' alI, Halliflto, 'oti f28thut. Sadurmat-Sir e y Jains ie Seton Stewart, 6f Allanton'anid'Tougli, JBart. ;''Jaiaes. i- Veitoli,- Esq'. 0'of -Elick, Seriff-Subistitute; 'Robert e Grme, Esq. of 'Wellhall, Chambellaiin' fo bis' GradeI btae Duke ...

... : G iE : : : --1 GREEN.OCK. ..THE N YEAn.-On Saturday the New Year was gene- b- rally oserved as a holiday. .'Tl1e .public works ceased L operations ou Friday afternooni and few of- them will re- sume work . before;-Tlhursday.* The shops were nearly all cl :1osed, and business was, as usual, nearly brought to a stanld-still, exceptin*g that portion of it done in confection ,and toy-shops, and ...

... S COT LA N.D;. ;q : - - : : THE; BUCRIE. Ca~s.-~The . Free Church Presbytery t of .Fo'rdlycc' tset on Tuesday, ?? . the' Rev. Mr. s' Smuellia, who had been Aeputed to preach the church at Buckie vacant, gave inl a' report regarding the l m1allner in which he had beei obstructed in the dis- chlargeof tljat duty..Ai Mn 'Robb, preacher, then . stated-that,.. ?? to .thinlp'ossibility'o f getting ...

... |AFTERNOONI EDITION. HESPIAD OFFICE, 3londay, 3 P. M. BY ELE CT1UC-'TELEG11APE[. THE BOMBAY MAIL. Alexandria, Dec. 25. le The Bombay mail of the 9th inst. has arrived. The im- d lport market continued very active. Money was rather tight; bank rates were raised one per cent. Freights were dfeclining. Cotton and oil seeds lower. Exchange, bank uSrates, 2s. to 2s. Old. l- (Fromn the Daily News.) ...

... THE TR EIORJ AGITATION - - The latter part of the autumn has been disturbed sC bv the commenlcement of a partial reform agitation. -The pledge which' Lord John Russell voliuiteered' . seven or eight years ago has been adopted with a kind C, :1 of lukewarm eagerness by every successive Govern- tlh i ment, but the performance of-the promise was inter- Ol -rupted by the Criinean war, and by ...

... - 0; 1: g , ,, - ; + ?? .1 . 5- ?? . .. - re -: IX.AOkaUU V OI. , UVflN. IO ?? 8, t Thle 801st''ani'versary of 'this lo'dge, 't'e 'imost'ancient in r is the city, was held oanthe 27tb'nilt.,;whinter ?? IDay . 3e in the Tontine Hotel. Shortly. after five o'lock themeii e- hers met for the purpose of installing the R. W. Master and office bearers who had been elected to ?? g the ensu- le. year. ...

... -1858 AND. 1859-THE RETROSPECT AND THE -- @ :- 0 PROSPECT. (From the Times' City Article of Friday Evening.) If 1859 should as far as 1858 exceed the promise of its 'opening the flinancial world will have reason to rejoice. N everwere there more threatening contingencies than on theI lst of January last, yet they have all disatppeared, and we commence the new year without a single point of ...