... 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 ...

... IT L Y. WHILE the wishes of the Italians are sternly and cruelly discountenanced, the impossibility of solving the question of their future in any such, way as that indicated by the French Emperor becomes daily more and more apparent. Though the Moniteur, in announcing the signature of the last of the Zurich treaties, speaks of a congress of the European Powers as imminent, we know that, up to ...

... , SECOND EDITION OF M ONDAY. FRANCE. PARIS,. Monday.-The Moniteur contains the following ?? Correspondeni bas re-- ceived a first warning for an article, by Count de Monalembert, entitled, the Pope Pius the Ninth, and France in 1849 and 1859. The Afoniteur states tho reasons of this advertisement, namely, that in condemning the war carried on by France in Italy as having caused the ...

... AG E N T S. &berdecn.._X & FL Milne Haddington-.. Smiles Do. _L & J. Smith Hawick.ltR. Black r > Do. ..D. Wyllie&Son Do. j. Dalg/eisb AberZady-1r F. Mitchell Innerleithell-nRobert Smel Allea. J. Lothiia Inverkeithing.Miss Campbell Do. S. N. lrorrlson Jedburgh - A & Wy.Easter Ds. _J. Wingate Do. ?? Small Anstrother-L, Russell Kelso_.,James Lawrie Arbroatb-Tames Lindsay Do. ?? Pattisoe : Do. _J. ...

... The grand dr6amp '_?chb'hss recently been I enacted in the aause of 'talian independence grows more aud more interesting as it ap-' proacbes a denoiemen. Tbe position assumed by the Emperor of ?? in regard to the question of ?? of Central Italy is not a little perplexing, taking into account his.professions of di interestednesstbror-nghout. the campaign. He is. neither pleased with I Prince de ...

... SABBAT! DESECRATION BY I ?? OPEN! SHOPS' ; - ?? !. . ?? . - t .. , .: g , ?? . The following petitide' has ie~n sent to tle Mtgistrates of. ,Einibiirg4, y the Newinpgtou Sabbath; Morning :Felowship 4ssociiation .u 'Unto ?? Honotbrable The Ird'Provdst- * 61'en~ea , .it ?? . .blirb' . ?? I li' Tbie~peticiop~ vi.the Sajbbatb DMoanring LFllpw,:. ship Association in coeetionuwith'New. ington Free ...

... izli. ? -I .. . ? ge ?? m ? aftv- I abl. WAR-OPriMB), PALL. MALL, November 8.- Commissary Department-Deputy Assistant- Commissary General Frederick George Wool- rabe has been permitted to resign his commission. I Admiralty, D scember 9-To be HonoraryPhy- sicians to hber Majesty-Sir John Liddell, C.B., M.U., ?? ~i'reccor-General of the. Medical Departrnent of the Navy; John Wilson (b), M.D., ?? ...

... FREE SYNOD OF LOTHIAN AND TWEEDDA.L1. The half-yearly meetiag of this -Synod was !held yesterday in the F'cee Higb,0burch, when a sermon was preached by the Rer. Mr Thom- -son, from Zechariab x. 12. Thei.ev. Mr Smith was then elected Moderator sor the. Cur.rent hail- year, and the Synod adrj mraed for a.-short time. On meeting again, at two .'olocl;, in the hall, Victoria Terrace, the report ...

... .orgizn JnuffIlleetf. FRANCE. The Paris Chamber of Commerce has pub- lished a notice to all interested in the subject announcing that the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works has recently de- cided that in future ironmasters, builders, and manufacturers who shall import steel in bars under the regulation of temporary admission shall be bound to make known in their demand the ...

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... ANNUAL 3MEETlNG AND SOIREE. The sixth anniversary of this society took piece last night in the Scottish Exhibition Rooms. There was a large at- tendance. The Rev. Mr. Nisbett, minister of the parish, t occupied the chair, and was supported by the Rev. Arvid. c Nisbett of Chicago, United States, Messrs. P.; W. lark, Wm. Dawson, Al. P. Bell, Win. Sharp, Alex. Tol4nie, John Blacldey, Andw. Smith, ...