... WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1880. e-- - -- . FAE AM) xER RELA-- -T S FgANCE AND HER RELATIONS. THE annexations are an but completed. The Kingdom of Upper Italy is now formed. The Duehies and the AEmilian Provinces are united to Piedmont. The de- it crees of annexation were signed on the 23d inst., and, I. as the qird pro quo, the King of Piedmont next day n signed the treaty by which Savoy and the ...

... JANUS PETITIONS.-COLLEGES. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. SIR,-Dr Woodford has been circulating, for signature, two Petitions, which materially differ, the one from the other. The one, first issued, approves of Rector Inglis' Fusion Scheme, twith certain exceptions. The second one approves of the same Fusion Scheme, but without any cx- CeptoiiOL. Both have been sent to Graduates for ...

... am -aSAAP. .. __|IAA .. PARIS, Monday.-The Ma itcur publishes a circular from the Minister of Pubaic Instruction to the Archbishops of France, et, enumrcrating the custems, laws, and principles which have esta- ng blished the incontestible authority of the Church over religions society. He recoils the great confidence and liberty accorded the Emperor to the Church, but that liberty cannot be ...

... heYTANSIDF;, 5th Mny.--Sowving was generally finished in a,: this district by about the middle of last month. The ground was in much better condition for receiving the seed during the month of April than it had been in March. Severe frost of nights continued to prevail during the whole of last month,; and nowa and then, whenever the wind want to the northward, we had a few days of wintry ...

... To the EDITOil of thte ABERDEEN JoDjiuiL. ~Sil,-It may he sien, by referring to your Journal some *. ten years ago, that I addteseaedtwo letters to you. in refer- THE. o nce to a predicted extr-aordinitryl high tide, which was to length, d' heppen'on the' 3let December,~ 1849. So high, 'indeed, was ml vice it to be as to reach 8 or 10 feet above the average spring, aheurdi 0eand thereby canes ...

... F | DIFFicuLTEs Or, THE HOUSE OF COMMON.S n __ LORD John Rusell's complaint on Monday evening, that jthle independent memubers of the lfouse of Comlmons per- sist in day by day renewing irritating discussions, putting forward particular points and incidents, asking for no dcoi- sive vote, proposing no definite resolution, but always point- ing ait the Ruler whorn the French by immense ...

... ul i' BY ELBECTRIC TEILEGRAPH. - PARIS, January 30.-The Correspondent-a relirdous periodical n -has received its second warning. ti NAPLES, January 29.-GCneral Pirella has demanded reinforce- ai iments. It is stated that the corps on the frontier are to be in- d creased. A popular manifestation, with shouts of Vivo la Con- 0 stituzione, has taken place. a MARsEILLES, January 31.-The ...

... Titsdeece, Messy 27. Tue Aesembly met at eleven O'clock-Dr Bisset, Mode- Li ratoi. .gr THE SOEWHTLLS CASE, to Dr Cook, St Andrews, gave in the report Of the commit- Al tee appointed by last Asseeibly on the Newhihle ease, and PR0 whiehlihe was instructed to report to this Assembly. The report re Istated that the Comnoittee, immiediately after their appoint- di mnent, communiested an extroet of ...

... Ho usE OF COMMONS-Tusdaeoy, Ma 27. SALMION FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The louse went into Committee upon the bill.I On elAIIOS 5, tho LORD ADVOCATE proposed ecu amendmentf geving authority to thle Secretary of'Sutet to appoint three Cons-t misineo ndC heAtCichofseol WBto roceive a salai-y v not totetoccd £3x0 comtteth igthn.gnteansoudeate th nDames of th gesle~e Sli~f h itede t POP se5 ...

... UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEFS. THE following is a lVsh of tbe Prizes and Distinctions con- ferred on Students of this University, at the close of Session 1861-G2:- SFECIAL rnIzES 1 Sq AoGISTRAND CLASS. 1. Gray Mathematical Bursary of £70-Georgo Pirie, Aber- tcies 2. Simpson GreDk Prizo of £60-Alexanider Ogilvie Barrie, S Kirrilol 11ir 3. Simpson Mathematical Prize of £60-Williami M Rae, v .Sternaway ...

... THE ENDOWMIENT MEETING THAT WAS NEVER 3H | HELD. Is ToA'Z oio theEDTRO . Ammfr~l JOflfTAL. al 7e SiR, -As it was in various ways publicly announced that of a meeting concerning the Eadowment Fated of ithe Cisurcis rt in Scotland, wae to have been hold in Aberdeen, on Mond ay laot, and as many put tlsemselves to some inconvenience to leave the afternoon of tisat day free, I think tile ...

... CL il GASSIOCH, March 31.-The month now about its close has T ,been, throughout, a very untoward period for the out-workF on the farn, Proots, snow, rain, and foul easterly winds . have prevailed ; nor is the state of the weather, as yet, at a iall improved. With few exceptions, the land is, for the T ; present, altogether unfit for the plough, About ten days gao a few made a rather ...