... THRE TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL Jay Toms event, which has become an almost indispensable New ay- Year's Day inetitution, came off as usual in the Music Haq1 ud- last night. The hall was crowded in every part;- and Ur mie William Clark occupied the chair. Among the gientlernar a it on the platform we observed Re6v. Dr Longmueir; Rev. hr ted M'Arthur; Rev. John Allan, Potterton ; Mr Rattray, ay, ...

... CUTTING OF TRE FIRST TURF OF THE HUNTLY WATER WORKS. West to the ON Thursday, the cutting of the first turf of the lHuntly Water Works took place on a field at Milton, about a mile York- to the west of Huntly. Being the day of the majority of rds of the Earl of March, the Commissioners of Police agreed to rgister cut the turf on that day. The aqueduct pipe, which io four inches in diameter, ...

... 'Tg a REJOICINGS ON THE RICHMOND ESTATES. and an pound TnE Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, a first attained his majority on Thursday, and the joyful event holder was celebrated with enthusiastic rejoicings throughout the have 1 extensive ducal domains, from Gartly in Aberdeenshire, to priatel Kinrama in Inverness-shire. At Fochabers, Huntly, Duff- guinea town, Keithusore, ...

... OsF~icE.BmitAEnS AND MANAGERLS ELECTED ON 27TH5 DEC., 1866, rele (St John's Day). ays 3of ABERDEEN LODGE (No. 34). ots William Taylor, B. . . W. AMaster. ota Charles S. Still, .. * ,.Past Master. .jefn Marshall, .. .. Depicte Master. om1 IV, N. Fraser, . . Proxy Master. John Lamib,. . Senior JW7arden. of Aloxander Dlack, ., , . unlor Warden. Aloxander Masson, Secretary. ...

... BON.ACCORD ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. -- jot: Tins Society opened their exhibition of Fmcy Canarios and Foreign Birds in the hall, 3S St. Nicholas Street, yesterday. err It has been the most successful exhihition of the kind that Ser has been held in Aberdeen, arid the birds shown were pro- tl- nounced by the juige to be very superior. The yellow Belgian Cock (adnlt) Shown by Mr Alex. Catto, of ...

... CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CHIEFLY LOCAL-1866. JANUWARY. id. 1. Abordeenshirs Poulti'y AssociatiOn's SliDW-OSO birds ex- teil hibitcel. Temperance, Festival. Fire in at Katherine's Docks, El be London-lossi, X250,ll00. b 2. Resignattion of Mr Williamrt Duncan, sTesrr n lc ho0, tion of Mr Valentine as Police Cleric. Tosvn Council discuss tHTesrrado.he- Ii'5 Chamiberlaiiirslip; Dean of Guild's motim ...

... Taos French Government have taken another step in the direction of Free-trade. A decree was issued on 5 Saturday, abolishing, after the 1st of January, the dif- D ferential daties levied on foreign vessels in French g novts. The concession is, however, made only on the l reciprocity principle. The British Government has e agreed to introduce a bill into Parliament for the abo- Mition of any ...

... M ETEOROLO GICAL OBSERVATIONS, ,AiUN AT TIHE GORA.4AR SCiIOOL, ABERDEEN, For the lVeek endiing 30th Dec., 1866. _ tU. dp-EH Ycins |°94tiS43.4 9.3i3543. 39. 3Sl373, Ccr 04,30.OS, 415 F444.01 0 4i0.1 0.0 0 Tues 2 i4 45 42.0 4 7s42 0 0. Thur 26 25441 0 25.5 44.0 37.2 :36.042N,2.0 3 .44 Thi.. 27 20.1684 02 4 53 430 37.43j5V.20} 38.0 5 434 Fr8i 30 3 0.34152. 2040i42.8 S.0.03. E. 6 44 st.20tn ...

... IABERDEENSHIRE CENTRAL LABOUR REGISTRA- TION ASSOCIATION. .:, -I THa third annual meeting of the above Association was held in the Town-Hall, Inverurie, yesterday-Mr Cruickshank, Aultons, Keith-hall, Piesident, occupied the chair, and there w;ss a fair attendance of farmers. The Secretary (Mr Webster, Newlands, Fintray) read the following report:- In the course of 18N6 your Committee made the ...

... k THE Board of Trade has issued a portion of the agri- e cultural statistics collected during the past summer by e the Inland Revenue Officers. Such statistics, although Id collected in Scotland a number of years ago, under en the direction of the late Mr Hall Maxwell, when Se- to cretary to the Highland and Agricultural Society, have m never been got freely at in England, where the farmers at ...

... - I- -- TiaE annual general meeting of the members of this Society was held on Friday, in the Committee-room, Corn Excbange Buildings. Among those present were-Messrs Leslie of Powis ; M'Combie, Tillyfour; Copland, Ardlethen; A. Campbell, Blairton ; Milne of Kinaldie; Farquharson of Haughton; Cowie, Cromblybank; A. Cruickshank, Sitty. ton ; S. Campbell, Kinnellar; Marr, Uppermill; Sin, Fawells ...

... 'I t w -Arm: an FRANCE.'P PARIS, Deitember 28.-Tihe Franoce of this evening, alluding to the ud thle resolution takess by thle Empecror Maximirlian to defend his com1 throuie withl the SUPPOrt of the cleriersi porty. says that in no case tieh, lty nilh thle French Government rossidcr thoorder. given for orn1- subs pleting thle evacus'tioni of Mexico ity the let March. reifn - PARIS, Saturday ...