... ACCidELEBRATIONI OF MA1L~c., m- of the night mil ifromn London, is, weoare 'glad to see, being I on: very generally taken; up by the large towns, along the east a, coast; of .Scotlandi! and with- such po0werful~ influence thatt lid- therel oiseery prosp6ct of the~objeet in viewben'scs- he Ifully. attained.,- Th e deputation from Aberdeen, consistIng 4eet of the Lord Provost and Mr Tuloch, from ...

... THE aPD gaB CH gesCH O 1ING FRONT n r Tars mnrds of many members of the Free ChurWh :, GeneralAiAsembly must haveebeen sadly ounfused and' n sorely perplexed during last ',wek's debate' The : shifting of ground and the shaping of principles to ' suithe emergency..of themoment must'have been a .e 30re trial to the faith of even the vey duoitile majoribty' 8 They adopted a'somevrhat ...

... Tam Marquis of Salisbury on Friday afternoon distributed tj the prizes to the successful candidates in the last Oxford Id examination in Manchester. The Mayor of Manchester co presided. The Marquis, who was enthusiastical~ly received, ~ spoke of the great and increasing importanes of the edlu- tli cation movement, and said great credit was due to the B: Universities for adapting themselves to ...

... THE WEATHER AND ROPS. ts e-: - (From tie marA. Lane ExZpren.) th Tan harvest is about over here, and approaching fast to- , wards a finish in the more northern eounties, so far, atleast, i as to enable farmers to form a rough estimate of the pro. te I duce. Almost all the accounts that have come to hand in b, the last two months-that is, during the progress of the tr harvest throughout the ...

... IIY -T'.HF.;-t YE; T: iE Ims aoietbing very funny inr the gravity withlwhich b; v everybody-and everything recliseussed in those day. Vt W ie e oo usa to hve a fight overi, Nohing.al s asgm t e ,au orf in' looking at things-I P! e' ewh.aslt~heau thoprof. HIdibras asdd, when-he made -tat a interesting entomological discovery that - lieadshave other hoeseto biteem f . 'sc t . rAnd no:have these, ...

... ;- PA iR Ll A ME N T. Ye*. . HOUSE OF LOIIDS-ThLIlendey, Mrarch t9.he lr Their L-ordishiI~s mier tt5'o'cleck.- bld 0 Tho Earl of') Dli rsne ptto rmte col'oratiou the Pt, :o ~~li dooff theIiidrsIri 'Scoolsarid eforms- the toisBvbtpraying for amodifoieAtiou of tjio7th clause,wivth G op: r1eetobidthepolverof contributing to such schools wblilh exist-. Tb, cid, 6foi6 the passing of the flducation ...

... MAcaA.gpii?6o? ? ? THE aisnual meeting o thb aoill edefOl oca ft -Parish was held yester ak-4Olnl Cdtiaedpeiig. gi There was a large attendance. - Mr ftNNE, 1Iraieo&tor,.read' 'te; rbeport of 'the~ Genis~k1 Y, Pupoe Comtt4er'frthe'year-, asfloi - ' q 'ja * ' P .~ Opns'catc.Total. 0rdnioSryRoll 434 '-73 ' ' In Poorhouse,..1. 5 D. nLunatic Asylami.. - 27' , 2 ' ...

... hi 1 l C i; I, ; .~. n; V l :. : ,I PRESS ASSOOIATION 'TBLFGRABIS., L - $ -, I . ~ , L,,,ODot Tuesday Evening. The Prince. .of W.ales .has declined-the invitatiofi of the at inhabitants of Jersey, to lay the foundation stone of the .new v rbour works at Stvelsers 'i Sir lhos. MH eth, nember for Preston, died this morn- h , ing - F At tveepoo,.to-Qday, the ,coroner's jury returned a ver- bi ...

... .NOXCORFORpiST CONFERENCE A:CONFrmNeiC of, Nonconformists :on the subject ofidis- establishment opened to-elay, at the Eechange AsssseblT Roomrl, Birmiingham~ -Mr W.Iliddlqmoire presid~d.~ He plaiand' thfelt the Noziadnfirits eintertliied ois hstitify whateupver thequestio, itsel. .Onnthervntrare wtheyd islide the. mebers. God-spee' in teir. work, but the politicl establiashment with which it ...

... 1MR&LNALLMNT HOUSE O1F COMN eoscsj ie . abi Mr JACOB BRIGoHT, in MOvn the second reading of the,0 We- u men'~s Disabilities Removal sll referTedtohextarnry f amountof int res hich thlsqndselon'had' excited In, theo coune try te nmbr o lad aooiatlo-n's'whiehb had been iformed to; h prmoeth giaionnfavour ofrellevingnomen-fromn thepl the tieddisbiltie uner hich'they now labour,' and'the Astonish ...

... AGRICU LTURE. ____ __ E___ as Wu I CLNYm AND MIDwAR. -The past month has been very un- stalli favourable for the advancement of all agricultural work;- solve rain or snow having fallen on 18 consecutive days, the total tarY necet rainfall for the month being 3'47 inches. For the first week d there was a good covering of snow on the high grounds, and f even on the low grounds, sowing was not ...

... - 0WHEN We called- the, attention: of orarclua ~aesp to this subject last autumn and ventured. to rcya ed'. the adoptionr of cultivation by, stea6m Power, in certai di Ret -itricte of the north-east of 1Scotlan, we ecarctly expeoted 40f d ,that within five months we should see a set of the most ef- wu k fcent stesam cultivating engines andtfioi~tpieedh'ikaolwnla )fin operation in ...