... t f A iiOUTNri of the, Times sends an initeresting 'accounft of b his inquirieos on this subject'in'Suffolk. He- says Be. Itweea Woodbridge aind the sea lie many hun'dr~eds of acres. - 6f light sandy soil, covered mnostly, with gorse, with here itnd there, belts of weakly-looking firi. At distant inter- vals the land has been broken uip ~but The crops arnswer il I only too faithfully the. ...

... t A public meeting, called by Lord Provost Jamieson, was . held in the Town-Hall on Monday afternoon, for the pur- 1 pose of taking such steps as may appear proper for the relief of the sufferers from the famine presently raging in 3 Asia Minor. Amongst those present were--Lord Provost . Jamieson (who occupied the chair); Baillie Ross ; Air G. C.. Fraser, advocate; Rev. J. Selkirk, Free ...

... DESPATEH OF FO1-7IG1'3 a i DESTINATIONS. - ~~~~espatc .0in.- &meriea-United States, Califor. tEvery Monday, nia, and British North America Tues., Thur., & (by British Packet, rfa Cork),) Saturday. Australia (South and. West), Ts-. mania, and Victoria, va South. 16th December ILso fL. ampton, and Hew zealand,. Ditto, via Brindis, .. . 26bh November. g-30 r - Queensland, via ...

... of *** IT is rumoured that a new example of the Mutual Eligi- IvV at bility Act is contemplated by sonme of the leaders of the Free tl it. Church. The Principalship of the Free Church College, fE lerGas.-ow, is vacant by the death of Dr Fairbairn Various t ernames have been mentioned for the office amongst Free he Church ministers, including those of Professor Douglas and I bo Dr Robert ...

... gWht SD. Novemb 2 l5187l. WEDNESDAY, November 25> 1874. IN Paris, as in other places, nothing excites popular feeling like a grievance and the prospect of a viotim. A: piece of favouritism, of a gross and stupid kind no doubt, but still a small enough affair, is causing as much excitement as the next change of Government is likely to do. A clerk in the employment of the Mini- ster of the ...

... FRANCE. I'muts, November IS.-M. John Lemoinno ba hpuVlbtblfhodinthe Journal (lea Debtirs of this morning it niost'vilen at tack'on-Mr PARn Diractli. M. Leuinoino assserts that the note in the. Times oin sovcfrit the Premnier's Gilidhali sueecli is neither laore nor less tbafi~ RDI tendau ipulogy from the Prime Minister of England to Prince iBismlark. -pelt Alall Gazet te. PARIS, Nov. 22.-The ...

... PRESENTATIONTO THE1EV. JOHN SUTH , _- :. : , .I : -- ; R i . - . - ,J laOn Mokaday night a testimonial of a, hundredl sovereigns, aIL in gold .watoh,-andl a 'printed list of the subscribers, -done up L. in. handsome style, was presented, 'in the .schoolroom , Con- stitution Street, to the Rtev. John Sutheruandi St Mary's of it the-Assumption., There. was a- ag attendance. of srub- Li. 'Mr ...

... THEn Home Secretary has just made anl interesting visit to THEn Clerktenwell to acquire praotical information as to the: use Raw whiob may be mae of land in Lodon to provide health- men fully, and wthout the lest tinge ofpatronage or reliof- re gie giving, fr the indstrial meropolitanpopulation-a ques- pleal tion, it wil be remembeed, which ws prorminently brought has 1 to the attetion of ...

... | THE GOVE RNMENT AND ARCTIC EXPLORATION. I .- .1 . THen Morning Post considers Mr Disraeli's letter to Sir Henry TI Rawmlinson announcing the determination of the Go'en a~ ment to organisa a suitable expedition for exploring the region of the North Pole will have caused it sensation of pleasure throughout the country. For a long time past it has beenevidentthat an expedition of this kind ...

... LARB91tT IMBECILE INSTITUTE. T9V' annual meeting of the Aberdeen Auxiliary tothiel Scottish Ntional Institution for the Education of imbecile A Children at Larbert, was held in the:Musid Hall Buildings Ali yesterday. Lord Provost 'Jamieson' occupied the chair, cii and amongst those present were-Mr Ferguson of Kin- ti muitndy; Rev. Henry Cowan ; DMr Henderson of.Devanha'; E Rev. Dr. Spence ; ...

... COMMISSIONS OiO TE GENERAL, ASSEMBLIES. Lr -(~~HURC.O COLN.the A MEETING of the ComEmission of the General Assembly of e -the Church of' Scotland was held in the Assesably Hall on wait LtWednesdaty. There was an unusually large attendance. one rThe Rev. Dr Trail, Moderator of the General Assembly, pen dpresided. TH AT R rll THE LATE DR~~ 0001t;, mit Pf rincipal Tulloch read a minute in ...

... ; , . rn . rrlA ;- A AAW~~-4..A Ha 31 _ 1 a_.______t I I I . iii LAeT night a i'ieeting of those falvou rable to thle forma tion Lie of a Co-operatiye Society in Aberdeen, for' the erection of It suitable selfowned houses by and for the people, was held ait in the* U.P. Hal,; St Paul Street.~ The hall Was, filled i-e chiefy by tradesmen,'and Baillie Mitchell and Conncillors iStvnson and ...