... ABERDEEN, FRIDAY: ',IAROH 1,z 1878.' '. . .1 - LORD DORCncSsTEn put a question to the Foreign Se- cretaryin the Iouseof Lords lastnightalent the where abouts of the Turkish ironclad fleet, and Lord Derby do. replied that he was in possession of accurate informa- Pire, tion' on the subject, but he -declined' to state it to the .una House, because in the first piace it was not customiary feld, ...

... THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE, 7 EXCITING SCENES IN THE CIHAMBERl OF DEPUTIES. VERSAILLES, Friday.-After the debate :-hearlvte. ported, the House adjourned until later in the erssin , when the sitting was resumed, and the validtiosi sf elections proceeded with. In the course of the ditca6- sion, which became very heated, DI. Faure, a unember of the Right, left his seat and advanced towards a deputy ...

... Al I l'LDEIN FREE PRESBYTEIRY. *if, it 1'P.OFESSOI1 SXITH'S CASE. ty This rev. Court met on Tuesday for ordinary business IS -Professor Salmond, moderator. lY ANSWElS TO DR BROWN'S lEASONS OF D)ISSENT. g. The following answers were read to Principal Brown's It reasons of dissent against the finding of the Prcsbytery Ic not to discuss the libel in slump - in 1. There may be room for difference ...

... I 1TI(HER EDUCATION IN PETERHEAD. i .P1O1P'OSED TRANSFERENCE OF THE f i ACADEMY. t! A mceting, of the subscribers to the Peterhead Academy to the extent of £5 ang upwaitds and thc directors was held in the buildings on Tuesd)y, to de. l jiberite on the advisabilitv of the transference t4f the Aca leaily lBitliltdgs anai funds to the Burgh School Boanrtd. Provost Alexiander presided; and ith ...

... CAPN -T A-- =: TFUR 1As lrin been already intimateil in the columnns of tte.1( Joisinol, thle Bluchan flattrilion, of Rifle Volunlteers is following up~ the more than successfill cam fmi year by what will, it is to be hoped, prove anl equally , successful camip this; year. Few battalions halve - a CUai)Clld out Ho1 often its the Tiuchan R~ifles have Stilcer Itheir first bivouaic in, 1871.. 'h ...

... THE KIRKIIILL PUBLIC SCHOOL, NICG. ke nig to RiSOrUTION TO APl'Y TO PYAILTAMENT. att u°r On ucseday afternotin a meet(ing of the School Board V11 ti, of the parish of Nigg was held within the ofice of tho il Ur clerk, Mr M'Lcnnanl, 4S King Strcet-Mlr P. Qooper, a1o Ys chairman of the Board, presiding. see The chief business before the meeting was to receive oil) and dispose of n ...

... s --- . . .. - . . lye understand that the report of the Commissioners an on Grocers' Licences in Scotland, which was completed Po some weeks ago, and has been duly signed by the Coin- Di missioners, contains several most important recorn- |b meuldatious. The Commissioners, we believe, have not given effect to the demand that grocers should not be allowed to sell spirits or wines, but they ...

... CtROMIAR, UPPER DEE, AND DON SIDE AGRICULTURfAL ASSOCIATION. 0 YY eI Thia association held its seventh annual show of i le ai grain. seeds, and roots at Tarlaisd on Wednesday last. Un r The day wnas fine, and the number of entries was only I Ic :. a few-chiefly in potatoes - short of the averago of the Tur f last fewv years. Considering the goneral deficiency of stez 5. the turnip crop and ...

... THE NEWY POPE. CAKRDINAL PECCI ELECTED. R OMEn, W~ednesday.-Cardinal Pccci haa bcen elected, and hee assumed the name of Leo XIII. .ROacB, Wednesday evening.-Att a quarter past One |o'clock to-day, at a Lime when but fewv people were .pas~sing the Vatican, the door in the ground gallery of ;the Vatican ~asiliea was thrown open, and Cardinal .Caterini, the chief of the order of 'leicous, came ...

... The annual Clristmnas Tree Bazaar in aid of the funds of the Dorcas Sooiety was held in M1r Minty'a 8 Hall oln Saturdey laot. Thle Rev. W. W. Peyton, pro- sidlent of the society, openid it by prayer, and after- 8 wards gave a short ilnlress, seatting forthi the workings of the society during tho past fourteen years of its existence, and showinglo Ow it had won the confideneo a and support of ...

... I gbb ignul By direction of the Secretary of State for War, a espal series of importmiit regulations and instructions have more just been ihsued from the War' Oflhce to the Auxiliary posee: Forces, one of which settles definitely the scale of pen- gene: sions to be given to the potnarnent staff, ard also men. the f tions the fact (which will be Interesting to volunteers) vie rc that members ...

... THE FARMERS' COLUAIN. at - r( l1at THE FEEDING OF CATTLE. WE aing ~~~~~~BARLEY OR DIALT! 1a an A considerable amount of discussion has taken place Al ran., recently an the sub ject of the malt tax, and the value co *s of malt for feeding pnrposes. The question whether Hli 'sire barley or malt is at once the cheapest Tnethod of feed- SC ing cattle, i~nd whether the one or the other will yield 3 ...