... OLD DEER-ST DROSTAN'S FAIR, Wednesday.-Dustaen Fair being the oldest fair in Buchau, asd icog atiterior to r Ie famous Ailey, was held to-day oe the stance at fiatlaw stittioj. The numnber of beasts presecilt Was less than ever i eviotisic known, and their coedi tion was belew what is ex- 'etedatthis seaison. This locality wias well ransacked for e sazitab)le becsts for Christmas, and mosta of ...

... 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 ...

... P i'l^TBBRIEAD. 'a;V unou BJ oUI0OOLIBOAU1D.-.A meeting of' thi Uurghl! b xn, Scahool!Bonrd was held yesterday-Mlr Ti J. Bremner I rs, presiding. A letter fron the East Churoh managers in .I W. referenco to the alleged encroachment on their feu by c Ur theo School Board wns read. The 'letter, which ehl- tl as, racterised the conduct of; the Sihool Boerd as a law- b ;the less act,'doenaniled ...

... mILRAL ASSOCIS'I'TON FOR FORFARSHIRE. Ijil WedulehldY afternoon a mecting of tho county cte wis held ill thle Tulwnhall, Forfar, the object elec to fSOII a liberal A'ssociatiou similar to those recentlY forlle in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee, B jaj'ht lton. * E. Ecater, MLP. (ehalirlan). h tth Clisirmasi having explained tbe object of thle a till Mr Barclay, MIr., movol the fellowilig I - ...

... EDINBURGH ABERDEEN, BANFF, AND KYI. iCARDINE ASSOCiATION. of fish fs The annual gathering of this association was hell last of~ 1night in thle Odahfellowse'Hall, Forrest load, Edir, burghi-the Rev. IV. C, Janmieson, Tron C~hurchl inl the ~ ihchair. Among those on the platform were liv A. lam,~ Websgter, Rev. MrPirie, Rev. MIr Philip, MJr MI'Arihqer Gtoat Mir Laird, chemist; Mir Ross, ...

... , THE LADY WHO SHOD HEI, HOMSE W'ITH I (-OLD. s A correspondent avrites to the lu'i.I UttIl Uarette from Ba rcelona :-The ]ritisli Uonsul here has heen n called upon to take action in a very singular affair, cc which has created no little sensation in the north of ID e Catalonia. About six wecks aSgo lady who during o last autumini astonished the inhabitants of Edinburgh ti d by havintg lie ...

... EXTRAORDINARY FRENCH TRIAI,. The Court of Assizes in the Department of the Eure v is at tile present time engaged in the consideration of a hoiriitc crime. A young shepherd, of the age of 26, mtirdered his own mnother from pure cupidity, andl, ap- .parently, carefully planned his horrible butchery. Louchard, the accused, was the terror of his mother, who was alnost a doily victim to his ill ...

... 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 ...

... | An accident resulting in the death of a Steeple I u 5 Jack, which has cast quite a gloom over the town al B I happened in Inverness yesterday. For some weeks tj | Messrs Goodchild & Moir, known as Steeple Jacks, of Dundee, have been engaged repairing the Town spire. Recently they commenced repairing the spire t of the Free High Church. Yesterday morning, shortly v after ten o'clock, ...

... TUE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. .t.1 A ±. - I host PUBLIC MHEETING IN ABERDEEIN. 'et 011CC, .k public mneetin'g, called by t~he Lord Provost in too, scettbCO ithitrequisition to express the mnild of probt fc~ommunie ity h th be p intrelation y that this countrtoughit to will' prn00Ic l elto to the %var in the East, was held last 1%v nigiht in the Meusicnull. Thle Lord Provost wasaccomfpit- liore 0kde, ...

... | I THE WISH FATHER TO TE TETHOUGHT. I on. a. hin. THE continental view of the various move- B be ments of Church parties in this country.seems fi, ads to owe much to distance and imagination. A ear French writer in an Ultramontane journal says In .en the resuscitationof the RonianCatholichierarchy fc tet in Scotland is partly due to what he is pleased ol ew to call, the approaching ...

... ET1PEE-AB RD1PEN-AND DISTRIOT TRAMWAY. I- i. i . -. . . . . . .. . 1 - . 1 P~tlet~t is o hoheldthis iifternoo o l led~ 0 oImts frost t ioStreet - CotnnIhtereeisendi . 0 te Aberdleen 'Tttuiwaysi, And thu Lie to Eoht end mid. tote.Tbo.equniuiit~cee ytijeL to tho cqristruction. Oftpc *Quay tt'ornwiy, btt1 at doilut; of thte tlia.rowncOss of tlici cutricigewi' of Brtidge ISticot. (3feet) , Manil ...