... ITfIGILAND NOTES. :y, and lice of LoCIIA~sii, 2Sili D,)c., 1877. cuscst, The most resnaliathle year of which there is any ). sluw receoid for at least two gesserations is now about to cx- LI) tlssi pire, and those whose painiful experienice it. his been sidsihe to hnive 1)sassed through it, whether well or sick, will tedily ;long, remember it. The frequency of thle gales and the ,ough ttitter ...

... DESPATCIH OF FORIGfON MUALS FROi LONDON. Destuiwr.tl j lDespatch of Iext .Maile from Aml lalia (S. & WV.) Via .S'thamplt'llt. . jan. 10 M1g. 'i'actpia Victolri ia I1rhidisi .. . IS EFg. -;m0 :..,,,, .,.. .a I .ltfit . J:a, U Evjr Brazil,o Mrnitie c Livrol ..jal Video, cad lliili 01ii ji' ol . - .Jit 8 r;. Brazil, Buenos ) !tias ianpt n ..T.Jan. 9I M1. Monte Vi.,. )IH , IF k [et-Jan ...

... ,- ----DEN IUESDAY, JAN. 1, ,|BEMDEE-JKFE, TUESDAY', JAN. 1, 1 . 'I'rEi reports regar'ding the prr s)CCts of peke0 .'el b~ig iter this inoiling. tithe frnnkies of the SuTtrw's t I)cc u- 141,t- u'.lI I1hIteLlUlt. *L'L zwJIal'.'W '' vI ; 1lsl ccu appeal aid the readiness of England to accept the I o!a role of peacemaker is said to have created a very till favourable imipression throughout the ...

... THE OLD YEARS LEGACY. at TinE year on which -we have entered brings ld withl it a portentous legacy from that which has gone-a drama of which wve may have seen hut i the bloody prelude-a problem for which. in I some way, a solution must be found. That i solution may not be quite so imminent as is It generally supposed. The fall of Plevna revealed or to the astonished chiefs of the Russian army ...

... QUEEN ISABELLA AND DON CAIALOS. PARIS, Sunday.-The ex-Qusen of Spain has ad- dressed the following ltetter to tlie pigalro, to explain her recent interview with Don Carlos ~onsicur,'-It is neither in my Character or hakits to bnve reconrse to thi pres3 even to defes, myself agninst attacks, hiowever unworthy andi nujirstifiable. But when people take unfair advantage of my name to ...

... , ci t 'flit aeeon of fsiiisfx hti elywa h ''Zew Year signifies-mnay ha said to culinhiate to- v dAay, for Christmas stow engages the festive alttentions C of dwvellers north as well as south of thle Tweed. For thle great majority, ]however, the first day of the year still retains its special chaitrms, with its first footings, merry greetings, and unbounded Itospitailities. t The out custom ...

... PETHERHEAD. SELLING DrINI; WITHOUT A LorolNeE.-f3efore Blaillie it Vill, ye3terday, Johin DriMw0on, baker, Longate, and ta Jessic 111ignzg oxs Dawseon, his wife, were charged with. r traffioking i exciscablo liquors witbout a licence in their shop in Longnte. They pled not guilty, and a rlong proof was lod, including a great number of wit- h nesses for both sides. Blnillio Will pointed out ...

... KIfNCARtDINESHIRE FARMERS' CLUB. The annual winter rlecting of thle members of tUsc r's ic- Kincardinssehitro Farmers' Club, wats hold ill thle St bhite's Lau tenec HullI, Laun'eucklirik, Ycaterday afternoon-Mir would A. I. Fortescuo of Kisigeausioj, thle retiring pnresident, in lalties thle chair, idver- Thle coninitteo reportcd that 28 antslyscis of nainsures stun, Ilied been suede daring ...

... syIA YEAR'S BUILDING IN ABEI11Rj1N. .1-- I ot Whatever other industries may have hlltve been dull by in Aberdeen duaing the year that is now past, assuredly Y the building trades have not been idle. Feo the past few years, indeed, an unprecedented anllolift af busi- V ness has been done by our builders, and in 1177 there ht has been no diminution of this general activity The, is fignres which ...

... THE WA t THE PROSPECT OF PECE., THE BRITISH NOTE TO RUS3IA. THE ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA. LONDON, MondayNighLt. [FROM OUR LONDON C'oIIStESO1NDENT.] 3 ST PETEsBUnutu, Monday evening. There is no forindatioen for a Constantinoplo telegram' waiblhshed by the Paris newspapers stating that the Porto oflicially inade known to Russia the conditions uponll.bieh it would agree to peace, and the conditions ...

... THE IFEB )AT WORK IN 1.S7, 'I let- jitst clase I the lifeboats of t the-1k' Nig rnal Lifeb a)jLtLI Ii - ik LIto Ii Lot 1 C t 1' fO II l'tW it1 g t ervice oil dilfttan C ,1t pe, or tile eu-Al, ,f tIie Uniited. Kingo.TIL i isI,- 1 ,e ve rSt, e slo ito L c i t, % 1S twtIo 111lits tste toth', unlot qe 4ait~ios O. tile Ils tt- ltittiori'> bilge life-saving Ilie!t ; bittI onl cvoi-CA3 IiCC1tiic 'i ...

... SOCIAL MEET1N(W. Jo1Ii Moms11 AND So.s's ERiii'ooYlce.--Tlioeomjiloyds of M~essrs Joliii Moir & Sons elvd their annual social moeiOngl mid ball in Messrs Locklhart & Salmond's hail last nlighit. M1r 1H. Sniart occupied thle chair. After ytea hie referred briefly to the aibsence of Mir John Moir P.Clark, whose p es3siilg buiesegagemients in London e prevenite'd hlis en r n as foriierly ait ...