... O OUR INDIAN ARMY. arg -Born' ex- During the last few years, says the Times of yester- belor Jas- day, the public have heard a good ifeal about the armies vided ti. of foreign Powers, and especially concerning the armies Th of of Germanv, France, Russia, and Turkey. They have 10W ish also heard much respecting the British army and the the a , mrious changes made in it, but we question whethor ...

... bt, The West Const is exceptionally favour ed this year '0. so far as regards, weather-opon, seasonable, aifd just nd what is needed in the begirnling of a year which is he successor to that which closed on Slat December, 1877. Sheep and cattle continue to do remarkably wvell, the ms; latter being very little looked to inside, for the verk ;ad good reason, indeeJ),that there is littlo or no ...

... EUCLESI S.. . : .. . elect lin Thle rev, tile Presbytery of DeiT 1it' ait New MtLIIS1 Decerail JR . Cal. 1,:, m , ,node ra tor. Airiliri I'EV'ERHIEA) 1'AIT~SH ANDtrAt CRlURCH CS gre gati It will beL rm iarittt.li iarotjsse Ou f whic en thle endiiw~nent, .f Ill . kitill t 'Iturob, Rev. J. B. tin Dactidboll, Last. Pirisli chiticii I ''.teil ad, niade several vitealic: aqtileniefls 5s to the utl ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... PRINCE BISMARCK, ~ai The Berlin correspendent of thle Glaig~ow Ikeald, t i writing on thoe Istintt.. says :-Thc fate of our Finance 111inititer, Heir Canmphaiisen, isl still unsettled, or lit least ii still unknown. Thle Post afavourite organ of I that the Chiancellor, declarcd nitvely thtat since this famous it is session of last week, wheon tbb Minister wepit enad Pz'inoe It of Bisniirck ...

... . b1X - k)X I - ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY MARCHE 13, 1878. s1 ._, _I . . I Itf tho House of Lords last night tho' meriibers of . the select committee on the Entail Amenidment (Scotland) Bill were nominated. The Matrimonial Clauses Acts (Amendment) Bill was read a second time. On the motion for committee on the Con- roo] tagiolus Dlseases (Animals) Bill, Lord E mly the moved that the measure-should ...

... ieon CONCLUSIME - Mankhinld, Said a preacher, includes girl woman-for man embraces womanl. ~Y UNREAS3ONABLE IN; EvElly WAY-TChe man who hasn't a 1ghost of ain idea1 is evidently out of ftrlil spirits. AN INSANE IW~uitty.-Whien a man is rooted to he ,h pot by fear, does lie branch out before h leaves? ce How is it, my dear, that you have never kindled tda flame in thle baosna of any ...

... (RiV TER'S AND PRESS ASbS0CIA TION TELEGRAMS.) SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A WIGAN COLIMERY. AL Ieitious accident halppenied on ThuradY ymorning in the Cannel Mine, Lindsay Pit, belongllg to te ei- Coal and Iron Company. Thle Nv0rk1I.g5 are ver'Y ex- tenaive, and men have to be conveyed along A tram for abotsta mile before they arrive at the ~vorkiflg plaeos. Grne60worknieu were being socon veved ...