... FA~tiS;& hk[069 :BY TiE REV. MR I IETI, Y. ,. . , r ! . a' -The Rev. Mr Peyton, wh -about to leave Portsoy P rt fI0 Broughty Ferry, preached his farewell sermon to his lt cz PIrtoy congregaten on Sabbath last. There was a Hl ofn 'l.ge ongregation many members of other denomina. It 1t' 'tis being present. M~r Pcyton choso for his text the It p- IlI~st tiwo claueb of the 16th verse of the 9rd ...

... - e1 ss I--i 'tive HABnoUR BOAcD.-At a meeting of this Board six yesterday it was reported 'that the revenue for the five arr that months ending Ootober was £2604, being a decreasio of W to or 21070 as compared with the corresponding period in fea dis. 1877. The different committees were appointed for the ja The ensuing year, 'pra in of ELGIN. Por ,ders COURSE Or' LECTURES.-The Free High ...

... d On Saturiday, by invitation of the Aberdeen Agpi- eultinal Assuciat;ou,, a number of gentlemen interested in thb subject p:id ai visit to the experimental station of the suciety aet ;lins. ilr Jamiesoni arrived at Ellonl by the train at hadf-pist twelve, accompanied by Dr c Aiken, chemist to the Highland Society, and BIr Cop- I lind, of the Aberdeen 2oninicrcidl Company, wbo, t .ld]g with Ir ...

... 'I THE EARL OF DUFF ERIN.I that -- entH BANQUET AT BELFAST. ,y to or Is Last night, the Earl of Dufferin, ex-Governor-General iced of Canadai, was entertained at a banquet ix the Ulster le Hall, Belfast. It was a brilliant and enthusiastic bisi gathering, which einbraced not only the leading mer- baz, cliants of Belfast, but the representatives of the ive princilpal families of the counties of ...

... . THE alARQUIS OF HUNTLY'S POLLED HEnD-A the i correspondent of the North British Agrioulturist, who and u recently had the pleasure of seeing the select and Frer b highly-bred herd of polled cattle helonging to the purl a Marquis of Euntly at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire, The 8s informis us that the herd is iu geod, servicable, thriv- 4 ing o(ludition. It numbers tifty-fve animals, forty-two ...

... SEE il( ITS FIRE Al1 OLDKELDIJT.lJ. on Amonday night it tiro of a rather serious natureIH occurred in the workshop of Milessrs Craig & Clark, ini-hu plemnent makers, Oliluseldrims. About eleven o'alouk rSome one tin psasisig observed the flames breaking ,' tlbrsicgl thle roof of the front shopi, and immediately dee give the Oalar, land before hung a lairge Diumber o f 2d People had nst.isubled ...

... 'Y . COMMISSTON OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF A FREE CH{URCI-H. aidii The Comunimsioll of the General Asieombly (if the Free ' 'li.e Church miet in Ediniurgh on Wednesday-Dr Andrew WSLS Botar, moderator. Dr Adam gave in a report to tie C hosti effect that the Church Extension ]Building Fond now r in amnounted to about £t32,000, of which the Presbytery of : 1ertiI Edinburgh ha.] raised £21,334, and ...

... TRIM SMALLER POLITICAL CRITICS. | was an 'By Asn WIunYD LAwsoN8 has all the quali- ti ire ties - *e say it with respect - needful ;he to make an excellent Clown when he Ice takes up that part in the political ;he performances of his party. Keep him off poli- hi le-tics and the bon. baronet is often witty and w scrnetimes wise. But when intoxicated with serparty spirit, whieh is understood to ...

... MR BAXTER, M.P., ON EASTERN AFFAIRS: wats td Last evening the Right Hon. W, E. Baxter, MIP.,wh W'o '4 delivered an address in the Public Hall, Arbroath, on d Be Tbe State of Affairs in the East. There was a large say in audience, and Provost Shield presidel. 'o oc ilr Baxter, at the outset, remarked that, withlout ar tile rs trespassing upon the domain of polities, ur entering 'Wh Aupon ...

... THE BANK FAILURtE. THE OFFiCIAL I\VESTIGAT[ONS. Some time ago it will be remembered that the Glas- gow police, on the instructions of the Procurator. Fiscal, took possession of a large number of old docu- ments referring to the transactions of the City Bank. The boxes containing these having been remq sed to safe-keeping. the papers were yesterday minutely pse over in the Coun ty Bnildings by ...

... THE AFGHAN OIlSiS. rates Ss.z THE MILITARY PIEPARATIONS. slion, - TIRE AFGHAN )tOVEMENTS. mar- SIMLA, Monday. be General Biddulph ]la arrived at Quettah. AUl the leading tribes along the fronier between Dera Ismail tn- Khan and Dera almazi Klaan lis.pe exhibited an. exceed- ladl- 4Wgly friendly dij8positic, tomslrds the British. Adaw The Khan. Non of the late Safilar Ali, the Governor of 6cl ...

... JOTTING-S. I I thougbtyou told me that A. r Brown's fever was al gone off, said a gentleman. I did so,> said his com- a. panion but forget to niertion that he went off alorg ofith it, , Iusay, said a dandy to ah intelligent mouhanic, . I've got an idea in my head. NVell, replied the others if you don't chcrish it with great care, it will e die for the want of companions. A young ...