... 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 ...

... . 1 -. i 3 GTRLASGOW. The nominations for the vacancies in the various fi municipal wards in the city closed yesterday. st Only four fresh names appear amongst the nomi- d do nations-viz., that of Mr James Wallace, who, T of being unopposed, is returned to fill the vacancy h ad caused in the representation of the Second ,or Ward by the retirement of Mr' William }3 Tre; Mr George Jackson and ...

... -CLOSE-- O8-ALMON- ANGLnqd AND- GROUSE SHOOTING.l ?? , .. _ \ . . . ?? I (rouP0r ORr SPOfLTiGG COOREsSONDJ.T SA1!O angling, itmay be laid, hab closed for the seasonL 'Close tiie-began on ?? I rivers on the Slat iit., and after the Soth current the waters-if the Tweed ?? u for c a period of two months. Grouse ehonizig'has ot 'I yet-legally terminated for the season, b4itWilA do so on, the 10th ...

... GREENOCFN SMnooT, Bo1n POSEcUTIOxNs.-Au nmberofde, faulting parents were before Sheriff Smith yester- day, at the instance of the School Boar4, charged IwithR neglecting to edueate their' codild -Mrf Stewart prosccuted. David James Hamilton W55 charged with neglecting to- end: -id daiighter Mary Jane, aged 6, toh-actuL Mt Stronh, who appear$ for the accused, lodged as an objection that his ...

... THROUGHI THE DARK CONTINENT. |I .a GLSGOW SCI--n. LECTURr The present session's course of Lectures, arrangted by the G lasgow Science Lectures' Aesocia tibo, wfas inauguarated last night in the City [tsll. An audience which crowdeds~tbe hal in every part assem bled fur soae time previons to the hour for the commencement of proceedings, and outside a crowd was gathered which would have ...