... e LIABIIATY OF A MINISTER TO PAY SCHOOL !t RATES. a to Sheriff Dove Wilson gave judgment yestera nre- Aberdeen Small Debt Court, in an actine rayisedn e Alexander Henderson, Inspector of Poor of the pariab 0ous. of Mononhitter, against Rev. George Fai b minia, who ter of the parish, for the following account:_ .. ' To school rate for manse, garden, and glebe y of for year ended at Whitseanday, ...

... THB 'STRANDED STEAMER STATE OF LOUISIANA. er LUUIiIAINA. by t , A telegram received yesterday states that the crew is r, onl hsn left the stranded steamer State of Louisiana, and '- that there appeurs little prospect of saving the ship. Amn of The wind, which is nonw S.E., renders tha position of reigi he the stranded steamer all tbe more perilous, as she lies the of exposed to the'full run of ...

... wn WHEN we find two judges so-eminent as Lord Penzance and Sir Alexander Cockburn tucking rth up their sleeves to settle a difference of opinion th - by appeal to the ultima, ratio of literary fisticuffs, ner it would seem as if the exceptionally bad example that has of late been shown in connec- On tion with Parliamentary and general political fra discussion must have begun to affect, if not ...

... BANCHORY, LECTURE.-The second of the Useful Knowledg-e Society's course of lectures camne of on Tuv_,day even. ing. The lecturer was Air Lasing, of Abenl~eu, who, in is usual popular arid instructive style, spoke son Dilomesltic Economy :or, How to Alice Heinre Happy.' Air Davidson of Inchismarlo presided', rted maice a fee' laudatory remarks at thle close. BOTRIPHNIE. FREE Cieuncii.-Tho ...

... ANOTHER COLLISI(N OFF TIlE ENGLISH COAST. .EPR1. SINKING OF A VE88SS ADL OF 15 LIVES. ELAL0 A Gcrn/n sailor, named Powl Forfork,,ri, Liverpo~l'on Saturday and reported tla Ilarris I 'iJuabad been run into andi sonic by, the ~idhtalthe crew, with the exceltO l Ifh t hed From his statement it of imse~l prse.Frmhi s tt el tIplpeared that thl, .~an u'a~a Engish barque, had beer, on tile ikust usia ...

... IUNTLY POLICE COMMI6SION. .. sLv-lo- A .T A AAAA tl o An adjourned meeting of the Huntly Police Commis- the sioners was held in the Stewart Hall Buildings on Mon- ght day evening. Ma jor Mellis, Chief Magistrate, presided, s a and there was a fair attendansce of members. The Clerk submitted a probablo estimate of the in- ,al. come and expenditure from 15th May, 1878, to 15th and May, 1879, ...

... IMPERIA.L PARLIDAMDNT, k' Thle sudden resolution of the Opposition to mtcet Ne toN ats the Government with a direot challen a of their A, ar policy was sigsaiised in the House of Lords by a at Revery large attendance of peers, and an evident deter- 511 to mination to fight out the question On ptirtygodsOw IrContrary to what might have been expec.t ed, how- N, idever, the attendance of ...

... HIPPING INTELLIGENCE ARMIVED AT AGNHDElsy. -Decoctbecr -i21)iilOal Sunderland, coals. 26.-toe oetes l,,r A cilro'll.l, S castle. goods * Pride o' Scotl;ad, Stralckw, 8eiffl; led't Frail~land, Warren, Smilderlmid, coals. pubh SAILEa, December 26.-IVijild west, inoe tc ' pear, M'ellchilic, Inverness, goodal. 26.-SuIrlee, Ih Peter head, light. Caprera, pasEcd the Lizard, Dfc. !1 rPtrll, Wilson, ...

... 1111l- - I NEITHEn the people nor the Princes of Indiat ablin need encouragement to warlike enterprise. Ilyde There has not yet been, time to forget that, both when the rude 'rebuff of the British mission to Cabul was announced, the loudest and most f the determined demand for immediate resort to armns came from the public feeling of India rather than from that of our own country. So im- ...

... TITE UNEMPLOYED AND DESTITUTE. Icr ~DUNDEIs. - r aA largely-attended meeting of the Dundee Central el ra Reief Cmnmmlttee was held in Dondee yesterday.! !ho Provost Brownies, who pr~esided, said it waus desirabo 'ier to consider- at once what steps shou ld he taken to in-l bleeeas theflm fortherelief of the poor, and also to ii beensure its prompt arlministrratiosi, Mr Mlonculr said the a 0i5 ...

... i(nq all lbil abil 7fr,, sty ialt cut ice Tb nele ale 1 tih le I r sU fdgi Ioc ad 1 )at r tl D t1 rro Lae f t: 00 26tb Maroh, andi ClaptaiGrey's Note, 3.st March. 1869. 5a as qts 'Ask Pollock, Thornton, Girdlatone. we apben Copy ofTelegram' from Viceroy to Secretary of State, a051 8 24th l4arch 1875.5 RI . lite Your telegram of. the 2rd February. Lieutenant- th aud the Governor, Sir Richard ...

... AV~tV'3D Aron -I/-V tM - aptro, MUTUAL INPROVEHENT SOCgRTY.-The third annual A m h ocial meeting of thenmembers of this society war hold corn- In t '.. Townhall Buildings here on Friday evenn.Mr thtD. C. Boath, president of the society, c upiid the irschair, and there were about 80 ladies and gentlemen BAt- vahe ireaent-55An excellent tea, with thie usutalaceompeni- durhin loubt nwents, ofs ...