... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE VICTORY IN THE PEIWAR PASS, DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. ; LONDoN, Friday night. The following has been received by the Press Asso- ciation from the India Office for publication:- From Viceroy, 6th December, 1878. Roberts reports that the number of guns captured on the 2nd inst. is 18; also, large stores, ammunition, and supplies. The Jagis seem friendly disposed. Cold severe; but troops in ...

... IMPERIA I? PA[?bI4MENT. LONDON, Tuesday night.| Intcrest centered in the House of LordsH to-nlight, which assembnled after a ilief interval only too full of an absorbing event, XWheul the House brkok up at week ago the shadlow of the great cahluiiity of the death of the Queen's daughter had not even begsun to darken the national paths, hut to-night maemberst were all clad in mourninlg, and the ...

... COMMERCIAL tRitSiS 'IN SOUTH ,: .- I -WALES. 1. ~,c:: ' . 'W A E . .. ,'! :Tho banks are being drawn upon rather heavily owiiig to a rumour affecting the credit of one batik. The de- mands bf depoiitori during the lest feW days has been ex.eptIonaly grent. It is sald that the run ol a C'Vet fu of Eugiand bankton Friday in Bristol, Cardiff, and New, ju port,. amounttd to -one million. Nuoh ...

... A l T11 AFGHAN WAiR. d TH KURRUM ARMY. til - - hs i ADYANCE I'BEYOND PEIWAR KOTAL. T1 It -N I THE DEFENCE OF THE SlHUTAIt- JSl . GARDAN. let tto frc r Tlh f,,llowing telegram. has been sent to the Press i Associition from the India Office for publication - m r FROM Ta. yCEiot, Dec. 8, 1878. hie by t Roberts reports column marched on 6th to Ali hei . Rhal, leaving wing of eighth, midl three ...