... THE REIG?J OF HUMOUR po0KA Ntwithtiiding the: prsEc nature of~ thfe age| ~ry. ,we live in, there is an increasiiig tendency to treat rig. miatters lightly which were formerly dealt with with aar llpossible gravity. Wie see evidence of the fact de- every day in every phase of life. We see it peeping' IkY, frmbehind thie official gravity of Ministers of- mi- State, gilding the hereditary decorum ...

... OllY- THE superfluous stock of oratory which mem- v him bers carry down with them front St Stephen's 12 to their constituencies is seldom of the freshest I wore and most exhilarating description. But with. a a the moribund Parliament and uncertain party plat- t ,ures forms miore interest is likely to attach to the un- a rans- ilian restricted utterances of members than to the c and remarks ...

... THIE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. STATEMENT BY M. WADDINGTON. PARIS, Thursday evening. °tood . MWaddington, at a banquet given by the Prefect of the Aisne to the Council-General of the Department, i made a speech upon political questions, in the course of ance hich he reviewedl the work done by the Legislature c I during the last six Months. Speaking of the Ferry WtoI Bill, the Minister said the object ...

... 'GENER~AL GA1BALTr AND THE POPE . RO3XEi Wednesday. General Garibaldi is much better, and the Pope is in the enjoyment of perfect health. TAE AUSTRIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS. - I BERLIg, Wednesday. I It Was yesterday announced with considerable show ef authority from Vienna that Count Karolyfi is to be appointed Count Andrassy's successor. The press at Berlin, however, is decidedly sceptical on ...

... -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 011 .1 coun flow %i.t atA djetil $SAxafllt was - Gove ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1879. ward crusa or MB GLASTONE, who is on a visit to the Ear1 and Countess of Breadalbane at Taymouth di Castle. was vspqrAVW;- A - -. B--. anti Uountess of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle, was yesterday waited upon by a deputa tion from the Breadalbane and Killin Liberal Association ...

... R -ASTN A A- -e-=c--- -I- MR GLADSTONE AT A ERFELDY. Iy -b) i I I Igent gn SPEECH ON PARTY ORGANISATION. wa Sir wa ing ABSi~FELDY, Tuesday. Thely n a At ten o'clock this morning Mr Gladstone received orely tied an address from the Kilhn and Breadalbane Liberal t h Ulu Association at Taymouth Castle, the seat of the Earldec ant of Breadalbane. The deputation, consisting of about do flC ber 80 ...

... BISMARICK, A' 1 VIENNA. Lat GERMAYADFRAINCE. ~ty 'or (xve' ~.GtM. sIt Th eiofca~oisklBElLIN, Wednesday. Thesei-ofii&IPOi~cazcoreapondersceublishes agtn article which, after referring to Prince Bismarck's anvisit to Vienna and to the marks of distinction with t; lie which he has been received by the Emperor Francis c, M Josephi, the Austrian Government, and the people of t- ieVienna, concludes ...

... THE POFRTSOY WATER SUPPLY QUESTION. pr( 1NS~ECTION'OF. THE PROPOSED DISTRIICTf In, On, Sat~zrday-`Aeriff tSeut~ ',,Mo'ncrif'iie Portsoy for the purpose of' inspecting the pronosed , water supply.'district 'and satiisfying himself iis to, whether the sc!heme iwas'necesary6r'or . moiIt will bd rememberd- thaittlhe~mijority'-of, thet Local Authlority!dt are strenuouisly opp'osed to the ...

... AGRIC ULTUItE. SALE OF THIE HED TmCs SIIOETHORNS -,t The shorthnorn herd of, Mtr Donald Fisher, MGriBn of: Keithick, Coupar-Angus, wras sold yc-terdaly by Mtr ,John Thornrton. This herd was immediiately started, aifter the very successful sale of the Pitluobrie herd ini ,1874, with some animalils ot kin'rvdie blood. The ani- rindas are singularly even andi alike ; the cows hiealdhy Bregular ...

... THE ELGI1 AND NAIPN ELECTION. St ttements issued on be- I half of Sir Go :--e M ~acpherson G. ;; Bart., and bellt Go to~ ' electors,withrefe ecne to the eight poitts wherein it isstatel tale candidatres diff'' :- 1. Ganze.-.\r Biudie bhaa evaded the d irect e queetiou put to him. Will i he yes or no, support Sir r Alexander Gordon and I Lurd iMacduff's Bill, vlhich, l as everyone knows, gives ...

... LONDON, Sunday, 6 p.m., ;, Ihe weather over the British Islands this mornirig F, was in a peculiarly variable condition. The depression which lay over the north of England on Saturday had suddenly changed Its direction, and, passing briskly to l. the eastward, bad reached Denmark by eight am. to- day. In our islands, however, the mercury rose very e little indeed as the disturbance passed off ...

... I LETTERS rTo I HE~ EDITOR. HARD TIMES AND SCHOOL BOARA.& SIB,-Your correspondent, Farmer, deserves i- thanks for his letter on Hard Times and School id Boards, and I hope it will crme under the notice of if our School Board, Crathie and Braemar. If he wae r educated in the old parochial school, his letter is an e evident proof that in the north we, did not require a n new Edncatien Act. ...