... e NORTHERN AaRICULTURAL COMPANY.-The employds of the Northern Agricultural Company held their social meeting and ball in Lockhart's Hall on Monday a evening. Mr Anderson, manager of the company, oc- I cupied the chair, supported by the heads of the depart- r ments of the works at Aberdeen and several of the I a agents. After tea, the Chairman delivered an address, i - expressing his great ...

... i . ~I eet- aeld de- aag, 0th als, 7tbe xte, fa iro- ,sill out to use of dL. ved Lnk vas ;al' C is in. snt ce, ere Lry ro - rn ^ 'en '-as An- :an ;ea, nit .all ?er the SW, vr,, owv ter blre 'he rge YAKOOB KHAN. PEs}1Awus, Monday. When Ileft Jellalabai on the 26th, Yakoob Kban ha4 not come in, nor were there any expectations that be'would do so. Two brigades are camped comfortably at Jellalabad ...

... a LONDON, Tuesday, six pan. In the course of the past 24 hours a further fall of the of t barometer has taken place in the north, especially over in Sweden, while a rise is reported in France and along- our south coasts. The depression in the north has con- sequently become much larger and considerably fe deeper, and the gradients for soutl-westerly winds are vi very steep. Westerly and south ...

... OSBORNE, Tuesday. seea held a Council at one o'clock yesterday a , at which were present His Royal Hlighniess t] of Connaught. His Royal Highness krince tL and the Duke of Richmond aud Gordon, pre- ! Si the Council. Mr C. L. Peel attei d.:il ais sc6 he Council. g :s to the Council, the Duke of Richmond anad G .ad an audience of Her Majesty. g ; jesty afterwards drove out, attended by the r . ...

... A WATCHER BE iH E DEAD. n A corresponident sends to the Timesi the following as translation of an article from the Dqrmsp-sier Zeitffar 's hearing this title, and date, Darmstadt, Christmas. rr Eve :'- Long, long before daybre onk o one of these gloomny December days of last week an officer radie his way hurriedly along the empty, silent streets of the capital, lie was in full uniform, but ...

... Lt d. E A . ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 1879. d 1 ** K/ . L, X0 O . I A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Peshawur on J Monday, states that he left Jellalabad on the 26th -,, I- -Z. 1 -A no Il - t - - , . I - I inst. Yakoob Khan had not then entered the place, of nor were there any expectation that he would do so. it :sPreparations are being made by the troops for a Af winter residence at ...

... THE rectification of our Indian north-west fr'ntier has fairly commenced, wi+1,rn7t +he -slightest-symptom of -its-distturbing thewonder- I .fully good understanding that has established 1 itself between Britain and Russia with reference t] to the affairs of Afghanistan. lUnder the former n hesitating policy of :the Indian Government, II letting 'I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' t] Shere ...

... y. t e- THE rhetorical intrepidity of MIr Wood night I ct perhaps be allowed to account for his yestcrday se as estimate at the Chamber of Commerce meeting of -that the City of Aberdeen is in Peril of losing ( a reversionary interest in its Harbour worth I £100,000 ; but it is not so easy to understand ve how the usually cool and collected intrepidity of t, Baillie Essleinont should have been ...

... The New Year holidays CoMmenced yesterday after. h noon, and the most, if not all, of the public vworks ir LO Aberdeen will remain closed until MIondy. Set free from work so early, the L ard-Wrtuglit sol.s and e daughters of toil, according to use and Woi't, Wete net ls long in filling the streets, dressed in their best ,- clothes, and preparing for the glories of Hogmanay -e night. Till ...

... . V-fzjflVzdN. ! ELECTION OF SANITARY INSFECTOR.-A meeting- : the Fetteresso Local Authority was held here on A31,g day evening-Mr A. W. Kinnear, solicitor, presiding: a for the purpose of electing a sanitary inspector for parisht Seven applications weie made, and the sl e committee recommended Mr John Murray (buil- and Mr James Stevenson (Evan Street) as the ir fl suitable parties for the ...

... i I I~T E CT Ce REPORT BY THE LIQUIDATORS. l;, - THE FIRST CALL ANT THE CLAIMS AGAINST THE BANK. The following report was supplied officially at a meet- iDg of liquidators of the-City of Glasgow Bank held yesterday afternoon. A dividend would have been de- dlared payable in the end of January, but for the ciz- cumstances that the trial of directors lof the bank has, it is understood, been ...

... '5 CUSTOMS REvENuE.-The customs revenue at the ~in port of -Arbroathi for the year 1878 amounts to £17,590 1v 2s 10d ; British sit,£723Ss 5d-total, £~24,921 in- 154 l0d. The increase in the whole revenue as corn- ,rt pitied with 1877 is £2921 Ta 50, of which £8316 isa 50 is t (Is in customs and £540 Os. 50 in Bi itish spirits. The ~ ci, nazntter ,f vessels vegistered at the port is 55, with an ...