... So meet growling deimacnds on ou6r'1 space, anud inb grateful aci~now~ed~grnent of steadily increasi'np syt6 port, the ABERDEEN JO U~RNAl is nod psegtrmanently erdarged to B3IGHT PAGES DAILY. ABERDEEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879. TN the House of Commons yesterday Mr| Stanhope stated that the Government had no| accurate information as to the losses sustained by the British troops in the return ...

... LONDON, Sunday, 6 p.n. tit fThe weather to (lay is still fine over all the noi thei t m' parts ef the kingsdom, and has cleared up considerabh- by in the south, so that fair weather now prevails in ail Ic parts of the kingdoin. The depression which brought * such large quantities of rain to our southern districts has gone away to the eastward, alnd now lies near the mouth of the Elbe. The ...

... CONDITION OF R-USSIA. ST PFlTER.SBUlRG, SUnday. Witih regard to the convict ship Niji;1i NovgoroI, the event has justified my prediction that tve ,hozd once more hear the old formula: All is well. The Journal de St Peters6bonr publishes the following laconic telegram of the captain to the Minister of the Interior from Nagasaki :- I leave to-morrow for Vladivostock; all is well (tout ra bien). ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN IMAILS FROM LONDON. I -- - - ldL L6, to- els rn- ,94 77' 70 Ls ; 09 he led or-' ere led re- me led ior up ngs ties lls, L is ber snd ing ven be tch ian ost be- itly e- le. Scotia, & Prince .Aug. 19 Evg. Edward Island..) Newfoundland .. ug 19 Evg N. S. Waleo & New, vi a r Waled New . iaj San Francisco Sept. 11 Evg. Portugal via 3 ...

... ie SIR GEORGE MACPHERSON GRANT was safe to Il d get through his inaugural speech yesterday with, i. r out any serious hitch. He has judgment and I ,r tact, and he is not new to the work. The e Hs Ronourable Baronet's allusions to the late Earl I g of Fife and to Viscount Macduff were in good I taste; and so, upon the whole, was his reference t to his political antagonist in the present contest ...

... A public religious conference was held yester- day in the Free Church, Aboyne, under the auspices of the Kincardine O'Neil Free Presbytery. &moug those present were Rev. Messrs Smith, Craigmyle; Moir, Aboyne; Fer- guson, Strachan; Reid, Bat chory; Murray, Midmar; Nicoll, Cluny; Smith,T;-rlaiid; West, Cromar ; W. B. Alexander, Crathie; Muir, Ballater; Fitzpatrick, Aberdeen; Wareham, London ...

... to It was a favourite maxim with Goethe that a e man might be known by his laugh. Goethe did not di, mean to say that a man might be known by what siv he laughs at., though that sometimes affords a very -1 trustworthy test of character, and one which Steele wi says he was wont to depend upon. In order to jul it look into any person's temper, he remarks, I ma s generally make my first ...

... THE LBERALT OF EAST ABERDEENSHIRE. 1l I. I ,es Yesterday a meeting of the Council of the Liberal t off Association of East Aberdeenshire was held in Douglas I onHotel, Aberdeen. There was a good attPadance of i !he delegates from tevarious prarlishes. Onthe, motion of' i I Mr Thomson, Milton of Dumbreck, LIT J. D Fordyce of t iIn Cuish was called to pr*oside.a onl Mr Charles Duitcati, ...

... i Al( It is announced that the Crown jewels of France, if -they m'bay be Gill described by such a name, are JO] to be sold for the-benefit of the State. The 1e Seventh Committee of Initiative has favourably i Al received a proposal to this effect, which was lately I submitted to it by that zealous Republican, MI. Jot Raspail, and it will probably not be long before a Alh grand auction will be ...

... LETTEPS TO THE ED)ITOR. SIPR GEORGGE MIACPHERSOIN_ GRANT'S I1U GAMNIE PANACEA. I -r Piuscarden, 29th Aug1ust, 1879. re SiR.-Judging from the speeches and letters which St Lave recently appeared in the newspapers, there would St Icli seem to be consilderable variety of opinion as to what'! M the practical effect wounld be of an inalienable right7 given to farmers to kill ground game on the ...

... The Standard, describing the operation of lifting the rsteamer City of London fromithe mud-bank at Barking I Reach, says :-As she lay aground the vessel was in about 20 feet of water at high tide, but expert ship- wrights, with the aid of a diver, fastened four-inch planks across the opening in her side, which extended from deck to keel, and the holds having been pumped nearly dry, the vessel ...

... THE FAMINE IN CASHMERE. TERRIBLE MORTALITY. CALCUTTA, Sunday. Later news from Cashmere does not bear out the more favourable accounts which were published a fortnight ago. It is now stated that the drought con- tinues, and the India corn crops are being parched up. The condition of the people and the appearance of the country are described as deplorable. Timely rain may yet secure a rice crop ...