... MIR V. L. SANHOPE ON' THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. se 3Ir W. L. Stanhope, the member for South York- te shire, speaking at Loxuy, near Sheffield, last evul ink, ' referred to the agricultural distress, which he satd 'h had been greatly exaggerated. The only thing Go- vernment could do for the farmer was, by sound IrciS- e lation, to stamnp out plecru-pneumonia, and 'ther 2e diseases which ...

... l i _ T tisj, tt TO) THE ED)ITOR. I Thrt OR VICTORIA BRIDGE. Jo Y .i se by th e ne-wpapers of Saturday that the wit -'in--a :tuinittte of our Town Council had stol - ot to have a demonstration at laving a Re 'L--tone for Torry Bridge, owing to the out It would cost the town. I may say, as the Pel ' t~- ri be laid on the north side of the water, arc --. tLr which would cost a trifle (to such a ...

... 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 ...

... NORITH flRITIoH RAILWAY MEETING. Is Ot -- -i comn- The half-yearly mneeting of the North Blitish Rail-t then vay G CUwilloEny was hold in Queen Street Hall, Edir,- k 185 bu1rgh, yester(dLy aftineron. There was a large attend- ; are ance of shaieholdeis. hlr Stirling of Klippenda;vie, mile. chlairman of the comripany presided. year The Chairl Eau, wh, lose :amid apple USC Lfnd ii hisal, ti-st. ...

... POUR LADIES' COIOLUMN. BY: ONE OF THEMSELVES, go A po~uringwettday in the mountains-the first we h E, have had slitce wAe left Lindon, cannot, I think, be, better enpioy Ed than inl recording souse of our novel ic exiperielceo. I t i cturi m how ,ne b-coni-q r' con ci ]I , to iuconvecliencues a,A -1Ii scoleforts. %iieiet-s- '-iOl i Ig seemed insurmiounthlie nad uikIearabW-. in the htur' b ...

... THE, PEDESTRI FEVER IN SAN -FR-ISCO. e The pedestrian fever has intensified to that extent a o in this vicitiitv that there is every. indication that the s. o community can hardly recover unless something ..is o done for its immediate relief. Last Tuesday morning al I there was a general domestic sensation over the entire a 0 Western Addition. Over forty boys had suddenly r disappeared from ...

... 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 ...

... H.M.S. BACCHAXTE. is The man-of-war in which our yr'nD. z-lif'r hePrinces are to set sail in a few ,lavs oa tll(ir ly voyage round the world so far resenil;los tbie o!,I s. familiar type of battle-ship in that it carrie. itS m armameut upon the broadside prillcille- Tle a- Bacchante has no turrets like the Thunderer elfas, eC nor barbette batteries such as are to ioulll (Ii ie board the ...

... OTES FROM EDINBUR (FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) Saturday Evening. Te Mid-Lothian faggot question has been a good deal complicated by the inauguration of the “Scottish Election Fund.” The two matters are linked together in the popular imagination, and both are connected with a rather wild rumour which went abroad more than a month ago. It was said that the Duke of Buccleuch when writing ...

... RAILWAY CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMP. ANY, The fellowing is the report by the to directors of ninth half- sixty. Glasgow, on 16th to be held at 1eU half-yearto 3ist 1879, as shown in the After payment of £350,792 18 216,587 8 9 on the preference The directors recommend ote £143,205 7 St ordinary stock and shares at the rate of 24 per cent. per On 128,218 11 § Leaving to the credit of next ‘The ...

... AVlnwl begins this month with the fir«t of s papers Syria, from the pen, it is rti.l, first „ru.'le describes visit to the Druses of the 1 which the writer paid in company with tier M.»j«*ty'a Consul-funeral for Syria in April Iv«t. The effusive cordiality their reception this interesting race was impress the most censorious traveller. The Druses ire brave, independent, and hospitable people, ...

... Sheriff Appeal Court.—Sheriff Fraser will hold Court for the hearing appeals and the disposal of other business on tne 11th Theatre-Royal.—The Theatre-l&oyal, now improved and redecorated, will open for tne season ! to-morrow night, when the new company will appear in the drama of Amy Robsart, ' Miss Ethel Arden playing the part of the heroine. The burlesque of Ixion will form the afterpiece. ...