... f the .~~iL which GALLANT LIFE~BOAT SaV a' POTHflIULLARX,North W vI CES Com' During the heavy gale experie110 ce on th - ay. wa the evening of the I11th in~tn th 18 coa are' Packet, of Carnarvon, showe Stan t nac ~hoo More ifeoatwhih i naed 5'gnl5, e dBic Iciaia Porthdinllaen Bay, in response to wh's the diIn ,hophilanthropist, and which belong fte t ellCkeorg arsLifeboat Institution, was at ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN M1AILS FROM LONDON I =-- - I- . 1 - I Despatch of next Mails from Next Will s Destlnations, London. Mail due to t1l r- Australia (S. &W.) via S'thampt'n . . .Dec. 11 Mdg. Dec. 22 Shri Tasmnania&Victoria5 ria Brindisi Dec. 19 Evg. Dec. 15 rsce: Bermuda ria New York .. . Dec. 4 Erg. . perio. Brazil, Monte C - via Liverpool . Dec. 9 Evg. Dec. 2 rials ...

... E1, GIN. St HELPLESSLY Da111ueC--James Younie, a labourer, lo rwas sent to pitOn by Baillie 1llack for 24 hours for a in contiaventiin of tlie Public-Houses Act. is A DRUNKzN I-IoS3TLi,-At the Burgh Court byesterday William Maczkenzie, an hostler, pled guilty of I to having, onl the 12th Novemnber,entered the Gordon b- IArms Hot;d and used abusive language towards the 'I proprietor, and ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... is elf. An American journal, devoted to the intere S Ind of fire brigades, gives a very compreheusive lis: of Ira- what may be called historical fires. La.mn.. vvc I are reminded, has had more than one * -s: =e. ia- ! It had one in 798, another in 9 an 3 flirQ rs Ee 1086 the greatest parf of London ber --s:.yei be- on all three occasions. Judging bv z.'- r -o' pe. houses destroyed, our great ...

... THE - ?Ttfl?RThU'C1{t?JS. |ITPORTANT CONCE8SIONS. jbdgedau 1I, .hat I EXPEC1TEDAIJSTrER-.I''>CHANiGES. boldly 1: PROBABLE, REINSST kkEM9T 'lOY Ihasp~rO MIDbHAT PA(CHA. , use, thai a - ., . thatpat LABANOFF'S RETURN. aCCeSacO] * T~L~AM.]prematu e tRaUTER'S. theTineVR .h ,,ssia ONTANTINOPLE, Saturday. diffipult Russian Ambassador has returned from m ..de u d LivadiL' '''' plait. a&T n No ...

... tIhe, TUESrDAx NOmVl. AB3ERDEEN, TUESDAY, N~OV. 18, 1879. . Tim administration of direct retribution to I tho8e guilty of participation ii the Cabull mgpaf sntm nrn~nprls. Ac ir - -! *I -- 6--.y v, partcipation in the Cabul massacre proceeds apace.'The Commissions of Inquiry have examined upwards of 100 wit- lmesses, and as the result of: the evidence adduced 49 natives have been executed. ...

... [BY TELEGII-.H FROM OtUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Tint EGra'LA- QUESTION-AN IMPORTANTr MISSION- THE REPRESENTATION OF LoUTH-CHANG0E5 1N THE ADNTEALTY ADMINISTRATivE DEPARTMENTS -THE TNTEw NA-vAL CAT-THE REYLVAL OF TRADE-LOSS OF CAMELS iN AFGHANISTAN- THE CABINET COUNCIL - WESTMI1NSTER-MR' TooLE'S MANAGERIAL DEBUT-HER MAJET NY'S THEATRE-Al, INTERESTING PRoJECT. LONDON, Monday nighit. Sir George ...

... THE CHILIAN OCCUPATION OF IQUIQUE. Rio ns JANEIRO, Oct. 24 (delayed in ill transmission). to Intelligence received here announces that the to Chilianr have occupied Iquique, which had been pre- | to l viously abandoned by the allied forces. an rs -IBil e THE TURKISH REFORMS. tht Th THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. tio _ _ _ _be T CONSTANTINOPLE, Wedniesday. n il The Porte seems to have repented having ...

... - i;;: .' .~ , , \, i, II- .-~ I erb SPEECH ON. SE CONDARY EDUCATION. '~quits * -WIGAN, Monday.', one., To-day the Hoine Secietary performed 'th6.opening use' ceremony of the new Grammnar School at Wigan. andlI Th bilin, hih serected on a portion of thereo 11mom park, has cost about £17,000,the funds being, obtained 'the n from the sale of the old schoel site, from subscriptions, hlear. and ...