... 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 ...

... in Bridget is a power in Duntober; unlike the a- generality of women of her class in Ireland, she al has no respect for her superiors, and the priest, the doctor, and even Miss Honor, the squire's rn daughter, herself, not unfrequently receive from ie her what she graphically calls the linth an' breth yF av her tongue. Her audacity is proverbial, and Dfher powers of rhetoric would fill a ...

... I3 I sID dsT - - -IDt ~ w A a vAmnbAO A DAI, 1' I . SAI OF PRopxErY.-Yesterday, there was CXpOS(-L1 fill for sale, in the office of Mr G. M. Hossack, solicitor, en Banff, the dwelling-liorse and shop in Gellyymill by Strtet, Macduff, o(cupied by Wr Alexander Bow, at est the upset price of £600, and after soume comnpetition it was bought by Mr Jamnes Beaton, Aberdeen, (Iin behalf of Mr Bow, ...

... MR GLADS'TOSE IN, MID-LOTHIAN.| A f- ---- -T 7 ADDRESS TO A LEITH DEPUTATION. EDINBURGH, Friday night. Although Mr Gladstone was under no engagement to address a public meeting to-day, the Corporation -ad Magistrates of the burgh iof Leith took advantage of the occasion to Present, through a deputation con- sisting of the Provost and two Magistrates, the Treasurer,and six members of the ...

... 1'RoFEISSOUR 1PKEINDlICK ONT THE EFFECTS I OF ALCOHOL. th - I W k; On Thursday night Professor M'Xendrick, M.D., Ch ad inaugurated this session's meetings of the Glasgow all h University Total Abstinence Society by delivering a I cl; lecture on The physiological action of alcohol, in the tbh ey Physiology Classroom of the University. There was a he ye good attendantce of studeuts. Dr ...

... THE MESSIAH.' 'The Messiah is one of the greatest specimens of are e oratorial composition in existence. Eiver since its tipto first performance in the city of Dublin, on the 13th T1 April, 1742. it has continued to enjoy an ever-increas- t M ing popularity. This doubtless arises not only from with the subject, which is the most intensely important and, episode in human history, but also ...

... HEAR gedeex n28XtI, ca ca ABERDEEN, SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1879. TESTERDAY afternoon a deputation, consisting of the Provost and several members of the -r * . L m- - I - . . Magistracy and Town Council of Leith, waited upon Mr Gladstone at Lord Rosebery's resi- depce, Dalmeny House, for the purpose of pro- seniing an address of welcome and congratulation to. the right bon. gentleman. In reply, Mr ...

... I wa ng wa e- her A Geneva correspondent writes :-Thougb Herrct Rudolph Ringier, who died at Lenzburg, in Aargat, on November 9, was little known out of Switzer- land, he was a man so remarkable and distin- j en guished that a short sketch of his character and! of career may not be without interest for Endglish, bl readers. Born in 1797, Rudolph Ringier was, an destined from his youth for the ...

... with .. - aImy T-Tnn French Chambers have returned to the i, be capital, after their long exile at Versailles, and e 1Y curiously enough just as the elements of fac.P .g tious strife threaten to reach the boiling point. a] is There is no longer, practically, a Bonaparte t] :e dynasty ; but the party which had fixed its n Yhopes on the Prince Imperial remains distinct I i- and active and ...

... SCE - TY OSS-- . SOCIETY Gossip. aD [FROVM TRL[.-] L Ivam gload to hear that we are to have . novel from MrsLinn TLinton', per) It another a titled The Rebel of the FIamily,' a ids ltlhe en j menced in the January number of TCnejr np e cl1ar The Court will remain at Wiudsor Castle 1,,t three weeks, as her Majesty intends goig to for two months on the 17th or 18th of DIi) bor. People are ...

... the tJUBILEE OF THE REV. JOHN IPURKER, M.A. a m I ~of The jubilee of the Rev. John 1ierker, MA., who for age, .0 yea s has acted as pastor of the Blanif Congregational uniu Church with so tnuch zeal, diligence, and acceptance, But was celebrated on Thursday. A social meeting was all held in the Seafield Street Hell, foi the purpose of pre- icie senting Mr Murker with a testimonial, at which ...

... . - - .. . . . . THE ANGLO-PERSIAN 1JNDERSTANiNG. Ye IMPORTANT RUSSIAN ACTION. poste 3- -an ur he NEW EXPEDITION AGAINST MERV. IEr n, | [ MO1UNING POST' TELEGRAM.] Ou aI BERLIN, Thursday. Iinin us The amicable understanding arranged between in a ,e Porsia and Great Britain has caused a coolnoss to who a is arise in the relations between Rus.sia and the former ing 1i es Power ; in fact, as ...