... the death-roll ia merortheless a long cm, and most of the reigning and families Europe have lost one or more members. Prince Henry, brother of the King Holland, in January, months before hia nephew, the Pnnce Ora&gc, whose death occurred iu the tame month thai of the ion of the Third Napoleon. The Grand Duke Wratchesiaw, nephew of Czar, died ia February • while Prince Waldeaar, of the Prince ...

... PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE TAY BRIDGE CATASTROPHE . tilacire, ii efiCiencies BESIDES the desolation caused im families by ertaining, the horrible catastrophe which occurred in kthe I that his Firth of Tayion Sunday evening, for whiob a; ,le, might decent time of mourning must be allowed, e ' .e ?earance; accident is one which appeals te the public, a'ot after the alone as a local butas a ...

... uiuuioeeul L[ oe proeput. COPRESPONDIENC E. A CLERGY1MAN ON THE AFF&HAN WAR. Ij T THE EDITOII OF TiE t{fOTi{ERN 1:Cr1O. ' IHi u Sin,-Au ?? is now made through tbe lo. the columns of that voraciou ipller whose reatines dug to swslloow alything has esroed it thU uteritbii 0, pse'dlouylu Of the Ctr;oil-, to throw the( ?? of ouir .3 A ...

... FATAL FALL FKOM A WINDOW AT PEMBROKE. An old woman named Sayse, living at Monk- ton, was on Wednesday morning, about two o'clock, discovered lying on the ground beneath one of the windows of the house in which slM lived. She as found by a neighbour who was dircc- ted to the spot by her groans. She expired abou ...

... t1w i iI ABERDEEN, THTURSDAY, CIYN. 1, ]SSO. TEE sad situation experiencee on this day oft] national festivtity by the friends of those who perished in the Tay Bridge catastrophe wediki v; Chave been imD elmeasure mitigatad if tidings uead 0 have remched them that the remains of the a victims had been receoered fronm the wreak. r, This mslanclkoly satisfactiox.is however, denied ib thew. ...

... ?? following statistics wvit respect So the leadiing .d religious ?? inl U4i-at Britainl arct compiled asfromi trustwo-lrtlly sources, and aire ats accurate as can be asccctaiaied Al Thle Establieshed~lsurel inl Englan S -'fl`Ne archbishiops, ?? 8 bishops, -1 .sufiitigan bishtiops, 30 deanse, 74 archideaconis, inl (11 rural deans, 28;,000 clergy of ill classes (about oes- Id) fifth of which ...

... BOARD OF WORKS IOAN3S. r TO hS VDtOR OF TVUR 1irenAX. Sin -fAy I claim the ;ible advo;acy of your' paper, alwyays foremn4) iii tlne in~teres.t-' of tne pubichf,^ in amatter of ar~eat urleny, uand. in which are involved material advantanges to the country, as also permanient benefits and independence of. the wvkhn,:kee to £fftl of tihe D' ople I Somie timne iio Tr e tresn tket Tremsury the ...

... CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR I879. JANUARY. 2. A thirty-eight-ton gun bursts on board the TlstsnScrer at Ismid, killing twelve men and wounding thirty-five. 2, General Grant presented. with the freedom of the city of Dublin. The resumption Of specie payments begins in the United States. 4. The Cornish Bank at Truro stops payment, with liabilities of Monrcas executed at Madrid for attempting ...

... THE GLASGOWBANK FAILURE. go A TRAGIC INCIDENT. at ^4 The following extract fromaletterwhichhas T f, been received by a resident in Bristol from a reola. h LO tive in Scotland reveals a tragio incident arising le out! of the Glasgow Bank failure :- I write a w fevlines to inform you of the death of my brother, re r. which took place at Morningaide Asylum on the a ly 21st nlt. He was one of the ...

... LETTEJS TO THE EDITOR. I X . z ?? t ?? All ?? oudelonta n vt write oD o01 Sila oai ?? plarer oly), or ?blelorotcWel K:of ho rejectied We u tl llmel iibisli IIny 1 r ?? tihe' writer 51word tis liia I WA001; AVPt APItIME, 11. ?? Psarily for 1uhl'3, cati l:. 1)2. ?? (,lUliflui:tcA of ?? faith. Th', ji . rtniot ?? to retum ?? 0 IL Lit1 . ' ?? tI t)ir U L li l ?? J .SA rl .1 ii (Crtiill.- ,v~~iellr ...

... The charge of grossly assauling the head water-bailiff at Carmarthen win concluded yeaterday, and the prisoners, Owens and Evans, were each sentenced to tvo -months' hard labour. A meeting of gentlemen inteiested in the study of music in Wales has leen held at Carnarvon, and a resolution pasied to form ajsociety for musicians in the P-incipalifcy. North and South are represened. 011 the ...

... A terrible accident ocourred at Eosehill Mill, Bolton, on Tuesday. A jack frame tenter, named Mary Alice Scholes, was engaged in cleaning her frame close to the upright si.aft extending across the room, when her clothes caught in the belt, and she was whirled around the shaft in awful rapidity, being dashed at each revolution against the frame! When the machinery was stop ed it was found that ...