... FRASE1BURGH SCHOOL BOARD. * The monthly meeting of the School Board was held Ion Tuesday evening-the Rev. Mt, Winterbotham pre- sidting. There were also present Rev. Alessrs M'Laren d anld Pdterson, Sir Alex. Anderson, Mr Watson, and Mr . Dickson. A SCHOOLMASTERS' DDWELLING-ROUSE. , Aletter was read from the Scotch Education Deoart- h mont Objecting to the proposed schoolmaster's house, on the ...

... TAY :BRIDGE oDISA:STER. . ~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ .,~ ..I. ,I - ' . I ge |TE WRECK EXPLORED. C TI E ENGINE FOUND. ati ria all THREE CARRIAGES MISSING. ls a q . *J +thE sid ]BODIES WASHED AWAY.'' by HA DuanDE, Wednesday. Sta Intense interest was manifested in the diving ope-s rations to-day. When the Dew' that part of the train enc beenofte ranofI had been found spread through Dundee yesterday wh ...

... ;.THE LIFEB'- =EIWI'E eN). i879' THh IFEAT'' SEAV'E 1 ., 187. Year by year -te work of the National Lifeboat L Institutiun bLCuines miore' and 'more `extensive and , testifieB to its great importance. Th-e followiog list of services rendered on the coasts of the United Kingdom by its lifeboats to shipwrecked crewri ;details succinctly the success and unabated bravery and perseveracce of the ...

... PROPOSED EXEPEIMENTAL FARAI NEAR INVE RN'I3SS. It will be rememberod that, at the last meeting of the Inverness FaLtnei Society, there was an interesting discussion (opened by Mr Alolligon, Dochfour) on the propriety of establishing an experimental farm fur the northern counties. The proposal was then most heartily taken up, anl a, large ameber of gentlemen, representatives of several of the ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. i land The river Irwell, which divides Manchester from prin Salford, has overflewed its banks on both sides to sigh such an extent as to cause great damage to property, to si and to cause serious apprehension in the minds of the the people living in the lower parts of the two towns, Inc particularly as rain is still falling heavily. At ten spir o'clock on Wednesday ...

... POLICY IN AFGHANIST'AN. he THERE can be no doubt that our experiences en Afghanistan have constituted what must be ral regarded as a very serious business. The under- -st taking, commencing with the sending of a Mission ng to Cabul, where a Russian Embassy had already been established, was entered upon with the )n, S. entire approval of the country, and in the full ok. knowledge that the step ...

... OONDON CORIi.RESPONDENCE. [BY TELEGRlAiU FROM OUR OWN CORRESP'ONDoENT., E Tar ANGLO-TUniKISIT CaisIS-Tupt iE Ny RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR-THF D ISSCLlxoz RIMOIuJIs-. I'HE ROYAL AVADEMY--T1o, NEW OPERA t HOUSE -T HEln CABIrrNE - Tutu TICasBORN I CLADIM.AT-NNEw VOLUNTEI; REGIMRTLN-THE fi SOCIETY or A1TS. C, LoNDoN, Thursday night. ,rlie usual S )ciety of Arts' short course of o Unristmas lectures, ...

... auc No. 3 BATTERY CARBINE CLUB.-The members of mu No. 3 Battery C.A. Carbine Club held their annual 'competition yesterday at the Links range, when a series I of money prizes were shot for. The conditions were 10 SE rounds at 200 yards. The following were the prize- winners:-Slergt. John Inch, 32 points; Gunner Wm. I Campbell, 31 do. ; Sergeant John Hogg, 28 do. ; Srgt. John Thomson, 25 do. ; ...

... tInol the Alcteorological Offlce.) FORECASTS of weather for Friday, 2nd January, 1880, issued at 4 p.m. on the previous day:- 0. SOOTLAND N.-Soutb-westerlyand southerly winds, strong, perhaps a gale and squally; some rain. 1. SCOTLAND E.-Do. 2. ENGLAND N.E.-South-westerly windif, stronig, perhaps a gale; squally; rainy. 3. ENGLAND E.-Do. 4. MIDLAND COUNTIES. - South-westerly winds, strong to a ...

... NEW YEAR'S :DAY., d So littlte does the ol~serv oiiue of no'~ N-v Yejar's ti IDTav differ froin another ihl i. one mightSliataito repalet, a, Concerning the great holidit of 1880 what o ie said in' re these colituns this day tw.'- vemonths in. chronicling im ou fthe public fe-`n %. r' . nthe first'day 6f 1879. s h lleru were the same li.-d and number of entertain-B I'lenlt8 ; the shop ...

... WHAT THE .WORLD SAYS. They are a smart people over in Cork, but the laugh this time is not on their side. The other night they vociferously refused to allow Mr Archibald Forbes to deliver his Zulu War lecture to them, on account of some old grudge dating from the idiotic period of John Mitchell's candidature for Tipperary. When they bad R|accomplished their purpose, interspersing the proceed- ...

... CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE BURGLARS. The principal actors in what will no doubt prove to be one of a series of the most daring and impudent thefts ever committed in Aberdeen were last night cleverly apprehended by Detec- tives Pope and Baird in the premises of Mr Peter Castle, commission merchant, Adelphi Court and Shiprow. The thieves, who have ibeen caught red-handed, are James Boyd, a master ...