... through the stimulus given the Koyal visit tho November last, the number of students will exceed that of any previous term. We are informed that the members of Civil Service classes iu connection with this college were very successful in tho List competitive examinations for lower grade clerkships; and we observe that, in addition to that for Excise, classes are now opened for out-door Customs ...

... . HOSPITAL 6tt!tIAYV. .- ~1 Iilel t tue - The annual .collection e te 3:firmary wet made' din most, of the chuiches in Aberdeen yesterday; and rhis, resulted in a larger totai tban that of last year. c .it it: When 'the 'whole of the returns have been received 7ery. it is believed they will show acontribution of upwards k The o ESTAB.18lHED CHURcH. i iday 'East £44 3 11 )uld West 42 ...

... A new journal called THE flcui ia TO make ap- pearance, ...

... THE TAY BRIGE DISASTERI to Si THE DIVERS AGAIN AT WORK. MR OPENING OF THE BOARD OF In TRADE INQUIRY. ta DUN1DEEn, SUNDAY. ?? The work of yesterday and to-day haes not i5. W resulted in any additional facts being ascertaind. toide about the whereabouts of the hinder portion 15, of the wrccked North Britis traini, nor has hisc it resulted in the finding of any of the bodies. nevc Yesterday ...

... _ MR. ELADSTONE AND THE JEWS. I TO -n R m HON. W. E. w, &DSTOUE, IS P. Sir,-! bave observed in several papera two letters written by )Ou having psrtial retefdrencr L) the Jewish vote, whch, I venture to think, met sasve been fonnded-tastfen brosddy-n insufficieat ie ermation. It canot-62 too distinctly reiterated thae Ase overwhelming majtrity of J3ws in Great Brita&D are Liberals. The eveits ...

... FIGHT BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PEOPLE. A serious affray between the police and the people of Karrone, county Galway, occurred on Friday. About 50 constables were protecting a process server when a crowd collected and attacked them. A sw.ord was taken from one of t! em, and the police fired four shots, none taking effect. The crowd then dispersed. In the hand-to-hand struggle several usly ...

... . a. . *I GENERAL ROBERTS IN WANT OF AMMUNITION.. RED1ETER'S T LECOIAM.] CAL.CUTTA, StUNDAY,-A despatch from Cabul states that the Wurtaks, when fleeing from Cabul, ware attacked by the Hazaras, who were holding Ghuzni for thoe British. GeneralBakerhas roturned from Kohistan. No fighting occurred. General Roberts is in want of ammunition. MORE MILITARY EXECUTIONS AT CABUL. CADUL (vie Peizeran) ...

... FOREIGN EXCHANGES IN 1iS9. of Ca-o- L Saimuel has furnished the fni1nti, Mr. Sydney M~. Samiuel has furnished the following IairetilP evewof the comate of the foreign exchiange- in 1579 :- j ?? During!- thec year 123 the fluctuati'ons of the foreign a rc'ufi 0 -reliil influenced by political and financial ?? marked contrast to this, the asoverments ofli * jnj~t c'osed were chiefly due to ...

... STEICHRIN. The annual exaunirratioin of poil teachers for the Buchan district was conducted il the Prillic School here on Saturday by AMr ffarvi-v, 1er M1ajesty's In- spector, assisted by Mr Craigie. The number of young teachers examined WAR 62. Mf ACDUFF. ARTILLERY AssEMIBLY.-lihe members of the loca body of volunteers, along with their fauir partners, hedi their annual dance meeting in the ...

... DEATHS FROM EXPLOSIONS IN COAL MINES. Our readers will learn with some gratification that from statistics published it has been shown: that there has recently been a considerable falling off in the number of deaths from explosions in Coal mines. During the year which has just ter- minated there were 155 deaths from coal mine explosions in this country. In the preceding year —1878—tbe number ...

... IRISH PJVlL SBRVICE PERMANENT BUIPIDU.G SocIETY. Oin Saturday the sixteenth annual meeting of the members was held at the offices, 5ii Lower Sackvill~estreet, t Mr. JaB. H. OwER, Hon. M.A., architect, Board of Works, occuL ied the cbair. The advertisement convenig the raeewg h~ving been read, The Secretary (3a. Alfred H. Ifercier) submitted the report of the directors, which has been already ...

... OCCASIONAL NO TES. Contemporaneously with the arrival of General Kaufmann in Turkestan, Abdur Rahman Khan, the Russian pensioner, escapes from his guardians to stir up new troubles for us in Afghanistan. For this purpose the most effective impedimenta which he could take with him are undoubtedly money-bags ; and accordingly it is very agreeable to be given to understand that this new ...