... BANc55OtY-GtA.SS SL-Tegaelrso nh Iand metrle, numbering seven,. were let ohl Toesrlay. LIm Of There wacs a, fair attendance, and the prices ilitirind. vr-were similar to last year's. Dir David Rossg-, cok utioneer. ira in BIALLATEIL,-The weather is slowly improving, bult is chess by nouoss genial. yet. There is brigic Sunshine, Tedouriag the day, but the nights are geinerally cold and ...

... ABEIM)EN, FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1881, Ix the ulouso of Lor(d yesterday afternoon Lord AA avell( y gave notice that he w ould move, a; all addition to 1-'ord Lyttoln's motion respectingr III Candailhar, words to the elect th at CoIILII i55i1leV5 tri should be appointed to consider and report upon ' the best node of governing Candalihir. Lord ISo Enuield inforned Lord Craonbrook that the pro- WI, ...

... , SKETCHES . IN 1fPAR AM ENT. I WESTMIINSTER, Thursday evening. There was a short but sharp discussion in the We regr House of Lords to-night on the question of army with an at organisation, which originated in a question put by Lord Strathnairn, who Wanted the report of by the rig] o Lord Airey's Committee forthwith. Lord caused a g1 e Morley, of course, would not givie the necessary 'friends ...

... SiR MICHAEL HICKS BEAdIH -,AT -STROUD. ye alm ndl STROUD, JWednesday night. wh ~1To-night theiannual dinnier of theStroudeoneserva- of rnd hive Benefit Society was held in the Subscription excI [th. IReokrno of that town. Mir Clement Richio (Grand. liii master) presided. The occasion was embraced to p I present Mr J. E. D~orington, who hos con- cor ektestedl the borough in th e Conservative ...

... AB3ERDEEN AND NORTHERN FRIENDLY SOCIETY. A special moeting of the members of the Aberdeen and Northern Frienidly Society was hield in St Kiatha: ine'H Hal], Shiprow, on Tuesday, for the purpose of clectirg trustees in room of ex-Provost Jamieson and ex Baillio MclIlardy, resigned. Mr John Anderson, the presidlot, who occupied the chair, stated that Lord Provost Eislemont, whose alvice had been ...

... .el I~~~~~~~~~~~~~I Ifs The Ct alrge teal ;xllllmiseaaaeat of a Birtla ir Death is oN:l1 )S iii.a is~, 5iitil iiiiaiai aLa xizisci11 T E axtrra , and for a Notici ill .,f liwe TiWO slalsria.a.isa If tact Paepaidl, Is (il, 2s, aaidl ere Mr i~d.I Jr )Is Is ii -'a 0 If 't D' I I' I '!S (I respcctivcly. 1li every case the Natare cud Address of . tbe aeliileer auist ecayo1iapaly thi Noticc. ...

... Chins, Cullum, cleared out of London Cuetom-House for Inverness, Feb. 23 Sovereign, at Sunderland from Baniff, 22nd Marion, Thompson, at do. from Peterhead, 22nd countess of Sefield, atdo. from do., 23rd: Tallo, Angus, at do. fro Maceduff, 23rd Jane Ann, M'Kay, at do. from Burghesd, 23rd Good Hope, Ganson, at do from Aberdeen, ,23rd Ella Constance (s.), Earl, at do. from do., 23rd Hayle (s), ...

... :IMPERT;&IL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. Their lordships met at five o'clock. THE COERCION BILL. The Protection of Person and Propelty (Ireland) Bill | E was rend a first time, and the second reading fixed for e Tuesday, and committee and third re ding for d Wednesday. r THE DISASTER IN THE TRANSVAAL. C The Earl of CADOGAN asked whether the Secretary e for the Colonies had any further ...

... Aft 31 rkdri Sfoiwnam. ABERDEEN, FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 18S1. - io oft- ---- -jPriale 'e:+i. secoid sessio of t e present I'arliauneiit ,,as opened yesterday by Royal Commission, c I. -. . - *:-£ 1 U .Y-- Cr T --. 1 - T'lIe ceremolny im, the House of Lords* was purlely iioriIas, and it meagre attendance of merirbelra aitl stratngters added to the dulness of the pro- .c-er dings. 'I'lhe Lord ...

... ESTABLISHED CHFURCHI COMMISSION. I - - vD8 I THE BLANTYRE MISSION SCANDAL. rgO The Commission of the Established Church General ded Assemblv met in the A-senibly Hall, Edinburgh, yetterday-Rev. Dr Chrystal, Auchinleck, moderator. Y, Reports in connection with 'The Blantyre Mission a Case were laid on the table by the Foreign Missions Committee, the special committee on the matter, and id, ...

... THE ALBANIAN AGITATTON. : , r.> , ..-..- ar.. ,.. - -, I have recoeividf statr-mint which is implicitly to h-be trrsted to the effectthcat the late movelmenlt in Albania was neither caused by a desire to revolt nor by qucetions coninected with Grrece. The League simply determiined to have actonomy in effect. 'rT'e Turkish authorities of every sort are so completely the aejasters of the ...

... | (BY SPECIAL WIRE FROMI OUR OWN Thi dull t, CORRESPONDENTS. ont ____ ____ ____ ____ ___T enar able 47 FaTirEr STREET, Wednesday night. bill, The Home Secretary was almost frightened to comp, death this inormilog by the arrival of a little box made, posted in Manchiester, and addressed to him in short, an unknown hand. The package came up with previe Sir William Harcourt's shaving water. The ...