... [$XUKE OF CALEDONIAN RAIL- I WAY EMPLOYEES. A wil it About 200 men of the Caledonian Railway servants, S4 according to the resolution arrived at on Sunday nightb, dIs '~yesterday enjoyed Ea holiday, an iltdy r i o other words, went out on strike. The dispute with the tha 'P men and their employers-the Celedeniata Railway is 'Y ICompany-has in a way been going on for some time, the 11l the ...

... ABERDMN PHILHARMONT SOCLETY. I ffeh In the domain of musical art, instrumental music Lie occupies, in these northern part§ at least, a position 3rd, lal something akin to the ohoice, but unifamilir exotics the of the floral- world. There is, at any rate, a common the difficulty to surmount, and that is the initial one of Os9, creating a homle-a taste-for their reception and Om cultivation' ...

... Mar RLANDS.-Mr YIylands, Mi.P., addressing his 2 onttituents at EBarniley last night, remarked that at I the outset he disagreed with the Government in their e Egvptian policy, but now the English were in Eg pt, he I ;t agreed with tho present policy of the Ministry in stay- e in there until government on a popular basis has been established. In India the policy of the Government I t was ...

... DISTRUCT & GENERAL NEWS.1 The Rev. W. Hendry, assistant, NorthI Z 0hurob, Aberdeen. has b en elected assistant to Dr ate Cunningham. Criciff.ti MATIS FOR THu FALKLAND ISLANDS.- no Mails for the Falkland Islands will leave London on the evenings of the 16th and 30th January ; the 9 th, T11 13th, and 27th March; the Ist May, and the 5th June. fu ABERDEEN-CHIU) VERLAID.-On aWak--,b ing on ...

... IKAI'lST LONDON NE ~WSI ; .'L(IAL IFIRE PROMF oCR ( -l ERE ^S^:PONDEN\TS.]j r Los> nos. Sunday night. Mr M.r'cv s election as second member for nas so generally expected liere, that tl nt ! hi contest has occasioned very ;.:sip even in Conservative circles. TIh aX1' or hE :Ministry are delighted w ith p boc. n 1! ILo l 1t o upon it as the vildicatioln , I a groat eon stiLtuenyv ) >,;r in nbwr ...

... IECCESIASTICAL. BiRs^y ESTsaI5ESSI CuRicH.-The call to Biry Estab'ashed Church, Orkney, has been accepted by Rev. Henry Dodd, minister of -t Stephen's Church. Perth. At a meeting of the Ultited Presbyterian congrega- tion of Yetholm, held on Tuesday evening, it was cor- Idially acgreed to present a call to 3.r Archibald ITorrance, B.D., probatiouer. K1tKC.ALDY FiRtE PRESBYTRE.tY.-A meeting of ...

... ABEDED-N, THRSDA.Y, ITSB -22, IS88:, T-\ the House of Comnmons vesterday after-: 'roon the orders of the day wcre pustponed, at ' I: I--.-- - -t . - . I nloonl tle oUEt VI tilt: liil ju iltpaUl't-o, li t the instance of the M11arquis (f Hm'inatonn in 1 order rhat the debate on thc Address might pro- ceed. A question by Dr C*ameron as to the 1 destitution in the Scotch Highlands was met u with ...

... MURAL TALK II-S, PARCE3, M2iS. T.-CGum awa sirs; basna't been Sinc apne watber fe gettin' th' wark feshen forrit sin' th' nev yer ;csrt in? P.-Deed, a vwyte its only middl.s'. t'aur theqr-n' nat'rally dry thi pleuch may wirk brawlie, iat: bantle o' feedles th' aul' frost's aye sticl anC' agen ar' ower weet. Avr like winter vat:L'r IL9 L,,ia sizzon, an' th' gun' weel cover't wi' sarm in Januar' ...

... HE nTBLAEN COMNSR D'EVOMPTE. ,f The Tims' Geneva correspondent writes, under date aJan. 13:- ,, The failure of the Interlaken Comptcir d'soompte, ,f which was preceded by one tragedy, has been followed f by another. A few weeks ago I informed you of the a mysterious death of Herr Ott.an Iex-colonel of the 1 Federal Army, an eminent civil engineer, and a man i who occupied a high social ...

... ', THE IRISH PARTY. I TlAe Central N ews says tbe aunnal mesting of the I! Irish Parliamentary party, convened by Mr Parnell, |i was held yesterday afternoon in the offices of the party, Westminster. There were over 20 members present. Mr Papell wa's ieappointed chairman and 1 Mr Justin MI'Carthy vice-chairman. Messrs Leamy 1 and Sexton were requested to act as secretaries, and Mr Richard ...

... i From the Meteorological Olifce.I Fo.rIcAwTS of weatl:er for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 138 (issued att 8 p.m. on thdprevious day):- 0. s-co rAN !, '.-South-wvesterlY and westerly winds, strong, perhaps a gale, cloudy and unsettled, with some rain. 1. ScOTIL.s-D E.-South-westerly winds, moderate. ifair t, cloudy and unsettled. 2. EN51A,;O N.E-Do. i 3. EN(,r.AN) F.-South-westerly and westerly winds, ...

... TE:ATZMT OF DE3STITUT CHILDREN. I Stay-Would it no0t be well if our Magistrates, in the 'interests oE those friendiess waifs for whose benefit Industrial Schools were aited, would endeavour to keep them free fomx the ontac of Children convicted of criminal ofrences? Sheriff Wilsn, qvery truly observed th other day, inu sending to Oakbank a boy that had been deserted by both parents, and was ...