... C-NNENEAL ,O1REIGN NEWS _l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTHE EARTHQUAKES 1?1 SPAIN. Im [.Fhiom Oust 0m-sv, CouxnsrospvTr-TJ'iri Mi adrid, lVtednesday. -Frequent shocks are vbilt being~ experiencod in Andaluisia, but they itooi i V~t'~ mtilchaactr.Shock is hardlyI ~110 '. xor wii i wii hic to descie tiepeuia a asiltlu .ho In prt ail No further los's Of ...

... EXTENSIVE SALE OF PRE. STOCK AT. ABERDEEN The largest sale of pure bred polled Aberdeen, Ri 4Agngs, and shorthorrindhll, cows, and heif era tbat-bas yet taken place at one joint sale at Aberdeen, came tiff onl Thursday in the Agricultural Hall, Eitty- brewster, when nlo fewer than 207. animals were catalogued far Sale. Of t'ieee '0 were 8horthorns,'P and 1317 wret- polled. Of the sborthorun 68 ...

... ELCTION NEWS. TE: PARItAMMN'ARY RIPRESRsTATIo. OF CArrH- NtCss A.ND SuTHEaLAirD.-The Caithuess CoMsniS-i sioners of Supply hold a meeting on Thursday to, cionsider the Lord-Advocate's proposal to unite Caith- ness and Sutherland as one constituency. Mr Miller f ,of Scrabster presided. There were strong eXpressions .'Of opinion against the proposal, and it was unani- nously resolved to ...

... I On Monday Lord Rosebery addressed the district Liberal Association at Epsom. He said that he would not have chosen this moment for a party meeting. It was a time to sink party 10 feeling, and for all the nation to be united. The 78 greatness of nations, as of individuals, was - shown in their bearing mn adversity, not pros- perity; and we would be judged by our conduct now. The Romans at one ...

... CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF SCUTLAND. I The business meetings of the Conaregationall £10 Union of Scotland were opened ol Tluesday in iri I Aberdeon. Meetings of subscribers to the poe. Widows' Fund, the Ministers' Provident Fund, star and the Theological Hall wvere. held during the An( day, and in the evening a inieting, or the U.nion to I took place, at which the President, the Rev, for Mr ...

... [ SOCIETY OOSSIP. I~~~~~~~. - -. [FFRO, TilE WOReLD.] The Ir on. I [caoh Somerset John Massey is among those sN''ix arc 5ofalt to try their fortune in the Far West. M Massey sailed last week from Liverpool, bound for Texas, where lie will settle on an extensive cattle ranche. The Duke of Rutland is at present staying at Aix- les-Bains for the benefit of his health. The bells of 3 the parish ...

... A Parliament-ry paper just published contains reoi ports from Her Majesty's diplomotic and consulay officers upon the consumption of intoxicating liquord abroad, Consul-General Oppenheimer estimates, w ith regard to Germany, that in the distilleries of the' I Empire in 1875 and 1876 at least 200,000 litres o4 pure alcohol were produced for mere consumption- or, in round numbers, six litres per ...

... I EBXRAORDhNARY ALLEGATION AGAINST TEIE UINISTlFM. PROBING THE GRAVES WITH AN IRON ROD. The Rev. James 1a-n, minister of the parish of JDuthil, Carr Bridge, in the romantic valley of Strath- it opey, bas irritated the feeling of his parishioners by a publishing a letter in one of the local papers to the effect that the graves in the old churchyard of Duthil, W which adjoins his unoccupied ...

... RuRAL I, r- ri~ nd vnli, sires. Awmn seer, ve're banith unoG r-si- rawncht wi' sic a, lang hard frst P.---Deed awyt, an' ye're richt i' that respeck.Al Forbye th' lang hinner o' sax owks au' mair fae th' e plcouch, sic a severe frost 'ill tdtnnach a' the n eeps e. It' sed 'at as th' day lengthens .tb' frost strengthiens, in an' fegs it's geyan aften th' svye, bit seerly it -winlnalre bide ...

... (UIITRCH OF SCOTLAND E.NDOW- MENT SCHE-ME. DEPUTATION TO ABERDEEN. yesterday special services were conducted in all thie parish churches in Aberdeen by miembers of the corninittee having charge of tile Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. In the afternoon a ptiblic meeting was held in the East Church. Iev. Jimes Cooper presided, and introduced the speakes S, who ivere :-Rev. Dr Hutchison, ...

... THEE THEATRE OF WAR i IN - THE SOTJDAN. WAITING ON TH1 NILE. Above Matamnah, January 28.-The prooeed- ings of the column under the command of Wouel Boscawon since the convoy left for a UAdul on the Word inst. have been umportant tl if not intersting. In very truth we have been awfully dull, sad if it had -not been for a few obella fron one of Gordon's steamers which has d baen token ever by ...

... I ~ . ANNUAL SERMON IN ABERDEEN. l The Rev, Herbert Bell, of John Knox Church, Aberdeen, preached yestvrday the annual sermon against cruelty to animals, under Mirs Gibson's Bequest. The text was Proverbs xii. and 10th-A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. In his interesting and stirring remarks Mr Bell alluded to the inestimable services which the Royal Society for the ...