... ShiAkrP S-NOWSTORM. Yesterday lmorning a sharp snowstorm visited the north-east of Scotland. The wind, having backed from south-west, settled for great part of the day in the north-west, and blow for several liours in intensely cold, blustering gusts, accom- anied vwith a snowfall which at times was very heavy, and broken by few clear intervals. After *sunset the %weather settled considerably. ...

... 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 ...

... THE,RENCH IN CHITNA K EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN ,THE CHAMBER. 0 RESIGNATION OF TIlE GOVEBRN- ME NT2\ '. ft b DESPATCa OF TROOPS, EXCITETMENT IN PARIS. di Si TFROMi OCR OWN COnRESPONDENxiv.J Paris. Monday afternoon.-The excitement re which has prevailed in Paris ever since the tl official admission of the gravity of the military : situation in Tonquin culminated to-day in the E Chamber, where, ...

... GENERAL WOOD'S POSITION, ROBBERS IN THE DESERT. [FROM Ouit OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Korti, Wednesday, 3 p.m. (delayed in trans- mission). -The rear guard under General Sir l Evelyn Wood are making much slower progress than had been hoped for. Yesterday evening] they had reached El Howeiyat wells, some fiftyi miles from here, so that they can scarcely be ex:- pected to arrive in camp before the end ...

... BRUTAL OUTRAGE-A W OMAN MURDERED. - A murder, believed to be agrarian, was committed on Sunday near Camlough. Newry. A man named John Turley, was returning home with his wife, when several men attacked them. Turley was knocked down, and his wife, to save him, threw herself upon him, but the assailants killed her, and inflicted such injuries on her huseand that he is not expected to recover. A ...

... I REUTE'S MAIL AND STEAMSHIP NEWS. I Port Said, Monday.-The Anchor steamer Kar& mania, from Glasgow and Liverpool, arrived yesterday1 and departed to-dafy for Calcutta. Madeira, Sunday.-The British African steamer, Roquelle, from West Coast of Africa, arrived yester-I day, and left to-day for Livexpool. Suez, Monday.-The Star Line steamer Capella, from Liverpool, left yesterday for Colombo and ...

... I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, | THE ABERDEEN PLASTERERS AND THEIR WAGES. 9th March, 1885. Sri-We, the master plasterers of Aberdeen, would feel obliged if you would kindly insert in your paper the following correspondence in connection with §he present movement in our trade. In a paragraph which appeared in your issue of Friday, 27th February, it was stated that the mastets had broken their ...

... 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 ...

... THE TRAWLING COMMISSIONTERS' REPORT. The Comimissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into the complaints made by line and drift net fishermen of injuries sustained by them and their ca lineg owing to the use of the trawl net and beam trawl have issued their report. The re- port opens with a summary of recent legislation and public inquiries relating to trawlin q, and goes on to define ...

... 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 ...

... CONSFRVATISM IN INVERURIE. I ,ORAMATION OF A DISTRICT ASSOCIATION. v A tueeting of thc Conservatives in the Inverurie b iP. triaC-including Kinellar, Kintore, 'Resnnay, . oNTI.llie, and Chapel of (Garioch-was convened in fe Toulalhll I uverurie, yesterday, for the purpose ei fe umdiv y constituting a district association. On the 1lt iitfO f 2.Mr Steplben, congluess, ex-Baillio Wyness, P in ...

... A'B E R GIE L D I E CASTLES . Under ,thed ak shadow of Lochnagar, ensoonsed in birch ad Er abcut a mile on the east. side of Balmoral Castle. and forty-seven miles from the granite city, stands the castle I 'of Abergeldie, the Highland residence of the Prin;o and Princess of Wales. It is not mu1Ch of a place to look at from an nrchitectaral point of ViCW,t01r the castle is very old, and its ...