... 1 8 8 7. tu The Past year has proved on the whole an tioi arduous but triisnmphant one for the Govern- boc ment, Its beginning found them in the midst GCL of a crisis, and prognostications of their down-a E fall were not wvanting. The resignation of Lord 5sul Randolph Churchill was a blow to them, and the mr comprehensive clhan gcs it entailed led to iuClI at confusion and misunderstanding. ...

... I The usual New Year's list of honouis for India has been issued from the India Office by command of the Queen. The promotions and h appointments are confined to Indian princes, tschiefs, and officials, -with the exception of Mr e Edwin-Arnold, C.S.I., who is created a Knight e Commander of the Indian Empire, andr it Mr Frederick Thomas Granville Walton and Mr h Reinhold Host, librarian, ...

... ABERDEEN SAIPPING RETURNS FOR i887. The annual returns of the shipping trade at the port of Aberdeen during the year ending 1887, though not finally completed, have been so far adjusted that we are able to present an accurate outline of the business. The year 1886 closed with very gloomy prospects. Freights were abnormally low, and there were no signs of trade brightening. Matters con. tinued ...

... ABERDEEN SELECT CHOJIR. PROMENADE CONCERT. The fourth of the series of popular concerts under the auspices of the Aberdeen Select Choir was held on Saturday evening in the 'Music Hall, and was largely attended. Major John Crombic presided, and in a brief sDeech alluded to concerts whicl- were held many years ago in Aberdeen, in the arrange- ment of which he, as secretary, took a prominent part ...

... STRICHEN-PUBLIO S01sOOt.-Mr Will, from 'a flora, bas been appointed aseistant teacher in the fr Publis Sehool here. m METHLICK-Pco3TOO Sceon~o,-The scholars attending this school were presented with the prices fluxi ' ie ythe Jubilee Committee on Friday fore- e or BEAULY-SEASuNLAnus BsNvccoLcNcn. - Lady of ,e Lovat has with her usual generosity given the hand- allc come sumn of £20 towards'the ...

... LArnsiEcErmitcr-ANNUAI. ASSEMTBLY.-The annual assembly came off in the St Laurence Hall on Friday f evening. II ST'ErItnN-MASONic AssrMBLY.-The ball in I connection with the Fraser Lodge of Freemasons I was held in the Town Hall on Friday evening. BRASMAR- DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT. -The Drama of Rob 'Roy waw performed on Thursday and Friday by the Braemar Catholic Young Men's Association. b ...

... c The accounts oE the municipal and police depart- c e ments of the Aberdeen Corporation for the year end, a ing 30th September, 187, have just been issued in a h neat octavo volume. They are very clearly stated, a and Mr P. A. Cran, the city chamberlain, has credit a c by the manner in which he has made up his yearly I Istatement. The municipal accounts occopy the first t v part of the volume ...

... t ,e V - ABERDT)'N, M[ONDAY', JANU ARY 2, 1 Sq. The New Year list of honours .onferroby c the Queen is issued ill terms of vwNich, a 6n C other diguities, Ir Eilwin Arnold, ma C.S.I. of\: lhT (the year in which Her MIajestv -was tPo- 1-lained Empress of Inciia) is creatod I Knight ' C 0mmanderof the Indirn Emn:1rc, presti'mablv in al recognirion of his scholarly attainmaemts and a literary ...

... iLATNEST LONDON NEws. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] LONDON. Sunday night . The attention which Lord Randolph Churchill's presence. in St Petersburg has excited should be peculiarly grateful to a statesman who is far from indifferent to the observation of the world. It is the fortunate destiny of some men to be always in the right I place at the right moment. Lord Rtndolph I could not have ...

... NATIONALISTS AND THE CRIMES ACT. e The Cork correspondent of the Times says the S Nationalists are becoming desperite under stress of b firm and steady government. They are flying before the Crimes Act, and have already to a great extent h abandoned their courageous resolve to nmak% the h government of Ireland by England impossible. Mis- k ,e fortunes accumulate upon them, and while they ...

... THE NEW YEAR;Al -- wit Tire radvenlt of thle !New Year was ce',ebrated in inn Air crieen with all the customary rejoicings anid con- H4e rvalirty. The str-eota, particularly those in the an6 it tntre of the town, were crowided from dusk till far bus oin the mnorning, and the number of people who P -a 'scerod round the Tiowvnhouse between eleven anid boa 'wrvitvS was ellccntionirlly large. The ...

... i MR AMOS CRUIONKSHANK ON SHORTHORN i I BREEDING. I Replying to a letter addressed to, him by the Ror, editor of the 'Breeders' Gazette, Chicago, Mr Pubil Arnos Cruickeniank, Sittyton, the veteran sho~rthiorn M breeder, says :- ttel In reply to year fir et inquiry, I will say short- ge horns have been preferred ait Sittyton becaiuse thie given breed poessesses the power of improving all other ...