... I ABERDEEN JOURNAL AND EVENING EXPRESS.'' COMPIL'IMENTARY DINNER TO Id R J. A. C. COUTTS, Ad function of an exceedingly happy and socess. J ful claracter took place in the Douglas Hotel, 'eAberdeen. on Saturday evening. when Mr James 1 A. C. Coutts, who has for a number of years dis- 1- charged with conspicuous success eind euficiency g the duties of cashier in the office of the Alx-:deen ...

... I ABERDECEN. In exceedingly disagreeable weather the New Year was ushered in with much less of the bolis- terous hilarity than usually marks the event in Aberdeen. Throughout Saturday afternoon and evening the wind blew in fitful gusts of consider- able force, acoomparnied 'by drenching showers of l rain, with the result, as midnight approached, that l there were far fewer people on the ...

... SUNDAY CON-,CERTS IN ABERDEREN'. : I~~~~~~ _ STATEMENT BY REV. F. R. BARRY. After sermon on Matthew viii. 17 yesterday forenoon, Rev. F. enton Barry said:-These thosglhts are peculiarly fit at this time, when, according to our bappy habit and custom, we begin the Christian year svith an) effort of benefi- cecsse on behalf of the chief healing institution o; the city. All tho nmore fit since ...

... UETTERS TO THE EDITOR. GREYFRIARS' PRESENT CIY LOSS. Sir,-Suffer a few lines on the pecuniary loss to the ratepayers under the ministry of the Rev. (?) Gordon Murray, of Greyfriars. You have given in your columns an object lesson to your numer. ous readers by slowing, after crediting the miser. able sum from seat rents (the lowest handed to the city's treasure of any church), that there wats a ...

... A FOOTDDEE SQUA 'R. . CURIOUS PE,'IITION BY ABFhRDBEN TOWN' COUNCtL. In Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Saturday, Mir J. W. Davidson, solici'tor, town clerk depute, pro- sented a petition to Sheriff Burnet for the ej ection of Andrew Walker. squatter, North Square, Foot- doe, and his goods and gear, from a piece of ground at North Square belonging to the Town Council; and. in particular, to order ...

... REBELLION IN THOE LADRONES. AMAERICAN POWER OVE RTHROWN. (REUTER'S SPECIAL TO JOURNAL.) I Manila, Saturday. The British steamer Esmeralda, which has arrived here from the Ladrones Islands re- ports that, after the United States cruiser Charleston left Guam in June, the Spani'a-ss refused toerecogruse Mr Frank Partusarlh, the American ibo was verbally authorised by Captain Glass to take ...

... REVENTE RETURNS. INOREA8E NEARLY A MILLION. On Saturday night the Treasury issued an account of the total revenue of the United King- dom for the period of the finaooial year ending 31st Decenber (nine months). Tbe total revenue wfes £78,340,468, compaxed with £77,366,120 for the corresponding period of the previous year. This shows a net increase of ;£974,348. Customs produced, £,15,783,739 ...

... tIbe Court. Osborne, Saturday. The Ehmpress Frederick, attended by Coun- tpss Perponcher, Sir Fleetwood Edwards, and Sir John M'Neill, wvent to Portsmouth yester- day morning on board R.M. yacht Alberta (Rear-Adniral Fullerton), and was received at the dockyard by Admiral Sir Michael Culme Seymour, Bart., cornmander-in-chief at Ports- mouth. The Empress drove to St Mary's Church, Portsea, the ...

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... |NEW YEAR'S 'HONOURS.-l FOUR NEW PEERS. LORD CROMERS REWARD. TM PR:M§IER'S LIST. We are authorised to state that the Queen has been pleased to confer the following New Year honours:- VISCOUNT, Her Majesty has created Lord Cromer a viscount of the United Kingdom. I'EERAGF., The Queen has further been pleased to con- fer the dignity of a peerage upon each of the following - The Right Hon. Sir ...

... AI3OYNE, Band of Elope. Rntertainmentl-The. nmbers of the Band of Hope g~ave n entertainment in the Aboyne Hall on Prility e i The children, : under the leadership of Miss Smart; and Mr Kelly. gave a mnmber of hymns, recitations, and dialogues in fine osyle. Rev. Mr Moir occupied bhe chair, ted, where casnoing was engaged ir. A, the addressed the meeting. At the close, - Christ- inas tree wase ...

... I fEBATH FROM EXPOSURE INEAR DORNOCH. Yesterday morning the driver of thl Iail coach running between Dornoch and the Mounid Rail- way station found a man lying at the roadside at Balvraid, appoxently dead. The body was still warm, and the driver, aeisted by a passenger, got it raised into the coach and driver to Dornoch with all haste. Dr Maclachlan, however, pro- nouineed that life had been ...