... TO CE ll (cll ;t MCES ! ('ilt t'l DCII1): StlJirE. XX). Itt . . . I.. It.tii . . Lt.0 U :-s. 1.\';~~ll ;~~~~~~C I' ''I l tti II.it~ttir II~iisi~lt, . I ~ti 1:. 'I Ilr ls ert en !C*s -0 K~1. K.0111 I. '~~~~~ I ' t t;p c:li 1.st~alt i1'. itti ti.l. x Itc ( ) Uoe. I!'riul l.' w's. .. . .. W1 .:ev I -1: r'. t ntjit. It. ;{.~sl1!. I: I\. U~t 1lrtl II li . . iw. I lii ...

... GORDON HIGHLANDERS! ROUTE MARCH. QUIET DAY AT BANCROJ~, The dEntachme nt of the LIt Gordont fjligh landers at present eligagetl ini a rente Iannl through tho territorial distrs -t ivere ncmp at Kitnnekio Park-, Baehilot-y. yesterday,an Will leave this muntr ing for Also3yne at iit o'cleck. Gohod lellovwsl.p. ordert, atied p - the ruling features yesterday :ir~de-ed, the after their 5cesoewtat ...

... | I I~ ~~ . . . I TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. Dover, Tuesday night. tf All the sections met again at ten-o'clock this b morning, asd a fu.1 day's work was done. h TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. St The Geographical Section was well attended to &a' hear Captain Wellby give some account of his cl recent travels in Southern Abyasinia. He was S warmly welcomed on rising, and orefaaid his re- marks with a ...

... ICOMMPL~ff TO A-N EiD (F1ARL A most interesting function took place on Saturday, illustrating the good feeling which im: these days exists bween proprietrs -and ten- ants and among our no rn fmers themr- selves. Mr Lewis Strachan, who for 58 yeare has been tenant of the farm of Canny, on the estate of Raemoir, Banchery, has recently re- tired, and a nuntber of his friends desiring ts present ...

... I We propose publishing from week to week in this columna notes of the doings of the Highiand Regiments, whether at home or abroad, in the field or in gar- risoa Notniing can he more interesting to the people of Scotland than the achieverneits of the Highland Brigade, and even when the Scottisfi soldiers are elnjoyitg the peace of garrison. life their friends mn all parts of the country are ...

... AGRCULTURE. I BRITISH CORN TRADE REVIEW. (From Mark Lane Express The year is declining auspiciously into a tli Rainfall has been sufficient to enable us to a 3 that the summer drought is over, but it has been serious l nough to stop threshings or fie work. Catch crops and all forms of feed w can be by prompt sowings secured green hef the frosts have been the farmers' partinular ats and next ...

... THIE YNIPROVED GERMAN IMPERIAiL MAIL SERVICE TO THE FA8T. I~~~ _ The Norddeutscher Lloyd a.s. Konig Albert, sailing from Southampton on October 8th, will inaugurate the fortnightly German Imperial mail service to China and Japan. At present .the service is monthly, and, like the English service, consists of a line to Hong-Kong, where transhipment is made into a smaller steamer be- d longing to ...

... THE 'WEATHER. , Thermometer and Barometer. IRADINGS AT 2 A.M. TO-DAY. ISUAN, lXON. Mses3. 554 &x.m.,. 6'14 P.M. Sete. .510 f.M.. .. ,a52 A.M. Elgh Water at Aber. I IP50 A.M. deeu j 2 10 P.M. The barometer has risen.*and the weather Is more settled. A t r. ,4 ? rl I I FORECAST S FOR TO-DiY. The following forecasts of weather for to-day were issued from the Meteorological Oh'iceat 8 ...

... GORDONS ON iDEESIDE, Vl NEW COLOURS FOR IST BATTALION. PRESENTATION BY THE PRINCE OF WA~TLES. A BRILLIANT CEREMONY. 'Under circunstances, as regards weather, trsing alike to soldiers ansid civilians. the 1st Battailion (4ordon H-lighlanders. who ore at pre- sent eulig-ecd in a roote mam'h through a portion ,f the (oklaity of Aberdell, were ycRterday after- i oot1 preselIted by llis Royal ...

... VBERDEEN TOWN COUNCIL. TflE ENTERTAINMENTS QUESTION. TA Or, OF AYI VALUES. Theconed etin t-he Townball yeeterday ttteretcsO 1-Henderson pc~idsng, in thie ~tsof bord I'rtO%-st .Flemtting and iBaillio ]iill 'There twere abeo present-Butillics; Tay- Brow.~n, J'srgart. sod &auttater, Dean of Guild ll'~er I alctre Bi'et Coulneillrstir lsass, I'la Roberitson, Mdnzo.( Cooper, Fraser, John- I¶snor, ...

... FORD WATSON AS A JUDGE. I Lord Watson (writes a London legal corres- pondent) will beyond all doubt take rank as one of the greatest judges of the century. Thoroughly versed by his forensic training and experience in the mysteries of both Scots law and the civil law on which it is founded, he was admirably qualified for the position of s. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and relying on the fact ...

... I . I THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS. A PRO-BOER SPEECH. NO CASUS BEILI.. e. THE HORRORS OF A WAR. Sir William Harcourt, ex-leader of the Liberal Opposition, paid a visit to Ebbw Vale yesterday and formally opened an intermediate school, which has been erected at a cost of £3000, on a site given by the Duke of Beaufort, for the accom- modation of 60 -boys and 40 girls. The right 3 lion. gentleman, who ...