... THE Wl' EATH'IER. I 'lThermometer and Barometer. MEkDINGS AT 2 A. M. TO-DAY. An~nx> BAWo- 60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3')' -1 .~ iz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;~ i 9trx ~~~~~MOON. i :1 A, . 0-. 1iM 2l l ets.. 54 - . 3'Zcd A.M. i lligh Water la Aber. 1 9'73 AM. ,i .. j 9 . . The barometer has risan, and i - the weather is Inore settledJ , I Li FOtRECASTS FOR1 TO-D)AT. The following forecasts ...

... THE GORDONS' ROUTEj MARCH. RECERPTION AT TURRIFF, ENCAIMPMtENT AT HATTON CASTLE. The detachment of the let Battalion Gordon Righlandors left Fyvie yesterday morning, and continued their march to Turriff in beautiful #ni weather. Ti'ts, indeed, is the first occasion on which they have been able to accomplish a stage of their journey without the inevitable accom-ho ipaniment of rain, Scriking ...

... KINCARDINESHIRE OONSESR I VATIVE ASSOCIATION. I AMINUAL lMEETE The annual general meeting of tho Kincoardine- shire Conservative Association was held in the Townhall Buildings, Stonehaven, yesterday, when there was a large attendance of members. Among those present were-Sir Alexander Baird, Bart, of Urie; the Hon. C. J. Forbes 'T'refusis of Fettercairn; Colonel Berkley, Nether. ley House; ...

... |I HONOUR TO OFFICERS. BALL BY Tl EPi, LORD-LIEUTENAN T AND DEPUTIES. A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE. Perhaps the most brilliant function that has been witnessed in Aberdeen for many years took place in the -Music Hall last night, when the officers of the gay and gallant Gordous were entertained by the 'Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of Aberdeen) and the .DeputybLieutenants of the County. The card of ...

... UNIVERSITY1 EXTENSION SCHIEMU T0E GiREYFRIAIRS QUESTION& ASorHER PRACTICAL DEADLOCK THE pATE OF 'PHE RESTORATION Still bijME. A eonrerine ef monihters of Aberdeen Uni- dteur. ifl roitre clltativcs of the Town Conir.Qtl ti-t'k yozwrday at. Mari- ll ; tlego r the ptirputso of dis- rrb he pi it of the Ulniversity Builcdiniks g'tt. rrlO09ellir. and, if PosSible, findintg :l coiirlt of ihc prltsit ...

... LATE ST PARTICULARS. FURTHER TELEGRAM FROM VICER(Y. 'MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN. (OFFiciAL ToLn0BA1.) The Secretary of State for India las re- ceived the following further telegram from the Indian Viceroy regarding the disaster at Darjeeling:- Calcutta, Thursday. So far as is known the follow hig Earo- peans were killed-Five children-Violet Pringle, Phoebe and Ruth Wallace, Eric Anderson, and ...

... J] 6 NFW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, ABEIDZEN JouJBwA OrFIcI, .~ FRIDAY MORNING, 5.30, . (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) 3r )y THE GUARDS AT m ie, GIBRALTAfl - -WILLXBEY BE SENT TO CAPE? Cr 'DAILY MAIL TEHLEGRM.) or Gibraltar, Thursday. ar The transport Nubia arrived here to-day St with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards on Se bc-.rd, to relieve the 2nd Battalion Grena- ft diers, which returns to England. of ...

... [-1 ~I.. . l BY JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE. (FROX OUR OWN CORRZI SPONDENT.) 6 Nxw BRIDGE STriUT, Thursday night. The gloom which has been hanging over affairs in the Transvaal grows darker day by day. If the journalistic messages from South Africa are to be relied upon, the Boers spent to-day-their last day of grace. -in rather a strange manner, the outstand- ing features being the arrest of a ...

... MR A. J . BALFOUR AT DUNDEE. Bel OPENING OF A BAZAAR, cis lea to PRESENTATION OF FREED3M, jth( jut 303 INTJRESTINU 'SPEECI S. of thn pri ?Mr A. J. Balfour visited Dundee yesterday ,Il to open a bazaar in aid of the Monitieth Golf se Ltinks Purchase Fund and receive the freedom is of the city. The right lion. gentleman arrived air at Tay Bridge Station from St Anidrews at 11.18 lh anm., and was ...

... THlE PRE8ENTATION OF COLOUR'S I ro TrHE SEAFORTI-1S. 1 ARRIVAL OF DETACTIMENT INT ABER- DEEN. Yesterday evening the detachment of Seaforth Highlanders, vho to-day are to proceed to Bal- moral for the purposo of receiving the new colours for the regiment wbich Her Majesty the Queen has bree graciously pleased to signify her desire to present, arrived at Aberdeen by special train at 5.58 from ...

... MR BALFOUTR ON THE CRISIS. VAN IMPORTANT SPEECH. HOPE FADING. t GOVfRNMENT WILL NOT GTV1E WAY. GRAVE WARNING TO BOES. M r A. 3. Balfour, in replying yesterday to the toast of his health at a lunoheon given by Lord Provost Mtl'Grady at the close of the ceremony aof presenting the right hon. gentleman with the freedom of the city of Dundee, made the follow. Y ing important reference to the ...

... DISLPERSION OF CASTLECRAIG ,IPERSIO HERD. The pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus cattle to the number of 49, the property of Sir Thomas D. Gibson-Carmichael, Bart., of Skirling, were ex- posed yesterday at Castlecraig, Peeblesshbre, by public auction. The dispersion of the herd has besn neceossitated on account of part of the home farm being lot by Sir Thomas to his present faithful and enterprising ...