... W1EEKLSY COMPENDTIUM. Sir John Bowring has full power to negotiate- a treaty Wvith S.am. wheenever-circunistances are favourable for doing so A Treisury warrilant, reducingl t1e3 ratea of posage on leutters ta the Balti fleet to Oil. is psablished. Thie port of coninninica- tion with the North Sea fleet is Great Grimsby. I More than one hundred mernbers of the House of Common6 have addressed a ...

... :-DOMESTIC INTELLIGENC.- it . ; __ _ __ _ __ _ _ it ENGLAND. The Queen gave a State Ball on Wednesday evening in Back- e ingham Palace. The entire suite of state saloons were opened i . for the ball, and were brilliantly lit up with chandeliers, giran- doles, and magnificent crystal 1metres containing wax lights. is 'he invitations to tbe reception comprised the members of Ythe royal family, ...

... The first Meeting of the New Board since the election wes held on Wedniesday-Sheriff Watson presiding. The minutes of the new election of representatives by the Commissioners of b, Supply for, the County, the Town Council, &c., were read; after which,.on the motion of Ur Cochran, seconded by Mr Bothwell, Mr Thomson of Banchory, who eent an apology for unavoidable absence, was unanimously re ...

... )PROGRESS OF TElE WAR. a-t (d ~WE have little progress to *describe in some respects. ~ BP Howbeit, the process of time is progress under present 6a1 circuinistakeesa every day adds to the armiies in the b- atand every sun softenBs the ice in the Gulf of Fin- in land ; and 'With the completion of the allitea army, and bi in the opening-of the watears to'Cronstadt, musit c ome the aLI craoh ...

... 'iUE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENUAM. To the nist of wars and rumours of wars the great peace In f t i5i is quietly progressing towards perfection at pir hthing seems to check the progress of the Crystal s qo matter whether it rains a deluge or blows a her- woae lVOrkls Whether out in the gardens or on the tops of tla5oo feet hi go forward with equal celerity. Yet, as ktors been expected from the ...

... I R EL A MD. .L L l- .. -. Ll - .. - a- , The Governuent, through the Lord Lieutenant ius £61,00( to the Society for the Encouragement of tlio Grokvte of Flax in Ireland. DAUAGrS AGAINST ME. SADL1ER, ALP. - The action brought by Dawling against Mr Sadlier, M.P., for cons1piracy to procure the plaintifts arrest, in order to prevent him frol, exercisin- his franchbioe by voting, as he ...

... To th~e EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. 0 t A goorl deal has of late been written and spoken on the sub- ject of Lay Preaching, and some have been calling in question t its lawfulness. But may not those who can discern aright the signs of the times perecive that this question has already been settlod, and that conclusi vnly, by the Lord himself putting on Lay Preaching the seal of his ...

... WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1880. e-- - -- . FAE AM) xER RELA-- -T S FgANCE AND HER RELATIONS. THE annexations are an but completed. The Kingdom of Upper Italy is now formed. The Duehies and the AEmilian Provinces are united to Piedmont. The de- it crees of annexation were signed on the 23d inst., and, I. as the qird pro quo, the King of Piedmont next day n signed the treaty by which Savoy and the ...

... JANUS PETITIONS.-COLLEGES. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN JOURNAL. SIR,-Dr Woodford has been circulating, for signature, two Petitions, which materially differ, the one from the other. The one, first issued, approves of Rector Inglis' Fusion Scheme, twith certain exceptions. The second one approves of the same Fusion Scheme, but without any cx- CeptoiiOL. Both have been sent to Graduates for ...

... II Or PM= Nrnal WEDNESDAY, October 12, 1859. j Tug intelligence that the Convention of Villafranca th had been ratified by the Treaty of Zurich.was canvassed w last week by many parties who wished to discover more an in that act than it professes to embrace. We are told Pi' that it touches Lombardy alone, and leaves the question co of the Duchies untouched. According to the latest in- of ...

... am -aSAAP. .. __|IAA .. PARIS, Monday.-The Ma itcur publishes a circular from the Minister of Pubaic Instruction to the Archbishops of France, et, enumrcrating the custems, laws, and principles which have esta- ng blished the incontestible authority of the Church over religions society. He recoils the great confidence and liberty accorded the Emperor to the Church, but that liberty cannot be ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN MAILS FROM ABERDEE. DESTlINATIONS. Despatched.' Box Closes. _ America.--nitedStates,Caolffrin a, and British North America (by Every Friday. 11,50 A.!X . British Packet, via Liverpool) . . Ditto-(by U. S. Packet, via South- } ampton) ,,,******** Land EveryMonday. 1.4. p,, ., L Australia, Van Diemer's Ln td, ir New. South Wales, and Man- mofevhy 11.50 A.M. ;i ritius, via ...