illustrations and bagpipes."—M in nesota.

TURKEY. Constantinople, Wednesday (Official). His Imperial Majesty the Sultan has just decreed the institution of an Executive Council, which, under the presidency His Highness the Grand Vizier, will have to direct and watch over the carrying out ef the reforms granted by his re

New Parish —Trustees for proposed new parish of Methil have been chosen follows :—the Procurator for the Church of Scotland, the principal Clerk of the General Assembly, the Convener of the Assembly's Endowment Committee, the Moderator of the General Assembly, the Moderator of t

The funeral of Lady Chesterfield took place yesterday in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh. The body was enclosed finely polished coffin bearing Countess's coronet and a plate with the following inscription—"Marianne, Countess of Chesterfield, died 18th December, 1875, aged 38 years.

Lessee and Manager— WM. M-PARLAND, 10 Shore Terrace, Dundee, BRILLIANT SUCCESS! CROWDED AUDIENCE! EVERYBODY DELIGHTED With the Grand Christmas and New Year's Annual Comic PANTOMIME, ■» ENTITLED ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; OR, HARLEQUIN CHING-CHANG-CHOW AND HIS COMICAL ELKPHA

by Nelsos Lee, Esq.), which has been months in preparation, will be produced on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, On a Surpassing scale Magnificence. NEW 3CENEKY, NEW DRESSES, NOVEL EFFECTS AND APPOINTMENTS. THE THEATRK will be Closed on Thursday and Friday- for Rehearsals of Pantomime. UN

the pilot who had charce of the Spindrift at the time she was lost in the Channel. The pilot has been suspended for a further period of six months. The Times has some comments on the investigation, and compares the result with the enquiry conducted by the Board of Trade. « Tryin

School Treat.—On the evening of Friday the 31 at December, the children attending the parish school, and those in Lady Colville's girls' school, nearly IoJ in all, sat down in the parish school to a splendid dinner of roast beef and plum pudding, provided the liberality of Sir J

occurred at°Okl Mar < Lodirii 8 fl acci< Jent and gored 3 person fearfuUy One Jf horns is stated to hire mt«<j the animal his abdomen near the lower part of wound. MediS a r h Mtly viiug. sr." ~ssa," 1 ,r r«» attended to. liL n JUred m an critical state. eanwlule in a Bomewhat t

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