... ; | THLE GRE'EK ?? QUESTION.: At the meeting held oen Friday at, the British Effbliztsty under the presidency of Count 11atzfeldt, for '2ontinuping the negotiations reg-ardinig the Greek frontier question, thle Ottmerrinl Pelegatos prop~osod four stipulations ini C addition to those which had beon previouslY made E public. These new stipulations are as- follow: Thalt the Mlahometaus of .the ...

... FATAL ICEACCIDENTS. An ice accident, resulting in theJ loss of two lives, took place at Mearns, near Glasgow. on Tuesday. A pond in connection with a bllaohliworks had been trozen over, and at the dinner hour a number of tho workers were enjoying themselves sliding iad skitirg. A part of tho ice 'gave way, and n girl named Walker disappeared in the wator. A clerk at the works, named MI'A4lster ...

... .. Local ant Bi5trid. LOCAL BOARD POP, REDDEsn.-Tbe town- D §hip of Reddish, in the Stockport Union, is about to I havea local board, the Heaton Norris Local Board t having' withdrawn their opposition, and the Local s Government Board having just signified their intention of issuing an order constituting Reddish a local board district. . A CHILD IMPALED.-A singular accident a occurred on ...

... DEPUTATION TO EARL SPENCER. On Mqnday afternoon a numerous deputation, repre- senting ediucational and paroohiul authorities in Lan- cashire and Cheshire, waited upoa the Lord Presideut ,of tle Counoil (Rail Spencer), at the Privy Colucil Office, Whitehall, to prie6n0t a iemorial drawn up by the Manchester School Board, urging upon the Governmont the desirability of rejieving Boards of ...

... RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH IMINISTERS. FORMtAJION OF A GAMBETTA CABINET. Paris telegrams say that a Cabinet Cburail was hold on Thursday morning under the presidency of M. Jules Ferry, af ter which the Promier and his colleagues placed their resignation in the hands of President Gravy, by whom it was accepted. The Ministers will remain in charge of their respectivo departments pending the aP. ...

... ?? I HOUSE OF tLORDlS. MONDAY. g Lord GRAi-vienr-s, replying to Lord De La Warr, b stated that there had boon telegraphic communications o in reference to the concession to M. R6n6 Duplessis of v; esparto fibre districts in the Regency of Tuanis, Com- a munications were still going on with the French Govern- d -ment. e TUE.9DAY. The Married Women's Property Bill passed through iz Committee on ...

... A building in Tavistoak Place, used as a place of wor- ship by Archdeacon Dunbar's late congregation, was hired a few days ago by some persons from the east end of London for an assault-at-arms on Monday afternoon. The police entercI the building about half-past three, and found a prize fight in progress between a man nox las Jack Hicks and another whose name was not ,scertained. Eight of ...

... I Gulf an? Dfie3trict. ?? Mr. Courtney, M.P.. Uinder Secretary for the ho Colonies, is at preosent in Mainchester, on a visit to Mlr. onl H. J. Roby. 'ly ST. MARGARET'S, WrIALLEY PRANGE.-W0 ay are informed that no appointment has as yet been mode. Cs, T'ic living will not bo vacated until Thursday the 17th [ly inst., after which date the trustees will meot to consider nd jlie applinations for ...

... STAB OF IRELA. I 00JAORDINARY pRoCEEDINGS ATI youGHEAL. T, CONFLICT BETWEEN POLICE AN ~AT~L CIVILIANS. wascaused in Youghal and the dby the receipt ofa ~I pcbln anouningtheise wrat ~Cnt~O ?? h arsmo h Kele~~ YogS~, n A~tf ihe ~e~5 ~ -~cour usig t ki 11 ar at In I wr th ?? 0; At o Lnow- and o AC' In t med ment 1,Corn seore' cnati~ .as e3 iati t inless ilkeri, E125. Asel Rouned Pif e in or bar ...

... I- THIS OPENING OF PARLIBAMNT. ?? Prist Arnssoem ition learns that aceordirg to preaent arrangements the Qaeen's Speech will be lY, submitted to Parliament on Tuesday, January 19. 'vn The first meeting of the House of Commons will take 308 plaee on January 12,' when the only business will be vn the re-e]eetion of the Snetaker. On the following 110 day the Speaker, 'attended' by a number of ...

... I I BY MERLIN. a No. XXVI. O THE COMMON SNIPE. (Scolopux qallinago.) i, The common snipe is one of oar well-known birds, y Is generallydistributed, and, as its name suggests, it v is abundant. Drainage and better farming generally rhave done something to restrict the breeding haunts of e this bird, but it still probably3nests in every county in 11 England, and abundantlyin those ...

... I THE GOVE1 RNMENT AND SECRET SOCIETIES. IRCUITLARS FROM DUBLIN CASTLE. UlnitetI relantl says: The Government repudiate a I disponsing power in regard to the payment of rent. They merely use a littlo gentle pressure with their good friends tho landlords, and exhort them out of their generosity to throw the poor beggrars their ten- ants a fewv eoppors in the way of reductions. There is no need ...