... From the, weekly return iof the registrar-general we learn that in the week that ended on Satur- day, December 5, 4,426 births and 3,617 deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns in the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 29 per 1,000 persons living, The annual rate 'of mortality last week was 28 per l,O00 persoins in Lndon, 32 in Edinburgh, and, 2 in ...

... TOWN AND COU'NTY TALK. On Tuesday night'bthe Uarchioness of Ponggd presented the prizes to those members ofthe London Irish volunteer corps who had been suceessfulin' obtaining' honoatrs in the atnual' competition. ' The corps ,now numbers 407 extra efflicients 'and ?? marksmen. A Prisoner named Wells effected his escape frodi the Nottingham borough gaol on Monday. Ile had been sentenced to ...

... SEXIOUS DIS U IBANCES IN SPAIN. iln armed demionstration was ?? on Saturday d republicans at Puerta Sanata Llisia, ,Cadin. Apor. tion of the popularnmilitia rose and took to their arms, demanding the removal of the aleade, who had been elected by universal suffrage. Order was restored, and the disturbers of the public peace were handed over to the police, but taking advantage of the ab. sence ...

... EXCITING SCENE AT. A FIRE, This'(Saturday) morning, about five oeloclr, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. Ohalton, a linendraper, in Andover-terrace, Hornsey-road. At the time of the outbreak the inmates were in their beds asleep. When they were aroused the flames had not only taken possession of the front shop and ware- house, but also the staircase. To descend by the staircase was ...

... TUE PROVINCM. CHSHIRE.-GcN AND WATER ILLEGAL.-Last Ehristmnas the inmates of -tire Stocl port uilon were realed, as is unsal at that season, with roast beef and plunm pudding. * Tobacco clad tea were also pro. sided for the old folks! by Mr. Bowlas; and Mr. F. Baker and a few friends contributed a quantity df ;iu for the 't comfore' of. about fifty of the people whose ages varied ,rom sisty ...

... ortN1116 olp PkRLIAMENT I ROUSE OF1 LORDS.-T1UBDAT . , ' eblghtb parliamb nt of Queen Victoriawas opened this day by commission. At two o'clock the lord chancellor, Lord Sidney, Earl de Grey, the Duke of ragyll, and Lord Kimberley, royal onmmissioners, appeaored In their robes of state, and' took their seats in front of the throue. In acoordance with tho direc- tions of the lord chanicello, ...

... Tim MINISTERI WL ETiOm_.h I The re-elections of the new ministers, with too Os meption of Mr. Cardwell for the city of Oxford, a took place on Monday. THE FIF'ST LORD OF THE TREASURY. The reewic elction took place on BlacldeatlI, there beig uwatlaof5,00 prefleprsen, ~twtb~anIo govemmuent, and everybody, he might say, unr~~ reply, and it was comprehended eapecially by the Iatf, Iminister of the ...

... THE RESIGNATION OF II THE MINISTRY. Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues have resigned their seals of office, and the tory adninisttation is at an end. This important step was taken in an interview that 'the premier had with her Majesty on Tuesdays. The fact that the resignation thus tendered had been accepted was communicated tothe cabinet council which met on Wednesday. The reasons which in- ...

... 0 FRANCE.-The great military preparations in France en the 3rd inst., the anniversary of the death of Baudin, have brought nothing but ridicule on the government, Out of the siaty-two people arrested on the occasion, fifty-five have been released, and seventeen reserved for trial, have been transferrede rom the central police-otlice to Plazas prison, The trial, reports of which will be legal, ...

... DISCONTENT IN THE PC1t-orICo. Ih ?? -- ?? -, OS1.OFPI C The following appeal to the public asI beer, by the post-offlce employes- The employls of the minorestablisbmert ef tie ral post-office, who are minor in name enly' petitioned the postmaster-general many times 5 t)l*havin ceiving any redress for their grievan es0 tlhoatre many,. appeal now to public OpinionD relying u0ona ...

... THE, ATRICAL OPERATIVES' SOCIETY. To THE EDITOR.- ,-Whfle the ypromoters of Mes Dramatic college have been holding their revels at 4hV Crystal-palace and other places, .forthe maintenance od the decayed members of the theatrical, professioa, and other desirable objects, a small body of very' industrious operatives; employed In the metropolitan theatres, have been struggling to raise a fund to ...

... I There was another attempt on Sunday afternoon to get up a demonstration in Hyde-park, in memory of the Fenian executions last year. Although the gathering of last Sunday was invested with a fictitious importance, this was a conspicuous failure. It resulted in what people said its predecessor was In reality-a part created solely for the performance O- r. Finlen,. Up to three o'clock in the ...