... I LEADINC A]IICIACTSS PACE. T111- I.:HADIMIIP OF Till,' CONSEYnV.IVI: P'AIITY IN TIII lll 0O S1 () ?? its d1i:i C.Iltius and prlobl, ili- ti sti joce isel oc'd ?? ?? ?? ?? 8 Tlll I LEGACI ES OF IS(;: i OCi:91i1iilll, Paperlsim, angry A nvuricn ?? ?? S U:Si.lAYS AND OCCASI(.ONAL, ART 'I('LES: CON.CEnATIVI. (til ISIIANry. --U thn e obstriitivenoss of rwligiole SuctmiL . . . 10 ?? : Aii, on ...

... CO R.RESPONDEENCE. | A PRACTICAL VIEW OF IRISH LAND REFORM.-I. To the EDITOR Of /Ihe PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-The discussion of the Irish land question appears to have now reached a stage at which it would be useful to advance from general principles to their practical application. The public perceives that the situation of the Irish tenantry, over at least a large portion of the country, ...

... I The plan proposed by The Science and Art Depart- ment ' for the historic illustration of the art of mosaicu has had on un1fortunate commencement. The fac-eiesfe cotpy from 'the Figure of the Good Shelpherd selaed |amogst his Flock, which has reached South Kensiuto frcm FaVcuna, the authorities of the Musemn decline to exhibit, on the plea that the replica is badly executed. This famous ...

... OPINION IV THE, MORNING _OURiNALS. THE NEW YEAR ABROAD. The 7imes remarks that at no time since that mernobabie dawe when a virtual announce.:ment of ho-tili ies was implied in the compliments of the seasor; has the new year broken upon a world more free from all immediate apprehension of inter- na'ioi al misunderstandinsgs than it docs this day. 1 iis may partly be owing to the fact that ...

... I THE MIARlQUIS OF WESTMEN-STERS llIrlL. I The 111sfrof(ed NewVS states that the personalty Of the late Marquis of Westmiuster was sworn under X800,000 'The will is dated April 17, 1867, with five codicil, the list dated Aug. 31, 18o8, and his lordship died at 1Foutlill, WVilts, Oct. 01, ISOP0, aged seventy-four, leaviu1g two son, and eight danugbters. The bequeests are nulnicrous ant latrgc. ...

... llETIREiENT O, MAl. COMMISSIONER WINSLOW. I Yesterday at the Court of Bankrulpty, Mr. Bagley, addressing the learned commissioner on his retirement, FSid: this being theday on which yourfunctionsas a F. nk(];ruptoy Cnmisuissiouler cease by operation of law, with heli coatcurrence of my brethren at the bar I desire to address a few ?? to you. When we first had thegoodtfoetimeof lknowinlg you ...

... TIlS E TENA1ING'S NiE l TTS. I THE QUEEN'S TNEW YEA2tS GIlFTS. 'T'he Queen's New Year's gifts to the poor of Windlsor were distribluted at nine DVoclk this mo1rning, ill accord- ance with the annual custnom ?? of beef wvas distributed at the Town Hall, in the pr-oelice nf the Vicar of Windsor and other gentlemen. (ifts cf coals iveno senit to tie hoosee of ; na liilibel pf ?? p'rt.S)S, FAT'lA ...

... AN L'GYPT.IAV NREJAMA. IT would be idle to pretend to draw solid dcductions from premises absolately abnormal, and at best we can only speculate on the influ- ence of the Suez Canal on Egypt and Egyptian politics. If it proved only a partial commercial success its political consequences would pro- bablIY be scarcely appreciable; but, as we have said before, we do not greatly belie:vq in ...

... 1IISIHOPI T'I'MLE IN HIS DIOCESE. The Ian. uct on rhursday evening at the Exeter ( nildhall in honour of Bishop Temple Waq:attei(nled by very manty of the county and city gelitry, and the bishlop receivedi I most lhearty anld cisthusiastie lcome. Sir Staford Northcote, Sir John Duckworth, Lord Clintoll, all the Deall of Exeter were ainoiiogt the distiut-moished unoesbs presenit on the occasion ...

... 'I-HE OVERLAN)D MAIL. We have received by way of Brindisi the Indian papers of the ibth ult. The Bombay Gazdtie publishes the following heads of intelligence The Duke of Edinburgh is expected at Calectta about the 16th instant, TWle (Juverslors of 3Iadras and Bombay have arrived here. By order of the IHome Government, the Native regi- ments tlhat *rere in Albyssinhia are to be allowed to place ...

... REPOR''TED rTOPPrt(AE oF THIE MAIrN IDOAINA(;E OF LOEND(N. Thte .ArbClitrcr says that the maia drainage v-ori-i at Bairing have exp;iliinced, if report bo treei :tserious check. Tic fracture of an1 impoxrtat pa'rt of the pnmping mnachinery is stated to ha]ve so diahleod the whole that for a consideri'ablenemiubr of hours workinvwas imposslble) and it has only been with great difficillty that ...

... INDIAN I'ETP.ENCIf]1.rN The Lom!,tl ?? b-dcte says thier is a ?? anli iiell-fcim.tird cOllvictiotI tiltit the ?? eeossivoe de- (tli s the ietrenlchnicnt effrected itn tltn p~resent ycarts pith- I C wt r1w e:cjltestititre inl thle Iomnbty presidellcy. Oldiceo :1e 13ii iS. {I~;itt!C~ tetti t COtIM I t ?lbI ?? ?? ?? C--cs by way of coinap)-isatioii, which vill in 11 jrl hiabiltv I tavC to it re ...