... I C-EONflUENCtE METING AT MOTHEUWLD.'.. Yekterday,'a meetin' of miners' delegates was held* in the Brandon HotIo Motherwell, to take into consideration the present condition of the'.hiners.' Larkhall,, Hamilton, Wishaw, Motherwell, :anld North and South of Glasgowwere represented, save- ral men being present from some of the districts. ; ,Mr M'Donald and Mr Ta. Smith were likewise present. Mr ...

... I ALB DBLE S 0 C I B E Y 0 F N SCOTLAND.I -AN-NUAL MEETING. ;SThe annual meeting of the National Bible Society of Scotland was held yesterday in thg Trade4' Hall, Glassford Street. The hall was well filled The HEon. Arthur Kinnzird, M.P., President of the Society, occupied the chair; and among other gen- tlemnen present were-R~ev. Die Wylie, Thomson, and Gould (Edinburgh), Rlev. Drs Robson, ...

... TH raLE F 01 T AORT-Af-PlfNl' The West India and Pacific Company's Royal Mail steamer American, Captain Hoare, arrived in the Mersey on Saturday, bringing direct dates from Port-au-Prince to the oth January. The news from Hayti is very important, but it only comes Up to the date when the revolutionists had defeated Sal- nave, blown up hispalaceand powder magazine, and destroyed one-hall of the ...

... Ro.ME, yan. 25. After the Council had been sent to sleep yesterday I)v the to prosy, bishops, Monsignor Strossmeyer a;cendcd the tribune, and, by his powerful voice and ail id cloquence,gave new life to the flagging debate. His speech was equal to that which he delivered on the question of Rationalism on the 3oth of lDccenber, and produced as deep an impression. On the present occasion he made ...

... A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF TRAMWAY t ~~~TRAIN. The Very Rev. Dr George Francis Train, D.D., preached a con glomeration of mystical nonsensicall- ties at the new church in F ourteenth Street, that church where a ballet and a burlesque and a brass band are wont to amuse every other evening through the week. The reverend gentleman, with brass buttons and a white necktie, which latter he said he wore out ...

... I FREmnn'B TErAn] SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 31. Communication with foreign countrie3s Is been ilI- taraupted in cons quenco of snowetoris, Tho Cortes have adoptcd the estiinatcs of thle Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Thoe Re; utblican Depuly FoumRas ansked if tue Govern- scent intssdlcd to punish the co'oiel wvlio comnmanded the body of Vl cops which assassinated Deputy Gailloni duririg the late ...

... ogladly FOUR PERSONS DROW2NTED NEAR BUAKBIJXN. ~lon On(t on Sunday afternoon a sad accident occurred at Rishlen l lettr Reservoir, asout two miles from Blackburn.. The crowd of aned b kateresand dthers on the reservoir Was enormous. Dariong afternoon one or two men on skates, dragi e giren it ptrm a number of women, forming a chain of nine or ten persons, ventured on the centre; the ice ...

... 51 The borough magistrates are in a dilemma. ,o An admitted evil exists in the town; its influence is pernicious to public morals; ,rand, although the magistrates are aware of e this, and many of them are anxious to suppress the ovil, yet they are powerless to act. The difficulty has arisen in regard . to dance houses and the objectionable characters who frequent these places. That in many of ...

... LATET L _ IN' E 10 !,E. ,NTELL -IENIE .BY SPEC'IAL WTRE AND ORDIhNARY TELEaRAPH. PARLIAMENTARY BAIIQUETSL 'The Right on. W. E. Gladstone has issued invitations for ' full dress Parliamentary dinneor on Mouday next, . to. the. myovr and seconder of the Address, Canpt. the Hon. F. :Egertoh, and Sit: Charlet Wentwvorthi DiLkie, iatd a large party of the. Mintsteitial. 'members of' the H~ouse o f ...

... The Carmarthen Corporation are at loggerheads with their police clotbiers. For many years the borough force has been clothed by Messrs. Hibberd, of London, who do a very large business of that description, lnt latterly some members of the Town Council have, warmly advocated the Protectionist principle, in the following ?? what- ever the Corporation has to spend should be spenut solely upon the ...

... LATEST NE'WS. (fgY TKIZGRAPH.] NEWSZETTERODFFICE, Tuesday A'iing. S PA IN. Maiinsco Jas. .3l.Cor22DunifOtiOfl ith fort~gn countries has been interrupted in consequence of snow-atorins. } The Cortes has adopted ,-he estimates of the Ministrv for Foreign Affairs.. The Republican Deputy Figueras asked if the Govornment intended to punish the colonel who commanded the body of troops which ...

... WIlS pl~f.. f.SSIYE BILL, TOWNS METIN IN LEEDS. A ?? ~ t liibitnitof ?? by ii I Vo,~ 'i i1 ittll lt' Town Haill, 'to ~ .i~iii'k st ~ Icnhl 'i cc I jor- Bill introiluesi -ii itil' thetl'iii ?? II' ~ ii~ ?? ac' I hidt i procitediliigS were ?? IIIct ~f* 11 Illa i i itoigst 110thoe Onl the jilatferinl- Vor. 'lc' ' h Uc]'tlt -If,ii Li ''ii thet United Kiingdeim it' tllltt ?? 1IL. S. P. (Cacy (of ...