... IN a dull village (and village duller than Mudgate there is none), a brisk, talkative, cheery, ra&tnal (I say it de- liberately), Po]ly, like the one in my house, is an invaluable resource. Polly's observations are so well-timed ! She does not talk by rote like a parrot: she converses. If hungry or thirsty, Polly does not call for food or water, as a vulgar~bird might be trained to do; but, ...

... ON the bridge leading from the Underground to the Padding- ton Platform, the rim of a wide-awake projected beyond the corner of my right eye, and I turned and found an old University oarsman metamorphosed into a curate. To judge from his shoulders, he was an exceedingly Broad Churchman. With him was a less stalwart gentleman, whose russet beard entirely con- cealed the emblem of his orders ...

... GE& E . RI AL- '7 - I ,, -E WS .. ' %RK~a'A- x1 1 -: ?? Ad9SQMIA'6X!rTM=RGA5.] iTE WB1DU IAWIO Q TION 1N .UXLMD- At a meeting an the.subjejat ofOabboL education, at Corkyesterday, the Romsn Catholic Blahop presiding, Mr. Maguire, BLP., and Mr. MurphJ, .LP. 4eclred ?? if the education scheme were not arried , t.,hlsh menmbers had power too upset An O in t., . A ' ' .,qV 1S8ITY BONT BtC. The ...

... LA S NE I : . L A TE:S: i. -N EW~S'S FRANC-. - VEMAL -Ja'Anv 4 (Evening). ?? National Assembly adopted to.day, by 472 votes- i against propold deelaring at slaried publi, fuictions are incompatible without the position of: deputy; and tt f *iep aldy Deputie ca obtain no prowtion. The only functio exceptei re those conferred by competitio or electio a the;, I nions of v- b asedrad t?refepof ...

... PARLIAMENT, LAST IHT-T. ?? ASMOCATIO1N TELWGEANMS HOUSE OF LORD. Their Lordehipsnmet at five o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL COOUTS. Osi the motion that the House go into committee on the ,EceliastiCal ourts and Registrars Bill, The Bishop of WNcUHEATER took occasion to offer come .Temarks upon the measure, which he regretted ha had not -bad the opportunity of making on the second reading. He ...

... ' WAICKSHIBE HAMBERD OF AGI- . i L -1 I ULr Ik -t R . - R D)ISOtTSBfolt OwNLAD'THMNI bf Agriculture Wa, held fiat te GrmaJ JEWry~pna. t4 t ~h~YO Hll, on~ntixrdy, to saobgonya bu i~rness,an discus th quetionof lnd tnure raJ IFaiord, o Leaninton wa inthechar, nd her weopi. n upwrd o svelty lndors ndt ?? d Ixislud- ?? the motion' of r. cctt ?? rltit to the Central Cha~nie * igore ural Afcm u£5 ...

... THE LIQUOR LAWS IN THE UNITED : * STATES., I - We Published some weeks ago.,a letter from Mr. Meeban, an American citizen, on this subject. A Phila deiphia correspondent, under date January, senids us a second letter from Mr. Meehan, and prefaces it with several interesting quotatione from the laws of Penn- -sylvania in reference to the sle of liquor. The writer says If you should think it ...

... SHOCKING STORY 0 'DESTITUTION AND . DEATH fAT WALSALL. Yesterday. the body of Skah asaeck, wife of John Eesedlx, a. burkla maktr, living in MiM1 Btreet, Ryecrott, Weleall, was3.eo signed to & piupor's grave, to which ?? she hakb been brought through the -bbarousn negleot of her hueband.. The' folowing i seem> tao be the main features ofd thb. dis- trepalng etosy of hber sufferinge; andl ...

... dTHE R:TflG OP LOOM, CHAR1i:. I ' . : m : .: , W : a: ; ?? = _ ?? I . -Yesterdiy, t the Public Offive, before Messrs. T. 0. IL unnersey and 0. Sturge, the app by the Loca cbaitieftof the town Raginat the po ate assessment Wr heard. - . ahemirs case takern was that of the Geieral HospitaL Mr. blotterain, nstructed bV Mr. G. J. Jodhw, appeae in behablfof the appellants. Mr. Clarkee, the Parig ...

... SOCIAL AMENITIES AT SOLIEULL. The rival committees recently appointed at Solihull-the. one for the purpose of using Al possible means to obtain the appointment of a paid collector of poor rates for the dis- trict, and the other to do alibn their power to uphold the primitive aystem which is now In force, snd which was described in our columns on Wednesday last-sie actively I ht work. The last ...

... j [Beuie7> Telegrams, per Press Ais&waofion.] PI*ANbEL PARIS, OCTarrBoRk 8 The: Repi4l.que- Francaise publishes two long| speeches delivered by M. Gambetta at Annecy, extolling the 1lepuble, and etating that it |as calculated to brg about a iigu of justice and liberty. Speeches have lso: been made by the Deputies for 8avoy, in *hich -they affirm the Intimate union existing betwaee France and ...

... GEJNEAI A ds IPulse ASSOMIT~TTTGAR The er.Eniparor Napoend the Empress Eugenic, and the 7,111c Imperial; loft Ode etzaCa~ro, n owroe d o hdl kelhuls owes J aen and RUET BJY A SORBI I00&T gR ~Tb achoolnmaiterof Orlbogl nof5 ipsa bus been reported forpulnofthlet0?f ?? u off the~ lefti ear th ?? u THE EEMUIMMY TRaiGEDY. Wmll-am Taylor, :e twitted for trIaA -at; the CentrAl CrimInal Court far' the ...