... i TO MR. a. F. NIJOLL. On Saturday a raumber of the friends and ad. mirers of Mr. J. F. Nicoll, secretory of the Athenry, Entis, and Tuam Junction Railway F Company, assembled at the office, 63 Lower r Dominick-street, for the purpose of making a L presentation to that gentleman on the occasion of his taking up his residence in Waterford as secretary of the Waterford and Limerick Railway ...

... I ' Monday Evening. ^. hi Y important meeting of the above olub ~as h1d in the town hall here toc7diy. The ws- taken by the Rev Thomas Nolan, P P. Abbeyleix. Amongst those present were Edmund Dcase. E~cq, M P; Rev Mr Maher, C0IC Abbeyleix; JIev Thomas Morrise, C C, Maryborough; Rev t Scully, CC, Maryborough; Mulh&UeiL Ida-am, Ieq, Patrick Cahill, Eeq, Rev Dootor Magee, 1; 1, Stradbally ; ...

... i DANGERS TO FAITH IN T.C.D. TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. 24 Trinity College, 28th Deoc., 1872. Sir-My letter of the 20th instant having drawn from the Rev. Mr. O'Rourke a disclaimer of the inuendo that Dissenters have ever been in any danger of being proselytised' in Trinity College, either by converse with their fellow. students or through hope of being favoured by examining electore, it ...

... n.- _ I- m. _1- -- I. vI_ ?? - ELL Ad, :ife n'smea states tha; tamine rever ftine ro- lapsing fever of technical writers) ha reappeared h- inthemetropoli. Several cases of this disease if have lately occurred in more than one lacallty of South London. These cases arose in families suffering from great destitution, and the popular to. name of the fever appears to have bean with respect to them ...

... THERUSSIANS IN CENTRL ASIA. I .A no *, - Ace 4.2A_ A-- J.U e . . -. I .. . * The Dfdij, News says that a telegram froci St Petersburg positively contradio's the rnono~lj which reached a contemporary on Frid'Ly frc~m Berlin, to the effect that a note from the llritil1 Government bad been preseeted *to Priiee Gortehakoff respecting Russian progress i, Central Asia. It to easy to account for the ...

... THE NATIONAL SCFIOOL TEACHERS. I The members of the Irish Teachers' Congress, -at present holding meetings in this city, (lined together at the European Hotel on Saturday evening. About SO members sat down to diuner, and Mr, John Boal, Belfaet, presided. Amongst those present were-Mr-Pim, MP; Mr Triu- tiam Kennedy, Dr Joyce, Mr Vere Foster, aud Mr Henry, Town Clerk. Deputations from Eag. land, ...

... As guineas are gone out of fashion it requires a little ability to see why doctors and lawyers should continue to be paid in them. Indeed verV many worthy and liberal people pay doctors in so. vereigns; and we think they do quito right. La Dublin the provincial spirit in the medical pro- fession has succeeded in wresting this high fee for advice from the public. In London a very excellent ...

... I LONDON POSSIP. I I : - ' - London, Ftiday. Alter a visit to the 'ohurches and' the work. house, nothing in left more worthy of a visit than the theatres, where the pantomimes have become as much a pait and parcel of Christmas as the holly and mistletoe, the snapdragon and- plum. pudding. Thero is a general feeling, however, rthat the pantomimes betray rather a falling off this year, and that ...

... IRISHS NATIONALTEAHAERS' CON' f~~~ - ,a1os 'The anneal congress pf the Irisb Nationaul Teachars'Aagociation was opened yeterday at the Assembly Booms, Wilixm~str~ero The congreas was attended by tepresentatives from the diffe- rent teanhers' associations in Ireland, as also by Messrs. Jones, Osborn, and Gill, representing the teacber of RCglaind gnd Wales. The chair was taken by Mr. Vzn: ...

... HOT SPRINGS OF NEEW ZEALAND. -r . so_ no AX._ a- - 1--v_ -_ - Mr. Anthony Trollope, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, writes as follows about the hot springs and boiling lakes, the natural bathe and warm rivers, of New Zealand :- These belong almost exclusively to the province of Auckland. I travelled through the whole dis- trict, bathed in numerous natural warm baths, and just escaped ...

... The diplomatic atmosphere Is chargea WIEh rumours of negotiations alleged to be proceeding between England and Russia with reference to the encroachments of the latter Power In Cen- tral Asia. The long arm of the Muscovite is extended towards the Himalayas and threatens the beautiful Valley tof Cashmere and the de. lightful hillside of Simla. The history of Rud- ?? eian progress in Asia during ...

... . 1 8 1 : , ?? . 872 The year which dies ?? opened in pro. G foandest domestic andxicty and in foreiga troubles at of a nature altogether unparalleled. The Heir to ce the Throne was ns yet prostrate, and in the desp w Shadow of theValley. Affairs on the Continent hi were enveloped In a grim uncertainty which de- tl fed alike prognostication and iuterferenoe. The m aspect of our relations with ...