... R- iCING NOTES AND THE WATERLOOI ?? TO the EDITOR of the DArLY PosT. sir,- severe fros.t upset the calculations of sporting ptosin thle first week ...

... THE PETITION AGAINST THE RETJURN OF IMR. H. B. SHERIDAN, Ml.P. In Tuesday's Post it wnas stated, on the lbest nuthority, that the petition against the return of Mr. Uf. B. Sheridan, DIP., would certainly he presented either on that day or the following one. This was shown to he triue on Wednes- day, wlien the solicitors having charge of the ps'ition we-nt to London and lodg ed it. Ye iterrlay ...

... VW41giaND PJ OURNmAL AND JOURNAL MOND0\4XY, FEBRUARY 16, 1874 NEW3 OF THE DA.f. The rumonr gains ground that the Ministry will resign before meeting Parliament; but nothing will be decided until after the private meeting of Ministers, at Mr. GLADSTONE'S residence, this evening. There are all sorts of conjectures as to the com position of MrI. Disna.sasU's CfabinCt. One prominent obstacle is ...

... LJONDON, Saturday Evellin. I THER.E is good rsson to believe that her Mjajesty will this ycar opOII JParliameent ill person. The Queell pailt the late Lord Derby this compliment in 1867, when his Government first muet Parlia- ment, and. thlere are special reasonls, i*l a Con'ei- vat ive senso, wnily her MIVaesty should be atdvisted to o0)ell Parliamieint ill person in 1874. Quiee Victoria? is, ...

... M17 IDTL 1, A N D ] N. S T I T U T E. _ , .. . ?? . Al`CflliX)L0CI(IAL SEC'TION. Thle anmual ccecticc ¢ of inciccwers of the Areieolo-icical Seetien of the 2f idlacd licstilcte wais celd in the Coincil itaoic last evening ; ir. S. Timiccincs p re-icdle, and there werea als) peresent ilessiis. A. IE. il'erith, J. It. Hlollicaico F. B. {ssbcrin, F. 11. Ifenshacw, 4. A. Cecsstccs, Jalncrs stic ...

... THE INEW PARLIAMENT AND THI xiII)LAND COUNTIES. WeC sahila few da~ys ago that if all England hlad done as wvell as the AMidlands the Lilberal Wvould have hadI a latrge ikiaoixy i th newPariamnt.The ?? shlows the course anti the resnlts; of the general eleetl00 in the tour 1mi-dlanld ?? WsstL.- shire, Staffordshire, Anti Shropshir-e. Out of thlirty 'con. stitneuncics there Wore contests in ...

... ?? ?? [1Y TELEGRiAPIIL] FATAL FIRE IN LONDON. A fire broke out yesterday evening in the Pantechnicon, in Metcome Street, London, sand notwithstanding the exertions of twenty fire engines, the premises, which cover two acres of ground, ore completely destroyed. A bugle boy and a soldier of the Guards, who are mustered around the scOne, were killed by the falling of a brick wall, and tuother ...

... - AND SOURNAL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1S7C .- - - - - - - - - - - NEWS OF THE DAf.- The elections are very nearly over. Those in E3ngl6and and Scotland are complete, and the last poll in Ireland, that for the county of Wexford, will take place to-day. Her MAJESTY, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince LEOPOLD and Princess B3EAThi EI and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, will leave ...

... THE ASHANTEE WARE [anUTE S TELEGRAML] CAPS COAST CASTLE, January 9. Sir Garnet Wolseley reached the hrab ol the ]st of January. Ambassadors 'from ?? King of Ashantee arrived one hour later, bringing letters, the purport of which is unknown. A Naval Brigade crossed the Prah onl the 5th, and marched three miles towards Coomassie. Major Russell's native regiment -recededthe brigade, and encamped ...

... AND JOURNAL4 BIONDANY, FEBRUARY' 23, 18-,4 01 .. TF1! . DA -. ;, ,, _ Me , ?? _ In offering to -Mr. MaCtLeua tho hereditary honour of a baronetcy, Mr. CrAnDSTZ)m;nn said ?? I trast you inaty accept it as a jus;t tribuite to your Own character and services. Ant'd, although we are uifortunately to miss you oni tile benlcles of the House of Commotions, If ]lOpo the distinction may also be taken ...

... NORTH WARWICOHIRE ELECTION. 'MR. MUNT2 AT SOLIHULL. A crowded meeting in support of the caldidiature of Mr. G. F. Mriuntz wats he]d tit the Town Hll, Soli!i 1, 1]tst evininig ; Mr. P. W/. Martin, MM.. for Rochester, pre- sid1illg. Theo Chairniau, in comlluencing the proceedings, said it 'was eighteen years that df ay since a cosistituency first sent him to represent it in Parliament, and it ...

... G R E, A T GCt A L E. NRLC(-!K OFF ISA RIC'f. A telegramn fromir Harwichr statea thalt the Brilliant banr(Ine, of Swinesmaude. front Plrila-lelplnii an1 Falhouth, for London, with pprariirn oil, wxis wrecked tiff ]{aritotb, U.eiterriry zcoraiilg, a1lnt thle crewv were reported to be all drowined. A gale from thoe rontliwred p-evailed at Plyrnoitli diringM edlnesdaly night and yesterrtas ...