... ,= i0 X : ORSPONDENCR ?? ' TI OCORRESPONDENTS. NO uo rpabliaton 71Mt be ewforanedb t1e eznte 4U O/ tiutr--o iaaifor :etforthn M0 of ths . P~~~ ~~ somigecoeoy euvle upon t),eir eom- ?? keep eopwa of tXra, s sea cabnno PEC0Aj t7v,7eed plaseutcrateani the Ce are unable to * y othe,~ in 'oiaatkedfca. WecGannot, tn ¢ny Ce5, we trei a66- @'Groammad'-'-Ib is correct. ?? W. B., Bidderminster.-No. 't ...

... IFALL O F HOUSES' IN TANTER STREET. I In a Town Council debateon the Birmingham Improve- ment Scheme, not long ago, one of the epeakers remarked 41,.t chO ?? of -oy of the.ho-eoo i- the no of ohe chnome were sn so 6 a condltion that if . they wdro not pulled down soon they m1glit be expdated to make an Im- provemenb scheme for themselves and tumble down, The truth of the tateoment found ...

... - THE EMPRESS, OF INDIA. PROCLADIING THE TITLE. - DELHI, JANUARY I,. The lmperlal assemblage, convened by Lord -Lytton for the purpose of proclaimiing her Majesty's title of Empress of India, was held to-day at Delhi.: The Governors, Lieutenant-Govornors, the State offitls, end sixty-three ruling chiefs, attended by their..suites and standard bearers, with magnilicent memorial bartnein, were ...

... For a long time past there have been complaints of the wretched station at Brierloy Hill, and the danger pas- sengers run in having to cross without adequate protee. tion. The building years ago. was no doubt adequate, but it has been so affected by mining operations that it has sunk at least 16 feet from its original level; and therois not a level floor in it. On one side of the station there ...

... I ~ MACHINEf4VIADE WATCHES. Mr. John Fernie, 11.I 01:, wvrites to the Tim.es from Bonchurch, Isle of Wight: * Having visited the American Watch Manufactory at AWaltham, Massachusetts, last Jane, on my way to the Exh6ibition at Philadelphia, I may be pennittod to say a few words on the subject. During my visit the works at Waltham wero turning out 366 *mttches per day, and were eiimploying ...

... [BY AN INDEPUDENT MEEMBER] LONDON, Friday. TIERE has been some talk about an amendment to the Address, but, from all I can hear, it will come to otthing. Most certainly an amendment to the Address under present circumstances would be ,-wise. The Liberal minority will have to be elry largely increased before there is any prospect of showing even a respectable front against the Government. It ...

... I At a meeting of the Society of Arts, on the 14th inst., Professqr Barff read a paper on The Treatment of Iron for the Prevention of Corrosion, in, which he says While experimenting, two or three years ago, with my friend.Mr. Hugh Smith on different methods. for prevent- ing incrustation and corroding of steam-boilers, I was led, through the failure of all the processes employed, to be- ...

... CANNIBALTSM IN THE SOUTH SEAS. I We have inst seeu nn etf ract from a letter, wcich gives tbe moat startling and painfully real account of cannibal isn which it has even been our misfortuno to peruse. The 11ev. John Still, an old president of the Camebridlge Univer- sity BEoat Club, is engaged with his old' friend and fellow- oalsman, the athv, John Snlwyn (son of the 13ishopof Lich- field), ...

... WITHDRAWAL OF THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. S1ECIAtr TEiLEGRAM.] IEovsz OF CONesoces, Thursday Night. Tbere has been a ?? debate to-night, in the Lords, on the Burials Bill; yet it is less import~tnt than it seems. The Chinese Am bssadors, and an Eastern personage wcar- ing a black velvet hat, were among the audience, and three benches wore filled :with lawn sleeves. The ladies' galleryj aontaining ...

... The Times corresilondent at Mladras, writing on the 6thl nilt., SYS :-FIront al! that I car. learn distress is alreldy reaching the cinss above the very poor. With thcse there are taste diliomhties about getting fcnd at tii a egatar relief housies, enld o many are gssdlsilly starrvinr leiore the lressure beicories sl groat that thiry |vill leave li hind their pri e and soci;al itreuitdiaes, Is ...

... I vi, GE:NEllAL NEWS. * Es'5 T1LE(5Z APW.1 THE REVENUE RETURNS. The 'Exchequer receipts from April, 1,1876, to March 24, 1877, wereo £76,799,076., against 975,673,658. in the cor- responding period of last yvar. The expenditure this year has been £72,589,518., against £73,064,976. The balances on Saturday latb were £7,338,404., agairnt £7,322,464. on March 25, 1876. The Budget estimates of ...

... [BY TELEIZoAP11.] It is stated thiat one of the hugest firms in Limerick have entered into a contract with the Russian Govern- mont to supply 1,000 tons of flour for the use of the troops wezaiged in the war n-gninst Turkey. Five hundred sacks were forwarded yesterday to London for transmnis- sian to the seat of war. A RUSSIAN STATE P'ROSECUTION. The Berlin correspondent of the Pall Mlla ...