... REV. J: RIYS EVANri OF BRIGHTON. If ever there was a time when the pulpit required men of ability,'coupled wibli deep religious fervour. that time is the present. 'The increase in the ninaher of the reading public during the last decade has been somethtig enormous ; and, with abundant facilities for acquiring knowledge, thlc layman has now become, in many instances equal, if not superior to ...

... IJAVEST: NES.! ryTI E W i'-tXi. ssj t77e:7 ZIMONY, ,Decembei 27.. - Tls ?? ili have Wain'in uhu fter fighting u jet a ~ae orver ,,~ya d~ay dahalf :400 Nizamlt,O2,00 lbianias, and'. sotn, i~baids :of -Bashi-Bazouks ,were ?? 0~gi'ge agauinst ?? of the Principality.: The it:X ~Trkci-Wt lOO.dead'; the S6rvians loit 15 dead and 4 M' 'p i. They ca!pturo- ta[ nunmber m of. tents and. d liopsessd ~ ...

... .:1 X soNIO oALESDAR C Humber 'Lodge, No. 57, Freemasons' Hall, Osborne. t street, HulL Bro. Francis Summers, W.ML First and I third Tuesdys. ?? Royal Arch Chapter, laut i Thursday. Hamber Lodge of Mark Masters, second Tuesday-7-30-p.m. b Minerva Lodge, No. 250, Masonic Hall, Dagger-lane, b Hull. 'Bre. G. Willinson, W. N. Second and fourth A Wednesdays in October, November, December, January, ...

... * w :. - -lb' ?? 1:iv 2, 187.. ' FRIDAY, JANUAY 26, 1877. | THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA. - f TRTs: d --,a - . A d . TIHE debates and agitation respecting the Eastern Question havepfurnished& certain stock phrases which have at once attained to the dig-; nity of proverbs and the importance of creeds. One of these is the celebrated bag and baggage of Mr. GLADSTONE; a second is that Russia can be ...

... I ~ tst~rt ~ - - s , ; ?? - I tstir-t`$, ,Nwcv ?? : Tn~tnaas AsooL~eoNOn Satu~rday last the. a first general, meeting of the- Beverley branch of the 1.:Church Teachers', Aasocilitiofi was held at the' Church I s Institute. Mr. B. Swaun,~ of BishopBurton, was relected the president, and -Mr~. F1. C.. Marshall, * of Beverley,' the' secretary and treasurer for -the ensuing-year. ~~The latter ...

... ARTISAN PRIZES DIST l1U'1TION IN i ; . 4 3ULL. - . r The second annual distribution of artizans' prizes took place at Hengler's Cirque, on Wednesda; eveniig. The oirque was filled by aunimmense audieuce, a.nd greot interest was manifesterl in the proceedings. v.The, chair was occupied byv ?? (Dr. King), who wsos supported by Dr. A. K:; Iollit, and several menmbers of the Corporaition and the ...

... I . 7 !t L. , ,, ?? i a I Lord Maidstone parsced his.i pblic, examination in the London Bankruptcy. Court enl Saturday. -. . .,The Earl of Beaeionsiield, who was prevenuted from Aittendinig the House of Lords on Monday night by il slight attasck of~ gout, wvasinmich bette r~ OTu Iiesday'5. A. plasterernasrimed 'M'eniii. of Rochditle, went homne drunk on Sliturday night, and, after having ...

... I~~I. A c~mn ei. The New South Wales Ministry has resigne'j Deane StaI recovered from th tta frts. which he. Nh n .a errag. obfozatc The slowness in the rising of the Nile causes Some I~hw MaSi of Denmark arrived in Loadon on Tedr 8Ad wa ived by the Pijihsess of Wales. - The Pramierb and the Foreign Secretary will remrna in tfo neighblrhoodh of London during the autunm. Thv IaVW been having ...

... COTfINGHAM LOCAL BOARD. I . I - - ?? . - . - . -- . I Ant ordinary meeting of the above Board was held .tterday, at Cottiugham. There were prewent !I Zesrs. Ledger (thairmau), Temple, Taylor, Daiby, U1ttterick, Wilsou, and Atkinson.-Mr. D. P. Gars ~3ntt applied for fourteen lamopH to be erected in the 't reets where he had built property on the Westliourne Park Eslate. Ke offered to pay one ...

... ke1o IhvW LORD GRANVILLE AT BRADFORD.--The part of Lord Granville's speech on Tuesday which related to home politics was probably not intended to be taken very seriously. He had a definite amount of talking in favour of his party to go through, and he went through it with tolerable credit, doing neither his friends much good nor his enemies much harm. The few words he uttered on the Eastern ...

... 11 ?? -1 111111111111111111111111 I R LI AM E, N r, 1111111211111 I .. ?? ?? ?? THE great debate on Mr. Gladstone's Resolutions closed at two o'clock on Tuesday morning in a division the aggregate numbers of which were worthy of the occasion. It is not often that 577 members of the House of Commons are brought together to vote on a question of public affairs, though at times an equal number ...

... M. OFFENBACH'S NEW THREE-ACT OPERA, Les Contes d'Iloffrnann, is to be produced this winter at the Paris Lyrique. BULL FIGHTS will probably be held in Paris during the Exhi- bition next year. They are to be on a mild scale, however, as no bull is to be killed in the arena. PIGEON-FLYING IN THE BLACK COUNTRY, a favourite Sunday amusement, is likely to be suppressed, as the Walsall Town Council ...