... PERBSONAL STATISTICS. Theroldest 4tamher of Her Majesty's Privy Coun- tl is o Stratford deRedcliffe, ?? aged Cr 90; the youngest, LE.E. Prince Leopold, aged 2 i.c The oddest Dfake is the Duke ox PurLnd, aged 7S; the youngest, the Duke of Mlontrose, aged 26. The Ca oldes; Maqulis ies e Marquis of Donegall, aged ta t yougt tilthe Nlanquis Camden, agev6. 1i. T te oldest Earl iu the House of Peers ...

... THE OD MASTMS AT THE ROYAL ACDIMV I - This is tfhe i ero the-' ?? manters' t at the Royal Academy, and this winter's eaii- abina shows no falling off i quality &r,. int'eskt from prenous yea. The number of e pictures h ug is p saler than usual, bat r.athis is a1 iM M d b rather an advantage, r and with the ?? of two or three, there is u hat little reasoa lor doabting the genuineness of the ...

... TE WAR. !¢ AV-.NCE OF G~ENA GOU1JEO t' awsn se TI T [ *Bucbrest, Wednesday, Jannary 2, 'Ge~1 Goarko, it i tfl-, is 8lOly and painfuly prshing bis way towards So5a, bat I daubt whether any resnlt can be i ebtaized from this movement before the' ii 6p>n& NAs to his leaving Sofia masked, andI u maringeither ?? or-Philippopolis, that does ot seem probable. In the ast plaee, .lthough it is ...

... FIRE IN TI{E EAST END. A WOM1AN BUNEsD TO DEATH AND A MAY j SUFTOCATED. Gln A very melancholy occurrence took ?? yesterday in the Eastern district of the city. tha About four o'clock in the afternoon smoke was il observed issuing from a house of a single apart- grc ment in a teemnent situated at 11 Preston wir Street, off London Road. Information was at fib once sent to the Eastern Police ...

... . _ ?? LOSS OF A SCOTCH STENFl d& Early yesterday morning the screw steamer 13al- eb moral, Capt. Jamieson, in ballast, from Grange- e mouth for Mididleabro', went ashore during a dense fog near the militia barracks at HartlepooL As soon as her position was observed some fishermen Is put off to her assistance, but, as the tide was ebb- In in;, she could not be moved. Two hours before of high ...

... ROOLBwArATLCAtL. at GLASGOW FREE PRESB=TRY. thiit The ordinary monthly meeting of the Free he Presbtery of Glasgow was held yesterday in the '00 It hal UHoliad Street - Rev. Mr M'Derrnid w~C ~Omoderator. a W j nte DR IIOD4' CASE. It') Onteminutes of last meeting being read, V Ifattention was called to it ?? Howie, and it was Iv( stnt ed that the whole of the letter of Dr Dods was w A netd in ...

... WEATHER CHAR= JANzABy i |e Mao hart fin~ese~ t cow~6tU s d Em from } V sto t11s ?? of Moral ad embrs= oret I Brmiaimi*ad the mdsh i4M It also NUdas to North Sea the Go . Ooemn. the Bay oat WMedy the MjAdt&ZreCl nhe C b, lE ?? FSlih Gcb L Eri ad Irish qes a~t Jl.A2AIU.S -AIU. Q-AIL-.. In the above chars the dotted lines are isa' or lmreI of equal barowestrial pressur. the vale which tissy ...

... TrxHE_ WAR. 2 MEDIATION. TM -- TEE AIRMISTICE -PROPOSAL. tr SPECIAL TElEGRAM'S. h Constantinople, Monday, December 3. . I understand that a Council was held last night at the Palace to consider a proposal made t by the Austrian Ambassador in the name of the other Powers for an armistice for one month, during which terms of peace can be discussed. Thedecision of the Government is notyet known. ...

... cAJUJORIa. LND THE CZLYF-' - The Washington correspondent of the Yew rorc2 93 Tribfse, writing on Dec. 14, says:- The Atocr- iiey.General, by direction of the President, given considerable attention to the cuestion 0o Vro am tecting the Chinese in California. T're disc-asioa _ of this matter occupied connaderabe timne in tihe Cabiniet to-day, bat no acidon was taken neon. i. The difficulty ...

... TH-E POLICY OF BRITAIN. Mr M1altrasn Barry, who took an. active part in the Trafalgar Square ?? demonstra- tion on Saturday afternoon, forwarded to Lord Beaconsfield copies of the resolutions which were then passed, and requested that his Lordship would state the tirne and place when he would receive a deputation. Yesterday the following letter was received by Mr Barry in reply No. 10 ...

... COLLISION ON NORTH BRITISH RAIL, WAY NEAR EDINBURGH. a0 SEVERAL PAS3SENGEROK S ISJURED. a Yesterday afternoon a collision occurred at the d Bonnington Junction of the North British Bail- S way near Edinburgh, by which a number of per- ic f sons were injured, two of them so severely that a g they had to be removed to Edinburgh Royal Infir- ad mary. It seems that while a goods train was being ...

... SHOCKLNG J3OILER EXPLOSION AT ha; Twelve Chinese were killed and sixty-foor has wounded by the boiller explosion vn board the hu steamer Yesso at Hong Hong. twi wut Tnasonour of knighthood has been intimated as wlt beifutouferred on lr ?? Jarvis. 'I'd S ?? MYIICHEL-Genersl Sir John Michel, at ?? notwithstanding the fact of his age thi rendering him liable to compulsory retirement eha under, ...