... 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 ...

... IMORNING JXPRESS-1 _ He ?? O- ?? TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. wfl MEIWUBY-OFFIOF, Tueaffay, 5 ~. o THE MEDIATION QUJESTION. The Standard publishes the following telegramn it from Vienna :-The Earl of Derby, in a Note which tte Sir-A. 'Buchanan presented to Count Andtassy yester.- of day, expresses the hope that in the presence ehii of the -desire of Europe for -peace, other Powers will Noi not fail ...

... THIE RUSSIAN ANSWER. THE Russian answer to England's message of mediation has been received, and it is just what most people expected it would be. It is not a rough answer, but it comes to this: If Turkey wants peace her proper course is to seek it, not through diplomatic interference, but by communication with the Russian commanders in the field. Put in that way, the answer is rather more ...

... PARIS, .lfoteday. A LEGMAIIST paper considers it very unlikely that a French Minister, no matter what his inexperience of foreign affairs may be, should have written the note ascribed to M. Waddington, declaring that France has no need of allies and that she intends to remain completely isolated, so that she may be all the better crushed on the first opportunity. On the subject of foreign ...

... the Tax HuGa MACDONALD Fou.rmsrN.-Great re- ms gret is expressed at the unseenly state of the sur- the roundings of tbis fountain. Notning whatever has ver been done since the inauguration, fully two months re- ago, to put them in any sort of order. The outlet sly pipe, also, seems too small, and the water overflows aan the basin and trickles down the front of the foun- red tain. It will be ...

... The anucal returns of the \oC''ter>krC2 I rear ending 3'st October have new oeen Ind from these we learn ?? sot a.: 193,026 enrolled Volcuaters.e:- c l? r J-n, rj ' cen, are efficient, the non-e: - _ is |ing 10,216. Of the efficlent>s ..19 -, 'c's a- ir sergeants have obtained ?? . e entitling them to the ex- ra C-- is anfnum, whilst the ag.eg ate n - z - :, sent at inspection a3o n- s 'o ? ...

... . BP*ECIAL TELEGRAMS. -THE PROPOSED MEDIATION. THE SITUATION AT 'SOPHIA. at fo CONSTANTWrfOL, Sunday. o - Wile Prince Reuss continues to urge the Porte to conclude a separate peace with Russia, the El Austrian Ambassador has been directed by Count Andrassy to invite the Porte to formulate such a a, proposal of peace as Austria may consider and at possibly support. Count Andrassy expresses the ...

... __ _ __ _ __ _ _ I - WnEsn PnRB3TThnL& CHURCH, STANLEY-ROAD. -There remains a debt of nearly £3000 upon this E place of vworship,which the managers sre naturally anxious should be cleared off. In aid of taos object a grand miscellaneous concert was given last night in the schoolroom, Stanley-road. There if was a large attendance. The chair was occupied 7 by Mr. Owen Williams. The programme was ...

... r r | r if! SD, t JNt Uit t a X' X. TUESDA Y, JANu-AR Y 1, 1878. According to a telegram from Batoam, the Rumsians continue to bombard Samasso- I - I I L iA 1mL--- - r.flnlana ContInaut tO ujumoarq amasso- Djino, Tehurtou, and Teburksou. A sensa. tion. has been caused in Paris by the announcement that England has agreed to comply with the Sultan's request to approach the Emperor of Russia ...

... U5D4Ji Jos Ik UO~~~rBOjX tDA 'JA ' :jegrsahW, 6 Viceroy . respitinig' tif AI ainelrtaw ,t tthiat. inE drs, the ire '202,;33'peFsdui'i {'fti ri works, auankd 21432 re- daiving j;rpti , A bU,..uwb.rsI aore respecstiv ?? t4; ,nfiO~a,to,.thei improveainen ' 'takeu'p~ace, tie weekly Anler ,,o~ff iri~~4' AXlll ?? pa~rix jyes~ter-: diayjhich-s .eiit ,te.noveipent' of troops. 1ordered duri , tI ate ...

... We sketch the history of the year which ended atl midnight. This morning as we stand on the threshold rt of another year we cast a retrospective glance at that si which has just ended, and, in the best spirit that we T may assume, find it (lifficult to speak well of the de- 15' parted. The year 1877 has been one of famine and P war; of hard trials and wearing anxieties; declining w trade, ...

... HOSTILE TONE OF THE RUSSIAN I PRESS. Thp St Petershurg correspondent of the semni-official Norith Gernman Gazette ?? witb reeret and dis- pleasure npno tie exccesive hoatility ?? byV the buflr of the Riussian press against E£lnand. le rebon. mends his countrymen to practise modera(tion, herause their violent attacks upon Enaland naight very p)ossibly arouse Rn angry feeling sufficient in ...