... THE RUSSO-TURHISH WAR. The Servians have obtained a victory over the Turks at Pirot. TIle attack commenced on Tlhursday, and after desperate fighting tho 5 arkish entreachments were carried at noun on Friday, at the point of the bayonet. ?? 'lurks lost a large quantity of armis, ammunition, and provisions. From Belgrade we hear that negotin- tions have been opened for the surrender of Niech. ...

... ITfIGILAND NOTES. :y, and lice of LoCIIA~sii, 2Sili D,)c., 1877. cuscst, The most resnaliathle year of which there is any ). sluw receoid for at least two gesserations is now about to cx- LI) tlssi pire, and those whose painiful experienice it. his been sidsihe to hnive 1)sassed through it, whether well or sick, will tedily ;long, remember it. The frequency of thle gales and the ,ough ttitter ...

... i6 -. ? ?? ?? VMWALEOL 11 ?? si* ?? ?? , ?, ; : ?? - ?? . I i 1 % , end ?? 'f 30azrd of Guardlsas-lr4ie t collier~t51~'~' ?? to t; iopn that thedistressin t isdrirts is notsoiel ot Acquainted withl I r 0~i W ~ ~ ?? mL el made to the., ' ~ Rf~ ~P WANme ~i endent on.. er ?? l \& fai MOTO the h*A~tia.Pirtth t4 f.84d coils (1a, Ii U&l~g ~l h 4m~s~f5 o~ collieries W Wgil ~lsig n oles ~8 ...

... I ?? .. . .. AN . - _ . _ . . . I , . i THE BANK 0~ IRELAND. ?? ?? i ?? anED~ BIvOIR OFBXa ?? t f 1 ,, ,. ?? ./ !Decmbet 01i ! ftresting discussion which yopa , 1.qr6 ?? of Irelaud ocaoioned induMa. Ime, n6v that the bustle of the Cbristmss holidays is neeyr ye,*broqbe you letter ipon In looking over the Chartbr and Dy-LAwi I ?? that the dire rewhen elected arebound byath to *t ...

... THE PROSPZCTS OF PEACE. 'TheII t orning papers of Saturday puhlishedl the fol- lw nil!:- We ?? that the Sultan has solicited xoe Mijeqty's Government to approach tile Emperor of R isoiiu wvitiu the view of bringing about negotiations for peace, anad that her Mniesty's Government have agreed to ?? with this request. Commoenting on this, tile Tiame says:- The Sul. t3 bala invited her ...

... LETTBR2 TO TIHE EDITOR XHR M KI~NG AN-D THE, INE 'Ez 5O Jane Street, December 31, 1877. SIM.-! am aot astonished' that Mr M'Micking, who is a zealous Liberationist, should be displeased r at a conference which represented a considerable force of opinion against his views. BtIa astonished that he would attribut oatiuinI men the sentiesents in the followin quttonfo hi etrin the He-rale of ...

... NIHILISM. go ime EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-Allow me, in addition to my observations on Nihilism, to correct a mistake committed by some of your contemporaries in their comniments upon the N ihilistic monster trial in St. Petersburg. They believe that the phenomena brought out by the investigations preparatory to the trial truly belong to Nihilism. If that were the case, Nihilism ...

... SUMIMIARY OF TIllS MORNING'S NEWS. Tbe Turks arc reported to have abandoned Sophia, after first setting fire to tl c piace. The advanced guard of the Russian western division have occaiiel ti * Ia 1½ ~a n va-ss between Arab-Konlak and Sop Fil. The occupation was f..ciced v ith immense iifficulty, wve are told, owing to the snow. It dols not At cm clear why Muklhtr Pat'.' has been recalled from ...

... LETTER FROMf PARIS. PARIS, MIonday. A LEGITIMIST 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 ...

... YEW YEAR'S DAY AMONG Tito' ANYilHNT Bfi,'xtONS. The ancient customs observedat Christmas ¶nd N(-w Y -r 8 Day in Wales are deeply interesti'- Histery has be-n defiled by the prejudice of ects and parties, and by the national hatrd sprining from injury done by one to the other. Blut in old customs we find preserved by the masses, who identified sueh customs with their pleasures, utsges which in ...

... EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR. . BY THE REV. R. T. HOWAT. I On Srnday evening, the Rev. H. T. Enorwar; delivered in the I'resbyterian Cuurch of Zaoland0, Queen'e-road, his annual sermon on 1'lie Past9 Year in a Few of its Moral, Social, and Religioas Appecte,seleoting as his text Esther i. 13, Wise mnen which knew the times. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the church was crowded. ...

... | SPECIAL TELEGRALS, &e I~~ _ __ The three divisions of the courts of common law will commence the sittings at Nis!i Prius on Satar- day, the 12th instant. Sixty special and sixty common jnrors are being suarmoned fo' each court. It is stated that Mr. Arthur Holdgson. of Olopton, niar Stratford.on.Avon. will contest South War- wickahire in the Librasl interest at the next eleo- tion. Mr. ...