... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ? ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... A DIETETIC EAnERnd-M Asi? popeat this seasonwiill tat and 6t dinka grat e~lmore than is good, for themn, it 1- no eou fplace to ?? a Dietetic t ?? reoently made by7 Dr T. L. dNichols, the well-known hydropathist -of Lno and -MaIrern, the editor of the Hereafd of Hetalh, -and author of numerous works on sanitary and r d social science. The experiment extended over s *0 four weeks-from ...

... THE OLD YEARS LEGACY. at TinE year on which -we have entered brings ld withl it a portentous legacy from that which has gone-a drama of which wve may have seen hut i the bloody prelude-a problem for which. in I some way, a solution must be found. That i solution may not be quite so imminent as is It generally supposed. The fall of Plevna revealed or to the astonished chiefs of the Russian army ...

... CABINET CHANGES AT Ba I -) The (FROM 0era owf &emmrpoynaen-. rear e Berlin, December 28. 1930 Annotots the NatVional Niberals have not vet icenL. got intothe . Caiet, and the expected po0tfofios tug 1 got into the ?? ergea may after all cli out. of their hands, thi entitli PeArty rgn here, the 2-Cationai Zeibeng, begins atnnun to tlk~ in tile stately oracular style of the semi- sents offcial ...

... THE EX.QUEEN OF SPAINT AND THE CARLISTS. (Reuter's TelegamrI | Paris, Decemndrer l, 1050 P.L | The Soir of this evening announces that the Spanish Government has broken off all relations t withthle ?? Isabella in conlsequence of her c attitude towards Doa Carloes Queen Isabella writes the following letter to the Paris 1/irvo :-It is neithernmyinclination nor re habit to have recourse to the ...

... , ci t 'flit aeeon of fsiiisfx hti elywa h ''Zew Year signifies-mnay ha said to culinhiate to- v dAay, for Christmas stow engages the festive alttentions C of dwvellers north as well as south of thle Tweed. For thle great majority, ]however, the first day of the year still retains its special chaitrms, with its first footings, merry greetings, and unbounded Itospitailities. t The out custom ...

... QUEEN ISABELLA AND DON CAIALOS. PARIS, Sunday.-The ex-Qusen of Spain has ad- dressed the following ltetter to tlie pigalro, to explain her recent interview with Don Carlos ~onsicur,'-It is neither in my Character or hakits to bnve reconrse to thi pres3 even to defes, myself agninst attacks, hiowever unworthy andi nujirstifiable. But when people take unfair advantage of my name to ...