... __ _ __ _ __ _ _ 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 ...

... 0- - - r' H Be would be a bold p'rophet who should itventure to predict what the new year which dawns upon us to-day may bring forth in its twelve months' circuit round the sun. As befits the season of peace and goodwill through which we have just d passed, there has beern a momentary pause [e in the clash of arms across the Afeliter- g u ranean. It is true we have not been able to say with ...

... -jATE-ST ANujTDF ~ 1 ID -W V, . enant 0 oURT, te. (SBO)R5i. DEc. 31. silked ud drove, attended by Lady Tbo q T e Frifss Beatrice rode, attended The rbyth EMPRES OF AUSTRIA. tS o> f Auatria, ascompianed by the 5b rd tia t Victoria Station. London, by London, Clhathamn, and ?? ?? 'rai. Her ?? and party drove H wotel, where Count Beust, the .rnd o ehe cneibers of the beriie 3?Os 39S ere wasiting ...

... 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. ...

... OELONDON~ COMISPONDEN~CEI ly LoNwoN, MONDAY EvMXense. as If there is really any foundation for the rumour a that ministers contemplate appealing tothecoantry rt with respect to their Eastern policy, they will do ir, well to study the reports of the scene which took he place in Trafalgar-squere on Saturday. That is se, just an illustration of what would happen in every or constituency of the ...

... L. - n According to Reuter's correspondent at 0 St. Petersburg, the Russian Government is not disposed, as has been represented, to resent any attempt at mediation on the I part of her Majesty's Ministry. Telegraph- ing last night, the correspondent states that f the request of the English Government for . information as to terms on which Russia I, would make peace had been received at the St. ...

... THE WEATHEL MIONDAY, DECEMBER 31. oh Ad Aeprexo MM Weduerd. comtdft of Europe and Norway to the mm osl PBiroge, and ambraeesgzea Britainand the Bribee ?? It alsobludei the Nrth Be. or germa; Oeesanthe Bay of Bidy,the editerneeas,the At entwwth th~lls zieh~ Benlg.^&>h EXPLANATION. mm dbsda and feoi of ta wvbd are uowO c amrivue drawn EW I& the ?? sitcm12 ma Sex 1*r idicata bV the eaber d1 baee. ...

... BITRKENH1' AD MUNITK. I AFA. I ILL In the hrrly-bhirl at poli'ical cou-c jir, jugment ot nny Vlnfloe ir v5rped 17 *to by prejudice or p-es:on. Tae tumnullt cf tee then aoused is noso Osac4ed; ;a.d ti epetrierttas tOl'Iu, onU1} br-tes pevte, t;?, neceunry for pr,-pcr ceui el4 wi arcients coneidereco to be et-itjdfloO frodn .:e go It is very deeirtb'e, in tue interest of `-z borough of ...

... .n 1r.Y of T - -: = d 9.TXtS ilpra~ ?? S6nhA I, -42i AR Y. DO.MESTIC. ?? e FmrareFs of 'ustria, accompanied by the Crown Prince, arrnved in London yesterday afternoon. lhe 'ireasury retirsi issued last nighit rhows that the total receipts from the ?? ilito the national exchequer for the last quarter were £iN,:,3,lS4. In the ecrresponding neriod oE last year they vere £Ic,.77,507. The net ...

... EFFICIENCY RETURN FOR 1677 The Standard publishes a full return of the strength of the volunteer force forthepastyear, together with the number oi efficients, proficients, and those present at the government official in- epections. The increase ia a most substantial oea (nearly 5 per cent.) in the efficient strength, the non-efficiente at the same time decreasing in nearly double the ...

... TO THE XEMBMlS OF THEl CHURCH OF ENGIAND. Dear ?? is not in any presumptuous issumption of authority that I venture to address you, neither is it in any vainglorious imagination that I possess any special influence, but it is simply in the affection of an eider brother con- cerned for the well-being and well-doing of a Fathe's houeehold. There seems teobes wide-spread feeling of anxiety about ...