... Owirneto tlhe numberotleviers received it is ispossible t.; give usacrs in the current week. We cammmnotn- ?? to return the MiSS. or to send answersby post. GEORGt.-No; he would have no other claim than that which he takes under the will of his father. The second wife would, under the will, be entitled to the freebolds. IGNOItANCE.-The executors are the persons ens titled to probate, unless ...

... WOE:DS, Loner TMEE WO:rSHoP. TO THE EDITOR OF RfYNOLD5'S NEWSPAPErR. Sin,-MlVy mates and me are obliged to you for the pace you have given us for making a few of our thoughbt sulic. We hope that you will still let us occasionallj save a say in things. This week we have been talking sbout parliament and its meeting next Thursday. Now, sir, we want to know what good this will do? War baa begun. ...

... WAGES A:TD STMICES. 'liel ?? lablourers of Kent and Sussex have had tons of good advice given them upon paper, all written by men who never knew what it was to lie on fifteen shillings a week, and to earn it. The strike has struck home in cuarters never before affected by such an opera- tion. The word rent has been very clearly used, and it has even been said that rents must be lowered ...

... FFOREIGNAND GENERAL NEWS. iTO -E 4 ; nl + n.- , TIMhr 2 Ar1 I IE was a violent storm on N ovember zortl at t o rnth of the Tagus. Three vessels were lost in the rir and 18 persons were drowned. b.e cnOIgG to American acoeunts,the yellow fe- A epidemc in the South has cost 175,000,000 dols, erl is} likely to cost a great deal more, DAS eatxsive strike has broken out at Sydney stthe seaman, who ...

... I SHOCKING TRAGE3DY NEAR LIVERPOOL. A tragedy took place on Friday in Wallasey which it is Feared will result in the death of two } children, whose ages are about three and five years, and of a man aged about 35, whohas been discovered to be their father. The scene of the event is a field, through which runs a broad unfrequented road. In this field a well-dressed man was found. Near him were ...

... - I-- OU~b SVOCBSS IS INDIA. There is no reason to be dissatisfied with the promptitude and gallantry displayed in the com- mencement of thecampagnin Afghanistan. As soon as the hour of midnight struck on the day which had been fixed as the last on which we would receive a reply from Shere Ali our forces moved towards the dreaded Khyber Pass, where so;many a gallant soldier had been sacrificed ...

... GA RDENTING raom T= WEERs TIDeUsMIATINIOG DECzIpu. 7,w, 1878. HY 1[E. GLENNINY. . (Editor of Glenny's Illustrated G6arden Almanack.) ou WEERmtLY CALENDAP. T111 PMoWERGARDEN.:: lu bad weather any kind of indoor .ork shonld be atteneded to-the mnkin of labels, preparation of stilcm and stakes, the breaking of ol'd pot hn sm3L~ pi.^ces to use as dranuaoe, and sifting thorn throglsgh iferent ...

... I In the Admiralty court on Wednesday, before Sir R. J. Phillimore, sitting with Trinity Masters. Captains Drew and Bailey, an action for damages brought by the London steamhoat company, the owners of the Princess Alice, against Messrs. Hall, the owners of the Bywell Castle, was commenced. A cross action has also been brought by Messrs. Hall :and Company against the London Stuaiiboat company. ...

... I THE PUBLIO HEALTH. From the Registrar-general's return, we learn that during the week ending Nov. 23rd 5,836 births and 3,976 deaths were registered in London and 22 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The mortality from all causes was at the average rate of 25 deaths annually in every 1,000 persons living. The annual death. rate was 23 per 1,000 in Edinburgh, 29 in Glasgow, and 35 in ...

... P.ATMEB PaEMATUnlr. Public attention. is so fixed o.n what is trans- ,ring in.'Asia, that little 'of no notice is taken what is going on in Africa. The Conserva- ve Government is certainly very unfortunate L everything it undertakes. In order to :rengthen our position on the shore of Asia [inor, we laid hands on Cyprus. The place roves a charnel-hoase. One regiment, after Zing there a short ...

... BATAL COLLISION ON T M DERSBY. On Tuesday morning an accident, attended with fatal results, occurred in the Mgersey. In consequence of the fog the Wallasey Commiseioners only ran steamers to one of their three ferries, Seacombe, and it was the steamboat Glem thatmet withthedisaster. ?? sailing ship Bowfell, owned by Mr. Brocklebakon the cs-oaf proceeding to sea, was lying at anchor close to ...

... NAVALJ AND MLIT7ARY INT1LLIGENCZ. General Sir Thomas Steee, conmanding the troops at lderslaot, received a Hlorse GUards letter, directing him to invite about boo'volunteers from three Infantry bat- talions for immediate service at the Cape. One bat- talion in each of the three infantry brigades was selected, viz. 2nd battalion ith Foot,two sergeants,twocor- porals, and forty-seven privates; ...