... We understand the followiug churches are co-operating in this movement. and, as far as practicable, npon the lines laid down by the com- mittee:- Crn.nc¢' OF EyosLAND.-St. Fetex's Church, CelpreI street; St. Nicholas's Clhrch. Chapel strect Christ Church, Great Home r-street; St. Alartit-in-the.Fields, 6ilvester-etreet St. Clement's. Beaumont-street, Windsor; St. Colurmba's, Pleasant-strect ; ...

... . lon There is no confirmation of the Lahore * report that there was fighting on Monday at in the ]'eiwar Pass. The Viceroy tale- I graphed to the 'India Office yesterday, of No news yet from Roberts, from which ait may be' safely. inferre& that General of. Roberts had not up to yesterday been ey successful in forcing the Peiwar Pass, if he had renewed the attack. lord Lytton; Ft in the ...

... ?? ose The library and arts sub-committee have engaged- 'he Mr. T. H. Hall Caine to lecture at the Free Library Of in Jar uary on - The Poetry of pre-Riphaelitiam- the Dat. G-. Rossetti.' The ?? mathematical scholarship at Baliol It College, Oxford, has been awarded to Mr. Brew'ter, to anchester Grammar School. Mr. Richards, from the Christ's Hospital. distinguished himself in the ...

... SAIMe POPUI LEX SVPMMA. I _ _ _ _ _ ?? DOMESTIC. . Te-daS the Qieoen, the princees Bea;rice. 'ie. suite leave Windsor for-Osiornie. Owing to the death of the Princess Alice, the Prince and Princess of Walas have postpontd their visit tot Radnorshire. A C~abinet C'o neil was held y esterday at the Flemtier's official residenc!e. all tihe ninist3rs being presenit. The Earl oI Be-aeonsfieldl ...

... C ROY AL AxieniThEATRa.-The Christmas a-ttrac- i tion at this house will be ,Uncle Tom's Cabin, I which is to be produced on a grand scale by Messrs. Jarrstt and Palmer, of Booth's Theatre, New York. j Jubilee Singers and Freed Slaves will appear in this spectacular revival. HOLY TDINITY CHURCH BAZAAR, BiaxENEADn.- Y In consequence of the unpropitious state of the Y weather, which prevented ...

... wirerpoli r-i V£tg sGArS POPSW LZESWREK1MA. SIJ M ARY. I DOMESTIC. A Ciouncil was held bv the Q`1,cI'a atl O~sborne. yesterday, at which the Da111,e ?? Edhiburgh was raised to 'lhe rank of Admiral in tho Roval Navy. Ini the paper entitled The Friend, and ?? of Ru'~sia.- contributed to ,he nowy Wimber of the Ai,o te,-,,tA .,ntale. Mr. Gladstone claimn' to have estrablishe d three propositions, ...

... THE YEARB 1878. l PART 1. d The year which is just closing adds a very full but not very creditable page to the D history of this country. If it has seemed to be an exceptionally long one, it is not solely because it has been crowded with events. The mind measures time not so much by the number as by the newness of the memories which it adds to its store. So long as events travel in the same ...

... IOUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE I LONDON, S I'11RDAV EvFNiNcx. There is really nothing new about the Afghan difficulty to-day. Not a single line con- firmatory or otherwise of Yakoob's visit to Sir Samuel Browne has come to hand. The India Office is as ignorant on the subject as the newspaper officee. Not a word has yet reached Lord Cranbrook on the subject either from Lahore or any other place. In ...

... A POPULAR GOVERNOR- GENERAL. I Lord Dfierin possessed in extraordinary degree the qualities which secure success in his offie. He had great tawt, manellous patience, untiring energy, and a gay good humour that brightened every step be took. Everybody, from Manitoba to Halifax, knows him personally, for he seems to have found 4portunities of convring individually with every man and woman of the ...

... SUPPLEMENTARY RECOLLECTIONS OF CLITHEROE AND THE NEIGH- BOURHOOD. Od. (By aon old Easts Lancashcire 2lfcc.) Pre Wif [CHAPTER 9.1 1 £211 At the death of Xiss Heletead no one asserted a right to 1.24 her paternal estate. Her mansion-lhe pride of the dis- Mla trict, and often transferred to the pages of pictorial pub- Mali lications, in which it may be still Beon-has .descended to Ace ticslow ...

... j~LEMR TWETHE EDIT ORS.I I CHRISTMAS DINNERS. c..i ?? to thank vougodrae for so kindly aiduig me to givea geat mber oi Cbristmas diers o the pour. 2O years in this district, ad have never kno Wu many seeking ?? hearty thanks, EIVWAxD LasTSE. St. Paul's prsonage, Narth Shore, Liverpool, Dee. 24, 1878. i laie ?? ls .,pjRbiels., ^ IL A THfE FROST. r Gentlemenr-During the present bard frost, d ...

... I OUR LONDON CORRESPO NDENCE LONDON, SA.TURDAY JEA'ENIN(S. To-lday til Cabinet completes its case. On Thursday, the papers were pill lished witichj 'ketehedi out the negcotiations between tho Indian GoCxerneint and the Ameer. They . hegan l ith a treaty more thanl twenty years ago, which has becn, as it were, ratified by presenitS of Britishl monuy to Shlre Ali, bat which he seems to have ...