... OPTENIING OF PARLIAMENT. U HOUSE F01 LORDS, THURSD,,1Y, December 5. 'lie sixti Sessioi of the ninitb Parliament of the C Quaei' was openiedon ?? Iy Commission. After tile usual fortililities the Itoyal Commission for the openiiig of Psrliainent was then read by Mir. Bethill, one of' the clerks; ansd The Lord Chancellor read the following Royal Speechl- Myl3i Lords and Genitlemen,- ( ?? regret ...

... ALBERT MEMORIAL COLLEGE, FRAXlLING.IAX. PRIZE LIST FOR 1878. There has been no public distribution of prizes dur- ing the present year, but the prizes, which were awarded on the Jnly examination, conducted by the Cambridge Syndicate, wore handed to the suc. cessful candidates at the end of the Winter term by the Head Master, wh o, in the course of a few remarks, smid they had much carsve to he ...

... DERE, HAM, (EAST). at FiRa.-Between twelve and one on Wednesday morn- ta ing this place was alarmed by a fire being discovered in rh a building used als a tailors' work-roomn and storehouse, Bi bohind the premises of NMr. Maclaren, seedsman, and st, Mr. B3stes, tailor. The alarrm was given by a manci named Foster, also a tailor, living 'in a cottage close to w the premises; and IASias Cariter, ...

... |-TnE House of Commons was last night engaged inA debating the question whether or no England should join with other Poweis in affording pecuniary relief to! the people in the Rhodope districts. Mr. Anderson, Ithe member for Glasgow, when the notice was giveno Ron Friday, at once took exception to it on the ground' Sthat the wide-spread distress prevalent in the countryA rendered us unable to ...

... I_ .,P A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday lat, under the presidency of the Deputy-Mayor (AXd. Cavell), the Mayor being absent through slight indlspo- sitioa. There were also present Ald. Hughes,, Randall, Eaginston, Galpin, Spiers, Dore, and Carr; Councillors Evetts, Calcutt, Lowe, Round, Sheard, Greenwood, Castle, Wells, Turner, Gray, Cooper, Emberlin, Seary, Parish, Clarkel, ...

... IH QRN- .W Rn jTH13 GARDEN.-BY MR., W. FARLEY.| |SEASONABLE GARDENINiG POR THEI WEEK1 ENDING DIUENIBEIR 21. Probabiy the past fortnigisi or thrde weeks hais dolle ulore to convilnce 'g4owers of the gleat injury which damp does to their planti than all that we have been able to say, however much asnd frequently we may have endenvoured to urge the inipatance of the mitter. Prolablyn .ew weekts ...

... afthleiastical. The Bishop of Durham has resigned his see owing to failing health. PFEFERMENTS AND APPOINTMESTS. 11ev. J. W. Aston, B.A., vicar of Amobleside, Westmore- land. Rev. C. c. Bartholomew, vicar of Cornwood, and rural dean, prebendary of Exeter Catbedral. Ron. and ev., C. Dundas, rector of Epworth, prebendary of Liddington in Lincoln Cathedral. Rev. A. Edwards, vicar of Kirkland ...

... THE PLEASURES OP PLAY-WRITING TO THE EDITOR OP THE ERA. 8ir,-Well iay Mr Burnased vindicate the originality of lis rra;tdta Icomedy against tile ill-conditioned liiisrr'preS1 tion of his New York critirc. We have all grosm too Pick wickian, nolwadnys, to use the stern old rulonosyllahle which is the best condemnation of this sort of tlijir. It is the same everywhere. We have the Houses of ...

... IVOIM ANID WAQHS. OLDHAM. 30,000 OPRERATIVG t; QN 5TRT)IB. There are now one hundred and thirty mills stopped in Oldhapa, in Consleqguence of the strike, and the number of operatives now ?? will be about 30,000. The state of things is very quiet4n the town, the streets presenting ?? Unusual DCe3su ot exoibetnent, although largo numbers of the operatives are valtiingaabout. The boards of ...

... THE. AFGHAN R. (SPENcD TELZORAMS.) DADAR, Monday. This town, Which is situate at the foot of the hills four miles distant from the Bolan Pass, is destined to be the terminus of the projected rail- way from Sukhur, through Jacobabad, and the weary journey across the deserts of Beloochistan, exposed to the forays of the plundering Marris, vill thus be avoided. The troops are all steadily ...

... | THUE RIUMOURED CESSION OF e ALEXANDRETTA TO ENGLAND. is (SPrCUL TrLEQRAX EBO3 opi OWN CORa5Sr1ONDENT.) L-PARts, Monday. Night. Le Under the title Al)iplomatic Treason, La 1, Presse makes a violent protest against the 9, rumoured cession of Alexandretta, describing it as a blow on both cheeks to French diplomacy. L Such a cession would be in the teeth of the *e categorical declarations of ...

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