... I PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMNTS. Rev. William Adamson; incumbent of St. Paul, Old Ford. Rev. John Allanson Bailey; lecturer of Christ Church, Spitalfields. Rev. JosephGreenoak, M.A., LL.D.; perpetual curate of St. Philip and St. James, Xpnor. Rev. F. A. Bartlett, M.A., senior curate of St. George's, Everton; incumbent of St. Michael's, Liver- pool. Rev. Edward Bell, M.A.; incumbent of Holy ...

... LOCA NEWS. ?? q I ?? The Duke and Duchess of Westminster have returned to Eaton Hall, Chester. R. Kynaston, 90, Grange-lane, Birkenhead, has purchased a prize bullock fed by her Majesty the Queeu,at Windsor Castle. d*9dea21 The death is announced of Mar. Henry lRoyds, a member of the firm of Messrs. Molyneux, Taylor, and Co., cotton and general brokers, Exchange- buildings, in this town, who ...

... 1 P.LSTiIBUTioNV 0:1' i L.A.V. PFlaES) I The annual distribution of prizes to the membera of the, 15th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers took place last evening, at the headluarters, Admiral- stret, Toxteth-park. There was a very large at- tendsuceof members aud friends of the corps. The ms 'ycr (Yr. T. B. Royden) presided. Lieutenant- Col 'nel Mewburn, tie commanding officer, was not. able to ...

... I I - - STRANGE TORY BLUNDER. I Another illustration has just been afforded of the re-slts of the disunion which now exists in the Tory party in the neighbouring borough, and of the egregious blundering into which some of the leaders fall nothwith- standing all their professed legal acumen. A vacancy in the list of aldermen having been created by the resignation of Mr. George Barnes, the ...

... - ;aa,. il _11& ?? IPSv S- IE B[HSAND DEATHS IN' TWET | LARGE ENGLISH TOWNS. . FIFTIETH WEM 1878. in the week ending last Saturday, 4813 births and 3844 deaths were registered in twenty d the largest English town, estimated by the Registra- General to cestakn a population of rather more than seven and a quarter millins ol peson in the middle of this year. The births were 24 below, whereas the ...

... THE SONG OF CHRISTMAS DAY. -Oh, I co.e on the silvery wings of the morn, When the stars are all silently beaming- 'hen the radiant Moon on her mission has gone, And the weary old world is a-dreaming ; Then I steal (In my weay lie a bird on tie wing, To those lends that are wvaking to meet me- Where the Cbristinn wvill sing tbe glad tidings I brieg, And the sweet bells lie ringing to greet mo. ...

... PRESENTATION TO LORD BEA ONS.- FIELD.I On Thursday, a deputation of British residents in California waited upon the Earl of Beaconsfield, at his residence in Dowmng-etreet, for the purpose of pre- senting him vfith a gold and silver oacket, containing an address expressive of their high appreciation of hie Lordship's setvicea, The deputation, which was intro- duced by Mr.13, Maclvor, MY.., and ...

... Wt cauuot undertake toreturn CommetlcatiOfletf hbicb we do not avail ourselves. CommunicationS sh ord lwarys bre legibly written in Inki, and e onse Oside of the puper snp;, iength increases the diffculty otf inding apace for them. W~hatever is inten~ded for In~eatien mos~t be atuthenticated by the namne and address of the sender-not4 necessuarily for pobication, but as a guarantee of good ...

... FAI v CI C = z =OWf E fIS;ZqMCI-AM- -S I@Z THE lAM(Jti8 OGFRfPON ON RDUCATION. The winter proclamation of oertificates, marks of distinction, &c, obtained by the itudents of St. Francis Xavier's Collegesinrce the commeiicement of the schoiastic year, took place in the large hal of the college last night. There was a large attendance. Father Maguire, S.J., the rector, presided; and ainsgst ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... BUILDItG SOCIETY SPECULA- TIONS IN BRADFORD. FAILURE OF A SOICRITOR. A petition forliquidationbas been filed intheBrad- ford countyeourton-behalf of Mr. Wm. (ox,solicitor, Westgate, Bradford. This course has been taken in consequence of pressure put upon him to meet the liabilities of eight local building societies with which he is connected. Theliabilitiesareputdown in the petition at £60,000 ...