... SCRAPS FROX THE COXIC JOURNALS, [From Funny Folks.1 PARILIAMIENT OUT OF SESSION. Mr. Mundella felt bound to say that a good deal of the depression in trade, and the consequent distress, lay at the door of Lord Beaconsfield and his colleagues. We are very glad to hear this. Now that the fact has been brought to its very door and is lying there, the Goverf- ment suely cannot pretend any further ...

... ADVANOC OiP WE PLAGU. We (Post) trust that nothing will be left undone by our Government to ensure early and regular intelligence as to the progress of the plague in Russia. There is nothing else thought of or talked of in Russia but the plague, the terrible and unsparing Black Death. Politics have no interest. Plans of conquest and dreams of ambition have for the moment passed from the public ...

... G A R DE X I 1 G YOU TEE WEEK TERiINATING JUART 25TH. 1r79. . - BY ilR. GLENNY. (Editor of Glenny's ITustrated Garden Almanask.') OUR WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE FLOWER oAiibEN. Anriculeas-These reqaire no water vhile there is the least moisture in the omeost they are growing in; they must be clared of dead lenvea, and mexst not be allowed to be quite dry, bht, as we lave already stated, moisture ...

... ?ZOnLE IAGISTERIAL PLUNE=YSM. Another glaring miscarriage of justice hasa just taken place. It is one that proves the; miserable servility, sycophancy, and toadyism that prevail amongst the middle orders of society. The other day, at Portsmouth, two lieutenants belonging to the Duke of Edin- burgh's ship, the Black Prince, appeared- be- fore the Portsmouth bench of magistrates, charged with ...

... - lATEST INTELLIGENCE. : r 5rCcL ?? D BLZCThIO 5LRUA5PH FaROSI Ay TH AFGCES WAO . ; CRITICAL POSITION OF OUR ECOLUWNS. DISTURBED STATE OF cot - STANTINOPLE. THE - PRINIPALITY OF . GB4ARI Bucharest, Jan.-2. V Witha referenca', t the' Approachiog election of a IPrince for.Bulgstia by the Assemblyof Notables, it ig l asserted that Prime Loui of Battenburklh may count. Zun obat I 10 ot Prince ...

... WORDS FROM THE WOERSHO1P. TO THE EDITOR OF REY1NOLDS'S NEWSPAPER. SIs,-Tbis present -week may be a most momentous week in the history of English trade. We, in our shops, hear that the conference of the members of the Iron Trades Emplivers' Association to reduce wages will be held befote February opens. The association is in corn- maenication with the directors of the va'ious railway companies ...

... FORS TUE WEEK TERMINAtRNG JANUARY ISys, 1879. BY 1111. GLrSE\Y. Ecditor of Glenny's Illwtrtlted Garden AlMina ?? OUR WEEKi LY CALENDAR. TiE FtOwr5n GARDEN PruitTrees .-Procecd Withl the ?? oftheseggonerally beginning wvith the hirdiO-t, ?? atlpeaches to the xt. I.4, op0ilnint firatly results in late tiowsring, and late floworing signfiles a fain crop. Viae o.TheOe in the oi;en air shoull be ...

... GLOnIV&ICATION OP LOnD nEACONS- _1_ _P _- L C I ,. . I . I . Preaching at St. Silas's Church, Ardwick, Manchester, the Rev. Richard Butler, who spoke from the text, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? drew an elaborate parallel be- tween Mordecai, Joseph, the ruler of Egypt adid Lord Beaconsfield, whom he considered three of tile greatest statesmen in the ...

... POLLY AND CICILDIZSNESS. We certainly do not see ourselves in the same light as others. Everything, according to Englishmen, England does must be just, generous, proper, and praiseworthy. If any- one dissents from the doctrine, he is denounced as unpatriotic, un-English, and unworthy the name of Briton. Or, m other words, he is ex- pected to pronounce what he knows is wrong to be right, and ...

... GtZmRAL ROBERTS'S VTIcrOaY. The following are the details of the victory gain ed this week by General Roberts. The date is Khbost, Tuesday evening:- The camp is situated in a large and fertile plain surrounded by mountains. There are some slight undula- tions here and there in the valley, and numerous villages are scattered about within its circle. Early this forenoon a messenger arrived ...

... TEE CONDITION O THE PZOPLE. The upper classes, whowere so calmly putting all the blame of bad times upon the working classes, must have been rather disturbed by the speech of Lord Derby at Rochdale. Lord Derby traces the present bad times to three causes- the habit of playing double or quits, or of investing profits in the formn of new plant to increase production, lending recklessly to ...

... GA^RDENING rIr. TNE WEEK !NWZNATIS FERARY: ISz 1879. BY MAR. GLiNNY. (Editor of Glenn-v's6 Illsustrated Garden Almacack.) OUR WEEKLY CALEN DAR. T, 11113TU FLOWER M sON Rose-We ecom ?? who tisve in the nround( any stealks of which tile_ hss~e atr ar ve tailed to try their hand ait gr'. ftils, leerriss' msat of Its haeplants OF rsp~e wood thalt would com rit so rssisnse time, snsd those from ...