... I I- ' 4i . :'Li 7-S - (B1Feemav S~edsl W - r -b LONDOAN CORRESPONVENCE, .P reerw Ofcxe, 211 Strand, Latdoa, '1t Wednesday Morning. r ?? In a U 6 iin const' cnnm DVta- e just now with Lord Lytton, and no day passes without despatelies beig taken to Rugbesdie and Hatfield.. lc is quite clear that whatever freedom was given to Lord Lytton in the earlier stages of the Aigban busiaess the leadin ...

... TO THE EDIO OP TME FREEMAN. December 31St, Moolum, UitMacow, County Kikenny. SIR-I have readwith great satisfaction in the late issues of your journal lettersafrowa Mr. Robertson, Xfr. Byrnea, Mr Dooley, andl F. H. O'Donnell, M.P., each gad all 'hard wporkters in the tentants' cause. ?? fasmerca of Irelentd are grateful to all Who ad- vocate thteir rightts, aad I am convilced that those who ...

... THE TRAMWAY SCIIEU, .1 A special meeting of tlie Swansea To*u was held on Tuesday, the m.iy.or (Mr J- presiding. There were also present— T. Ford, P. Rogers, and J. J. Jenkin* cillors W. Thomas (ex-mayor), T. Da' Richards, D. Jones, 11. 1). Burnie, and J; y Ihe meeting was called to receive the the Tramway Committee, aud enter into tions thereon to consider an application ngcsr the Swansea ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE LONDON, TUE3DAT Evising. tUaTHE WAR ENDED ?—MB WHO HAS MADE THE MOST PEERS ?—THE USATHXCAIi SVEST OF THE SEASON—OBSCURE POCTBY. J* Ul1Xy °W assumc^ Yakoob has not a' dellalabad. On the contrary, it looks 1 3 accession to poorer meant not the end of war, but the beginning of a serious resistance our advance. The year is ciossing gloomily as farae the Afghan question ...

... SIR HENRY HOAR~ AT MALMES BURY. cS] HENRY HOARE AT MALMESBURY. A f. - -o - .4 - n no-n #-n. rF'-- l.-l rIf..l 11 -. At a recent meeting in the Town-hall, at Malmesbary, a fur the purpose of forming a branch of the North Wilts h 0 Liberal Association, the Chairman, after opening' the B, proceedings, announced that Sir Henry Hoare had i accepted the invitation to become a candidate for the ...

... le There has been a shock of earthqnake at Salonica. The Spanish military authorities have resolved on the r. use of carrier pigeons. 10 r Mr. Dion Boucicault is having a large steam yacht built a at Newburgh, on the Hudson Rliver. Tho wo:k of blowing out the furnaces at Sirhowy Le Ironworks, Blonmouthshire, was commenced on Mlonday. la The French Peace Society has addressed the Senatorial ;0 ...

... SUiCsIDE-Yettcr y,],l slhorty before noo esePrat, aged 618, living int TempleI Street. ?? Seeoh. mn h lodged inl thle same housee to dr ink ?? las and to soon afterwards fosm atI thle month. IMr. Calmsan, asgsistant to Mr. Durnn 'surgeon, whjo ?? to be pass- inz. was called inl, hut foundt that Pratt was dead. -A 8sm11 qjuaniti~ty ?? turns4 out to ho prsic acid was lea t he botto of tile ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITORS, I6 i WALTON DISTRESS. e e Gelntlemen,-Wculd you be so hind as to spare me a it few lines In your columns in order to give correct infor- i- mation in reference to the fund raised forthe distress n in Walton ? It will fully explain matters it I remark in that Mr. Henry Sharrock has made the following state- rs ment to the ccrmmlttee:- Iwish, hewrites, 1 Lo state on ...

... BIRTHSAND DEATHS IN TWENTY LARGE ENGLISH TOWNS. he - s .L4MLxJj .LVt 0'±,. on FIFTY-SECOND WEK, 1878. ho II the week ending last Saturday, 3915 births he atd 4237 deaths were registered in twenty of the largest English towns, estimated by the .Registrar- iy General to contain a population of rather more ad i than seven and a quarter millions of persone ad in the middle of this year. The births ...

... . - -I W DllNESDAY, JFANVY 1, IS9. ?? ?? o-a- - 0Un Tuesday the Glamorgmashire Court of Quarter Sessions mot for the trial of prisoners, I -- . i . , -. - - - - . , ., I the number of cases being not very Iarjre, and considerably lees than in tha corresponding period of former years. On the same day county business was transacted at the courts for Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Cardigan- shire, ...

... THa BUILDING TRADE AT SHEF- mii), REDUCTION OF WAGES. Very important action is being taken by the master-builders of Sheffield, who have decided not only to reduce the wages of the joiners, but to return to the 54 hours system, instead of the 491t hours, which make the joiner's working week at present. The masons, bricklayers, aud labourers, are also to have their wages reduced. ...

... A BALACLAVA HFRO iN CARDIFF POLICE-COe HT. Robert Moors was chareert at Cardiff on Tuesday,, by Mr Pritchard, Warra-t offi-er for the Cardiff Guardian.?, with neglecting to sunport his wife and two children. The officer said defendant was a pensioner from the Coldstream Guards, and was just about to receive his pension, amounting to £ '14. Itiis amount be owe i to the guardians. Defendant was ...