... DESTRU'CTIVE FIRE 1N STrPHEN'S- I _ CREN. - I iet eight ak firet which eaused, thS desirctiou of pi a coniderasbe amount of propertt, oceurred on T the premises 113 and 114 Stephen ea*reen, West, t' vher Messrs. Dobwsn ad Co. %Wy eM basin=ee ae upholser%, decorators, and pa&er merchants. About 3O yards at the rere 6f the buodings e s Sepbou's-geea, which hmve been only recently built, is ...

... A REMATION CEREMO2Y. l A cremation which took place at Gotha on the P 10th of last month is described by a correspon- . dent of the lepublique Francaise. The body was t that of M. Stier, a manufacturer and a great en- P thusiast for burning, who died about a year ago, i ad siner ?? time has been obliged to wait pa- ] tietyin the cemetery-first for the legal s-anc- rica` of cremation, and thep ...

... |MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES CatI& I ~~~SION. I ~~DUl24?i, radsy Mesr O'Brien and Cttcn sat in the Town Ia l, Dangarvan, tod*7 to how evidence as to the proi of the umuaid Wa. Wr . larby, dlerk to the em!ma deposed that the $ a under t e Mo~rna Improv IAct. 'ThE m area ex. tended in a radus af d amileround th tow In 1868 a .peM VW obtained at a cost (,t .G850, by wf tlS contril of roadsad brdes was ...

... Qhte Aemman'is journal. i ?? IN PARIS TEE FREBA.N'S JOURNAL Is now exclusively supplied at the Kioseuz, 131 BOULEVARD DES CAPU- cixxs, saear the GAND iHoTzL and PLACE DS L'OPERA. NEW YEAR, 1879. Wa beg to direct attention to our New Scale of Charges for Short Prepaid Advertisments which will be found in tie first column of our first page, and which comes into opera- tion to-day. This scale is ...

... I -LO0DNO GOSSIP. a (From the dv rwponde~t of the Evening wph.) -: PC LoAdnu Monday Evening. en The evil hour has coue again upon us asU terriblp and sude ; aa yet t rwhbolly unex- I pect F it 1a long been foretold. i3til in de spite of all provision, we are, ag usual, ?? Cil ?? bysaprise. The moi feeing of et Londeo is straalge enough. ve stare with t dismay at the ragged groups which are be- ...

... I JUVWIW NTlH AT THR MWAL. _, Last nigl wss tile first ,htreion3 nigtit at th . Theatre Royal, and very large crowds of youneuters Rocked to the theatre to see is the Igo tb* bhro of their story-book-the twe *geais. :te ia. no one more esteemed and zpa% Wti the four walls of the nursery library than friend GQbl K liver, and even in the unsavoury form of black and 2e white, printed upon irne, ...

... I fraTHE MORTALITY IN' DUBLIN. I TO TEE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. Nlountjoy-street. Sin-I join with you in your daily announce. ?? that the morrtaity in Dublin is excessive. To what cause is this to be attributed ? The cold is the sarae in au average of years. Destitution is the same-of food or clothing-every year. To what cause is the high mortality to be traced ! 3Many years ago, when I studied ...

... 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 ...

... , 7THE AMERICAN H. H. Lady Wilde has just given to the iidA' a 1- phlet under the above title n'ib hed lby .f'Gee, of:se hti ve yasil ai au opportune contribution to our national litera- ture. We have been much more accustomed to el heks 4t Srsaa.we her jzeko.j a-s moved hw lips in ?? music rather than in t thte accent5 of colider 'prose, yet ?? canhot help be- tl ing reminded as we read her ...

... - . ?? - -7 ?? ? -- --?jl l(Kl- -DO ,, W N FJX I I Dr. ?? lyeeW of ft r twr Uprising 'f In 1641 gives a candid ?? review of the es leading persoziges and pr bl incid&&B in per. t haps the eaddest perid of Irish history. The Tf author telli usutlist hiS ;oW ni his eighty.third to earnest UpiouVst, en4 that 41 his life Je ba6 been w a religr'ocs.piqity ind anti- en WtaiV tr We imay add to these ...

... MILITARY INDIGENCE. : , ?? 7th Dra e on el ar. nett baa retiured to Dublth trom leave of a tieauge S and resumed his duty. Captain George and i4eu. tenant Day Will be on duty to-day with the troops 2 at the MlUron Eate. 7th ussie disiat court-martial of which 4 Colonel Bale s president io dino}e, Qusarter. roaster Waite is ember of a board ordered to be he'd at Newbridge to-aY. i 3th u utI ut ...