... THE DISTRESS IN TH-1E COUNTRY. AcSTON MANOR. - The continued prevalence Of ?? iitress in Aston is taxing sousewhlit severely the esources I of the public committee in that district. Since the appeal, which ?? nmade a few weeks ago; a sum of about £231. (including £'20. from Mr. W. Mliddlemore) has been received.. Of this amount upwards of .2'00. bas becnI alrheady epipeloild and soiac 1,lG00 ...

... NORTH ISTAFFORDSHIRE AIMINIG INSTITUTEl. I The aununl miceting of the members of this instittte I took place at Stoke-oou-Trent, on lilday evening r., John Strick (the presidetit) in tho chair. T'here wsa large 4 atteld-Lice0-Mr. J. Richard HIines, the secretury. read ' thc report of the Council. The number of new Illember' I added last year had beer. 29-an increase of 1i; over the J previous ...

... Th3? AUER1M? J?TRIAL? - mm : 1F. A-0 ik ,b4i I * ;ad Ad to in bt ofs be if2 hd La.' lan of Iit ff* 0. le zI. be 'UI I- It,b id a'l 1, gt Dfo ' ,h 2. 3t iri taiumment wi then tproceedod wkh-MTlaoo- viited df ivral soaua, WUl m bg chil. c dme (led tyth, 3Itim fltSUondt) aad' ausio ad' 2 ebitstfojap -by MaumSzidt-W;Liiyvi4EdW 3 Sbeen aht Wesave. Geb; Darioe, E. COodw, T. sk Onfij~,_ ' . et~ V.f.o ...

... I THE BULL STAGE OF THE PAST. (SPECIALLY CON'IRBuTED.) (Continued.) The new' Amphitheatre, Paragon-street. was first opened to the public on the evening of October 12th (Hull Fair night), 1840, by Air. Cooke, who had entered into arrangements with Mr. Kirkwood. A grand military spectacle was presented, entitled The Wars of the Pun jaub ; there were various arenic exploits, and the farce of ...

... THE TRIAL OF THE DIRECTORS OFT CITY OF GLASGOW BANK. ,3~b , THE CLOSING SCENE. i he _ EDTNBtRnGH, SATURDAY. a ve To-day's proceedings mi the High Court of a, as Justiciary, Edinburgh, brought this great trial to a d he close. It bad been arranged that the sentence upon O4 ge the six directors and the manager of the City of E as Glasgow Bank should be given at balf-past ten, but A long before ...

... SOTREE OF THE LEARNED SOCIETES OF LIVERPOOL. The unique and, most interesting gatherinig of the asiociated literary, scientifie, and art societies for of Liverpool, which was held last year for the first sel time, was attended with so much genuine success an to fully warrant a repetition and continuance of Jari a sexies of the soirees which was thus so happily di9 inaUgurated. The second re ...

... THE AFGJJAN WAR. The three armies commanded by (3enerals i rowne. Eoberts, and Stewart. are now .rrmlv established in their winter quarters, although they do not colnine themselves to the immediate limits of those quarter-, and t wvil! probably advaxce more freely from c ihem as the spring approaches. They r bave lately had rather a heavy fall of snow, though nothing like that which is experi- ...

... a KA sped i-, general mesetitig of tile sli-aichoi1lers Of tule 1I0eili;Ir Cuai Cullnpitny, to Wconfirm thle resolution an iced at at the general nileetiug of the compnITly on the l!' .Jainuary in Iefesesice to issuing £100, 000 necw 71 percitt -pt e:r ne tck, wa~s held in Queesi Street LI !flal, EdinbuirghI. yesterday ufternoon. a Mr HenryAiknFlik.caraadeei e niieti-,g, of e a hrirgem ants ...

... PAROCHIAL BOARtc.-The monkibly meetinig of the BIord r was held on Tuesday eve Airrgr-3r . S; George Iin the chair. The bauidnss bhfote the meeting was no- FRASERBtP.GH. L'RAMATIC ENTERTAIN3ISENTS.-ThL first of :I series of dra;matic clitelt;ahlllel~t; wsYI le 01Teiiy ofllll drmncetrtruort a iven rib Tuesday eseoitig. ii the Harjboulr Hail, by the Frrseiburgh Urii n Drallotic Society. Tire ...

... kBERDEEN, MONDAY, FEB. 3, 1879. THAT we are at wa- with Cetewayo, the perverse King of Zululard, is now placed beyond a doubt. | n A, - - L - .. I - - -. .1 . . I . .. Advices have been received uip to the 14th lIt., and cc on that date hostilities were expected to commence cc between the Zulus and the Imperial troops. Cetewayo ra failed to avail himself of the eight additional days o( ...

... -oMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. ADl qlz UAY. IJ.e ?? Orr in Court- 1rdsiloo wih l Sttff outillttnde' Etward Muou- jaI3 t 2 ~ n~bri ?? re~tired list ?? the Z th just. v *ij ,tan te tIApril. 1lt77, Chief tisthis day Wocn phtoed on the se- (ctt5aaof her 3ljvi' rder in Coun11- ?? eT Ivith ililtlu hs1thi AN~~l $ f hio thik .ord'~ 'ut 1 pro~tn'' 01lier visty ortlr in Cooin- li*N 1 ,i: \cj-t vice ...

... [RauTErW'S TELEGRAMW.J PAnrq, Fn7DJ1v.-M. Grevy, the President of the Republic, will shortly take up his residence at the Elysee. There is no foundation for the report that Marshal Mac. Mabon would at once leave Paris. He will remain here for n few days in order to render asBistance to . Greavy in the details connected with the latter's asumptiOn Of office. The exCPrerident has already ...