... E8SEX. : VALLEY AND HALSTED RAILWAY COMPANY.- COLrt of tile directors to be submitted to the share. The top5¢ ?? 46th half.yearly aneeting to.morrow Ikldnresioy)) the 26th inst,, states that the capital a\eunt has not been altered during the past hall-year. lroS3 revenue for the past six months is £5,522 Si. . t £5296 12s. 2d. for the corresponding period i 7177 being an increase of £225 10S. ...

... a. - AROH AWD THE NATIONAL I AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' UNION. . Mr. Areh is disgusted with the Union, and addresses the following letter to its members:- To the Memiers of the National Agricaltural Lnbourers' Union. Barford. January 27, 1879. Bretbrcn.-For seven years I have led you to the beat of my ability; but under existing circumstances I can do so no longer. Your Utnion is not what I ...

... CoNcErT.-The fourth of these popular entertain. mnent caroe off on Wednesday evening, in tihe NationalI th School-room, which was crowded. The Rev. W. Main de prico presided, and the programme gave entire Sat'S. re faction, almost every song heing encored. EttSTON. h Fin.e AT THiE HAmILTON PALACE OFFICES-About half-past seven o'clock on Saturday eveiting the faggot. pa hoase adjoining the ...

... IauuikJS'NG AN4D FATAL ACAiDhgN ATI I PSWICB. I A most alarming aeoident occurred yesterday (Mon. day) morning. A younr man named Robert Davey, employed nt Mr. Limmer's, was proceeding to him work at about six o'clock. Ile had got as fdr as the King Street corner of tho Towwn HAll, when, without tbe smallest warning, a heavy piece of stone, which com. prised one of the cantilevers, tinder the ...

... .FAREE AND OPEN CHURCHES. A ?? wits opelord upon this subject at the meeting of the Churclh of England Working Men's Association, ol Tuesday evening last, at the Arcade e Chambers, Arcade Street. 'The niceting wits fairly at- p tended. 'tihe ohair wee taken by Mr. Wilkinson (the a chairman of tfle Society), and anonm.st those present y were thel Revile. ?? A. Worlledge and E3dwiu Giles. Mr. y ...

... - I . I The Tirnes Calcutta correspondent says that neither the Ameer oor Yakoob Khan makes any sign. It is worth nothing that reports of the Ameer's death, for -some time current, still continue and are said to be very generally believed at Cabul. Meanwhile, the event of the week is the delection of Wali Mahomed fromi the Ameer's cause, and his repairing with followers, in., cludinx some ...

... -BLAKEN[IAM MAGNA. Srns,-AIy I ask vou to allow mc spsce for a few observations on a letter to the Editor which op. peared in your issue of the 8tl iunst., in reference to the new orcean lately erected in 4 nsmall parish of Great Blalcenhsam. It is indeed v; ,iffidleuce that I veature to remark apon the ?? ofone whodemonstratas such erudite skill as Salicional. Wlat a pity not to have used ...

... LONDON: NOTES. (Prom our special Corrszonden t.) The strong measures which the Government have had under consideration are deferred, for reasons con- I nected with their intentions with respect to the General Election. It is hardly necessary to point out that in laying their plans in preparation for the cam- paign of this Session, the Ministry have been obliged to consider generally what they ...

... U/be IvowiffI 3Ol'ital SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1879. THE REVERSE IN ZULLJIND. . The news which reached the people of thii country on Tuesday was of a very depressing, not to say alarming, character. A column of British troops annihilated, the munitions of war it had in charge, and the highly-prized and dearly. defended colours of a British regiment capturel by a horde of savages, was the sum of ...

... Ir s. - - .- - . ?? - I Sentous AccibiNT.-Mr. William Stow, grocer, of this place, was, it is feared, seriously injured on T'urs. day evening last when driving bome from Sadbury, about six p.m. He was coming through what is callcd the further street of the village, when lie came in col- limion with a pony and cart belonging to Mr. Dyer, and driven by one of his men. TIhe force of the collision ...

... IPSWICE PAVING AND LIGHTING O: MIYTTEE.' - ; The fortnightly meeting of tiiis body was held nt the Tovwn:,d0ll on-Friday, when the following members were prcai~ :-Mr. B. P. Grimsey (vice-chairman) in the c lair,.Mr. W. Hutchinson, Mr. It. Aunesi, Mr. A. Wrinsh, Mr. A. ?? Nicolson, Mr. F. Fish, Mr. A. Piper, Mr. J. Fox, Mr. A. Beaumont, and Mr. N. Catchpole. THE~ GAS. The Town-Clerk ...

... 76TH FOOT.-Sub-Lieut. Cecil Ruggles.Brise is pro. moted to be Lieutenant, October 25, 1876. EaSSI AND SUYFOLK FOXHOUNDS.-The Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds haa a regularly siolen day on Won- day.' The moet was at Boxted Hell, but barely hale a dozen riders -were present, thkough one of them band comne seventeen miles on the chance of a run. A tboroughb good Fox was found i6 tanghamn Lodge covert, ...