... FAREWELL LETTERS FROM PEACE TO HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. The following letters have been addressed by Peace to his relatives:— From Charles Peace. „ r „ H. M. Prison, Leeds, Feb. 25, 1879. iuy Dear Dear Wile I have been A bace bad man to thee for many yeaars 0 Dear if I had taken thy advice may years ago this would not have befallen me I need not to ask for thy forgiveness for I know that thow hast ...

... The eighty-sixth halt-yearly meeting of Is holders of tnis Company was held on Tuesd. uc Royal Hotel, CHlegs-green, Bristol, Mr. d. \f Chairman of the Poard of Directors, presidi moderate attendance. The Secretary wcod) read the notice convening the meeting, u ,C IKO the report, extracts of which have already : ...

... Bishop Colenso has ordered 1 he following prayer to be used during the continuance of the Zulu war 0, Eternal Lord God, through whose inscrut- able providence it has come to pass that the terrible scourge of war is laid by our hands upon a neigh- bouring people, we humbly commend to Thy mercy all those whose office it is to rule at this time, and all who shall be called to take part in the ...

... KOYAL MON. ENGINEER MILITIA.-Notice has been issued that the old hands will undergo 20 days' training this year, not as previously ordered. ...

... A public meeting, promoted by the National Temperance League, has been held in the Library of the Memorial Hall, Farringdon street, to bear an account from Miss Agnes E. Weston, of the progress of this work amongst the seamen of the Royal Navy. Admiral Prevost presided. Miss Weston, who has proved most enthusiastic in the cause, said that the work in which she was at present engaged sprang up ...

... t MILK AND COWS. An Irish doctor who lived to an advanced age, and who drank as a rule nothing but milk and one glass of whisky and water before retiring to rest at night, being asked ko account for his length of years, attributed his prolonged life to the milk he had drunk and the whisky he had not drunk. There can be little doubt that milk, when it can be obtained pure, is not only an ...

... K. Planquette, the composer of the popular opera Les Cloches de Corneville, has not scored any great success at the Monte Carlo at Monaco in his new operetta, Le Chevalier Gaston (the libretto by M. Pierre Veron), although the cast in. eluded the names of Mesdames Galle-Marie, La- combe-Dwpresi, and M. Ismael, ...

... PEACE'S CONFESSION CONFIRMED. Tho Rev. J.n-Littlevood.Vica.r of Darn all, at an interview with the convict in his ceil on February l^th, spoke to him of the necessity of his making a full confession of his sins if he washed to have them pardoned and to obtain the favour of God: The convict replied that he had made such a confession and he then told the rev. gentleman how he roU!llered Police ...

... THE LADIES' COLUMN. Fireplace curtains should be iron ?ft. fhn. to Hi- „Vin* ^'iut-li, ana a very usual length is oit. 6m. Low dresses are never seen at dinner parties. Even when the front is an open square, it is ailed to the throat with lace. It has been found that a solution of perman- ganate of potash will cleanse a dirty -filter in a very satisfactory manner. I'-nv:—The best way of ...

... Prince Leopold distributed the prizes at the Birkbeck Institution on Tuesday, and expressed his pleasure at the stress which was laid upon technical education. In his opinion the British artisan, properly instructed, need fear no rival in the world, but if he remained untaught and ignorant he would be in danger of being outdone by the skilled and educated foreign workman. ...

... LIABILITIES, A petition for liquidation has been filed in una Manchester County Court by Jonathan Gill, of 3, Church street. Manchester, merchant and pro- perty dealer, formerly carrying ou business at tha same place in partnership with Win. Debscu Gill, as merchants. under the style of Jonathan Gill and Brothers, and now residing at Chcad'.o Unlme, and carrying on business there as a farmer. ...

... TUESDAY.—The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE MEDICAL ACTS. The Duke of and GORDON, in presenting a. bill to amend the Medical Acts, said that the measure he had presented on the subject last year had suggested a conjoint licensing board for England, Ireland, and Scotland, but no compulsory provision was contained in the measure. In the present bill the ...