... (?dlll . . ?44 ofi6e, I ?%-k I?,, 'Vhy is Mr RBiger's young boy larger than himself? Because he is a little Bigger. A tailor, in skating, fell through the ice; he was after- wards heard to declare that he would never again leave his not goose for a cold duck. No man can ever tell just how much money a widow is worth until he marries her for it. It is one of those craes where you have to ...

... NOnTfl COUNTRY NEWS. *~ I DURHAM OCATHEDDL. I i, MONDY, UGU3 2O lfB9. MsoaNimy, Arenas 25, 1879. 1 Iitfer-rvlce: gaj : T ,eiahn (:. Anthem (8) 0 Laord,Thy o droedureth (Tye). s EvengSe -Ssrcioe: Torer ila P. Alalhem (160): The To horse ald his iddoer (andl). -_ _ _ h Lad&y Constance Phipps is row on a visit to the 0 Doeager-Marehioness of Normlaiby at Mulgrave I Castle. D Palmer's Shipbuilding ...

... XIDDlESBROUGH TOWN COUN OIL tic THE TOWN CLERK'S FEES. CO Yesterday afternoon the quarterly meeting of st the aldiddlesbrough Town Council was hold in the di Corporation Buildings-the Mayor (Ildermeanl W. to Buliuer) in the chair. of TEE TEES CONSERVANCY COuntISSIONXIIS. m The Tows CL1ELIi read a letter from Mr Joseph so Dodds, the chief clerk to the Tees Conservancy hc Commissioners, stating ...

... II E Ia ------ - . o-e--l-vl - - m Z , - Eighty farmers saied for New York on Wednes- day, in order to trytheir fortunes in Texas. With few exceptions tie emigrants have been drawn from the norther districts of Yorkshire and from Durham. They comprise various classes of agriculturists, from the ordinary small tenant farmer upwards. Several of their num- ber were persons of good position, and ...

... CO2TSECRATION OF FOUR BLSUOPS. On Friday morning, at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, the Rev Canon Walsham How, D.D,, was consecrated Bishop Suffragan of Bedford; the Rev Joseph Barclay, Bishop of the Church of England in Jerusalem; the Rev John Mar- tindale Speechly, DI.A., Bishop of Travancore and of Caledonia, in British Columbia. Shortly before eleven the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop ...

... THE BRITISH AS5SOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING AT SHEFFIELD. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. The fcrty-ninth annual meeting of this association corn- iterced in Sheffield on Wednesday. The weather was of the most wretched character, heavy rain fallina incessantly : nd a thick frg also prevailed. The first business was to hold the annual meeting of the general committee. Dr Spot- tiLwood, pres dent of the ...

... THE eNW EDDYSTONE LILGHTHOUSE. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the Eddystone Lighthouse, a building the erection of which is due to the decay of the rock on which Smeaton's celebrated structure now stands, was successfully accomplished on Tuesday by the Duke of Edinburgh, master of the Trinity Corporation, who was accompanied by the Prince of Wales. Though there was not much ...

... W.EST HiARTLEPOOL IMPROVE- MENT COMMISSIONE&S. M1:NT COn1 UiN M. The customary meeting of this body was held S Festerday-Mr Edward Turnbull in the chair. TnE LIGETIIrG OF THE TOINW. On the recommendation of the Surveyor, twenty- c Six additional street lamps are to be placed in the a new parts of the town-ehiefly on the West a Stranton Estate, West Hall Estate, and Mliddle- ton Grange Estate. ...

... C - . , DUIIHAM CATHEDRAL. TUESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1879. Morning-Service: Kgin C. Anthem (802): The Lord desosaded (Hayes). Eveuing-Seri'ce: King in 0. Anthem (870): In humble faith (Garrett). F rRocous DoG.-Mr Wiliam Wass, of West Hartlepool, was yesterday fined is and 13s 6d costs for allowing a ferocious dog to be at large. The animal was a pointer. Mr Thomas defended. RIVAL CABsIEN..-At ...

... TLHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AND THE LOCAL DIS'IIESS, In the annual report presented to Parliament by a the Local Government Board the information is s furnished as to the effect of the distress last winter upon the pauperism of the country. The Board t consider the report, on the whole, as reassuring. X Mr Collby has supplied a comparative stawement of the paupers relieved tunder the Outdoor E ...

... NORiTlH COUNTRY. NE WS. - I DUJRHAMI OATHEDIAj. TunasDx, Acau08 14, 1879, Vmbang-servioe: Boyce in A. Anthem (2i); Sing jo lully (Byrd). Vveuing-Servies: Arnold In A. Anthom (78): Thy word is a lantern (tPurcell) Earl and Countess Percy and family leave (Grosvenor-square to-day for Alawick Castle. Earl Grey, owing to the delicate, health of the, Countess, will dispose of the lease of his ...

... gHE gORTFIERN GUH F~IVDAXy, AUGVS T 8/V,741b 1879. . THE GUITJDHA~lL SPEECH. I SHALI, not have an opportunity of speaking again to my countrymen for a very long time,' said Lord BEACONSFIELD at the Guildhall on Wednesday night; and every one is asking what he meant by such a declaration. From the 6th of August to the 9th of Novembel is certainly not such a very long time as to ...