... MlRt. f4LADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY. I Mr. Gladstone's 110th birthday was cele- brated at Hlawarden castle on Monday, wihen cong-ratulatory addresses were pre- sented to hins by Libeial associations of BManchester, Midlothian, Wakefield, and' other places. The event of the day, how- ever, was the presentation to the right Lon. gentiemian of a silver casket on behalf of the Liverpool Liberal ...

... BEGGARS,-TIHE P.ADlONE. zeal,,, N'- ?? ?? (['ccii the Standard.) 7My typical Padrono tenalnts promises in one Of the sittnng, at a rental. Of, sax., five pouinsds a ?? is very moderate for such a pesroiusge. These, premisies con- sist of at least one whole hlouse, and of thle upper floors of :e several adjacent houses ;and they are situalted in thle 1, miidst Of a labyrinith of narrow ...

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... ! (BY PRrViTE TELEGzPwu.) Lord Beaconsfield has directed a grant of £6;0 to be I made from the Royal bounty towards the fund now, be:in z raised on behalf of 3Ir. GCeor5e Smith, of Coal- vile, in ?? of his exertions on behalf of people t .jrtuloved L1 brick-yards and canal boat. t Tho imemorial urg~ng the London School Board to mrovide a salary for the Chalirman has been signed by 3 .1: Duke ...

... HORTICULTURE ,1 ier (FhRom BELL'S WE' ILY MESSENERa,) 4S the mear 18d9 wi be long-.remembered -as one of 48the mos ?? and disastrous. of recent 'recold. The gardener and the farmer, who have to deal with the working and cultivation of the land; have felt most d, severely the effects of this most ungenial season. To at them it has been in an especial degree f Tooa.early ,is spring to ...

... WITNEY. I ?? ?? - Tist Nstw YnAcc.-A midnight service was held in St. k' Mary's Church on Wednesday, the last day ofte l wea.C A short address was given by the Rev. W. FJoxley Norris, bo Rector, arid, when the new year had come in, the Te Deurn xi was sung as a 1psalm of thanksgiving. The Methodist da watchnight service was also held as usual in the Wesleyani rol Chapel.-On New Year's Day ...

... 1 The usual New Year's Dinner of Lodge 59 of the Ancient Order of ?? took place on Thursday evenrmg, in the Corn Exchange, the greatly increased number of tickets sold having induced the Committee at the Lodge meeting on Wednesday evening to alter the place -of holding it from the.Town Hall to the Exchange, a change which occurred-butonce before someyears since, on wrhich occasion the Hall was ...

... ¶1HE, LA1x1) Q.UETIONj.I .THE MADDEN'S EILL DEMON- tl STRATION. (SPZ01iL TMZLGU&V FROM OM REFORMF.) e It Kllarney, Sunday Night. r To-day a gltat Imeeting we. held st Maddens' % Hill, about a mile outside the town of Rillarney, 1 to give expression to the popular feeling on he It question of the land and the prevailing distress in t the country. Although the Morning Wail eltremely al ...

... ILONDON G&S~IP.7 I~ Is An OP f (From the Lady Correspondent of the Evening WTdeqrapd.) London, Wednesday Evening. The attempt on the life of the King of Spain greets us this morning by wray of farewell warning the old year bestowed- upon Royalty from that portion of the population of all countries whioh-calls itself Socialist, Nihilist, or Irredente, as the case may be. What the new ...

... ? MR,; WA, .jopy,. ? - i Al re ! -- . j I.. .10, I 'LondoA Monday Night. A complime diter ?? to-night to .lr. S. D. VaddysQ;Oe, MJX . by tan members of the Fin br'yiUbiqra1 'socia , 'of ic haiis president, inlondo inao f &s gavifigb returnedsai l.MV. for Sheffibid.' 3 Hegar'g SprietI occupied tie chair, and' there were 'about _three 'hundred guests present,' anfbngst whom were Sir Andrew Lusk, ...

... , LA'CTICINT ?? R. D UMYMBARTONSHIRE. I. ?? W. BUR.N3 AT WATERSIDE. Last niglit .Sr Burns addressed a'crowded meet- ing in ?? at Witerside. 'Ex-Proiost ,Wrighlt occupedl the chair. Mri Burnis briefly re- viewved spe oE the leading incidents in the bome aud foreign policy of the Go;vernment, hii strictures Ibeing' frequently iuterrupted * by applause. The idejiresi'd s atavf' agriculture sihd ...

... FoxE AnD CJ.ACX2NANS MINERS. 35' 3 MACONALD,D aLP., AT nut~lM~ I A mass meeting of the mniners of Fife and Clack- !mannan was held yesterday in the Mulsic Hail, Dnnfermllne. M~r John Burt, president of the association, occupied the chair, and there was a 1very large attendance. IThe CM~Rwfal stated that the meeting had been .called for the purpose of considering what steps lshould be taken to ...