... ALMANACKS, DIARIES, &C., FOR 1.880. (1) The Gas Engineer's Diary and Tcxt Book [Birming- namm WYright and Co,, 71, Broad Streeti, a handsome quarto, the diary giving good spnce for each day of the yeOr, nnd interleaved with blotting-paper; the literary matter extending to about 100 double-coluinned pages of such information as is most indispensable for gas en- ginecrs. (2) 'The Joweller and ?? ...

... | Considerable litigatian is likely to arise from the failure of the late, West of England Bank. Some of the largest sharebolders have determined to comenence civil proceedings against all the directors of the bank, under a clause of thoe Companies Act which enables share- holders to recover all calls that they may have been cori- pelled to PRay, if they can prove the directors declared divi- ...

... THE SUPPOSED ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF THE DIAIMOND. . r MIaskolyne, of the Mineral Department in the British BIluseam, writes as follows to the limes:- I should be obliged if you would accord me space in 'the 2'imev in order tat I may answor agroat numberof letters and applications which have lcrtucd me daring the past few days on a subject of. come little public interest, that subject being ...

... )fI A special noeeting of thle Cidhury' Local 'Board was held yanter. n- jday M Ir. II. T. Sadiler presiding. ---Ties Chairman snctoittlee nerilfreon tile inhabitants of Langley Inn respect to thega Suemor iale locality. Tins meenorialilsM expressed very insidel ncspptyisth~ an oya at the proceedings of the Blrmlnngbace Corporation Inl ?? to mist down neow Oanalc through the, towns of Oldbnnry ...

... STtVOURRID[DCP1E-. ,9(11001, BOARD G.;lEi'oN.MT W. Prescott re- quests usa to Contradict the stntenment that lhe hl:a any in- tention of withdra\vine'i his candidature. It lies already been tientiolled that the time for wvithdrawals expirei o0l Tuesdlay afternooll, and the only Withidraals Ic ere those of Mr:' ?? aitl ir. Roeeoe 'lis leaves fifteen Candi- ?? before the ratepa;yers for the ...

... I , r rvn v;72?VMV2'P MEMBERel f [DYABY iN I1DBPBrDEZN2'A EAMBuRm Loxncon, Friday. IT is strange, considering how much Nihilism occupies men's thoughts, that so little should be known about it. For my own part, I have dlii- ently searched hifh and low, and have read books, leading articles, and reviews, without being able to obtain much information. I doubt not that many of my readers are as ...

... Last night, Walsall was thoroughly astir in connection with this election, there being two enthusiastic monster mneetings going on at the same time, viz,, one in the Tl'emperance Ball-Air. F. Jameos presiding-in the interest of the Church Five; a nd one in the interest of the Liberal Six -under the presidency of Air. J. Stevens, chairman of the Liberal Association-in the Methodist Free Church, ...

... DISTRICTNEWS. in ~~WILLENITALLi._ th THEr Pnopoust USE CV STEAM ON THlE TRASE WAY.- l At the meeting of the Local Board du Monday night, the ?? of the, application of tetam to thle ?? Was ::Iagain, brought forward.. Mir. Dickcey (from the oflice of Mr A,. Webb, thle solicitor to the Wolverhasmpton Tramways thCompany) attended, and exp lained to the' Board where ;ho a team wes in use, and ifs ...

... WEATHER FOREOASTS. The fnllowing forecasts of the weather during the ensuing twenty-four hours wvera issued from tir MeLeorolcegical OffIce at 2.30 yesterday afternoon:- - DIsTrrICTs. FORECeASTS, .0Seotland,N . Light or moderate westerly to north. 1. Scotlnd E w esterly breezes ; weather cloudy; 2. England, N.E. .. ) atber cold. 3. England, E . I Light, variable breezes; cloudy, rather 4, Alld ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 11 letters intended for publicatiom Must be decempanted bg 'the nsase aznd addr-s of the wriker; not necwiarili for publiattitO but for Olgc irtformnattone of tho Eaftior, W114n (knWes7s to qucsf ons are net qijve, in the cours of a . y oir two the quest sofero sswill please to ssderstand tsoi We 1 cian'ut e5t1u% ,r8e)ctid Communeaff fEster,-No, . W. B3., ...

... DEPUTATION TO THE LORD MAYOR. A. meeting of the unemployed workmen of London was held in Hyde Park,on Saturday, fortho purposoof taking i into consideration the distress now prevailillng amongst the industrial classes of the metropolis through the depressed fstate of the labour market, and further to consider what t remedies should be applied to bring about a better state of - things.-Mr. J. ...

... LATEST' NEWS.o [RederI's Tetegrans, per Press Issociation.] THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. CANNES, JAN UAn Y 20. The Grand Dulce Nicholas has ar rived here. The departure of the Czarilln is fixed for Saturday next, GERMANY. BERLIN, JIANVA RY 26. SI. D'Oubril, the late Russian Ambassador here, wns received in audienco by the Emperor at one o'clock this afternoon to present his letters of recall. Ph. ...