... Last evening Mr. Ilobert Waite delivered a lecture, in the Bristol Street Board School, under the auspices of the Liberal Committees of the Edabaston and St. Thomas's Wards, on The Land Laws. Mr. A. C. Oslerpresided, end aniongst those in attendance were Councillor Downing, Messrs. G. Brindley, S. Greenway, W. Chinery, E. Judge, S. Edwards, T. Rose, J. Pumpirey. and T. ?? Lee.--The (iHAIRMAN ...

... NOTIOM TO COPRESPONDENT64. , letters janienaled fo' publieattmis mur-st be accompanted by h m t~ttende f addrem of the writer; not necessarily for 1ncbt srtien. but ror the inlforenetaios of the Editor. VWheln ete~tcnsl to quest 0rna re not vicn in thc course of a dalv or two, the questioners ow6 pleasse to understand thet see ,arc unabe to si y the i~sfe'orsotcota asked for. We' ?? r*etlel'5' ...

... IA LATEST_NEWS. D G r (Renter's Teleqrams, per Press Assooiatiosa Ir t ti t. ENGLAND AND THE PORTE. CONSTANTINOPLE, JANUARY 25-. p i Sir A. HI. Layard, in his reply to thle Note of the Porte h on the subject of the missionary incident, refutes the s rguments of the Ottoman Government, and protests j( against the pretension pat forward that a foreigner may be o: I arrested provided that his ...

... I CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AT I NOTTIXGHAAM. b The emnstratron which the Conservatives of Notting- 3Lham are holding this week lvas kept up yesterday by a, public banquet in the Albert 1iaU, at which Earl illnnvers presided, by Lord Galway, Lord Newark, and I Conservative members of the ?? n'ry represented the Government, and. in acknowledging the toast of Her Majesty's linisters, ...

... The following forecasts of tho weather during the ?? tweniy-lour honrs were issued from the bleteorolcgical (c, at 2,30 yesterday afternoon:- i Disrlacrs. FoReCASTS. . Southierlywlinds,moderateorfreah cloldy, 0. Scotland, N- - foggy. . E Light southerly ot ve&th-westorly wi1 1. Scotland .i ?? tid Iar ms j fair, misstv. 2. England, N.E. Light south-westerly winds; dull, mdsty, 3. E1ngand, E 4. ...

... ITTIE RUSSIAN. EXPEDITION TO MERV. II The correspondent of the Dailgy Chro/'isflc at Sb, Peters. burg states that the preliminary operations in connection with the renewed attomnit this year to reduce the oaSIS of Marv to a Russian dependency wili coummence as early as the weather will permit. Fie says: Altering theplsn of last year, tlco casin oxaedition %eiil be from the north nud north ...

... LONDON, Sabtsda7 Night. { WE shall have a short and a hot sitting of it, observed an assistant Tory Whip at a convivial gathering within the last three days, not ten 1 minutes' ride from Westminster. I am disposed to'' accept this as the current forecast of the last ses- nion of the present Parliament, corroborated as it I is by circumstances which leave little room for doubt. This fact may ...

... RECOVERIY 0O MOiRE BODI ES. Dm1m1sE, 3uliday lNighlt. Intense excitement Continsues to prevail in Dunlee and neihboenrbood as to the circumstances attending the terrible catastroph1e at Tay 13rilgo a fortnight ago, and1 the greet loss of life becomes better known. People are I 1oW beginning to realise the extent of damage and the in- convenience caused by the interruption to through railway ...

... THE EuPrncATzs.-ler Majesty's Indianr troopship | Euphrates arrived 'at ]PorbtSaid lestelday. TuEr PFiNCE oF WALs.-lTfi Rkoyal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived yesterday evening at Windsor, and proceeded to Cumnberland Lodge, on a visit to the Prince and Princess Christian. To-day he will shoot in the Great Park ovdr Adhe 0aI/cov i. Oh: 'esirsday Le -will. hunt with the Windsor GArrison ...

... It is reported on good authorityl tlit one of the vacant1 seats at the Midland Eailway Beard has been offered' to Mr. Starkey, M.P. A large shark was caught on Monday in Lvttelton liar- liboll. i and being hauled into the boat she gave hirth to l; silxten youog sharks. k James Fildes, secretary of the South Yorkshire Glass b Bottle Makers' Trade Protection Society, is in custodyon a e charge ...

... POLITICAL SPEECHES, Mr. H. B. lrana and Mr. Walter J. Stanton, the Liberal candidates for titroud, addressed a largo public meeting on Tuesday light. Mir. Marling, MLP., presided. Mr. Brand criticised severely the foreign and financial policy of the Government. A resolution supporting the candidates was canvied nnimously. A meeting was held at, Whitehaven, on Tuesday nigIht, celled by the ?? ...

... gininglum, Pai VL1 AND JOURNAD l SAITURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1880. NEWS OF THE DAY. Their Royal Highnosses the DUlMe and Duchess of EDINBURGIH arrived at Cannes on Thursday, on a visit to the Emprss-of RUSSIA, and were received at the railway station by the Grand Duke SERGIUS and several members of the Imperial household. It is stated that Brigadier-General Sir EVELYN WooD V.0., C.B., has been ...