... THE DISTRESS L.V THE WVEST OF IRE! lAI) TTHERE are two pawn offices in the little town of Clifdicfl..0h 1 G which are crammed to the ceiling with every kind of mnove i& tho can be spared from the poor cabins of the surrounding cofl)', 311 the islands off the wild Connemara coast. ' Here is a sketch of a woman who was discovered at ),,n one frosty morning last December, awaiting the taking ...

... volunteer corps on the 16th inst. to consider the subject of review on Easter Monday next, was held at tho offices of tho National Rifle Association, Pall-mall East. Lieutenant-Colonel V iscoumt Ranelagh, South Middlesex Rifles, presided. The committee reported the result of the inquiries which had been instituted with the view of obtaining a suitable Bite for the operations proposed for the ...

... in a conviction. The law of libel has been mi ch resorted to lately, and certainly no branch of the law can ever be of greater public interest »nd importance. Several recent cases have sufficiently shown that where severe punishment is lequired the Courts will not be to take advantage of the extensive powers sommitted to thi'm. Boasts of the superiority of English law are sometimes founded in ...

... at present unknown, who was found drowned in tho Thames on the inst.—Johu Frederick Gouity, lighterman, of Winchester-street, Piiulico, said that at on Saturday morning he was proceeding up the river on raft, and when about IUO yar ...

... Last evening Surgeon-General Munro, C.8., of the Army Medical Department, officially inspected a class of Volunteers instructed ambulance duties by Surgeon Shepherd, of the tst Middlesex Volunteers. The inspection took place at the Guildhall, and was witnessed by the Lord Mayor, who attended in State, the Lady Mayoress, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Sharif! Bay ley, and Mrs. Crawford, Under ...

... Mead Parry, aged forty-fire, hi# wife, have been removed from '16, Holland-park, Kensington, the private station of the London Necropolis Company at W eetininster Bridge-road of the London and South- Western Railway Company. There will consequently be no formal procession, and the friwi.Js of the aectased gentleman will assemble at the station this morning in time for the departure the train, ...

... OXFORD, Niairr.. Mr. Row#, the president of the 0.U.8.C., returned to Oxford yesterday, and to-day commenced practice. The crew, which with' the exception of Mr. Disney is composed of fresh faces, rowed to and baok, coached from the stern of the boat by Eowe, who also had Messrs. Hargreaves and Brown and Disney and Thomas out in tub pairs. It would be premature tliis early stage of practice to ...

... consist of two performances, the first beginning at 2.45 p.m., and the second at 7.45 p.m. Such well-known performers Messrs. John Ryder, Charles Warner, Edward Terry, George Honey, Horace Wigan, Lionel Brough, W. J. Hill, G«orge Conquest, and Mons. Mariua ; and Misses E. barren, Florence St. John, and Constance Loseby, together with many others, have promised to assist; and Herr Meyer Lutz, ...

... (bt telegraph.) OWN DUNDEE, Monday. An eminent engineer baa been requested by the Court of Inquiry to make certain investigations for them with respect to the present position the Tay Bridge. The name of the reporter is Mr. Henry Law, member the Institution of Civil Engineers, London. He arrived in Dundee to-d»y, and in tne course of the afternoon, accompanied Captain Robertson and Mr. Waddell ...

... PUBLIC MEN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. , LIBERA! MEETING WESTMINSTER. The inaugural meeting of the St. George's Liberal Association was held last night at the St. Leonard's Institute, I'imlico ; Mr. atkin William, M.l'., president the association, occupying the chair. 1 Th ...

... FIRST EDITION, 2.30 p.m. (PL'EC[AL TELECRAM.) ,1,SE iT,, Friday.- Tbe new Army Bill prepared by the Imperial Govern- rreri t is to be submitted to the German Parliament in its next session. As the Corsec vativcs are in a majority, the passage of the bill is considered assured vithout material mcdifications. The new bill again, like the last law passed, f :es the strength of the army for a ...

... The fall of newly erected buildings in London is now becoming so common an occurrence that it attracts but little attention beyond the neighbourhood in which it happens, unless several lives are lost. Yester- day one of these accidents took place in the Seven Sisters-road, Finsbury Park; and although no lives seem to have been lost, the result might have been serious enough. The story is ...