... I YESTERDAYS CONTESTS: :'R.Em S U L T S. z i ABINGDlON. Clarke (L), -428; Gibbs (C), 386. Representation - changed. ' L: A ADOVER. F. W. rnixton ?? Colonel H. Wellesley (c), 36a BARNSTAPLE. Crrden (a), 856; Lymingtou. (L), 811; Grenfell (L), 720. Conservatives gain one seat. RANBdRT. Samnuelson (L), 1,018; Bowles (c), 585. Representation unchanged. BEWDLEY. Harrison (L), 598; Webster (c), 530. ...

... CONSEIVU&TISM IN THE EAST RIDING IMPORTANT MEETING AT BBVEIILEY. OanSaturday afternooa a meeting of Conservatives was held in the small Assembly Rooms, Beverley, to take steps for the formation of an association for the Riding. The room was filled and among those present were the Hon. A. Duncombe, who presided, supported on the platform by Lord Middleton, Lord Hotham, Mr. C. Sykes, ILP., Mr. W ...

... THE ?LEPREsE1?qTATIoN QF ENNIB. ?? Hepbert C . Dririkwater .has; 'anoiln~c'd 'his': i 'itention to' Sco est 'the~represetation of, the-'oi~o-ugh'. of Ennis at the' ue~t 'elebtion.:X HEe-is- a Liberal; and'' 'will, ifii ds'ne'rstoed, adopt the-H~one' R'iole pr'ogrammi' ?? A BISHOP FOR LIVERPOOL.'' It was stated at ameeting of the Liverpool Bishopric Committee on Friday that the funds now ...

... 6.ml I - -- i -- 39iottict Ne;W. I The Lord Mayor of York gave the first of his annual banquets in the Mansion House on Wednesday. Addresses were delivered by his lordship, the city members (Messrs. Leeman and Creyke), Lord Houghton, Major-General Willis, and others. On Monday afternoon a man named William Wheat- inan, employed on the Whitby anti Loftus Railway, near Lythe, was at work on the ...

... g&RKE TWAIN ON THE GERMAN LANGTJA GE. Some German words are so long that they have perspective. Observe these examples:-Fre- ,udschaftsbresigungen, Dilettautenaufdringlich- t-eiten, Stadtverordnetelversammlungen. These ?? are not words: they are alphabetical pro- cesqons. And they are not rare ; one can open a German newspaper at any time and see them inarching majestically across the page-and ...

... CLIPPINGS :%FROM THE- V WEEKLY JOURNALS.o PICKINGS FROM PUNCH. UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED.-Landlady (Sea-view House). Apartments, Sir! Lor' bless you, Sir, they've been let ever so long. Which we thought as you was never a-comin' I I Exhausted .P. Ahi I That con- founded Parliamentary train! Nothing but stoppages I ! A REmINISCENCE or THE 1ST.-(A Blazing Hot Day.) -Small Rustic (to tall London ...

... . __ 1' 1. ?? It - .- ?? - . ?? ?? : I . *i'romn the annual reportof the Nati6nal bifehoat Thsti- tution we learn that during the Past year twelve new life. boats were placed on the following stations -Northum- berland, Blyth; Yorkshire, Unswick, 'Upgang, and I Whitby - Essex, Southend; Sussex, Eastbourne ; Isle of Wight, Brighatone Grange, Dorsetshire; Pools:; Cairmar- thenshire, Ferryside'; ...

... GLIPPINGS :FR0M THE- I WEEKLY JLOURNALS .-i: PICKINGS FROH *PUNCH' . A DISTINCTION AND A DrFvrsuNCE.-Gorgius Midas Junior (a crack dancer in his vown set) gets a card for a dance at Stilton House, and waltzes with Mrs. Ponsonby de Tomkyns, the only lady he knows there, who has often been his partner under the paternal roof. Proudly con. sciova of creating a sensation, he is dancing his very ...

... THE most unbending of Tories, no less than the sturdiest of Whigs, must bow to the inevitable Mr. GLADSTONE is Prime Minister of England. Not that alone: Mr. GLADSTONE is also Chan. cellor of the Exchequer. The hoary septuagenat rian, whose perennial clearheadedness is well-njgh matched by his vast powers of physical endurance - will wield the highest power of the State j5 g conjunction with ...

... We are informed that it is the intention of the Govern- mentto give effect to a vote of the House of Commons last session, and to nominate a Minister of Commerce and Agriculture. The new Minister may not have a seat in the Cabinet-that point has.not yet been decided-but he will necessarily assume important responsiljilities. No name has been mentioned in connection with tbe office, but the ...

... ebt R tt ID I b ?; , k 1 -1, u 'O act -, ipavotl MARRIAGE with a deceased wife's sister has been' legalised in Canada. SIGsor FOLI has -obtained a verdict in the action which was brought against him by a music pub- lisher. The Servian papers. commenting upon the suc- cs of the Liberal party in England, expect a more rapid development of the Eastern question, and a solution in favour of Servia ...

... I One of the popular names given to the present month by our forefathers was Barley Month, because, having nearly completed gathering in their barley crops, they commenced paying their attention to the important task of brewing, and getting ready their winter cheer. The many cere- monlies, too, which graced the inaathering of the harvest were, formerly, celebratel in the course of this ...