... PR.IVATE CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, Wednesday Night. W MoRg Treasury Bills set afloat ! At the end of h last session it was estimated that the Chancellor of I our present spirited Ministry had Exchequer h1 bonds out to the amount of £96,000,000., that is, of ti course, money raised to that total on the security t3 of the nation, said nation not having been con- I sulted as to its willingness ...

... 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 ?? ...

... * at ?? . M- ?? .1 ?? j1en n-cGit, Corresp'ondent. weA LoWio, Wednesday Evening. S-1 There were not many bills offered in the ' Diseounit cei market, but rates. were unchanged, at 2.1 to 21 par cent. frs Slhcrtloasns were' still in demand, and 24~ to 3 per cent. was Charged. cc The Rhein has arrived from New York with £32,240. in Lii silver. The. Guadiana has sailed with.£101,500. in speciea ...

... Thre O(iesos journals roporb that on the 19th of last mnonth, in conformity wvith. orders issued by the uovernor- General and Cocmurr.der ?? of the troops, General 1Y Totleben, preparatioess were madc early in the morning for wY s the exeautiou of the three Nihilists latuly sentenced to ti death by the Odessa court-martial. The House of Deten- A tion, in. which the condemned men were confined, ...

... I' .. . 1 . T 1 1. s _ . 1 . . .n . At the Guildhall, Walsall, ye terday, Dinah Aldridge, an elderly womae1 living in Bull Street, was charged with attempting to impose upon her Mlajesty's subjects by pretending to tell fortunes by means of carids. The evi. dieuse thowed that Detectivc-sereoant Drury, having reason to believe that the prisoner was doing an extensive business in fortune ...

... NOTICES TO CORRtESPONDENTS.- All ?etes's intenaled for, publcat-iaon must be accompani~ed by El thes nasmes and audsvesi of the writer; n~ot tnecesssri'iy (esr S 'Pueblication, bill iisr tics information of the Editos'. When esnsiasee to questonsares taot gveen isa the esurss of a as dyor tivo, the qsemutiones ee'sif pleasma to ecndenssaud t~cit I wee are ucswble to acrpply tics inaformateon ...

... OSBORNr, Woednesday.-Tho Queen drove out yeeterdey afternoon with Princess Louise and Princess bleatrice. The lIon. Airs. Viliers bad the honour of an Interview with o her Majesty acd thol ojal family yesterday. The Rev, Canon and Mrs. Prothero had the honour of dining with E the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. AIr. ourlany t Steel, of Edinburgh, ias had the honiour of submitting to I ...

... LATEST_ NEWa.| (oeuters Uegerams, per Press Asa0oidtion.) FRANCE. PARIS, DPoavnnn 29 (Evening). The duel between M. Humbert, of the Radical paper eft d'Os'dre, and lXL Mayer, of the Lantcrnw,. which was interrupted the day before yesterday by the brearking of the former's sword, was fought out to.day. Both com. batants were wounded, M. Mayer in the thigh, and e. Rumbert In the chest. GERMANY. ...

... AND JOURNAL. I THIUTRSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. NEWS OF THE DAY. Her Majesty the QUEEN yesterday telegraped to Lady RODERTS, who resides at Hampton Court Palace, her congratulations upon the recent vio- toriosof her ladyship's son, biouten ?? Sir FDEDICD I Ro;ESal at Cabul. A letter was received in Bristol, yesterday, from Mr. GUILIDFORID ONSLOW, by a member of the Tichborne Committee, stating ...

... THE --I TAY BRIDGE DISASTER. THE WORK OF EXPLORATION. FAILURl4 TO DISCOVER THE BODIES. THE RELIEF FUND. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE. LCENTRAL NEWS TrELEGRAM.] DUNDEE, Wednesday Night'. The diving operations, conducted by the officials of the North British Railway and the Dundee Harbour Commis- siofiers, have nowr occupied three days, but little has boon done bevond acertaining the ...

... I BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF GUADIAS. - ?? .. i , _1 -- The fortnightly meeting of this Board wise held yester- N day, in the Board Room at the Parish Olfices, Parad~ise Street' bbi. J.,Waylor presiding. The hoard Sfi-st considered the tenders, of which there t were four, for the supply of coal to the Marston Green e Homes. That of Miessrs. Whitehouse end Wilday, of t Hampton-in-Arden, was accepted, ...

... A society of Libras Pent.eurr has been founded at Havre for the organisation of civil fanerals. The remains of the late Mr. HIepworth Dixon will hoe interred at Highgate Cemetery to-morrow. At Cambridge, on Tuesday, Samuel Vincent &n ex- 1 member of the police force, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for fowl stealing. Several fonndrise in the north of France have been ob- liged to stop ...