... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... J4ATEST AND BL(EGRAPYlC NEWS ?? T-C COURT, e,. I t4'i has euthority for statiog thatt ?? tha 'Quefl has graciously sigulfied her tief: l of loe g FY trlianuent iu person. i1;ertl^D wi end LAdY Nortbcote arrived in tsi 0night, and pr. eeded to the chan. j-qcl residetke ito Dowiflgtstreet. r ?? , Mot a&nfolucs that a mrrcisge has f fe ed betwvee- the Eon. Henry iqobert %, thea ?? Lord Pu1 ...

... iEDPIBURGH UNIVERSitY CON- I ZERVAT1VE ASSOCIATION. nter- ADDREES BY LORD GEORGE rmand HAMILTON, M.P. dress '03 of A meetin g was held at Edinburgh last night to eigh- celebrate the formation of a Conservative associa- and tioe among the students and graduates of Edinburgh de by Univerity. E the Lord GEonGE EacA-MTON, in his inaugural address, ?? said he would try to spear on the present ...

... AT Tl FI )EL J. AT -WUIl±T--hLD. C, As brie II' repocrted wis IcateHriel' ZH c feYl,, a .ie shucking iecorery was n:;de on Snday at V',VuCe- se field, the details mn conzectirr rlth wihich arcr o ed a moat extraordinary c'e: ?? ior many YCsrS od, past a mansion known ss l'.Ssump'n House. eisu-te on, Xu ?? Common. and formerly occaped by rs. Mr. IV.WT. 1_? f ioLt, n-,w a.; S ~iual Grange. has ...

... 'J1-E RIECTRI OF ME RI II Y it ON I i THE CEURRCJA AM DTHE PioPJLEI I'c N No. II, ITho foiiowilg is a oeoond contribution to the t, IBorijcl of arrioles on t he above subject, which, it it -will b| remembered, the Rctotr of oi3tthyr intro. duc!ed in an artielo which apipea.Ad in those o columns O O January G g to to I think everyone here will admit that nothing { e laid don clarer in the Bible ...

... THE CARDIFF JUVENIL E STBEET SELLERS' FETE. on Wednesday the Cardiff Juvenile Strost w- Sellers' Fete was given in the Drill.hall, Cardiff, under the immediate patronage of the Marquess Mv- of Bute. The fete was originated by Mise Tenner in 1S72, and the arrangement is that it shall be 'or held at intervals of three yeara. Iqwas therefore due Isst year, but for oertain reasons it was DU ...

... I l L ?? A ?? _- 19~- I I--- .- ?? atotetu Mai1. Id, FBIDAY, JANUARY IG, 1880. . _ . . . . I . ?? - __ Lit_ rem Jf'IJU.AX, JAi.VUaJ.lZ sl, Rev. X large and imfluonti&l meeting of the r general committee of the Oardiff Oonsorvativa I! general eommittee of the Ud Usrdi Oondorvatlvo A esociation was held in the association rooms, Cardiff, on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Arthu br . Guest, the ...

... 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 ...

... C ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE- me(i CHAIRMAN, tea The Birat meeting of the new Board was held on Monday andl afternoon, when there were present the Rev. Canona pie, M'Kcnnr4 Messrs. S. Whitaker, T. Roe, Holmes, W. T. tha Shaw, P. B. Chladlield, RI. Wilson, W. Bemarose, Leese, and clia Newton. wah The Clerk announced the receipt of the usual letters cisti rons the Local Government Board, ...

... O-- --O E i i I I T I >eSirvim-es at tho board he paid a warm trmbute, iti-m a hope that both Iladies vwouldhbe returned, He relurrld to the increase in the clerk's salary, which fullded ntI said thuat thoughI absent when it was t hiesluild if present have recorded his vote in its i 3r ?? r. Wilson was an exceedingly efficient Wi ult it sholld be borne in mmind that he not only r uiled the ...