... 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 ...

... LATE$ST; NEWS@. (Reuter's Tdelrams, per P1res3 Associgtio'.] FRANCE. PARIS, JANUARY 17. The newspapers representing the Left and Republican Union parties urceservedly approve 31. de Freycinet's ?? progranmne. The orgaiis of thle Left Centre, the Extreme Left, and the Right, I while arguing fronm different points of view, agree in reproaching the Mllinistry with its silence on the amesesty ...

... Last night a grnat Liberal demonstration was hold in the Saloon of the Corn Exchange, Wakefield, in support ?? of the Liberal candidates for the South- West Riding, M Tr, A. Unsltell presided, and was Eup| ported by the leading Liberals of the district. The follow- ing resolution was moved and seconded by the candidates 'That this meeting views with alarm the course pursued by her Afajesty's ...

... VOLUNTARY STARVATION BY A SERVANT cGIRL. A shocking discovery was made ?? on Sunday. As two nmen wore taking a ramble in the grounds of en in- occupied mansioun on Wrestgate Common, one of then, named Ambler, was curious enough to look into a small out-building formerly used as a fruithonso. and on a stone in a corner of the place, just within the door, lie noticed what appeared to be a heap ...

... SEVERE WEATEER IN FRANCE, I The Paris correspoident of the Stadcard, telegraph. ant midnight on Wednesciny, says: Last night a ai nessed another suddell chalige in the elements -hj eight o'clock that frozen rain which tih French call , began to fall. At first it caile downl too gentrito cat & much alarr, but towards ten o'clock it incrca ndeei, the glass went down to several degrees Ibelov ...

... ?? 40tdlenieUm States that kr. Thomas Landleer is Tel lznr ilel ordered `50 new guns from the foundries gullS imedl vf ?? o Italinn Geoornilrcal Society is to to Professor lNordenskj'l.d. AeP ?? froi umllle dati'd on Friday niglht, the denth of Ceneral Carini. r1 etiag of Portugal lltr3 been appointed a memuier of the Madridl Aoademny, on account of fris translation of ire 3right Hon. Thomas ...

... THE DISTRESS :IN IRELAND. ?? . . ?? TIRE POP:E AND MR, PARNELL. ; Ozir, Janluary 20.-Tho Pope is both surprised and indignant at the reception accorded to Mr. Parnell at New Yorkt by Archbishop McOlostrey. His Holiness has ordered Cardinal Nina to telegraph to the Archbishop for an ?? 11fll Gazettc. MONTREAL, January 19.-All the Irish Catholic clergy inathe city made appeals to the ...

... LATEST-4_ NEW-Sal [Reuter's Telegrams, scr'1ress Assoriatiown. T FRANCE. PARIS, JANUARI 1G. The Senate to-day elected BF. Bartlemy de Sb. l lairo as it3 fourth viea president. All the vice-presidents con- If sequently belong to the Left. ti The following Mlinisterial statement was rend to-day in iT tho Senate andl Chamber of Depouties.-` The chlange in 0 the Cabinet which coincides with Your ...

... NOTIOES TO COR RESOPONDENTS. ~gns irfe~de fo p ticfsos mst be accosnparrred by I ndc C red~esic Of tire sveeflr ,rnot neccarailir for gsfos etfort~i ?? eEdiftor. ,, ta ise qri~ ?? 'l~i pea , to e idem-esi Of ~ ?? Prnceof Walos. x. ?? . in Great Charles Street, -we ,.v*ioe, ptoelr nilf.-Yes; the Chief. Consteble is i~tceii You wil find the addresses in the Birning. ?? cannot toll You Wliat ...

... | Considerable litigatian is likely to arise from the failure of the late, West of England Bank. Some of the largest sharebolders have determined to comenence civil proceedings against all the directors of the bank, under a clause of thoe Companies Act which enables share- holders to recover all calls that they may have been cori- pelled to PRay, if they can prove the directors declared divi- ...

... Last night, Walsall was thoroughly astir in connection with this election, there being two enthusiastic monster mneetings going on at the same time, viz,, one in the Tl'emperance Ball-Air. F. Jameos presiding-in the interest of the Church Five; a nd one in the interest of the Liberal Six -under the presidency of Air. J. Stevens, chairman of the Liberal Association-in the Methodist Free Church, ...