... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... DISTRICTNEWS. in ~~WILLENITALLi._ th THEr Pnopoust USE CV STEAM ON THlE TRASE WAY.- l At the meeting of the Local Board du Monday night, the ?? of the, application of tetam to thle ?? Was ::Iagain, brought forward.. Mir. Dickcey (from the oflice of Mr A,. Webb, thle solicitor to the Wolverhasmpton Tramways thCompany) attended, and exp lained to the' Board where ;ho a team wes in use, and ifs ...

... A most exciting scene was witnessed at Mayo, a small village near Balla, on Sunday. A meeting had been con- vened calling upon the tenant farmers of the parish to become enrolled as members of the Balla Tenants' Defence Association, in conjunction with the Irish National Land League. At one o'clock, after Divine service, three mnem- bers of the Balla Association attended, and while the rules ...

... LATEST., NEWS.I VeUfe's Telaegcrams, per.Press Association-.] TILE DUIKE OF CUMBERJAND. BERLIN, JANUARY 20.' r' Referring totho statement, pablished by some foreign newspapers, that the Duke of Cumberland does not intend to accept the last proposals alleged to have been made to him by the Prussials Gorvoqment in regard to the Hano. verian question, the semioffcial Norths Germia Gacette to-day ...

... CLB1J, OPENING OF THE BIRMINGHAM LIBERAL BANQUET IN THE TOWN RIALL. SPEECHES BY SIR W. HARCO07RT & MR. BRIGflT The Birmingham Liberal Club was opened Yesterday, the event being celebrated by a banquet in the Town 11,11' A description of the club premises, in Corporatioj Street, recently appeared in the Daily Post. Theb comprise dining, reading, and billiard and snoking rooms, with apartments ...

... The Timnes ?? advices from India enable us to iudieate pretty clearly what the final results of the financial year 1879-80 Pre likely to be. After years of famine and general depression, a single season of agricul- tural prosperity and of reviving trade has had suals appre- ciable effect on the well-being of the peo;)le that every branch of the revenue which is affected by the prosperity of ...

... TIHE LorD ClrAncELLOR.-Lord Cairns, who 15 nt Bou-nemouth, continues to recover from his indispositioni, and vill resume his duties iri a fortnigirt. TuE OFININGC or PAPuLIAMENTr.-Tho rmns SeretorY has notified to tho Lord Chamberlain that her Majosty will perform the ceremony of opening Parliament in person oil the 5th February noxt. TIE ST. ALBAN'S RITUAL CAPE.-Thc citation decreed by Lord ...

... ems -1alnn{ f1 1)s7-. Pllse TO C ti EDITOA of Mhe DMIry P(sWt. Sir,-Will you 0;llov Tme to bring before the public a case recently tried respecting coffee carts standing in the public thoroughfare after the hour of nine ?? In this case the owner of a coffeecert cwas summoned for causing an obstruction by drawing his vehicle to the junction of Edward Street and Parade, and remaining there from ...

... CENTENARY OF SUNDAY ScOioOLS. nc A deputation waited upon the Lord tajyor, at the hiIan-| ?? 0 ouse, yesterday, with reference to the approachingi le celebration of the centenary of Sunday sc oole. The .e deputation consisted of Mr. A. Benhamn, Mr. J. E.Tressidder, *r and Mr, J. i, ig4undars of tllo 5sunlday Pohoid Unionl; the V R-e, Canon Le-Ser she h ter. G. A. Jones, easI DIr. Jobhn o ...