... ?? :ZE~s:::fa~vS~l Muffs' irenow df atse t' he theati& and. at :ball~;' Ahd al of 'Matin or- piish' . and trimmed with satin floweis. nd 'lacell The fan and handkerchief are carried in them,- or left tin them when not wanted. Fans have at all times d been favourite objects for the display of taste and S luxury.; it if indispensable that the painting on - the fan should be executed by soie well ...

... THE WP'T- OF SEED POTATOES. I Yesterday a deputation from the Mansion House Committee for the Relief of Distress in Ireland waited on i is Grace the Duke of Mariborough ! and the Pight flonotrable James towither, M.P., the Chief Secretary, at the Castle, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the ne- cessity of supplying potato and other seed to | the small farmers in order to prevent ...

... 1.SIR WIIIMGREGOR Ae> ?? . . v TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. .3 ' A ' Clarenbridge, Januaxy 19. DEAR SIR-One of the most practical sugges- tions thrown out during the late land meetings ?? contained in i letter ofi Sir' Williamn Gregory, himself a model laudlord, on the oceasiob of the GoAtdemonstration. The suggestion was to the effect that land meetings should be utilised to throw light on ...

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... ?? 11-01-71n IND 111-INIII-11.0. n CHETUIOH MISSIONARY SOOII3rY-TiEE D1&LIUENUY FUNDO. TO TRtE l3hI0,C OW TrES rrZS'AoT NEWStA Lanali INtsl~oouoLi ylore a- the LLV? tigh, 1879, there wteae aii euroic bxir,'oo of £24,717, ?? tho. vxih, bi ttoi'tl OVO%, tilflutow a tre two yran mci,' ?? f'rsof tire uociiey halvo kub. riorlibvr_ *1iba t Lid Odd0 of tihE; ?? a balanca of j £10000 It lie rxd!imd ...

... THE GREAT EASATERN IRAILVAY. . A ?? ?? . ?? . ?? The thirty-nilnthl half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the above railway wvas held yesterday at the Citv Terminus IIotel, London, Mr. C. II PAriEs presiding. The CIIAMNODnc, in nfoving the adoption of the report, said that the past year was unsexampled since lie had been chairinan of the company for the depression which hadl arisen in tile ...

... THE LEEDS KEJ71CURY. 'V 1- v TIIURSDAY January 29/h, ISSO. tf THE Aevnia silitaire, telegrapbs our Palis Y Correspondent, comparing the respective military forces s of France and Gerumny, mnaittanis that the latter has s eight or nine regiments of infantry snore than the A former. No immediate fears arre entertained, but Ie private diplomnatic advices froin Berlin are not reassur. ,a ing. At ...

... THE NVEATllER-JANUI.BY X, METEOROLOGICAL OPFICE HEroe.o The changes in the weather over orr island, zn their neighbourhood 1)ave been very sli L during the past 24 hours, this -mourig''s oh05r; tions showing a continuauce of the hi-h pre'h r, in the south-e2astern and of low vressure tr western and northern coa;st Stronlg och winds and mild weather stil prevail in t rip and north-west, with ...

... -One families from the neighbourhood Of o? show,about to start for Bosnia, and 60 others Ar aPHA y follow, the inducement being tlu 8sui^s of lana for sale through the exodus o' ^^a^0Wners- IVrfi I*etty Sessions, on the 23rd inst., O shoemaker, Edmonton, was charged feM eld Tit- n6 murder Marv Ann Revill. at I^Uer «^Q School. He pleaded guilty. The y>tQ to her, I will put a knife into you. ...

... It has now been decided that the Empress Eugenie, who will embark in the Union Steamship Company's steamer German, at the end of March, will be accompanied by Sir Evelyn and Lady Wood, besides four other ladies and gentlemen, whose names have not yet been made known, and seven servants. The Empress has expressed to the Union Steamship Company her thanks for the excellent accommodation provided ...

... ROBBING A LANDLORD. —Zebedee Ford, 36, collier, was charged at the Brecon Assizes on Monday, with stealing a coat, waistcoat, a pair of trousers, and a cravat, value 15s. 6d., the property of Thomas Evans, at Llangattock, on the 3rd of January. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Henry Allen prosecuted. Prosecutor said he was a collier and grocer, at Beau- fort, and the prisoner lodged with him, ...

... ANefcy York cablegram, of Monday, says:—Mr. Parnelf. delivered a speech to a large assem- blage tit Buffalo, State of New York, yes- terday,1 in the course of which be denounced both 4he Duchess of Marlborough's Relief Fund and the Dublin Mansion House Relief Organisation, because, as he asserted, no relief would ibègranted from the funds to suf- ferers Who were in default in their rent. The ...