... SIR WAI. IGEO. ARMSTRONG O- NATIONAL DEFEKOES. SUGGESTED EXTENSION OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMLENT. At the ordinary. meeifti of ?? of civil Ew- gineers, London, on utuedin4Ayrzt, Sir W. 'G Armstrong, C.B., F.R S., delivered an inaugural address as President before an unusually large body of members Sir W. G. ARSSTRON observed that it had been the practice of his predecessors in the chair to select ...

... CORRESPO?TSDE NCE. NORTH RIDING FARM RS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NOHERN ECHO.' L lO GENTLEsMs,-Vio say truly the farmers' is ra m- toe leant ropresente4 in the English House of- Commons of all the great class interests of the V , country. The services are largely represented. b te Rent-owners Pie very much over-represented. b, [1- Rent-payers have only four of their owa numnber c le in ...

... OUR LONDON LO' TTIR. [SPECIALLY TELEGRAPRED.] _ TiE FNENCHI TREATY-II. GAMBiETTA-TUE LANXD LEAGUE AND LOUGH IMASSe-TrE CANIDIDATE L0O . IlES'S'ON. LONDON, THURSDAY NIORT. ir EHanbury Tracy's repibrt of his private con- versatiou with Sir Charles Dilke on the subjiet of the Commere'i'al Traty cveateaes much surprise. I am bound to say the conclusion arrived at agrees with the view I have ...

... NORTH COUNNtRY. NE WS. DURHAM CATHEDRrAL. n, FaoIDA, JAKUARY 13, 1882. Morning-Sarvici: Creelghtou in B Dat. Anthem JL (t0),t£l:TeeSitrtftceeet GeILI(Oletkl{U. Evoning-S~irvic- Ureygtilaun in E aat. Anthem as (25): Suae, Lord, aud ear us (.GO&a Iarenazol. RI HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. 'The HEnWOnv Ti FoDXHsOUDS Will meet on Satur day, Jan. 14, at Jitoa-11t 11, Thile tLVEnLAD Fuxaoouws will meet on ...

... I THE NORTH RIDING DEFEAT-ITS LESSON. lo THE DIItSo Or TB {HORTHERN ECIO. GEcTLExBN,-The battle which has just been fought and'lost in the North Riding has done much to arouse public interest in political ques- tions, and I cannot doubt that seed has been sown which will yet bear good fruit and enable us at no very distant day to turn our defeat into victory. ' Meanwhile let us learn what ...

... THE STOCKION B.LI)DGE 801UHMEB. A PERSONAL EXPLANATION. At the monthly meeting of tlo South Stockton Local Board, hold at the iMdebanica' Institute yostoer day ?? Thomas Wrlghtson presiding- L the Chairman rocapitulated what had tisker place at the last meeting of the Bridge Board, particulars of which nieeting wore roeorted in Wednesday's Norlthern Echo. Referring to the mooting of the ...

... .H I ORTHE RN tEC iO FRIDAY, JANUA11Y 6, HUiS I I- i THE LESSON OF AN OLD F[GHT. Fori the second time in the poli lical hiistory of the North itiding of Yorkshire Z bye-election is to be contested. The story of the first, and up to this time the ouly such contest, may well be recalled at the present moment. It presents an interest- ing picture of thee manner in which elections were conducted ...

... ,,HE SORTHERN gCHO. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1682, THE STOLEN DIARCH. Taru rumour that the Tories would hurry en the issue of a now writ for North York. shire, in order to secure its notification in Fri. aav's Gazutto, is more than confirmed. The fficial announcement was published last yvening. This early publicationdiselosedthe secret' conspiracy to frustrate the selection J such a representative ...

... NORTH RIDING X - ELECTION. M. t' RO L AND:SO N'S t V CANDIDATURE. - - ?? ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS hb YESTERDAY. b MR ROWLANDSON AT c b CASTLETON & PICKERING. v S.PEECHIES-BY. TORY I TENANT FARMERS- h 7 ADDRESS BY LORD JOHN s HERVEY.- MR DAWNAY'S 'CORRECT 5 , ?? CARD-. t ;q. . . ?? i EXPOSURE BY MR ARTHUR's t PEASE, M.P. 3 ?? g i VOTES APPROVING THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. ' 0 THE HON. G. DAWNAY AT t ...

... OUR LONDO N LOTT'JMER. Ni ~ [PECIALLY TELElGIRIAPH.ED.) ve __ GtOITEAUS CONVICTION-JSW-BAITING IN RUSSUI§ S o -TOI GOVyEMNIVENT AND TiTE TELEPEiONE-THE t ut FI.NANCIAL CRISIS IN FIANCE-TID HA1RBOU5 05' f nn REFUGSr SCII:Z3-TUr8,AS1I.CNTES GOLD AXE. lie Lo.:DON, T'rUasDAv N1iGHT. ot IL was after midnight whea the news of the ao conviction of Guiteau reached London. Seeing. st that' the vordict ...

... PARTIES AND POLITICS, THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL TAXiTIQM, . The Grand Jury at Boston Quarter Sessions recently for- . warded to Mr Gladstone a preseanent expressing the view of the injustice that the incideace of local taxation should fall almost entirely upft owners and occupiers of land and f real property, to the exemption of owners of personal e propery. CGl. Mcore, Chairman of Quarter ...

... PABTIEE AND POLITICS. ORANGE MEETING AT BLACKPOOL Colonel King Herman, speaking at an Orange meeting at Blackipool on Tuesday, strongly denounced the Government for rot having it the proper time used the force at thair disposal to quell the lawless state of Ireland. The Home Rulers at first acted in a fair spirit, but latterly made n) secret of their desire to separate the two parts of :h? ...