... MILhTARY INTELWGENO - . lse Honorary Colonelcy of the 2nd Dragoon ;de (Queen'Bays) is vacant by the death of >.:teniint General Thomas Puttle, C B, which - rel at his residence at Dover on Wednesday *s the 2Sth nt. He served in the 16th Lancers . o first Afghan War in 1842, and tbo cam- v. a the Salej in 1846. The deceased en- .e:d the ?? in 1834, and became Lieutenant .FIoeral in 1877. ...

... SIAII'I;UILDENG NOTES. y it is alwvays plecasing to record the prosperity tie of trade, fidiowring upon as season of deilness * more or less protracted ;it is especially gratify- es I ing, to 'be able to do so in thle case of an industry -with slecir large interests iit stake as those of~ slipluinlidlg. A few days ogo.- we published ler StatLisi;S sulopliecl by Clyde sstipbuilders Whichl sit ...

... AGRICULT.URE.: OLDUZLDDUM -PLnOGHGn, HANTCH.-A ploughing I match took pleop in a field at the Mill Crofs at For- a tritrrill, belonging to Mr Watson, miller, oa Thurs- :l day ItNt, whichl, ott oacount of tbe vilrious oicoupations! ge of the sompetitorr, eroited coonsideroblo interose. Tie:' e- judgea were Meacre John Reid, lPorhsidn, and Geoerge ! ag isalkotr, Oldnielerum, and the falloving ...

... CHRIS TMA S IN ALGIERS. ALGIERS, December 25. HoW is it possible for English eyes to realize that to-day is Christmas Day ? By half-past seven this morning mountains, upland, plain, and city were a blaze of what with us would be more than June sunshine. Out of doors the ground is matted with wild marigolds, candytuft, and mignonette; there are birds chattering in every bush, and as one threads ...

... SWANSEA. At the Swansea borough police-emit on Satur- day, >Iargaret Palton, aged 19, an unfortunate, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. P.C. Picrcy aid tha.t about 3 o'clock that morn- ing lie saw the girl in Castle-street. She told him she had broken a pane of glass, and h::(1 tried to strangle herself in High-street. The reason she gave was that she was destitute. She went to a ...

... OU-59MIX, 'MONDAY J1Oi'NINL, J Ysc&i E. The chief events in the3 Irish news th;i t morning are a brutal murder and several oat- rages ?? more brutal. On Saturday s iforning a mysterious stranger entered tile house of an old woman uamed Gvroughan, 855 - ears of age. lie shot one of her daughters dead and severely wounnled another, and Mrs Crougban herself only escaped j by taking refuge under a ...

... The two most important items of news this morning both come frcmll Paris, and both are bad. The negotiations for the renewal of the French Commercial Treaty are at a standstill, if not at an end; and Sir Charles Dluke will leave Paris to-day. The other item relates to Egypt. France *and Enigland, it is said, have deter- mnined to send the Khedive a joint note, promising to give him effective ...

... THEB DISASTROUS EXPLOSION ON T1IF RAILWAY. nle. FUNERAL SERMON AT ST. PAUL'S, and by DARLINGTON. a e Last night, the Rev. W. Peacock preached a most impressive sermon in St. Paul's Church, Darlington, havine special reference to the his calamity which has befallen the parish in the sud- Ar den death of three men by the boiler explosioa for. whioh occurred at Stockton on Monday last. The h rev. ...

... THE president of the court said his opinion was that the saptain, fearing his ship was I not strong enough to encounter the heavy weather which he expected, and being un- willing to remr- to an American port, seized tho OPPií] LUllity of the presence of an Italian vessel to get rid of the ship. This is | perhaps the correct hypothesis, but it would be most dangcous to admit such an excuse j as ...

... THE RIOTS AT WARSAW. reports Cat all telegrams Lauded in at Warsaw for traui-ii'. ;sion abroad relating to the riots there were suppressed by the Censorship, and that many htters which have reached persons in Uracov Jrom the scene of the disturbances were -delivced to the addresses opened. ThcC-a-s asserts that the whole detachment of trooplooked ou quietly at the outrages that were ...

... RUTMERFORD FREE CHURCH BaZAAIR. the Ther bazasor in &ali of Ito funds of tibo Free Rathier to 7tord Church, which was formally opened on Friday by hy ] Dr Woh~rtr, Ml.P., wasi reeprnled on Seturiday at Ed! eleven o'clock by the R1ev. Professor 8ammond, D.D. rind Amongst those Present were R1ev. Mr Johnston, Bel- jut, belvie ; Rev. .c. D. Donaildson, St Caoimcteat 11ev. neii Alex. Simsopeo, ...

... IRELE.AND. DREADFUL TRAGEDY. w Tho Preoe iereoiatiord' MlrAldnigar orrespondeat telegraphli thit a direadfai iuCtd,,r WinS o0unmiitted in q Colunlty .Wottitm.lr on Snturilay, at a place odlled lriahtown. About Ialf-prst night a talldairk man entered the broue of a f imile Bamloed Culoghrl,. E After bidding tie either aud 'her two daaghtero good morning hi produced a revolver and deliberately ...