... X IISCELLANEOtS. : ?? 4 It'is proposed to adopt the electric light at Coventry. Foot-and-mouth disease has again made its appearance in South Lincolushire. A young man named Barnes has been Villed by a pass. 1 ing traxD at Bamber-bridg e, near Preston. Mr. W. Johnson, junior, who met with an accident in a race at Carrigalhine, conuty Cork, on Monday, has died from its eflects. A youth named ...

... E~XTUOBD0aDAZY NABZA.IVEM. ; -nl .^n - In n _ s -- -- nihe followieg extraordinary story of a planned escape from- the Kerit County Lunatic Asylum at Barning- heath, near Meaidstone, is supplied by a corre- spondent - It appears that a ge:itl man of tile name of Elliot, for many years resident at Ely i Eonse, Tuazbridge-vells, was committed to the Hanwell Asylum seone twenty-two years ago. ...

... G A R D E N I N G. WsW=aBPo00BfG OASnNATrIONS.-'rom7 hybrid tree ecrnm- tions, or kinds that, raised from seed, show a tendency to bloom in the winter, have grown a strain that is 56 most vain. able one to niv who have to supply cut flowers through the winter months. Of coarse, these ?? will not so bloom in the open amy, or, indeed, in a cool frame, hat they will do so admirablyin an oredblury ...

... Many seasons have Icome and gone sine we have had to write the brief chroniel ng of an uneventful year. The rate at whic] t the world is spinning down the ringim grooves of change leaves the chronicler n; i5 rest. We crowd into one circling of th, seasons the events which, in the humdrun but easy-going days of our fathers, suflicec to furnish the history of a decade. The pace ,i is so swift ...

... SPECIAI NOTES. TaEx Birmingham watch committee have taken a very wise step in advertising for candidates for the post of eir chief superintentiont of police, and in unanimously condemncing the growing military spirit observable in the Police. The latter is exclusively owing to the appointment of military officers as chief constables, gentlemen who, as a rule, instruct their men rather in the ...

... rATAL; POAC-.iT ALPPICAY. lnform ation was conveyed to the police-station at Castle Douglas, K:irkcudbrightseire, early on Wednes- day morning that a serious affray had taken place on the Threave estate, about tvo mniles fron the town. It Was suspected that several men would visit the estate for the purpose of poaching, and the gamekeeper and tvo assistants were on the look out. Hearing shots ...

... ?? pnox Tum ConZ-ZJc Tour.qA74.s L rom PunachJ TeLsPrOesiO cOM NICAr.erlooes. From the Lord Mayor to WV. F. G, Please give us the sanction of yoer name for onr Property Defence in Irelansd Fand. Merry Chiristeuts to you. From W. B. G. to the Lord Mayor. Marry Christmas by all means; but why on earth are you putting your iinler in our Irish stew P Mind yoar own. Corporaetion busilcee, and got ...

... articlalas sitould reas thc ofao net ?? S thes usday mnorniay.] N.-Alliance Club, 05, Shaftheibury.street, Nlow Northi-road, at 8.-0 p.m., Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Julian, popular recitals and sketches -Claremont Hall, Penton-street, Pentonville, at 1l.:iO a.m., discussion; at 7 p.m., Mr. Cbarles Watts, A Review of 1881 ; dramatic recitations, Mr. T. Mead. ES-The Eleusis Club, 180, King's-road, ...

... Bin. GZAMBMBLAIN ON IL rD. n rcnlv to a -,rr AnnnD1An P ,,,4 - - U , Ad n:u~rr~sunuen wio wrote to him con- cerning the present state of Ireland, Mr. Chamberlain said :- At the present time the Tories are Doing up and down the country, and with their accustomed habit of misrepresentation, are denouncing me for statements which I never made, and, with more reason, because I have declared my ...

... ' THE STATE OF IRETA. ?? , -f- : . , . Or, SuMday, r. Parnell was presented at Kilmaiubaum Gaol with an address from the- leaders of the Navan -Political Prisoners' Aid Society. He also received a 'number of presents and cards. All the other suspects I ?? had Christmas fare, and it is understood that hesnceforth they will receive a substantial meal daily fromn outside the, prison. They ...

... VkTAL PAITIO IN A C.U3RCIT. Tie roslowing to contained In a Warsaw despatch of Tuesday:- During mid-day service at the Church of the Holy Cross the cry of' Fire I' was suddenly raised. A fear- ful panic immediately ensued, and the terror-stricken congregation instartly rushed in wild confusion tqasrd the only door in the building. It. opens on to-a lund of platform commanding the street ...

... I 1 - | The ushering in of the New Year this (Suoady) rnorn- ing was preceded by the holding of Watch-niiht secr- vices in the churches and chapels throughout the mlletropolis. The WVatch-night service was chiefly obseved any earsago by Nonconformists,- but ofsreent yea it has been extensively reang- nise by he Curch, of England, and, indeed, by most Christian deiioilnationxswavitli tho ...