... Down to yesterday .51 fires had occurred in the. metropolis ?? the ?? se'eu days (hucludung 14 last Saturday), against ;3 in the precnding wveek, and 45 in the corresponding period of 18SO. SnU NODA Y ?? outbreak at 1S, Pelmbrokc-ime ws, Earl's-coart-road, Kensingiton, occurred at seveu ?? isn the msorning through a light being throwni down, auid a1 destriletive fire at a silversmith's at 17, ...

... 'IRE GARDEN.-By Whi. EARLEYT . SlfAbONABL.E GARiDlfNING FOIl THE WEEIK ENDINU JAN. 7. Frosty weather has given the ilcc'l Of ref or. other artificial means of heating ?? glten- I house or plant structures; and probably this I hasnotbeenthecasetoosoon, foreven the ?? mild weather, with its excess of rain and moist tatmospheres, had just commenced to make it-. self felt amongst the subjects ...

... 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. ...

... STATE OF IRELAN. . The Dublin Oaette of Tuesday contained a series of important proclamations. The county and city of Dublin, the county and city of Waterford, and the counties of Kildare, Louth, Drogheda, Meath, Tipperary, Wexford, ard Wicklow, are placed under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Act, for- bidding the havin or carrying of arms without a special licence, the order coming ...

... WOEDS 8ZOR Z woTWXesZoP. s. - -flTAfls n , - _ . .Lfl -itLADES'S CLUB DISCUSSIONS. TO T}iZ WDITcot or ?? NExWSPArsMi. SIR,-This week me and my mates have been tbdking over the events of the last few days, and nothing has struck us more than that one of your leaders on the peculiarly seldeh determination of the judges not to vork another single day in the whole of the five mouths' holi- day ...

... IfCAR1.IARTllEN BOARD OF [. GUARDIAN$S. . ~¶UAstLW1LNr. .At the forenightly me.eting of this'board, held on ,Saturday-, an anmnated discussion took place re- ;specting the place or places to be selected for dis- .tributing relief to out-door paupers in the parish of .St. Peter. The Chairman said that the agent for ,the lessee of the Carmarthen Miarket had refused .to accept the tenancy of th~e ...

... The Investors' G.nrJian gives the following particulars of new local companies:— MORDEY, CARNEY, AND COMPANY, LIMITED. Under an agreement of the 20th December this company will take over the goodwill and effects of Messrs Moruoy and Carney, carrying on busi- ness as shipbuilders a.nd repairers, and mechanical engineers, at Newport, in the county of Mon- mouth. The company was registered on ...

... 1EXTRACTS FROM FUNAEY FOLKE. That is an ingenious hosier who announces over the New Year's gifts in window: Know, all men buy these presents, PRACTIOE MtARES PrL Ecr,-Delighted father-Gattin' on wonderful, ain't she ? BIest if she won't soon play a toon elral to any orgin in the street I THE AIErICAN OALI3AN IN CouRT.-The majesty of the law is daily receiving such severe shocks in the United ...

... I LATEST NEWV. (By Freemaa7' Spccial WVire.) LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, {Freeman Office, 211 Strand, London, Monday Morning. Next Fridaythe Cabinet is expected to asseo :lk for the first time in the new year. It is fagi ta presume that thel-business before it will be of a preliminary character, dealing with the general arrangements as to the subjects to be discoused nt the subsequent meetings ...

... . .. -- - ?? -- ? i-I I ?. I -1 . P, ! ?j , 1. ?- 3. -j . ! i . I - i | 1 A TIMEGRAII from Hong-Kong says the Bacebante, havilg o1 board Princo Albert Victor and Prince George, sailed on Saturday for Suez. trc IT is officially announced that Sir Henry I Buiver, K.C.MG., has been appointed Govcrnor of wvi Xntal. be TEn Anglo-French Treaty ComnlissiOlnOrs th crmmenced their sittings on ...

... THE WEATIEMR T-n following forecasts, referring to the weather of the ensuing twenty-four hours, were issued by the Mstatiorplogioal Thepartmen, London, yester- day eve1g; South-westerly and south- O. Scotland, N. ,. erly winds, increasing in force; fair and cold at 1. Scotland,E. first; then milder and rainy. 2. England, N.E. Wind returning to south- ,2i. Eingland, NT .B. west or south again, ...