... FLEASANT WORDS never come .mis. To the poor they give cheer to the sorrowful, comfort to the happy, greater happiness. Perhaps we are always care- ful to speak kindly to the poor, the sick, the aged; but are we always as ready to give a pleasant word to the rich, the gay, the apparently happy? Do we not sometimes forget that there are diseases of the soul; that there is a hunger other than ...

... STATE OF ZJLULAND. A correspondent in Northern Zululand, under date Dccembc-r 29, sends the Durban representative of the Times disquieting accounts of the state of things there. The general opinion in the country is that the people are sleeping (.n a volcano. There is jnifgovernraent everywhere, from the chiefs. to the smallest captains. Thne is no hand to restrain them I ;and there is no ...

... A curious case of stolen treasure has been heard at Kilmainham Court-home, Dublin, Robert M'Hugh, aged only 19, who had been in the employment of a Mrs. Kelly,a publican,wa3 put forward to receive sen- tence for stealing money, the propeity of his em- ployer. He had surrendered plunder to tha amount of 2386 since his conviction. Suspicion as to his honesty being raised, two half-crowns, marked ...

... Mr. Mark Whitehead, a jeweller and watchmaker of Chichester, on Friday surrendered to his recog- nizances at Clerkenwell police-court charged with receiving a quantity of stolen jewellery, the pro-perty of Mr. William Windhurst, wholesale jeweller, of Clerkenwell, and Benjamin Frost, 18, errand boy, George Frederick Stokes, 18, labourer, and Harvey Dickson, 19, a milkman, were charged with ...

... Mr. M. A. Bass, M.P., addressing his constituents at Harbourne on Wednesday, predicted that, mon- strous as it might seem,there would next session be an alliance between the followers of Mr. Parnell and the Tories. It would be one, he said, that would run the Government very hard indeed,and he therefore warned his constituency to be ready for another election, whether it came this year, or ...

... SCANDAL AT LEAMINGTON. Some years ago there was an improper acquaint- a.nce between a surgeon of Leamington named James Russell Jeaffreson, who is now married, and Mary Charters, of the same place, and recently the latter has caused Mr. Jeaffreton some little annoyance. A few days ago she went to his stables, struck him in the face with her umbrella, and threatened to do for him, creating a ...

... CORRESPONDENCE JOHN ROGERS, THE DERITEND MArRTyR, i-o the EnrOrt of Sie DAILY POST. .Sir,-In Old and New Birmingham the following words Ocour respecting John Bogers, the ?? bravel perish John Rogers, a man whom Birmingham should be proud to enrol among her wvortbiest sons. WIhy has he remained so long without a mmoorill inl his native town? Responding heartily to this appeal, I and otleeo ...

... ,IA NEW MODE OF ySAVIN LIFE. AND I.| P.ROPERTY AT SEA. I The past year has probablyhbeen one of the most dis. astrous on record for the number of shipwrecks and the loss of life and property at sea, I Althoughl the year's losses have scarcely yet been made up,'still we know that the sum total is something enormous, and that the money value of the ships and cargoes lost at sea, independently of ...

... ST, STEPHENMS WARD ELECTION PETITION. The trial of the election petition presented by Mr. Lewis Spokies Richards against the return of Mlr. Frank Wright as councillor for St. Stephen's Ward was continued yester- day, in the old Council Chamber, Moor Stroet, by Mr. S. ,Prentice, Q.O., 6i of the barristers appointed for the 'trial of t efquniipal election petitions The petitioner alleged ...

... THESBIALUGH DIFFICULTY. . . ' . .I. MBETING IN THE TOWN C L. A mublic meeting in defence of Constitutional rights l as ild last evening in the Town Hall, under the prdsi- dency of Dr. Langford. The hall wes densely packed, doubtless from 'the expectation oin the part of ,those , attending of hearinl ieradlaugh who had beeer an- nounced to speak, but who was detained in .Northamnpton. ...

... jTHE CHURN PASTORAM SOoD The nnual'meeting of the, Eirmingin- 'Aluxi lai'of the AAid Society aa held lapsi'g in tho, Birmingham Town Barxll. ' Sir Ioh'sit d';mplo bre sded There 'wa ?? gr odatteadaipee, and bmon '.,thqfi pr~eaent,. wer'e th' Rev' -Cabnon Wikdns~or, theiBevds, Dr. {Oardiner . lavol- Cook, P. Browne, J. G. Dixon, T. J.- Hawortb, C. .H. Coleman, G. W.. Lawson, J. 85 Owen, HL ...

... SPORTING, INTELLIGENCE., RACING AND COURSING NOTES. ,b the EDIIOR elt he DAIIy POeT. Sir,-In only two of tire spring handicaps do the nomina- tious obtained this year exceed those of the previous seasoun The instances are in connectign with the Great Metro- politan at Epsom and the Chester Cup. The latter is one of the most old-fashioned of the handicaps; and there was a time when betting used ...