... A lue-book. was issued yesterday which, tt ,under the title of Correspondence with Refe- tc rence to ?? Channel Tunnel, gives a in history of theproject. The papers are divided ti into three periods whlich correspond to three pa stages of thte transactions;* the first extending Si iroc 1867Wo 1870, the second fromn 1871 to 1876', tb undtthe third including 1881 and 1882. The w earlier ...

... ;THE FOXESTONE AND BOULOGNE ROUTE. X Yesterday several of the directors of the r South Eastern Railway and a'number of invited guests I took a special trip from Iondon via Folkestone to EC Boulogne aa4 back in. the steamship Mary Bearice, a new ship recently built by Messrs. Samuda for the ' South Vastern Company, and which is intended as a addition to 4te steamers employed on the Folkestoie ...

... THE LA.ND CORPORATION OF IRELAND. ?? ii TO TIM EDITORL CT TIM DAILS ZIW t SuM,-The 1'reema7e's Journal and the oppo- I nents of the above movement in the House of commons c having endeavoured to blacken it by asserting that it is t an esterminating society, I venture to trespass on you P for the purpose of contradicting these statements. I a have no hesitation in emphatically denying that ...

... THE TONQUIN EXPEDITION. -4- to (BY SUBMARBDME TELEGRAPH.) G (MnoM OUR OVW CORRESPODMa.) fit PAWUS, SEDnaLr XIGE=. 0 hec. partisans of a Frenech expedition to Ton- I> quin are jubilant on the news, not officially contirmed, that a Chinese army of 10,000 men, which wads marching against the French corn- snandant Bividre, waS surprised it a defile by is some mountsineers, its earguard cut to ...

... IRELANTh (BY TELORA') (F~oMf OUR OWH aOOBEsPOBDRT.) no * DUJBLfl, Tinsra2 Nrscu. third A now chapter in the vicissitudes of families opened will probably not be difficult to comnpile out of the cin- hord: dents of thleworking of the Lnrfd Act, in itascffectsounthe Churel value of landed property in Ireland. A case came before lend 1I ?? Ormehy to-day in the Landed Estates Court on printed a ...

... 'XHE AdliV3H CONGRMS.-: . (nor oUR scL&L cm o ZT.. - ~D}EnnY, Wn~ipt, -& The principal topics of o-clyas Church Con- Iprm gress meetin4 had referenc eto ,the C1huh4 Doe m thought and to tGO pol$tieal tittions of the the Vhxlach. :The rowdi9g of the Congress C pwer with snbordixna&topiee o oig unce * these heaso tended to lthe tiee for : dlijc - sian* but what the Congress lost in the fervour ...

... Sir Stafford Northeote, M.P.r at Inverness. Crvstal Palae-Tricycle Championship (Five Miles), ;2.30*Billiard Match (Cook v. Bennett). 6; Inaugu- ration of Handel Festival Organ by Mr. Eyre, 5.30. Concerts, &c.-Crystal Palace, 3; Foresters' Hall, Clerkenwell (Popular Ballads), 8: St. James's Hall (Mr. Geaussent's Pianoforte Recital), 3. Royal Sc.hool of Art Needlework-Openiag of Glasgow Branch ...

... PUBLIC MEN. ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. I LORD NORTHBROOK AND TW. FAWCETT folkc AT LIVERPOOL.oi ?? h In continuation of their visit to Liverpool, take Lord Northbrook and Mr. Fawcett took-part in further Glee political demonstrations yesterday. Lord Northbrook, th who is the guest of Mr. Arthur Searle, lef th rsiene en of that gentleman at an early hour, and drove to the port Seamen's Orphanage, iu ...

... F ALL OF A IRAIWAY BRIDE ' ! IN SCOTLAND. -I DERSTRUCTION OF A TRAIN. LOSS OF LIFE AND SERIOUS A - NJURIESa ?? TEitIiEAPH.)2 (F'nog ols or~ COil~isPONDEiwT.) ABEUDEEN, M50NDAY NioTr. The~ most appalling accident that baa hap- pened on the Great North of Scotland Railwasy since it was opened occurred this evening on the Macduff and TuriffR branch of that line. At the momnent of telegraphing ...

... A OBAT. EGYPTIAN. SANDAL to Tas b~rsOS OP STM P5EV utM S ; ?? the Code WNpolemn sad the J law administered at Westmister Bell &. jurist cantrae 'I hw; Tou .aWhat ~ woud tba people of cd so n if sd coalitiot of Great st ue liaw and the machinery. and'anzuae fisaeiita toe, and to se up jets ~tead. &ooaapolenand- I ministered in a foreign laguage by judges, the majority' i of whom should be ...

... 7M A LWAYS AND TEM CUISTMA ' fLWAY& IoJss ?? have been made by the Grest * ?? In meanu of which intend- ing travellers a~inj the OhcltinssHolda!zy obtfin tickets at their eisrtr, and so voidtel lulty cdently experied in obtaining tickets at a Ticket offices have hee opened W thd c6mpany at no ?? than tei ?? in the metrpos viz.:-13 Oxford-street; 23, New Oxford- 'sI; Ho~lbott-~ circus; 38, ...

... tHE-MWE R OF 1881, The weather changes of 1881 save been 0o unusully important that the history of the year would scarcely be complete without some notice, however brief, of the more strilkng of the meteoro]ogical phenomena whiph have from time to time occurred. As the various seasons have in turn presented themselves, each element in the weather seems to have exerted itself to the utmost to ...