... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... NEWSf S UMMARtYJ-1 --o . -l The newv ?? an1d pier at M:ilford flaven were formrallyv openedZ yesterday b y Mr . W. n~avies, IVP~.. wvho deliveared a short adl- 3L dress. In the eveninlg a banquet was given by the contractors. Great excitemxent ha3 been caused through- I out France. an~d l'ar is is saidi to be in a panic, tot owtingr to the rejeeition of the &v'etin cie Usf'e. Du It is ...

... GENERAJL NEWS. DEATH OF LORD LuPwAN.-Yeeterday, Lord Lurgan, who has saffererl frout jiaralysis for many years past, died at Brighton, in his 52nd year. His lordship was promineiltly known in the sporting world, and achioved great notoriety by the wonderful perform- ance of the dog Master McGrath. His lordship, who was born on April 10th, 1831, cuceeded his father in 1847, and two years later ...

... IOUR LOND0N CORRESPONDENCE LONDON, SATURDAY EV:irNNG. If the public had shared to any general extent the belief that a tolerably satisfactory e treaty of commerce between this country and France would not 'be concluded, I doubt very 1 much whether the news would have been so 1 complacently received as the recent announce- ments from Paris have been. High expecta- tions were based at the outset ...

... I BIRKXHEkD GUARDIANS. the fortnightly meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the relieving-offices, Birkenhead, the members present being Messrs. Legge fin the chair). Elam, Martin, Lee, Sheaw, Brattan, =etley, Paterson, Jones, Cropper, Bloor, Jennett, Wilson. and AlltreeM- Mr. Willarams,relieving officer, reported that on the 2nd instant there were in the workhouse 348 inmates: ad- ...

... IR OnLONDON CORRESPOND1ENCE| LomDoN, TuEsDAx EvEiNNG. The Government has not hit it with the Conservative critics any more than the drummer *during the old days of the lash in the army was able to satisfv the victims of his disci- plinary labours. Government must be in the wrong over this Egyptian business beyond doubt, for the Conservatives and the Tories are at one to-day in bewailing the ...

... i JDU~l.DLU.LULJ DVZAXLL VI' %uanU- aL i7. d The weekly meeting was held yesterday at St. Peter's u eslpital. In the :bsenrce of MIr. G. Snow Tricks, governor, n lir. It. C. Stepbens, depcety governor, presided, and the a other guardianis present were Messrs. C. Wiatle, ex- .e governor, J. rr. Loek-by, IV. Pearce, J. Coalthard, (i. u Penrson, W, Poarce, F. G. Barnett, F. IV. Tricks, G. r ...

... HOGHES-IOnaWr 9fed, priod Mr. William Hughes, Rose- merry-lane, o'r dref hon, sr ferch. PRIODASAU. EVAN;-DAVl ?? IOFed, yn nghapel y Methodistiaid, Llaoymddyfri, drwy drwgdd.d. gan y rarob. Thomas Thomas, gweinidog y lle-yn cael ei gynnorthwyo gan y Parch. D. Dxvies. Llanelli, Brycheiniog (cefnder y brioelasferob), a'r Parcl. Mr. Johns, COpel Als, Llaneeli- Mr. David Evde's, Bradford Hf use, ...

... , 1 z.7':1 l , 7 i~ ?? ; i ,, ' j ' ?? - ,12 ~m i , (GYDt'S. IP I rf) j. ETHELIAD 'PRESTON. HYD brydnav;n ddydd lau, gellir dyweyd fod Yr ?? a roddaydl ar y balot yn troi yn ffafriol i ddea-icd ?? leomlinson fel yrgeisydd Ceid- wadc Snyu yr ethoad uchod, tra y mae Yr Anrhyd. C. H. 1iaikes hefyid ar y mcv, a choudemnir y wleithe he ln-ga'wn rai o Lon°ynt tel un vi'dd TI dehyg o neyd grnciiwed ...

... Befas Beo-feli (ESTABLISHEBD ANNO 1737.) BELFA ST: THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1882. Official contradiction is given in Constanti- nople to the rumonr that the Government in. tended to make Christians liable to the con- scription law. A despatch from Valparaiso announces the conclusion of a treaty of peace between Bolivia and Chili. The conditions require Bolivia to surrender territory along the ...