... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 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- ...

... 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 spor ...

... 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 seas ...

... 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 ...

... ?? for Yanma-ry * F~~rom PRESTON TELBARTOX Amn BROoosoT0o,-7.30- &.5 10.0 12.1 4.40 5-35 9-125a. Sunday3: 8-10 4.50. (Saturdayi; osl,). To 13rAOKEURN,XcORINGTON; BURYAl!1AN~~j, -6-0 7-30 2 5 8-35 8.52 9-30 9-55 10-15 1043 !.2 l21 1-22 2.0 2-25 3.40 4.25 4.40 5-206-26 7-SO09-30-su5da5 8.40 9-25 w. 2-30 6-20 8.40. 8 To BURNLFY AND CoLwE-6.O 7.30 9-.3o 1043 12-10 1-25 2.25 3.43 4.40 5-20 6-25 7 ...

... THE lIGHT RON. V. E. FORSTER, M.P., AND 3MR. KAVANAGE', TO THE EDITOP OF THE FREEMAN. Clonoul-y-, Cashel, Jan. 19. DEAR Sin-The recent letter of mr. Forster to Mr. Kavanagh has been so eminently characteristic of -Mr. Forster's government ?? that, with ,your permjssiori, I shall express a few of the thoughts which it suggests. Mr. Kavanagh dis- tinctly accuses Mr. Forater of having given the ...

... THE WEATHEI?, TnE following forecasts, referring to the wfeather of the~easeing twenty-four hourse, were issued by the ?? Department, London, yester- day evening;- 0. Scotland, N. *. 1South -westerly breezes 1. Scotland, E. .. J moderating; fair; cooler. ( South . westerly breezes. 2. England, NE .. J light; dull ; some fog;i colder. 3. Eglan, E..- {airs; dull; foggy; colder. ( Soath - ...

... 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 ...