... 00 e~ >'7THS OURWT N THE QUEEN has been giving a succession of military dinner parties at Windsor, all the chief officers engaged in the late Egyptian campaign being entertained in turn, while at the end of last week Her Majesty held an Investiture of various Orders at the Castle in order to decorate those who had specially distinguished themselves. A dinner party followed, the band of the ...

... I'd VERY rose-coloured statements of the success of the Salvation Army were made at a series of meetings-morning, afternoon, and evening-held in Exeter Hall last Monday to commemorate the dedication of lox officers about to be sent to India, Africa, America, Sweden, and all parts of the United Kingdom. The success in India was described as likely to overshadow the Army's greatest triumphs at ...

... ( (5, kg I THE ST. BERNARD CLUB DOG SHOW THERE has always been a halo of romance about the dog of th2 St. Bernard Hospice, and the numerous stories of his intelligence in finding out travellers who have been lost iir the snow, and bringing the good monks to their aid, have caused him to be regarded as a very superior being indeed to the ordinary run of dogs. Until recent years, however, he was ...

... ALARLUMING COLLISION IN THE MERSEY. AN OCEAN STEAMER SUNIK. (LLOYD'S TELEGRAM,) Li vitroot., Dec. ;.-The Peri nvie (steamer), from Montreal, entering the Mersey at 5 ?? this morning, was in collision with a steamer, name unknown, and sustained considerable damage. She now lies sunk on Crosby beach. Her crew and passengers were saved. The Peruvian is an iron screw-steamer of 3.038 gross tons, ...

... IA FOS, M.P.. AT BMWo@b. I I .- ;- 4 - i ; W. E. Foisrn #ed te0 Bndforlbifionu at the Technical Sabbed let evens o e, aed Adh!buted the medal;, prizsq aM oti won by the .sdenots of the MM t the Cty ad Guilr, Institgut and other exa eain uithe year. 'Havi performed tho ceremony; th6`right on. voeiterously -,eheerd,'ngrtted lat Lford erb ho ba been -nvited to award the ws~ee, was e a to ttend. ...

... I (BY ANGLO-AWMECAN TELSGEAPEL) (nO OUR OW COSPONDIM.) NEW YORK SUNA. Mrs. La&ngtry's season closed yesterday, wlith very large audiences both in the morning asnd in rheo evening. The reccipl~s for tha engng- mlent were 61,803 dollars, The first wveek they were :18,765; the second, 13,367; the third, 12,532; thefourtb, 14,938. The manager says this is the most successful engagement ever played ...

... ELBT!ON INEL4TEO Last nligb a; arowN r=iib g of dieaa a !hld in 11gles ar r. r D at aenst those present being Mr.W. b BLc., M. S. Williamson, M.P., Mr. 3.J brs .. Colonel A.H. Drown, BLP., and theloalednf the party. - The Chairman,-, mn 'ot at ceduad read a, telegram. from ref erraig enttmn made in the same building the previods night by Lard Cland Hamilton at the Conservative demonstration. ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE.-Dr. Duclerc. the Premier and Minister e I of Floreign Affairs, was present on Tuesday at a sit- eting of the Committee of the Senate entrusted with le the examination of the Bill, already voted by the 1e Chamber, relative to the military and judicial orga- e nisation of Tunis. M. Duolerc incidentally confirmed I the existence of the new treaty with Tunis for the le ...

... METEOROLOGIOA.LJ 'DAZL? 2JJ#?S)9 OP?1O2. r 2?ffiS MoRNfliG ?Y I IN?1?Y?rn A?ND ZAMBRAYS BA&?TER. TUFS. 2L WED. 29. TBt? ?? EU. 1. - - - ? 29 ?? 6UfEtedi to eea1d end rtice o 52° F. Tha bleklinA5 ShOWth bb~bh~t of the baronieer at I o'elo on tb sd t~g preou * iirug& The dotted Dnes fudica the fhdtresmJ ~Zt andG thue GDot3two Preiowu das The ury falls for oo ,ei51th &WV.,'&E adW. wn~4 sa~ildly ...

... T MS EDTORB Or TS wDAMJ NEW ?? contest for the representation Of Liverpool has been forced upon the -Tory party here not en much for the temporary possession. of the third sent as fcr the reversion o the first and second, now M coled by Mr. Edward Whitlenatdby Lord Claud John Hamilton. Their foes are be fm ind: in their own household. When Lord mas took Uverpool bystem three yeasa ago the ...

... S t- - B . S? T -O 8. i -42 SEQEB. ~wSTORBY. ~GREAT OBSTRUTOMN4 oF RAILWAYI A sievere siaowstorm, acoompaiiied by a gale, - wee eaperienced yesterday throughout Scotland and _ the. Northern and Midland. counties. Although at present bat little loss Of ife is reortd, the stoppage Of traffic bd~th on the lsighroads and the railways has led to great inconvenienice, aud in many cases senious ...

... II It is hard to understand the principle-of the new arrangement5 re)olttd I from Egypt this morning. Baker Pasha is not to be at the head of the army, but of the gendarmerie. Whether this be good or bad in itself Oedu not say, but the reason is certainly unsatisfactory. It is that the So 1 Government declines to recognize or sanction his appointment as corn ?? of the Egyptian Army.' If ...