... NAVAL AND MIITARY, CIATEAM e, fle S. ; It is now definitely arranged that ?? Sir H, Evelyn Wood, V.O., wile take the command of the army of ocoupation in Egypt, it being officially announced at Chatham to-day that all the preliminaries had been arranged, end that Sir Evelyn Wood bad accepted the ap- I poitutment. D' is expected to leave Charhlsam with as lite drisy ans pasible, as it is ...

... 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. ...

... UNIERSITY INTEMMGNCE. CI ITMAS DAY AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, DEe. 20. The ' Boar's lead ceremony at Queen's College this afternoon attracted -a larger number of people than usual. By the liberality of the provost and fellows the public are pmitte to witness the cere- mony, the hall being thrown open for their accom- modation. This afternoon the spacious hall aud its approaclhes were densely ...

... NAVAL AND MIL1TAR. rORTSMOtT, FRIDAT T1hon. The remains of Msr. McDonald, late Superintendeni of the MeteoUtan Police serving mn Portsmouth Dockyard. wera intered yesterday in the cemetery at Kingston, end were followed to the grave by 140 of the police who had served underhiman a numbernof t towospee le, among whom WAR OMCH, Mt. ?? was the Mayor. The Vicer of St.- pleased torte (the oev. H. ...

... 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 ...

... I FRANCE.-A letter from Tonquin in the Temsps states that the Chinese troops 'ad Precipitately I evacuated the country, in contequenceo as was believed, of a formidable nsnurrection in their rear -viz., in .Iuan si.hF The ?? there da - cut to pieces, in a pass, a e Chinese dgenra-l achment, and there bud alid ?? a g aen ra rising i hi Yunnan. The army, which had entered Tonquin, had ...

... r About 10 o'clock on Sunday morning a t fire broke out in the Royal Albert and Vic- e toria docks on board the Orient line Royal Isnail steamer Cotopaxi, the result of which I has been the destruction of the interior of ' the vessel. At the time mentioned Mr. Sutherland, the shore boatswain of the e Pacific Steam Navigation company, accom- panied, by Mr. Ferguson, a carpenter, went - on ...

... T G A R DEN. BRr W m. Z RLEY. SEASNr3LNFD GARMDENNG OI;0or THlE SItBLS ING DECEMBERi S0. Thoughtsat hone and abroad'are n on tlristnras timee Busy banils are developing cl,,eeful 0ebellishments for its increased enjoy. pent and of these TnUhe s g arden seafinds its oull quo. For what would Christmas fe I.- tivities, Nhetoer religious or secular' tn Loosely, he m uthoe t its Etvergreeos, ...

... STATE OF IRIPLAND. (From our Special Sunday edition of last week.) Captain Talbot, the Chief Commissioner of Police in Dublin, has published to the force under his command an order of the Lord-lieutenlant, granting a special gratuity to the force. All members belowy the rank of commissioners, who were serving in the force on the 30th of November, 1882, and appointed to the force on or before ...

... ANSWER NE 1 nYC .Vn,,TS ?? cannot deterninthles or refuse to pay the rentfor w.hihe iftno - the landlord has the tuower to ec lrntt paid oly. remnedy isyh actiou of Youin the Iessbr. Yo al ga easbr. , betteem ploy a Solicitor H-No. ;rite fathe illegitimaoj~ child has no claiml to its custodly. wA CNsTANT ?? I I your brother is not lBia0ble(3f011110 ter)-No; A COYSTxrT 12EADxR.-YO expiration of ...

... YESTERDAY'S S1JTAY., Yesterday, Robert Roscoe, aged 21 years, a firew luan on the Great Western Railway, was suddenly knoaked off an engine, and so severely injure:l that he had to be conveyed to St. Mary's hospital, Yesterday Michael Mackenzie, of Victorna-Park road, fell off a scaffold on which he was at ?? breaking his collar-bone and several rihs, beside: sustaining several extensive ...

... CORRESPONDEATCE. WERE YOU EVER A BISHOP BEFORE? To fke EDITOR of /1e PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,--In the ;Se-bralo7- of last Sunday a question was raised weith regard to the appointment of a successor to the late Archbishop of Canterbury which I see touched on again in a paragraph in your own paper of yesterday. That question is whether there is any need, either in reason or precedent, for ...