... * - - ?? ?? it. .+ I WEATkIU-K 1UY tiLU Zi'iUO. to The following report was Issued from the Meteorolo i sr. Department at ap.m. yesterday:- to DIsTracrs. FoECAM ad/ ?? Windt becoming south * easterly and , . . Scotland, N suherlg, with mild but unsettled tal 1. Scotland, B ?? weather; sleet at tines. be Enlsand x Calms and fogs, followed by southerly e . England, .E breees, and a temporary ...

... 0 Tim Conpoanos Aurunse ExnmiTioS.-Wed- 5 oseday was the 77th day on which the Corporation Pk Exhibition of Pictures in the 'Walker Art Gallery I ' 'ad been open. Since the opening there had been j p 26,946 admissions at one shining, 11,967 at sixpence, i c( and 21,136 at threepence, the amount thus yielded jT being £1910 ls. 6d. Two hundred and seventy- IVj eis pictures hare been sold, ...

... FORWOOD AND LBEAtTY. To THE EstOflS OF TE LIVERPOOL EICURLy. Gentlemen,-One paragraph in Mr. A. B. Forwood's address to the electors of Liverpool is strangely at variance with historical facts. One wonders at the unblushing assurance which, while commending the civil rights and religious liberty we enjoy, and the inestimable blessings they have brought to this nation, asserts that these have ...

... J [EXOIac~QZ OOM£PSIJ'0 T5L5QRA.I PAnes, TsuBeDA, 6 PM,-The statement published here this altr~poon, lihat Engand has ordered a gunboat to proceed te, Madagascar, eaaaed agreateensation, and all tba eveupg papers commenlt upon the news In terms of'irdlnatlpn. England is described aS ?? jealous as well a~perfldefidlouAlbloz, and ?? Government Is urged not to falter in the attitude it has taken ...

... MIDDLESBOROUGK, Thursday.—The pig iron trade has been, as was the case at Tuesday's market, very quiet this week. There has not been such slackness apparent for a long time, demand being almost nil, and there being no desire to do business. Consumers now begin to think that the chances are in favour of prices being lower all round, not only with pig metal, but also with manufactured iron. In ...

... HOUSE OF2 CO;MMONS.-FRPIDAY. taken he ?? FAIrrssre QUESTION Sirt~oda ChAReS ableR, t n ra~eply tstolo .frle Eaniton said therehu W5 noe foundantion wateve fsor the Cstatement rthat nataly hand mitaken theraittione in Egprooigacofrneo.te yta M~r GLADSTOE, roend redy to Croloned Staney said heashouldh OHos tondayhe able tdo rmaen an stateento which wol bue in the natue of ?? the cost o thet recn ...

... LO?DO1? OSIP ?? 2Truth.t The Queen comes to London on MWondsFt it Ilo'clock, in ?? to open the .New~ Law Courts. Heni Majesty will lunch ?? Palace after the crernmsy,-and wilt then visit the Duchess of Cam bridge, returning to Windso3r at six o'clock. This wrill be the Queen's last visit to- the metropolis during the present year. Thre Prince of Wasles is to be invited to attend the ehi- ...

... -.a Pat ?? I ?? Ftenry Saxelbye, of the firm of Messrs England, Txelbye, and Sharp, solicitors, of Hull, tee beentappoint- ed a Standing Commissioner for taking bail in Admiralty, Hr F. Bentley, Mus. Bac., O hon., organist and choir -aster of Holy Trinity ohureh, Hurl, has been appointed organist of Hanlifax Parish Church. There were 76 can- didates. Tthe traffic receipts of the Hull Street ...

... THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. The Madagascar Committee have issued an ad- dress entitled, What are the French claims in Madagascar? discussing the whole claims, and setting forth the reasons why England may claim a voice in the settlement, the 3hief of these being that there has been a distinct understanding be- tweeu England and Franoe for several years past that eaoh nation should respeot the ...

... BASSALLEG. EifTHRTAiNMENT—Oa Thursday evening th? 23rd November the Bassalleg Amateur Dramanc Society's second entertiinment this season toon place in the schoolroom. The Vicar presided, and there was a Urge atteadauce. S njgs were sung by Miss Brewer, Miss M. Brewer, Mr. R. C. Cullum, and Mr R. Ad lams Williams Miss F. L. Welsh and the Misses Beynon gave perf ormances on the piano, and Mr. ...

... SALE OF GOTL^ and sold by auction on Thursday, tA Me-ssr. Joailston, and Co. '8 John-street, Cal-diff, a shipment of ex tendance Kuyers'^froni tie™ bourhood of Cardiff, and also from BrS° SwS' sea, Newport, and the bill districts. The fi-uit gave great satisfaction as to oualitv criptions being specially suitable for cooking ml poses and others for the table. We an> that another shipment is ...

... FATAL ACCIDF.NT—On Thursday, between and 1 o'clock, a man named Thomas Parry, ag ...