... noc, Fins tic No mo~re comprehensive term can be desired to a api of indicate the various organisations, supported -in 1f net chiefly by the working classes, which are reported werE Id- on by Mr. J. AL. Ludlowv, under the general names and cc- of friendly societies, industrial, and provident D4 ,he societies, and trade unions. The principle of all had ep- alike is the setting aside, by ...

... TEMPERANCE -DEMONSTRATION I]:I AT BIRXEAD. ::.i I ra1 o-SPEECHESBY THE, :PRESIDENT O H o at a WESLEYAN CONFERENCELE AE ¶ TOKISN,&c Last evening a public meeting of the associated GDC churchies0f, the Birkenbhead PresbY terian ,CbiiiclU . ?? of England. Temperance Society was held iz. St- t Antdrew's Presbyterian Church, Conway-stIreet& dno rare Birkenhead.-. -There was a large end infuent~ial ...

... I Mm ]LL McAINE'S LECTURS 4 wON SHAKESPEARE. -ast evening, Mr. T.HaII Caine delivered the last of his present course of lectures on Shakespeare, at the Lecture Hal, William s Brona-sitreet. The pecial subject of the lecture was aShalrespeare- e Teacher. There was again a large audience, the public interest in the lectures having beenpwell maintained throughout the whole series. Mr. Councillor ...

... The electionr of six members to serve on the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for four :years, Messrs. T. D. Horuby (chairman), Thomas Harrison, David Jardine. James Poole. George B. Crowe, and T. B. Forwood having retired by rotation, took place yesterday. at the offices of the Trust, Revenue- buildings, Canning-place. The retiring members, with the exception of Mr. T. B. Forwood, again placed ...

... THE' SCENE IN THEA LENCH CHAMBERS. - F E. PAUL DE CASSAGNAC FINED. s: Si PAnts, DEc. 26, NIGn. A The two Legislative Assemblies are again at work, S] after a hristmas interval of a couple of days.. The Senate is still occupied upon the 1683 Budget. The war, navy, and dinearts estimates werejito-day voted, the last-named suffering, howeveran abate- ment of a million francs. To-morrowthe ...

... THE NEW PRIMAATE. r- The Guasrdian ?? appointment of the Sk Bishop of Truro to the Primacy is certainly some- nf thing more than merely the appointment of an able, ;ht or a learned, or a safe man to office-more than the da mere 'appointment of a fit man to a re bishopric. It varies from the usual course se in two ways: it is the choice of a compara- ne tively younr man, one of the youngest of ...

... THE TRIAL OF ARAI3I. ?? following is the translation of an article g Le- published in the Ad-Jascdib of the 12th instant, and I its signed by its chief editor, Salim Fis : We n, learn by telegraph from Cairo that the trial 2 it, of Arabi las- comne to an end, he having r ad acknowledged himself guiltvof rebellion. Taking .es his plea into consideration, that confession blots i ty out ...

... FTIE VICAR'S RATE QUESTION ' AT COVENTRY. Ie ' -of Ire n anticipation of the 'abolition of the Holy of Did Trinity vicar's rate at Coventry,the cburchlwardens be anhave given notice to the congregation that there TI will be a- collection after the morning and evening di! ;be sermiecs throughout -the year, commencing on the mi ISt frst Sunday in January, 1883. The congregation tic by [are ...

... WEATHER PGOSTICATIOMN. Itbha steen a matter o% frequent observation that the, seasons of severest frosts are those whieh followi !erdods .of excessive rainfall. Gilbert White ass, noticed this, and remarks -that there is great reaesou to believe 'that intnse frosts seldom'tiak plac6 until the earth is perfectly glutted an ld chilled' with water, and hence dry, au- tumn, are s6eddsm followed ...

... A ME:MORABLE STORA. by I Ge at In respect of fatalresalts,nostorm of this century I be (eaysthe Scotsman) is comparable with some in earlier Bo A times. On the 24th of January, 1794, a terrible ad storm seept over the hillsin the 60uth of Scgtlan when 17 shepherds perished, and upwards of 30 Tl a- were carried home insensible who afterwards s he recovered. The storm came on about' one or FPr ...

... LO CAL NEWS Mn. H. BaonrnunsT, LLP.-We understand R. I Bao , M.P.-We undersand that 4,$ Mr. H. Broadhurst, M.P., will be ettertained at a vi banquet in January by the members of the Liver- at pool Junior Reform Club. In tb VISIT OS THE MALAGASY Exvoys To Lrvzapoor.. LI -The hlalagasy Envoys, accompanied by their ar suite, will visit Liverpool on Tuesday next. The cs Mayor (Mr. W. Radcliffe) ...

... i - OUR LONDON COSRElPO?mDE ox A . I i. I LowNDoN, TDursDAY Evxuwo. Bishop Benson's app ointment as Primate is the event of the day, He was not the first man thought of. First in the mind of the Premier was Dean Churcb, of St. Paul's Cathedral. No offer was formally made to him, I believe1 but he was sounded as to his readiness to become the chief pastor of the Church and the first subject of ...