... I C 0 UR) LONPN COMRPONDMITCE. I F j ~~Losroose, Morn.mkv Ermsss. The: old year is dying quieitly, amlid gentl r moaning froni a ?? east irind. With the end aiof the Christmas season lhas come the dulness , which alziost invariab ly precesdes the new rear. ;;Nothing sees t be ov.ing exme~pt the clock. Even business is not mrovring to-day. The Stock ?? s nearly idle, and most of the shops 1 ...

... I THE YEAR 188. 1 SUMMARY OF EVENT. | ,a few houZ the year 1884 will havc 1 completed a not exceptionally eventful exist- f rnceo. Although there may never occur a anything absolutely new, each period of t tvrelve months discloses special features q rnwich, al all events, serva to mark it in c history. Conspiracy is as old as hunan ¶1 society, but we shall hereafter have to recall -. that in ...

... 1FouR YEARS OF, Li`nr onnm. O rd ednesday evening Mr. F. Corbett delivered a lecture at 10 the Guildhall, the siubject being ''Four Years of Liberal r- (Iovcrinment,-Canoit Melville presid, and said that ho - ry hail aceeepted thle past with consliderable hesitation, '¾, believing that the profession to which lie. belonged ouieht 50 very rarely, if ever, to intermix wvith aniything clint ...

... A despatchl from Sir E Baring respecting slavery in Yffl Egypt wvas issued on Saturday among ths Parliamentary r. apers. Hle says that after careful consideration he is of 1e opition tlmt it would not be possible to abolish slavery by 3- Ka 1h6dival decree or by a convention. Slavery does so not exist in Egypt by virtuoof any act of the Executive ci overnment. It is recognised by the ...

... TiRE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. The Wesleyan Conference was resumed at Burslem, on Saturday-the President in the ?? Rev. R. Green presented the report of the committee appointed to consider the relation of baptised children to the Church. The return showed a very large difference between the numbers of children baptised and the numbers who were afterwards members of the Church. Of 1,017 baptised ...

... GLEA.NINGS. ?? >~t i ~ a. ?? . _ 5_ 0 In Kent, Surrey, and Hants excellent wheat crops are r expected. e Mr. Adam Chadwick, a well-known poet, died ?? B on Friday. 9 The Opera House in Paris is illuminated by means of r electricity. An exhibition of oil paintings and other works of art was e opened at Scarborough on Friday. f A serious fire occurred in Canterbury on Friday, caused by the ...

... , ACCEPTANCE OF'THE CHILTERNI HUNDRIEDS. Mr. Bradlaugh Ils made ties following statoment to a, representative of the Prese Association':-In tho House last night it was made a charge that there wee, to use the words, of one mnember, la plant, and to uses the words of another, that there wee a conspiracy between myself aed thle Government ase to whet should happen. There is nlot a word of ...

... [RMTER'S TELEGRAMS.] PARLIS, January 15.-Tbe 1FPigaro believes that the visit to England and France of the two Attachls of the Chinese Embassy to Spain and the United States has reference to an offer made by the American Government to use its good offices for bringing about an understanding between France and China. The United States Government (adds the journal) tooni the initiative in this ...

... ptII AFT L&ST MN-I}T. ,I LOX~, r thoBODS ?? Seat on thle seoulsitek at ii Itfll Orcloeck. .. il 110111, he ecndreading iti llttilittillilli Ac A endo 11v0 wich was to short.1al11 re the objoco j'ris(ln'tol1w ?? by II ,511niry ajil its Oil tile 11011cc ill the Itit-lde. ?? casel of obstrocting- those f ?? cIi'CIt ,I Udr u Ircc ii hr a. ?? evited that. sel, 'o arssauts lxC (iIhe delt ti~ ...

... ' THEE 'AERICAN FINANCIAL0$;' i.0:l: el.0: - C ISIS. : - 0- : ' 'vi IOE.AILURES, rNNE opK. 0 TEW YORK, MAY 15. Teleg rams ftom all platrts of the country show little At apprehension. of the effect of yesterday's failures uponci CO' other balitkl., The feeling. here is thai the worst is now l over. The Committee of tho Clearing House sat until a ayi late hour last night ioordbr to investigate ...

... THE ATTORNEY.GENERAL ?? BRADLAUJGH. In the Lord Chief Justice's Court, yesterday, before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Grove, Baron fluddleston, and a special jury, the hearing of the case of the Attorney- General r. liradlaugh was resumed. This was an ex-qfctio information hy the Attorney-General against Mir. Brad- lnugh, MLP. for Northampton, to recover penalties upon the ground that ...

... cY Th DdailayYews Naples correspondent says :-The trial of t-c of Blisdea, which commenced on tho 19th inst., has continued be all the wcek, and it will be probably still so61e days before St the verdict is pronounced. The court is crowded daily. l~ Contrary to tlre nsual oustom, the prisoner, instead of tr er sitting in the common dock, is placed in an iron cage, da n- exact~y like that of a ...