... 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 ...

... 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~ ...

... ON March 1, the annual foregathering of the clan of Welsh residents in London and vicinity to do horour to St. David's Day by wearing the leek takes place; and at the-anniversary dinners it is a mighty curious sight, as Pepys would say, to view each gentle- man decorated as to his buttonhole with the similitude of a leek, fashioned pearl-like, with green ribbons for leaves and a bunch -of ...

... ?? I Wor. Shellets, stonemason, fell Into the Railway Dooec ea Saturday whilst erecting a scaffold. He wau rescued and was but little the worse for his immersion. Gjorge Lenbam, carpentar, has had hs skuU fractured through being knocked down by some deals on board the Whesian barque Kaleva, in the Sir William Wright dry dok. After having his injuries attended to at the In. rnary he was taken ...

... MONDAY. TIrAL SrAKEs.-Silber Horn, 1; Morning Call, 2; esper. 3.l NORT 4BN WELTZ PL&TE.-Miss F., 1; Greek Matd, 2; :Earifa, 3. NORTHERN SELLING PLATz.-Fairplay, 1; Fleta, 2; Glen Ronal3, 3. BATTHYANY STAKES.-Sir Hugh, 1; Tho Wrekin, 2-; Village Boy, 3. TATHWELT, PLATE.-Pegasus, 1; Confiscur, 2. NORTHERN JUVENILE PL&Tz.-Gloriosa, 1; Starting Price, 2; -Highland Schottische, 3. ELSHAN HANDICAP ...

... I 1!Di 'tti . - . t i - Bb~~titct Xtb~o. - George Morland Hutton, of Gate Burton, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of Lincolnshire. The Hon. Reginald Fitzwilliam and the Hon. William n Cavendish left London on Wednesday for the East. 1 Foot-and-mouth disease has broken out amongst sheep at Armthorpe, Doncaster. Lord Auckland's farm pre- v misee are declared free. A A man attempted to commit ...

... HULL AND EAST RIDING COLLEG4 The nineteenth annual meeting of the Hull and Htu Riding College was held at the Hall of the Incorporated Law Society yesterday. The Mayor (Dr ollit) preSided. The Mayor, In movinK the adoption of the report, (whld has already appeared) said that the college was one of the most desirable, and, in fac, essential, public instti. tions of the town, and it was much to ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. I A-- _ A . v- . I __ Lori Waveney gave notioe of a question he proposed to Ir put next Mk~onday, as to the practicahiliay of examining ob luggage on seagoing steamerza before disembarkation, and hi that deposited in cloak-rooms at railway stations and other publio places. The Earl of Carnarvon commented an the action of VV General Gordon in issuing his proclamation as ...

... HOUSZ OF' LORDS. t The Lord Chancellor took his Emat oil the woolsaok at a, quarter-past four o'clock. THE DEFEAT OF OSMAN DIGNA. The Marquis of SALIsnunRy asked if the leader of the Homen had any information to communicate with regard to b recent events in the Soudan ' Earl GRANYVILLE, in reply, rend General Graham's tele- ii graphic despatch, stating that Osman Digna's camp h)ad been taken, ...

... ?? FOR.| - .. il>1.1 {surly to tile' ]|trmird (f (c~cii~ tO the t.r ?? ~ ri 'ii icier0 ¼ J; ' . tj-ltc. at tile 1, 'tlic e i t ; e 1of geintatleii i Ii lI of to ut i e froms go. il r; ?? ; tit'O fot' the'' a o t ol 'i i lt lii tir;- JL;IWtS. ILn not5ar this nt, ?? t inIclit. (if ,e taieti i ni t il ' ?? ; .r.j b~tt (lit,' ?? 'aircC _I ,p illtid n ll ?? it itiitl w 'el ttmbco selett the (els ...

... OPERATIONS IN TONQUIN. I REQUEST FOR MEDIATION. ?? S TfLEUGRA5S.] PARIS, MARCI 15. . l Waddington is reported to have telegraphed from London to the French Government that the Marquis TeetIg bes requested Earl Granville's mediation between France and China. A Cabinet Council was held this morning, at which the position of affairs in Tonquin vas discussed. General Millet is believed to have ...

... THE SOUDAN ' FIRING AT THE ZAIIEn4 SUDDEN ADVANCE 0F TUE TROOP,& [REUmsR's TIELt:eAxl3M.] Firing has already cormmrenced at thle Enrol, All iS troops have suddeely heis 'lo spatelwtl tldtel (, Graham and Stewart, with thb(ir statfI, have germ 5et )..D troops. Eighty artillerymen, 650 waruirn * jackets, and 600 Egyptian soldiers hold Soakimnnr4 According to the later~t (,port$ Osman Dio a about ...