... D SESTABLISHATENT. It was of set purpose that the riuestion of dis- establisliumenit has been hitlhertoi viewed apart fromr tho cogInate rlie of disendowmont. It vas necessary, hrst of all, to look at thle imain line of defeince, tire inheritance ot our comileon. Christ- ianity which is now being threatened by tire insidious attacks of a tilerverls self-nnsortion. 'L'hero is nothing 2now ill ...

... - . . '. as 1 o r 1.__ Mr Thoimas 7a-lle-y,-Princip-allof the Royal Yater-in- ary College, E dinburgh, In an interesting letter to an Edinburgh paper, says :-The. above query vas sug- gested to my mind by a perusal of the case of the dog who presented hinisticf some time ago at the Charing Cross Hospital foe the purpose of baring his foot, which had becit iisjured, alttenided to. Tises who ...

... (FROMx THE WORLDJ] Lord and Lady Salisbury, who have a family party staying with them at Hiatfield House, are going next week to the south of France, and do not intend to rrs- turn to England till February 17th, when they will settle in Arlington Street for the Session. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland hlam baset staying during the last fortnig-ht ait Treritham, with s large family party,. ...

... L-. - EXPULSION OF A BRI'ISH SUBJECT VRO-M At LDAA SCAR. ROM CoiSF.rocNrwuet OF Tripl 'Ttauc-j 'Tho, expulsiolt ri a -British subject, !,a!faa a fo -gncuntry' is nori an event of oer e'vsa oeelicurnce, especiallytrhen wo have treaties andt conaalat' officers cnniceted ivith that country. A case of this kind has~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. jus occurredi at Madagas-t car i mind as the expelled person ...

... T-1AL Cl4FP. Thriv Home fnr Lost and Starring flogs has been a fanriliia'r institution for more than twNenty years ;blit t it has been recently brought strongly cirder public I atetion by tire lecture of Dr Richardson err the new mrode of kIlngdiseascd nitnarls tihich has beenr brouchit into, action there during it~ present year'. rTh0 Home receives frem sixty to ri hundred inimates; erery ...

... attack'4. U I Afl~ U 'THE Proliiii O Y N Itt' Ilia ]has tl *.sod til ' St (Governor 11121 001 'IIXv a rI 'i rs p)rotest againtd rhl I ilo't i the 1.1; '-vt t oVeilAltlttt B ilk viet ot The i elrnil :IIiI'\OhttItt ill tite ______ ____ f V 1:1'.:: ci: *t.n: triasl B1-t'lhln t!In. tltl- 'ingi ]!] Dr thle I-, Ui.lt ...

... A VISIT TO AN ITALIAN CONYVICT I PRISON. A Naples correspondent of the Daily revs writes .-The group of the Ponza Islands, though only six hours' steam from Naples, rarely attracts one of the many visitors to this city. Only seldom does a geologist complete his collection of plutouio specunens by visiting Ponea, so ich in every variety of volcanie formation, nor do the many remnants of Remnan ...

... LLOYD'S MI.1L AND STEAMSHIJ' Pi,'v3 ,1altitnoroe, DecLitbcr .li,-'The Allan Lit. sttOi c Circa~sian, from Liveirpool, arrived to-day. Deal, D5'oe'miber 31 -'The Castle Nail l'ac!e lI-ta- leu Castle, litu nialpe T1 nit fur London pa'sd, thit Snorlitni., iDcri, !)ocem!)c: .1.-''he Bel-iait Redl Star ,ino stetamer Feonlanld, iMew Y'ork for Anctwerp, passed to- day, anld thod Glen-ii Miao os.;L r ...

... j TERRIBLE FIRE IN LONDON, IFOUR PERSONS BURNETD TO DEATH A fire, causing thle death offot'persofl occurred at 17 Hollis Street,Clr Makt London, last night. It wias discovered just be- fore nine o'clock-. A juan namied Heish, wEiCf was pajssing a~t thle timue, heard' aIrt o e arid met Some boys runnling oct ofI the PL43,aag of the liouge tiintionetl. euivitt them al-ut mian then followed with ...

... 2AirPTYINGC THE CASUTAL .^IkDS CN CIT[hSTALAS EVE. Von wouldot hlke to speind Christnas Day in a I casual ward, nov', wonl y n sir ! ('Oir-itlas Day r in at casual ward iS not a co lisummation desoutly to e lie s'iscdl. Still, theri are not a few who are 6evilutly thankful fir the foclI aod shelter thus v aflordti an Id %iho deeml it better to endure the t ills theli hlaive thai ,ly to ...

... THE COAL LABOUMRS' STRIKE. I -A QUESTION OF DISCHARGING VESSELS. ELLIS & WEABDY V. DAVIDSON AND OTHERS. This case arises out of the Aberdeen coal labourers' strike, which occurred in the month of May, 1883. n It will be remembered that the labourers refused to tr discharge vessels coming into port except at a higher S( rate ofc wages than they formerly received, having such increasecl rate ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS. DflaICLI oF aEXKr M1AmLS FROX NRIC DESTINATIONiS. LuiO;D. MAIL Dpc. ASCelSiO via Dartmouth Jal. S El Jan. 9 Austr1lma, viz.: ViCtorlia,New SouthWalcs, Queenslald, South Austrailia, and Tamiania *.., ., via Briadisi .. Jn. 2 1 Jail. - _netralia (Western) . Do .. .!l ,an. - Bermuda .. via New York .. Jau. 1 1 Do. viatlaifax . Jn 1 ...