... ! SPEECHES BY THE MEMBERS I I FOR BIRMINGHAM. I Last night a great meeting was held in the Town f Hall, Birmingham, to hear the annal addresses to their constituents by the members for the borough. . The Right Hon. John Bright and the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain delivered speeches offthe poli- I tical subjects of the day, but Mr Muntz, the third: member, being indisposed, was unable to ...

... GLASGOW.RAIN-ING HOME FOR IlURSES. The eleventh annual meeting in connection with the Glasgow Training Home for Nurses was heldJ' yesterday in the Merchants' Ball, West George Street. Dr A. B. M'Grigor occnpied the chair, and amnong the other gentlemen present wvore the, Rev. Dr M1arshall Lang, Rev. George G. Green, Dre Hector C. Cameron, 'Samuel J. Moore, ,J. i I Crawford Reniton, and J. ...

... DISASTROUS FIRES IN GLASGO O COT9§N MILL DoTROYLU. B SEVERAL WORKEROPLE AMISSING. a- An alarming fire occurred yesterday afternoon of in the East End of Glasgow, resulting in the all y but total destruction of a large cotton mill, in es what is feared may be the loss of two or three I lives, and in the more or less serious injury of . several of the workpeople. The Rutherglea ii Bridge Factory ...

... ' In the Divorce Division. on Tuesday, Mrs. Weldon applied to Sir James Hannen to enforce an order of attachment made against her husband for contempt of of court in not obeying the decree she obtained for restitution of conjugal rights. She stated that on the 27th of November, 1883, the Court pro. nonnced William Henry Weldon contumaoious, and in contempt, for not obeying a deoree made on the ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL I l)EEtI IESTABIISHIEL PRESBYTERY'. |Thce lEstalblished Pres,.bytery J, Deer mt:t.\ai vestnrday--the Ries. 1.' (Gruant, Kinirireorlth, I(od,-rator. lITHE c.u.iL-'rA MISSION SCA4r)AI. 'T'he Rev. Mr Spark, Ii)ddamu, moved the adoptioil of the following overture :- Be it humbly overtured to the venerable the Uvneral Assembly of the Clhiuch of SCotlanrd that, in order to restore ...

... TiE 3YZNA.ETE QT1 AG ES. I R~Ep0RTpD yRFSJIAiH T Ih Catrial News States We have . veOT reaoi~n tO belleve, aittlienh the police nuthoritoes absolutely 'ftiss to givr' anly informiation on the subject, that an important arrest, having a cirect bearing ulpon the recent dl-namitconD gei was effected yecstcv-day morning in London. liP to thle present wve have be obtained the following, ...

... IBERDEENHIURE ROADl TRUSTESE THE EXTENSION OF THE WOODSIDE TRAMWAY LINE. As sp~ecial meeting of the County Road Trllstees was held yesterday afternoon in the County Bluildings so consider an application from the Aber deen District Tramways Company for the consent f the trustees toaProvisionalOrderpromotedbysthat company for power, inter alia, to extend the tramway line from Woodside. along the ...

... THE AGITATION AGAINST TRAWLING, DISTURBANCE AT INVERGORDON. TPhesubjectof trawling in the Moray Firth has been much canvassed of late by the fishing population, of the villages along the northern coasts of the Filth and much indignation is felt that no legislative measures have been taken towards a regulatior of the fishing operations pursued by trawlers, Meetings have been held on the ...

... THE CAMP ON THE NILE. STATE OF THE WOUNDED. GENERAL EARLE'S COLUMN IN ACTION. DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. THE FIGHT AT METAMMEH: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. We have received the following from the XVar Office:- elegerau from General Lord Volscley to the Secroatavr of Stuete for TMar. RonTi, TUTuJSDAY, 10,30 r.m. Notes from medical report received from Gabat. General Stewart progressing ...

... BRIETOL SCSOOL BOARD. The monthly meeting was held yesterday at the Guild. hall Offices, Broad street, the members present being Mr. Mark Whitwill (chairman), Revs. Monsignor Clarke, T. W. Harvey, T. C. Price. Miss Emily Sturge, Miss Douglas, Messrs. Joseph Gould, J. H. Woodward, H. C. Perry, T. Thomas, A. Froud, and Mrs. Grenfell. The Scholastic Trading Company received the appoint- ments of ...

... FOUR FISHERMEN DROWNED. The fishing boat Marys, manned by six men, was swamped s. abut three miles from Sitonehaven, and four of the crew were drowned. The two saved clung to oars, and were picked up by another boat. a COLLISION. , Telegrams from Greenock (Jan, 24) report the Mlary Aiming steamer, laden with coal, outward bound, from A1 G;Ssgow for Odessa, whilst at anchor at the fail of the ...

... SECONID EDITION, I THE SOIJTAN. GREAT BATTLE J NEAR METEMN EH. p GENERAL STEWART SEVERELY WOUNDED. 2,000 OF THE REBELS KILLED AND WOUNDE D. THE BRITISH LOSSES-20 KILLLD ANND 60 WOUNUDED. TWe WA.n CORRESPONDENTS KILLED. (it BAT, NEAR MtTEMNEH, 7i(a KORTI, WEDNESDAY, .General Stcwort's force, having pushed on after the battle at Abu lea Wells, arrived at eight eoclock on the rmorning of Monday, ...