... I - - - ?? L Ltters to the Editor should be wrtten on one side of the sheet only, and in inke. Thae Editor snt epn eA bis for the statessieits and opinsions of correspondent8. (lommunications of an anonymous character will be rejected. EvJory letter r,&55t be accompanied with the proper name and address of the writer thereof, not ssec8auar'I for publicat ion, but as a proof of the Agnescy o ...

... FOREIGN- TELEGRAMS. ina-u'TS TEnaaaARS THE E lANCO-CHINESE WAR. BEPORTEI NAAL ENGAGMENT PARIS, ?RIDAY. X A telegram reeeived from Shanghai of t'-day's i dsate states that a report is ourrent there of a t serious engagement having been fought ofE jfatsou between eome French and Cbhiese ships ' of war. No details aad been received. FRANCE AND MADAASCAR. I T4MATAVr, JANUART 18. The situation is ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN £NEWS, (RE~vjsa'e Te2sanEnAes.) FRANCE. P~ms, Thursday.-The Chamber of Deputies to-day tontinued the debate on the Extraordinary Budget. The -linister of Public Works explained that the works being carried out by his Department had been reduced to what were strictly necessary. They naturally occasioned the present outlay, but ultimate profit from them was zertain. M. Germain ...

... i , I!I~ . I , . I , . , I . .. ,EGYPT AND ;:TET , ~, ?? ,SOUDANO'. I $EYERE FIGHTINGT JNMIE DESERT. GENERlAL STEWART SEVERELY WOUNDED. COMMUNICATION WITH GORDON. - ?? SIR CBHARLES WILSON DESPATCHED TO KHARTOuM, TWO SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS KILLED. LIST OF ]KILLED AND WOUNDED. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. The following despatches from General Wolseley were received at the War Office yesterday Kona, ...

... AYRSHIRE AND WICTOWNSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the members of the Ayr- shire and Wigtownshire Archaeological Association was held in the County Buildings, Ayr, yesterday -Mr PI. A. Oswvald of Ancheucruive presidiog. 2Mr B. NV. Cochran-Patrick, M. P., peente.'i the annual report, which contained- an expression of regret at the death of Mlr Cooper of Failfurd, who, as ...

... ABERDEEN GIrMNASTTrj AND ROWING, CL UB I ANNUAL ASSEMBLY. The members of the Aberdeen Grymnnastic anew Rowing Club held their annual assembly last night in the Albert Hall Buildings, Huntly Street Thor gathering was, as usual, a very successful one,and in- deed it could not be otherwise, seeing that the' arrangements in connection with it were carried out in a manner which, in every respect, ...

... IITrur SCOI'TISH FARTERS' ALLUkNCEI cr CoNEXIIC'1.'CE OF SCOTCH AND ENGLISH ti REPRESENTATIVES. Yesterday a conference took place ih the ra9ice sh H-fotel between representatives of the E nglish and the w Scottish yarmers'Alliancewith the view of formulating w the substance of a bill for the iMstitution of a Land su Court for Scotland, to regulate tilc conditions of gr occupancy, and to deal ...

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... pog. rjiirj & xi.i. CII VUAlIBER1LIN ,A ril l!1M A IANI IL&; rtight the rvight iHoc. John Bright and ltss. ?? eph C1d11,1irlbsiii k1 esident of the t ?? if Tsi-00 40iv~oisd ti~ir nu'al addreesc to C ~~ ~ iOZL~~~ii, and tho spacious balt was t u~e~ver p~irl. Mr. Muntz, MAIP wrote toI 'listth hi~ have kxeu glad of theoiialiyo I uo tvbt wan prveseiited 0,05,hi nldVr~ this, Ih air was ocui' by the ...

... DuonrN, Tosms-tAY-The annuatl meeting of the members of thin association was held this after- noon at the Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts- Mr. Win. Fiudlater, M.P., presiding. There were also present-Messrs. Henry S. Mecreedy (vice- ohairman), Henry A. Dillon, Trevor S. L. Over- end, Win. Fry, ju.: IV. K. Clay, Robert Cour- tensy, Henry T. Dix, John Galloway (President Law Society), ...

... An entertainment by children for children is a novelty In Hull, and it is much to the credit of those ladles who had the matter of arrangements in hand that the drawing-room of the Protestant Hill on Monday night was so well filled with a thoroughly well pleased audience, The first portion consisted of a fairy extravaganza, entitled Beauty and the Beast, performed by the following children ...

... (From the Lonzoat GCac of lst rand!.) 1..DTUDICATfIO-NS IN BANERLTTCV. John William Atkinson. Fourteenth -ra-air.e, N vf Wvortley, L-eeds, grocer andgreenrie..ra Joha William Sowden, Burley-road, Leevs, grccer .s provision dealer. Ambrose Verity, Grang-ecrsceiit, Fuifordutad, 'sc r, horse dealer. John Temple, Ship Inn, Old Saltburn1+1L2S4 licensed victualler. Robert Scales, Tliorzanby, YorkT ...