... FIgi3n,91amw fflau. it AND JOURNAL, SATURDAY,, JANUARY 1, 1887. THE WEEKLY POST. To-day, James elueenwoot (the Amateur Casual) cemmences a Series of Sketches- OUB SATUJR DAY N .LHTS. To-clay, a New Novel, 'MABK STEDMAN'S WIFE, by the Au;thor of Atherstone Grange, is cOrnMn71Ced. On 5atutrdayy Next, Ealtley Sarrt's spirited Novel, A FALSE START, will be conmenced, The marriage of Mr. ...

... I I i . 1 M u ?? I ! .11, .A. CC I P 'TEikM1NElRS KILLED IiD' A.'-RREST F' 'TE ENGN A Late onwhursdarnight ter.:mineri,.who habd beenit~orki; ,ig: at the Houghton hlain Colliery, about five milee'fomli Biarnsley, were killed. in conseiqueno- of the bskig o2 -the wrleo rope by-which they. lwero being drawn to the ?? face. The'nmen had worked the ordinary aftcrnoopl- #)itt and got into the ...

... I NOriCES TO cORWlSPONDZI'rS.-AiI lttras nllenderl for publication mastcbe accompanied by the ntame and address of the writer; not necesarily for publicatioa, bsut for the (nfornrateon of the BEitor. When answers to questions are not given in the course of a dav or two, the quletioners cvili eelessc to uaderetinad that we are tenable to supphl the ?? asked for. W1e cannot reiura rellectool ...

... PARLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT, 110(182' u1'7 LO.RDS. The Lord Chancellor teo! his seat ou the woolsaok shortly Aiter four o'clock. ;NSV PEER. Tar!l Barring~ton was introdiuced by ~Lord ltowton and Ttd ...

... | BIR. J. MORLEY ON THE ORIMES BILL. A meetingi of the Council of the LondtsnLibt?5al ad ?? was held lastovening, at the Memorial Hell, Farringdon Street, under the 'presidenloy of Mr. John Molr1v, M.P., for the consideration of certain proposed altora ions in the rules, The chairmain was snpiportcd eq *the platform, amongst others by Sir WIV. B. Gprdon, Profestoi Stuart, U!P. Mr. ?? ...

... * The London correspondent tof the Sotsman says:_ air; Chamberlain and Sir George Trevelyan have, so to speak, presented an ultimatum which must be met with some concession from the other side before the conferenc, can take another practical step. Whether this concession twill he made does not yet appear. There is little doubt, I believe, that whileo Sir William Harcourb is willing to move ...

... THE UNIYNERSITY ClRWS. The, current month has not been favourable to the rowing fortunes of the Cambridge University Boat Club. They have been waiting since the early part of the term for Diuttlebury to recover from a strain and to take his seat. He was expected to be able to do so by the middle of Februarxy, at latest; but the end of the month has all but arrived, and it is now announced that ...

... I|~ Last evenine an adjourned meeting of the General and Augmented Committees, appointed to carry out the neces- sary arrangements for tho suitablo celebration of the Queen'6s jubilee, was held in the Town Flall, Sutton Cold- field thd Mayor (Alderman J. B. Stone) ?? Mayor introduced the question of a permanent memorial. The important point was one of permanent maintenance, and while giving ...

... AND JOURNAL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1887. I The Lords met yesterday at a quarter past four o'clock, and adjourned athalf-past. TNebusiness transactod was of a purely formal charactor. In the House of Commons, yesterday, among the notices givon was one by Mr. SEXTON to call attention to the recommendations iade by the Commission of Enqtiry 4imto the Belfast Riots, and another by Mr. PiToxoN ...

... AND JOURNAL. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1887. I - At Ronnington Oval, on Saturday, in the foot- D ball match England v. Wales, Association Rules, fc England won by four goals to none. le The southern counties cross-country champion- C ship was won on Saturday, at Kempton Park, by ol the Fincllloy Harriers, Spartan second, South London third. m A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the B Foreign ...

... TILE ADULT SCHTOOL MOVErJET.-OU Saturday night the annual meeting for the distribution of prizes to the Imembers of tieolonal Adult Schools took plaeo in the Town Hall, when about 500 members eat down to ten, which was provided by hvr. A. 1B, Smitb, and were waited upon by a number of ?? tea and singing and prayer, Mr. Blackburns said they all must be proud to belong to such a large body of ...

... UEDOy GOSSIP. . - but littlo hlloof arriving at any fair settle- buth beniui t accoUntS of tilo crowned beads of r ' r ip Allianlce, so eaiterly desired by one . cei ° a ncas of getting over finanoial liffioulties, ,oe'elI by tlhc osheis for the obligation imposedl of 0 f;lae` thirlb cr o bankrtiiit, is dlayod. Thc journalist rt 1' irI teen csnsulted by interviewers of mnany . r '3jtis le is ...