... The falling off in the number of recruit who have been enlisted in some districts during the plst two years is, obserbes the Army anset NavU Gaz-ettse, a matter for serious cons'iderationi. It contracts the output to nearly 10,000 below the average of fairly goad years, and ?? the returns show a total strength in ex- cess of numbers existent m former yearN, still the draining process is ...

... | A correspondant of the Globe, writing front Pansma, November 30, ?? adverse opinions now prevailing in Europe ?? this stupendous work afford an excellent oppor- tunity for an unprejudiced report, derived from facts gathered by actual observation on the spot. I confess what I saw at first from the car window while crossing the isthmus by railways seem to confirm the reports I had read from ...

... THE BIRKENHEAD COUNCIL AND ' THE LATE MAYOR, I A meeting of the Birkenhead Town Council was I held yesterday at tbe Town Hall, The attendance of members was large. idn the motion of Mr. T. H. Jackson, seconded by Alde-man Evans, Alderman Deakin waselected chairman of the meeting. Alderman DE&Kss on takinz his seat, said- Gentlemen, this being the first time that the Council has met rdnce the ...

... - O LrrnmxaxA~ .-Tbe monthly meeting of this CY board was held last night at the offtices, Seftun- ct road, Ltcherland. Mr. A. D. Golding presided, and there were also present Major Dry, Mesars. F4 Webster, R. Birch, J. Clay, and a. Jackson.- a The medical officer reported that the number of Df births registered in the district for the month ending the 25tD nlt. was 12, and the number of ir ...

... CHRISTMAS IN AUSTLIA, The Vienna correspondent of the S'arfr4 telegrapbing on Monday night. says :-Thar SZS should be on the ground at Christi n : general ride in this country, but to-day wes had splendid spring weather, vhich ma ...

... COURT NEWS5 &c, Onersi HianwIkm}umoumedwilmaks ht. %,guce 3% Depevv 'SI-sdo =2t1luei t.W England. It is ated that Lord Radolph Churchilla approaching shat to South Ameroa is made pairtly fromn personal conidertions o health. and part~ly from a desire to withdraw imself from stiV6 poltil e for a few months. As at present aRranged1 the noble lord will remain abroad until w~ell into Msay. ME. ...

... ECCLESIASTICALL INTELJIGENCE. PRwEFERMENTS AND APPOINTMKE:NTS. Aldhain, ltuv. Vernon fiarcourt., M.L, rector of flocountoc and Bradoc; honorary canon of St. Win- waloe in Traro Cathedral. Athil3, Rev. H. ; rector of Digswell, Herts. AIles, Rev. H. H. B., late curate of St. Sepulchres, Cambridge; rector of Horniugses, Cambridge. Buckle, Bev Canon George, 3A. ; precentor of Wells Cathedral. 1 ...

... I CHANCERY OF LANC.ISylp,- I DiDYTTE.- AZ. I 1 PPJt>D~xY NiOVEMLER z., 1 BSO32 TVL aSLOo,, -.1 , SPECULATIONs IN Tl.' Co' ;, KxswcanODV. PainsWF-Ti > * -5. i to enhorce a notice expelllt tcef: , I Drysdale Porteous, truona ? -t ' - to ' ir Porteous and Co, cartin Of t$ as corn merchants, at a_, i-tn-- - k - the ground of breech of r, 6'xr Mr. Rotchaond 3r. Ark'e ?? : h Barrell. Rodway , andi ...

... A MEW KINGDOM. The Hong Kong Tegeq anh of Nov. 21 says- If many a man out here in the Far East wrote his own history, even with a moderate adiherence to the truth, it wvould make unusual reading. For i romantia adventure, however, the at present t principal guest at the Hong Kong Hotel far excels the average a-lventuter, Captain Mayrena, late of the French Cavalry, a veteran who passed not ...

... WEST DrERBa (Sourasie DTss-cs).-A meet- eing of the West Derby ;Section of the Bootle s 400washeld at the Assembly Rooms, Old Swanz, on Saturday evening, when Mr. Topp was 1 chosen as the Liberal candidate for the Southern Di3' sion. Mr. H. W. Meade-Kingactedfs chair- omin, nd the meeting was well attended. Among ;thotpresent' were jthe Revs. J. H. ;Becke, George i ?? :a ,5ree~s,' and ...

... j 'oCHRISTMtAS PUBICAIONS. | TE^NTH NOTICE. re anntual volume of The Woman's orld (Cassell and Co.), in its pretty light 0cver, decorated in red and lettered in jol ?? a handsome Christmas giftbook. ;I the monthly numbers have been duly ;o.1cel by as on their appearance, there is no for detailed description. We may say that probably no mnagazine has ret been able to plce before its readers ...

... - ?? E-arl Spencer on.Saturdayunveiled the memorial I tablet of a new Liberal club at Rochester, and I addresed a crowded meeting afterwardw in the . Corn Exchange. I The noble Earl said be was proud that not only I his family traditions and canneotions but his c convictons made him join the Liberal party, and I he was proud to have twice servedin the Govern. - ment of the great leader of the ...