... MR BRIGHT'S ILLNESS. Our Rochdale correspondent says that yesterday evening Dr. Elayle gave some important particulars respecting Mr. Bright. Considering the long illness he had gone through the doctor was of opinion that he had borne up wonderfully well, and now his general condition was good. The severe attack on Sunday seemed to have relieved the system. It was a serious attack, but it had ...

... AND JOUUNAL TESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888. BIR2INGITAM AND DISTRICT AL &NAC |K. WITH THE BIrMINrGHA1M D-AILY PrSo . AND JO UBRNAL OF SATURDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 8, WHML BE PUBLISHED THE OFFICE SHEET ALMANACK FOR 1889. THE AIMASACE contains, in addition to the VaMsl in- formation given in publications of this kind, a List of the Monicitnipaand other lublic Officers of Biraingham and of the Towns of the ...

... At the Middlesex Sessions, yesterday-befoie Mr.Warry, Q.C.-John Blum, 40, described as an engineer, was indicted for stealing from John iiillingworth Puncheon the sum of £10. by means of a trick Mr. Slade Butler, with whom was Mr. Woodgate, prosecuted; Mr. Ratton I appeared for the prisoner.-The prosecutor, a gentleman formerly employed in the Civil Service and now living at Hayes, advertised ...

... AND JOUNAL TMAYDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1iS& The Houe of Commons met shortly after twelve in o'clock yesterday, and, as there were no questions upon the notice-paper, immediately went into Com- pi mittee on the Scotch Estimates. Mr. EsSi-sssce r m resumed the debate on the vote for the Fishery Board. Colonel TAI. ...

... GLEANIGS. it is proposed to giveMr Gdes. mlp. pension of £700. a year. r Sra I The Americans claim the credit of having intro the electric-light on heard men-of -war. A negro in North Carolia recently took his ride. ItVras also his last. Hediedfromi frigaht, t A Montana jury was fined £1L each for verdict that this jury do hereby agrewe tc disaZe+, & There is now a sort of Rnssian coloeny, ...

... THE PROPOSED INCORPORATION OF ASTON A. meeting of the Aston Loa Board was held last evenIng, at the Public Buildings, Albert Road, under the presidency of Mr. W. Unite.-The Highway Committee recommended that the salary of the assistant surveyor be ineased to £65. per annum, to take effect as from January next; but on the proposition of Mr. PL&Tr the matter was referred back for further ...

... TFIE S}MITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Twe nioetv-flrst annual cattle show of the Smithfield ^ei. suil be inauourated to-day at the Agricultural Hall, i->or.. It is likely to prove one of the finest exhibitions e .i Lon'adon. As regards the cattle, the Devons are *:eer a very numerous class, but this year there is a slih-oqumentation of numbers. The aggregate of Here- ford, shorthorn. and Sussex ...

... | I _ I ?? El;UlW'5 AGSomi RUMOURED CAPTURE OF EMIN AND STANLEY.1 CAmo, Dse. 14. u The letter received by General Grenfell from Oimais Digna scontains details of the surrender to the Madists of the Equatoria Province and the capture of Emin Palsh and a whit travellerh atd lnclmndswaeSOal0Y of a letter addressed to Ehalifa by the dervish leader at Ldo, giving the date, of the .drreder rAA ...

... (SEASIDE LODGING ROUSES &AN 11I THE Ho usEDTY. o DEPUTATION TO MUt. GbsCIa r An important deputation. inclading rer I tires from most of the large .vatine plF,, 4i a 1on the Chancerior of the £:claturer a. % I 'et of Commons ilst evening, Lord EdWa * dish. Mr. Bowen Rowinnos, the joe. GC ca- Sir Tindall Robertson, Mr. M *s-e. SIr F r It mere, Mr. Seals Hayne, Mr. Appg Gardr tL- aother members ...

... I CABNiAflVNOXSL-^MrL W- AL Darbshbire hasl iss ued au address for the Liandwrog and GLynnog, I)istrict. -oaisxmin-Mr. U Tomlnto, j.P.. of Qintr&i Latbonm. has Condeaod to b' a candidate for thia divisionL A deontatiom waited upo LE d Sir Jobn¶L~bbOek yesterday to sk t1-X to heeo candidates for the jpepentadua of the City of London in the CountyCounl. Bth genleme consented to stand. . ...

... ITHE GREEN SIDE OF CHRISTMAS, I .- _. I There is no more pleasing feature in our Chtistines celebrations than the timehboouiredE custom of decorating our churches and houses with holly, mistletoe, and other enrgreean. Dame Nature has of late years robbed as of that carpet of sndw which uted to throw such a spirit of poetry and glamour of romance over the season, bit we still fortunately cling, ...

... TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN LIVERPOOL A WOMAN &ILLED6 A ?? of gas occnured Iast night, in Liverpool, whioa unfortunaey resulted in t death of a woman, and the total destruction of Meser. Boddinuton's beerhouse, 16, Eldon-street, Vaunahil-road, occuned by Mr. Gardner and his wife. The premises in question stand among a lot of old property-on one side cottage houses, and on the other a court, It ...