... THE STATE OF IBREAND. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. The National League Conventions are to be held at Naas and Maryborough on the 8th and 15th of this month. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien are expected to attend. FORTHCOMING EVICTIONS. At Kilrush Quarter Sessions, yesterday, nearly eighty ejectment decrees were obtained against tenants on the estates of the Marquis of Conynghaia, Lord Leconfield, and ...

... The oldest Cabinet Minister is Viscount Craubrook, ?? Lord President of the Council, aged 74; the youngest is the Right Hon. ArthurJames Balfour, M.P., Chief Secretary for Ireland, aped 40. The oldest member of her Majesty's Privy Council is the Right lon. Lord Cottesloe. aged 90; the youngest the Duke of Portland, aged 31. The oldest duke is the Dukeof Cleve- land, KG., a-ed 85: the youngest, ...

... VESSEM LNTERED INWARD& LONDON - CUSTOMY OUME : et. 29 dag, 3 Danztg, U. Tier, & nmer, Beanett at Breter; Queen osf the Westk Messina. FenniaWharf, Nelson and Sos City of Breimela,5, Bmae . d Wharf, Thomas and Sons ; St. Analrew, XI', YT., Thama haven, Holland and co.: Orion, a, Ontend, St. -.Wharf, Hackett, Atiuender, and ;.; Fasiltuibo, a, reytown. &ct. t.V.D., R.ULS.Y .Co.; Era, Si Hatre, ...

... LOIWONY -YONDAY, January 7. a The evictions on the OlDhert estate were re- sumed by a body of two brundred military and police at .Ardmore on Saturday. At tswo houses des-aerate, resistance was offered. Frcen both, stones wexe hurled at the evicting party, and in one case scalding water was also thrown out of the door. The emergency men were eventually successfuaand sevcral arrests were nmade. ...

... Meeti ?? sociatiou, Uniersity College,, r Gower-street. S; Deputation to L-Ord Salisbury Oi is National Defences, 3oreign Oace; London School In Board, Victoria Elbskmsnlt, 3. trat Lectures.W. Saundrs on Why AMemico, Lambeth are Zoturescal de8 i 4 eef dpk fo 9 ,lr3 trm Baths, 8.30W; T. Muyon The Paroahute, Balloon Society, St. J31mes's Hall, 8. 'The 3ishop of Brisbane-Farewell service, St. ...

... TI [IS MORN ING'S NEWS, TO-DAY'SLONDON PAPERS. THE POSITION AT SUAK1IN. I (510SMOINGe POST TELEO;tA) I uiussn, Sundsy.-The cenustrneticu of the forts is proceeding with considerable rapidity. A mitlazim of Osinan Digaa, who has d-eseried, states that the messenger who broucht a post froin Khartoumn three dave ago had rep-itel t-iaving | seen, before leaving- Xhartotun, a PIa:la with I ...

... 7Y'? £'row-iaors viii J?cI obAy#? I i'y be?nu fflorfl?a ?? t7,J/ (lI/iiLdiy ?n yr any lrr?9ak1rtey ii? tiw of t/h LIgi?Ij? .?tEiicUiIY o-r of Ike 1%iAJ JiLL §i'PLI?2IfJ.N2'. lifE LEEDS ME?CUI{YI ?? 1'EI)0E?7D$ Ya Janu7ary 2,l, 1889. AT the Niew Year's reception at Berlin, thei Esnpes'r Wilbans singled out severalI personages, and addre.lssed a fewv words to, theml but it is net believed thlat ...

... LOCAL AND G.EN?:RAL Her 2fnjeety the Queen has forwarded £5 to the - 'York subserijihon ?? for the xxddow ot 1'rreate tel tlluel 1)0111' p. 0110, ?? being burnt I 0114 a week, avas drowned it Y'oi Ic a Leo' 102 Ill I go iii a gallant attettl p t to 5:1 Ye ?? ?? ?? a ?? 111 ILl the ilvee Foss. 'liLa hake of Cambridge antI Lord ?? Clienellill tire among the subscnh'es. YOIOKS:yI RE 'PIrA' NI go ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN NIEWS. THlE DEFENCE OF SUAKIN. SUBMISSION OF THE CHIEFS. i (FROM A SPECI~tAL ORRESrO2NDEN'r.) SuPIiN, Monday Esvening-Eveiy day Low brings - fresh evidence of the wvaliing power of the dervishes in the Eastern SOndLLan, caused by their recent defeat, aild the Sirdar's proeclamnation with which it was so judiciously followed. To-day Abd-el-Kader, Sheik of the imnortaut I1audab ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OFFICE, SUNDAY MORNING. YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE GERMANS FIGHTING IN SAMOA. I TWENTY SEAMEN KILLED AND 30 WOUNDED. AuCrLAND, Saturday.-News received here to-day from Samoa announces that the captain of the Ger- mran warship Olga landed a party of 120 men to assist Tamasese in his struggle against Metaafa's forces, and in the fighting which ...

... THE PPROVINCES. DUR11AM.-ALLEGEtD MURDER AT SUN- DERLAND.-John M'Donald, aged 14, was charged at Sunderland, on Tuesdaly, with the murder of James Moore, aged 15. Hud- son Simmons, a boy, and William Lambert Warren, another boy, said that on Monday night they went with the deceased to a public-house to pa y some lodge-money, and outside the prisoner and some other boys challenged them to fight ...

... r I ,THRILIJNG EX ARTiECE OF A i' CUNARD S.S. COMPANY'S s I ENGINEER. A leading Livorpool daily paper says: 'A daty or two ago a gentlemau, while in conveesgtion with a prominent army offlicer, was made acqnniated with O a most thrilling experlence of one of 'tihe oldest q engineers in Liverpool. The name of the latter k gentlernan is Mr William Euchanan, who, upon being visited made the ...