... Lionnox, Friday Night. As a social event, the farewell banquet to Mr. Phelps, the American Minister, at the Mansion 'House, last night, was a triumph; and, seeing the unanimity and enthusiasm which characterised the proceedings, it is strange that so much criticism upon the whole affair is to be heard in various directions to-day. This simply goes to prove how deeply the treatment accorded to ...

... . THE ELECTRIC SUGAR BU3BL I IN=T'RVIW WITH Mm ROBERT& Mr. R. Roberts, who sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 4th inst. to investigate the ci te connected with the collapse of the Electric Sugar Refining Company, returned to Biiingham on Monday, having arrived that morning from America on botsd the Gallia. A representative of the DLigy Phes saw Mr. Roberts yesterday. Though evidently ...

... SHIPPING ANLD MAIT NEWS. ADnx, January 2L-The M.M. Oceanien, with in- ward mails from New Caledonia, Australia, and Mauritius, left for Port Said and Marseilles. The N.G.L Hohenstaufenarrived. Au2xAxuDzu, January20.-ThelM.M. Iranuaddy, With inward mails from Japan, China, BGtaia, &c., left for Marseilles. BoMB.AY, January 21.-Tho Hall Locslsev Hall and Worsley Hall arrived. The P. ...

... I throm te FOrl] Prince Alexander of Battenberg is now staying at Venice, whence he will proceed to the Riviera1 and it is probable that he wl pass a fortnight at Bianrrit during the Queen's visit there. Lady Frederick Cavendish has been stsaying during the last fortnight at Tliornhorough Hall, YrKahie, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dundas. The earest wish of the Duke of Edinburgh is to be ...

... 1)NDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, Monday Night. 1 1.~ le tl aitltin!lt as well as in London ?? beett ;; jahat as much startled as it C ' ?? shockedl by the attempt of two N or-i ns--the Cologne Gasztte, ?? ?? -t fcstn uplon Sir Robert ?? ,- .; psit c!a'Ze. that the letter he has 1. ?? . i' s really tle composition of _Ot 1r Er'ilislunan. Your readers, , . ...

... 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 ...

... P¶OPOSED SALE OF THE ADVOWSON OF eTOI~ON-TRT. The announcement that application will be made to Parliament in the coming session to sanction certain proposals for dealing with the rectory of Stoke-on- Trent having given rise to much comment, the rector (Sir L. T. Stzmer, Bart,, Bishop of Shrewsbury) has addressed a letter on the subjet to his parishioners. He s&%s the rectory of Stoke seems to ...

... I NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.-AU Wtrs ?? for ?? mut be amywnid by the ymsse end amress ofte -iterm: nt neassrily for pubtiatie, but for the Wfoniation of theditor. When ars-wee to queston are not ?? in tu eoers of a day or two, the queationrs oi pea to urderot td tA we are -anal, to mpply the inotion asket for. We cannot reum rdedascoreuzieati& I S., Dawley.-No rent is due. A. ?? ...

... ITIE IRISH AND TEE AMEBIC coMMo-NEALTH. A letter from Mr. Godwin Smith, dated Toronto, December A8 is published in the Times yesterday mr-- ing. In it he says :- In the admirable work of my friend Professor Bryce on the 'American Commocn- wealth,' there are one or two statements in relation to ncurt events, the accuracy of which I venture to Tom- tion. Mr. Bryce thinks that the events of ...

... tJ7.' iNG, xAGEMENT AT SUAKIM. Til E ?? . _A 'T., 1honwioe CGzette contains a despatch from .-1;crlral Dormer, commanding in Egypt, to ?? i.Zeretal a of State for War, dated Cairo, Int'csl'i 2S forwarding Major-General Sir Francis toil'Ai' despatch from Suakim, giving a detoiled ( ,,ant io the operations resulting in the attack on -,rvishes' position and the trenches outside hon th 20th ult. ...

... 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, ...

... In the Queen's Bench Division, yesterday, the hearing of the case of Clement Crowther, trading as the Whit- tington Patent Hforse-nail Company, at Stourbridge and .Iidderminstor, vcrsu Berger, Spencend Company, of Manchester, came on for hearing. This was an action against the defendants, as agents for the plaintiff in Lanceshire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, for having sold goods to one William ...