... W314AR13KET CHAMPION MEETI.NG. TuESDAY, January 1, aC. , Judge, Mr Gardner. Slipper, B. jeffe.- Newmarket, Monday Ngt'lit. , At the time of telegraphi ig the prospkcz, ?? ceursiog are more favourable than was tie ca-e earlier in the day. Although it is still ireeziug ithe wind has shifted round to the south-west twhile the sky has become clouded, so there is evsry reason to excoect that the ...

... Y, TUESDAY MORING, JANUARY 1. , I The quarterly return of the revenue of the cnited Kingdom shows, for the quarter ended yesterday, that the gross revenue was £21,266,907, being a decrease of £109,427 on ro the receipts fer the quarter ended December31, tl ]SS7. The items comprising this total are:- 9 Customs, £5,516,000; Excise, £7,870,000; h stamps, £2,960,000; land tax, £5000; house we duty ...

... . ELECTION Or A REPRESENTATIVE. mad ?? A meeting of peers for the election' li~ a Tepre- se eentative to the House of Lords in plifee of the late I is Earl of Mlar and Rallis was held .~yesterday in the F. Holyrood Palace. There were seven 'Peers present ~-the Earls of Home, Mar and IKellie, Galloway, ILindsay, and Caruwath, and Lords' Forbes and ?? Balfour of ?? there was a large attend- ance ...

... e, Thursday. d [d The Queen 'Irova sut yasterday afternoon, i re accompanied by Princess Sophie and Princess ldirgaret of Fruesia.-e ?? Epress Frederick walked in the grounds 'I this morning with Princess Victoria of Prussia, 1e and the other apembahre if the Joral Family wnt a d out, I ;t The Dowager Ldy Waterpark has succeeded the le Dowager Marchioness of Rly as Lady-in-Waiting. C of - The ...

... CO UBSING. 61 HAYDOCK PARK MEETIN~G. 6 T~unsDAY, Januery 20. 5 Judge, Mrx J. Coke. S lipper, T. Wilkineoe. 5 The weather was charmingly fine to-day, and ?? s with the programme of an interesting description TI. S it was rnot to be wondered at that the attendance Sa wa gana lre n.The coursing was much 5bwet~tertlabaan teoeigdy n altogethser a 00field. In the Maiden Puppy Stakes Tolerance was ...

... - = - ?? DIONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1889. dinner of the Irish Liberal UnioR. In replying to the principal toast of the evening, he gave a denial to the statement made in the telegram from the Lord Mayor of Dublin in reference to Mr O'Brien, and explained the steps that had been taken in connection with Mr O'Brien's prison treatment. He also maintained that hewas not fighting the cause of Iriah ...

... ,WEST OF SCOTLAND TACTICAL I SOCIETY. 1I. eSIR WILLIAM CXU1NINGHAM-NE ON DRILL gri OF INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. ha call A meeting of the West of Scotland Tactical thi Society wee held in the rooms, 166 Bath Street, on wva 0 Thursday night, when Drigadier-General Sir ase r' William Cuninghiame, commander of the Clyde e Volunteer Brigade, delivered en address on the (i f Drim of Infs~ntry Volunteers ...

... COUP. ILNDON OORRESPONDENCE, 65 FLanT STRaET, th r; Friday Night. ol- The discovery that Mr Gladstone's letter to sti I Signor Riso is dated the 15th of November last IC i knocks on the head quite a number of ingenious 1 sh theories which had been formed as to the special purpose which the writer had in view. But eih people are asking to-night what Mr Gladstone ye meant by saying that the ...

... GERMAT 81R Sli IoBMTItfI ceg IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. at e The follewing ?? has been sap. c plied to us - an Sir,-I sheould be obliged by the publication of aer the siacloied; Coftspoaiicd-L l' UV, ir, -Your e obedt.'eert', ?? B I) ms 'of I P9terburbF, Dec rL rol, amh RODT MoBER To COM THa B-TSXLCk ise BritSh Embasy, ere ' St Petersbliur, December 19. og I Monsieur IS Ccmtr, ...

... it ''WERS TO THE EDITO1R. he c-'GOVAN ELECTION. 11V Sin,-! have been much struck with Mr Johnk of Wilson'n'e addriessR to the electors of Govan as pub- Cer limhed in the Hererftt. It vseeni to me tire very By lnacn 'f egotism, and I doubt if it could be moitehed ad in the literature of cle-tic-n palitice. It extendis to !n. twelve paragraphe, or fifty-seven linssof your adver- ofcsnelanls; ...

... lDEGISTRARt-GENERAL'S RETURNS. rho weekly return of births, deaths, and mar- riages in the eigst principal towns of Scotland for the week ending Saturday, JAU. 5, ?? death-rate in the eight principal towns during the week ending with Saturday, January i, 1889, was 23'6 per thousand of estimated population. This rate is 35' below that for the corresponding week of last year, but 3S3 above that ...

... : LOCAL AOVERNNMENT -q I COTLA.ND. Last nig, under the auspices of the Prtlc , idberal Ulnionist Asociation, Mr W. C. Siaith, advocate, delivered an address in the Burgh 4all, Whieinb, en Local Government in Scotland as it is and fa it Should be. Sir Andrew Maleani proided, MAd among ethers present ?? I (aird, Beami Alexander, ?? Dansken, ?? D. T. Coiquhoon. Major H J Robinson, Captain ...