... MEMS. ABOUT MEMBERS, Mr. Blundell Maple, whose name is no longer concealed under the Mr. Childwick of former race cards, has a nice place at Childwickburg, near St. Albans. He gave :£13,000 for the place, which is a pleasant family mansion. Mr. Blun- dell Maple is married, and has several children, and he is a remarkably hospitable man, especially when politics are in question. Once Mr. ...

... , - , 1 . - - .1 _- Ox; Thursday another was added to the many historic scenes of which Winchester has been the centre. The members of the Hampshire County Council held their first annual meeting in the Castle of Winchester. It was expected that the Earl of Carnarvon would be nominated for Pro- visional Chairman, but illness prevented his attendance, and Mr. Wickham, the High Sheriff, was ...

... ,ru v n ' . A - ?? i SUDDEN DEATH AT THE RAILWAY STATION.- 1 On Monday evening Henry Carter, aged 60, who e has been for some years in the employ of Mrs. t H. Farndell, The Pallant, dropped down and r expired almost instantly on the Railway plat. form. He had hurried to the station with a o lady who wished to catch the train; and it is believed heart disease was the cause of death. ]k ...

... LOC4L TOPIC.2 -A-I .A .S ?? .a.. t- .- £ - - - -. Tens week a second batch of emigrants to the Argentine Republic left Portsmouth on their way to Antwerp, to join a 1w'orth Geli man Lloyd steaincr, bound for Buenos Ayres. The move. ineut ras excited wide-spread interest in this district, chiefly owing to the nunsorous alarmist letters which have appeared in the colnmns of the Eeniag Nev.& ...

... A Zfousewi/e's Odds and Ends. A cup of strong coffee is an antidote for the odour of onions. Use ammoniia and water instead of soapsudsfor washing marble. Take care of the nows and the by.and.byes will thke care of themselves. Old-fashioned apple dumplings, boiled in a bag, are being revived for dessert. Kerosene is useful in cleauing zine after it has been washed with hot soapsuds. Thorough ...

... Wu. -(D , Gwattte. January 5th.) 'y A1noteworthl cure has just been effected in the family of Mr. Robert Hall Wilkinsou. of 62, Branch- street, Burnley. It was stated ro be cf such a sur. prxitg uand unusual kind that it. was decideed st send one of the staff of this journa! t., nterview the parents and thoroughly investigate the facts and t, present an unbiaseed statemnenit for the guidavce ...

... FARE HAM. Preserit;nrice of the Earl of DurhaZ1's WalISend Coals23s.0 . per ton, delivered, thorotazihly screened. Orders to Wood and CO., West-street. Farehain OUR tlilow rooms are DOe replete with an e:.I ire new Stock (if C00hifiet. 1'phol~stery, carpets, China,l Glass. Eartlhenivate.&c., &c. Thisdav, a Grand Show of Brass I !nd IVOR bLNedrtuaj. Lin)ol-ULo,, &e.-William George Abrahron, Son ...

... NTATIURIE, I'D SCZ A.N CE. | 711e PXP2d,1tcfion Of 1-v.07y'. There are annually hllcid in Africa, a ?? Is irbla of 65,009 elcphant a. yiwdinig i p.-tilitition oi a, and (fUalitity of lait ivory. thue sexlling ;ri~ce oT which rv (read ii sinile zOO,85000. lTit1 quiltuitiv ia )~'iwnA?i to t iet ho Various parts of the wtorld-, to tile Aainuritcanil, the t wi o f n~aopedn, 101.1 the Azianll ...

... THE 1st 1f3talijon South Wales Borclerer ss arrived at Alderahot on Wednesdlay from Ireland. OwiI;N to the continued Dravajenco of typhoid fever in Dublin the despatch of trained recruits :h from the regimental depots to the battalions :r quartered in the city has agaiu bee i counter. inauded by the War Office. le ROYAL MIARINES.-The following proillotiono have talken place in, the Royal ...

... , or To gange the relative progress of the s Apprentice-Students attending the schools of ?? and Science at the five royal clck- of yards of Portsmouth, Pemnbrcke, Ievouport 1 Chathami, and Silcerness. these students are each 1 N year, in Jute. ?? examninied by eminenrt scholars specially sclected for this duty bv ?? to authorities of the R.N. College, (,reenvich ; one on. report of this e ...

... THE JEALOUS tDITOR. ty SEQUEL TO THE SHOOTING AT 4 10 At SO UTHAMPTtON. wst At thae Winclester Assizes, on Monday, w of. William Elenry Curripstcon, 26, described oan the w calendar as an editor. s indicted for feloniously th shooting at ?? Nelson, vvith intent to take bis is' 1ifeZ at Southampton, on the 24th June. 4 e- lhe Hun. Bernard Coleridge, M.P., prosecuted, j ed ani4Mr. Charles ...

... 1 THE SOUTHANMPTON TRAGEDY. I I--- WATTS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. There was sa full Police-court y*'sterdly at DE Southampton, much sensational interest being taken 7 in the charge of murder and arson broo-tit apainst al M Mr. H. F. Watts, a local solicitor. The Slagivirates r present ?? J. H. Cooksey (in thechair), g I)r. AldridgehNeassrs. G. P. Perkins.T. P. Payne,A. t Pegler, and E. ...