... 4A C)r C-.Wf. THE SEASON.-While some districts of England have had a rainfall of four inches in a fortnight, the total fall in London for the same period was less than one inch. Whilst large areas in Somer- setshire, Leicestershire, and Warwickshire have been under water, East Anglian farmers were proceeding blithely with the sowing of barley in that light, dry, friable soil which the beer ...

... ZOKDO? AFONDA7 March 2?. Mr. Matber, Iaberal, was en Saturday . declared elected for the Glorton Disision of c Lancashire by a majority of 84G, he having t lpolled 6,165 votes, against 4,309 recorded for Mr. Hatch, the Conservative candidate. InI ' I886 the Liiberal majority was 457. t ~Both political parties in the Enfield Division X 'took advantage of the fine weather on Saturday t tio ...

... ELECTIONNEW& THIE ENFIEJ2) CONTEST.| Anlother vigorous speech was yesterday de- livered ,to tho operativee; ?? Leek by Mr. Pickeregil, MI.P. Mtiss Onusa Ilso spoke. Botb partie arn desotiug a rat paet of their energyr t the work- mlen, mor so esea thlan in previouseantet, an scsrcaly~lday puuss rithoutaestiay being heldoeseg sdde or the other. It seems probale that ths meo will have a holiday ...

... j fT:Ef3h~TEDl;Y M1ZES coMMirewmi. I Sir Herbert Maxwell took the chair at the third sitting in the present session of the select committee appointed to inquire into the working of the Friendly Societies Act of 1875. THE VOYAL LIVER soCaIETy. Mr. A. J. Foowler, of Liverpool, examined at con- aideraible len-bli said he bad been a member of the Royal Liver rie'ndly Society since 1679. Hetas hon. ...

... GO VERNMENT BAITING. By A SPECTATOR. LAST night's sitting was expected beforehand to be both long and sensational. The Op~tbSitiot1 were determined to debate the Attorney-General. The Governieent had announced by the mouth of Mr. Smith that they meant to take the vote, The rumour had gone round that if they closured the debate the opposition would walk out in a body. But-Government proposes, ...

... TIHE REPORT OF A TEMPERANCE DEPUTATION. The articles and statistics recently published by the Western ittfil to prove the failure (it the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, especially in Cardilfl have caused considerabie excitement amongst temperance men, particularly as the English Sunday Closing Bill is down, fu;r second reading to-morrow, and the promoters of the Irish bill which was reported to the ...

... TIE FOOD FOUCYES OF PARIS. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ADULTERATO'S.FOrE oA'oN the issany promises which General Boulanger made before his recent election was the one that if he came to power he would do away with the Paris Municipal Laboratory. This institution is most cordially detested by the Parisian shopkeepers, because its principal function is to detect adulteration in food and drink, and to ...

... E[ARCOURT v. SALISBURY. On Tuesday evening we had Sir William Vernon Harcourt at the Lambeth Baths and Lord Salisbury at the Watford Agricultural Ball, Herts, both dealing with the political situation from the heights (or depths ?) of pure party animus and antagonism. Both are very clever men, and their performances were con- sequently amusing where they were not in. structive. Of the two ...

... IET l -7 -I- EL E TI O2 11 T E Ll~iGENC E. MIDDLEsEX (-ENsIEL5D DiVIsioN).-Tihc contest for the selection of a representative for the Enfield Division of Middlesex, in room of Viscount Folkestone, who succeeds his late father in the House of Lords as the Earl of Radnor, promises to he a lively one. Captain Bowles, who represents the Unionists, is a gentle. man resident in Eufield, has taken an ...

... IMPEII1AL P, A L1AMENT. (From our later editions -of last week.) HOUSE OF.LORDS.-T11URSDAY. ?? sEx-T or IINTICREST Our5 oF CAPrcrAL.-Lor'd BRIsse- cijaats caled ftatioi toa. astrn reseted lsast sessiona rallitg I te pt3'flfltof ntres ou o capital. He sai th rie' taidii i orerlie no failtated the role- hagof aptalforth ?? Dukeof ?? aclo~tt~iO. wis made withi. thdriea o prmotng ork whch ...

... (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) I WASINGTON, MARCH S, 1889.-Travelling and Iplaying two and three nights in a tow is much more l trying for the actor in America than it is in England. Miss Mary Anderson and her company have been roughing it lately, and the unusual strain upon their physical and mental capabilities has resulted in a com- plete nervous exhaustion of Mliss Anderson, which has kept her ...

... PERSONAL RECOJ]LECT1O?{S I OF MR. BRIGRT? (FIOM A COB D~ Those whbo lile myself have heara ai~i more important speeches delivered by l . Bright during the last quarter of &.Oentnr.: feel, as I do, that his death leavesa.a blaak4 - our national Life which none of us can kope t . see filled, As an orator he st>ood2alne, dowerei uithi gifts the splendour of whieb ss enit cenhanced by their ...