... SOME SENSIBLE WORDS FROM SIR M. SOME HICKS-BEACH. I es On Wednesday night Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was the e principal speaker at a meeting of Conservatives and a- Unionists held in the Town Hall, Leamington. Sir et Michael Hicks-Beacb, on rising to reply to a vote of con- le fidence in the Government, was received with loud cheers. ie He said, looking back to the three and a half years of ...

... I onoil 0 1tO, a - - -It-is now scarcely likely that Lord.Salisbury.,will.bo able to receive on the 10th inst., as he had promised, a deputation requesting the Government to resume the Colonial Conference. The abundance of money is shown' by the fact that one of the chief railway companies is now offering 8& per cent, preference shares at a premium, and the offer is only made to shareholders, ...

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... I was early in my seat, for I like above all things to see the motley crowd of sun-burnt Spaniards come- trooping to their national game. I was not in the &osin'ra, or shady seats, for I prefer to take my place amongst the crowd, one of whom I almost am now; and, moreover, what right has a penniless young artist to spend a dollar on seeing a bull fight'? How noisy and hot and dusty they all ...

... A ROYAL PALACE BURNT DOWN. n GR;EAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, le A fire broke'out at a quarter past two on Wednesday n afternoon at the Royal Castle of Laeken, the favourite l- residence of the King of l3P'lgitm, near Brussels. r- When the first news reached Brl'ssels, the King and ie Queen were holding a New Year's reception at the le Palace. The Klig with great courage continued the if speeoh ...

... THE DECLINE OF THE XA&TIONAL LEAGUE. The following oopyof a letter addressed to the secre- tary of one of the suppressed branches of the National League in the County Kerry, corroborates the view that this organisation is beooming greatly straitened for want of funds, though it rends queerly in conneotion with the statement made at the last meeting of the League on Tuesday that during the ...

... ?? w ; - ?? tist When I was a struggling young barrister, iving, for the sake of economy, in my chambers in the Temple, a as somewhat amusing adventure occurred to me. I It happened that I received an unexpected invita- eat tion to eat my Christmas dinner with a rich and testy per old unole-my only male relation-from whom I had lat, once had considerable expectations, but with whom 1 fht had ...

... ,t : MR. S. LEEKE AT- OCKBROOR. _ I . . On Fiday evening a meeting was held in the Scho. room, atOckbrook, for the purpose of bearing an addreis by Mr. 8. Leeke, Conservative candidate for the likeston division of Derbyshire. Mr. W. Mallalieu presided, and despite the very inclement weather there was a good atteudanee amongat those present bring the Rev. R. L. Farmer, Miessrs Thomson, Goodwin ...

... ' ?? INFLUENZA EPIDEMI, DERBY. ?? We4hear of several cases in Derby it which tb-sufferets a re kept to tbeir beds by attacke of infiuenza, but it is Dot cetain that the malady ts of tl e epidemio oharacterit I though all ?? is generally more oriess likely to I spread through the family when it once enters the bonne. QUEEN VICTORIA. I hear, writes a London correspondent of the L.eedsi Mjfeeruar ...

... L ?? E ZE OLERGY AND WAwRIAGE FEES. %- LIMB!sH EDITOR OF THEI DERBY MEWCURy, .. ;. ,l*va been requested by the incumbents In thq u . e*.,eq Derby, Woabmbled this day under the ,teeldvnc~ lo.f e Binhop of Derby, to state on their b ...

... gulumn, rp. Mr. Gladstone will address a political meeting at 1 Cheater on the 22nd inet. I Admiral Sir 13. J. Sullivan, ?? died at Boure-l meuth late on Wednesday night. owing to the absence of members the unnal French Council of Ministers was not held on Saturday, The theatre at Zurich with all the contents was burnt on Wednesday night. -Nobody was injured. The Fife miners, whose wages were ...

... I - - : -RBIPLR -`]WY L-OCAL- nBO*. ?? -us The ordinary meeting was beld on Tuesday. Present: Dr. Mf. Hooper (ohairman), Messrs. Moore, Bmbfortb, Adlington, Stanley, Bowler, Fletcher, Wright, Barton, ,Brksfi.aootkh-Sioneremarks wrere made relatiive to the widening of the road near the railway bridge in Nut- tall's Park. the Clerk being instructed to see Mr. T. Noble on the eubjeot, as it ...