... IN? THE ABBE Y THIE scene in Westminster Abbey yesterday, when'one of theitwo Victorian poets was laid'to rest among his peers, was less splendid, of course, 'than the last great ceremony held there.; but it was in many ways very impressive and interesting. There was:!a spirit of high and :noble 'things, in the. place and circumstances,:of Mr. .BROWNII',G'S funeral, of which even the most ...

... I IN ATTACK OF I2NFLUENZA. A Hatfield Correspondeit, writing at 2.30 . p.m. yesterday, states tlat Lord Salisbury is AP Ith econfined to his roomi with -a very severe cold, i which first-showed itself on his 'return to Hat- X 'no field after his visit to town a week ago. Dr. ,b- Powell, who has been recommended by Sir B led William Jenner, is in attendance upon the to- Premier, who is behig ...

... n Mm- PkDMX1O nAIMJSO2 ON ROBR!T 1. ~DA°MM'N'a1 Mr. Preauie Harrison, in the course of an address in couunenzoratioi of the dead, which. he de- livred last night before members of the London Potitivist Soeiety and others, at Newton Hall, Fetter- lane, said there was one side-though it was the only aide-whereon the thoughts which that day must bring, must reveal to them the cruel aspect of ...

... MESflG% o S.X I d~, 7F-:PUXo.: e Ea ;. 'o ?? ?? ; id ' a L ?? : -2 i bt-helzwr moutt aotinokdex tth~ar moidtt ?? aWles. a p, heefdcigna ?? we was byth !4 fi 6no tZ Z tali I Ier bette men ?? by the bthnnel t he unairope woulr d era th eetin fte pes te ditwhatt adeo det fanditol etllb I * 4ee ostrnti~ to a, t~o. ~elie aisb ?? =RMnecne bteon~a sl~actah * t We, thahwata vnmlts nneetJa* -. ...

... THE INFL ON A ZN LON9DON. AN ACCOUNT OF THE fiM ., OF '37. IN I 837-the year of Queen Victorria's ?? suffered from an epidemic ot influenza so virulent and widespread that if gave rise to a genuine panic, and, for a while, almost threatened a parriisbt of bnsiness. The cha- racteristics of the malady were inflammation of the throat and lungs, with violent spasms, sickness, and headache. TjNow ...

... TIM NEW GREAT METROPOLITAN ,RUME RA2NGE, e l Yesterday a number of Volunteer oficers and othersrjetereatedin rifle shootiginspected the eateu- .ui4. ± Zio t p,.O iwi. , IM-t ;.a.A to eon- Weu a pt rA, Zor tbe 5 bsfe 91 SiV S1 FU 7 VoUMU whee Lsy can, not ay form flisi cas firing foreffictency, but also have frsguent pae- to tie at the targets aud exeeute tioo field and volley t firing, which ...

... NEW. YEAR'S EVE bN FRONT `F , ST. PAUL'S : -. . . The gathering in fo of 8t. Paul's Oathedral C o &,13 _R- r to him4a heome an n Iastablibea Z0ul0Ugu, Ijl0t ligbt At Wa.r st Lmuch largerithan it has ?? berm bpfere, prtly % r no doubt owing to the fine wesater. E arly in :t . the evening the sky was beautifay lear and a 1 themoon brg-ht, ?? it seemne probable that the Old Year would go 'out ...

... I I I LKtONl:DOX, iHUERA7 Lane 2. 1 I ?? ,I A. terrible fire uae occurred at tie IduetrialI| I8choolg Taiz 'ad at Forest ,th by the lowe i;thorities. U4 d~tthed btiiding doutsining two dorinitories, 84 boys were sleepin on the i Wst nigth oP the sold year. Abouft i-dnirht a woodea partition was seeu to be in flames, and before thofficials tipuld 3entr-the rooine 26 boys wler suffocated, the ...

... A A Sad Newr Yearn's Moruing. , Tos New Yew came in swith re- morseless foot at Forest-gate, . claiming at its first step the sucri- I flee of twenty-six poor children's lives. The Yt victims were asleep when fire broke out under their dormitories in the Industriala sbhool. They had dreamed, if they dreamed at at all, of a hapy awaking, for every hi preparation had been made for a holiday cele ...

... I WE nTHER SATIlTIC -: - -s of.- Is~i el n'na SUmMa of temerature, rainfall, and dsration of britht 8 suhi ne Ithe Umited dom for agicultural and xntury 1 urpeso, for the wi- ending Dec. 80. Ised. by tbhe 2 [eorelogIea Ofi7ce London. to :- ' ' - . . 4 ' le ?? 2 t . . O .theo . i w . ?? 8-co1r~v>@-lDaily ~[niba. ~ § 1. DiyM an. $ . t . r r NPo. of Weik. al _ =An0s;n-# bove ordowthe Lew V rom t ...

... The Shorthorn Sale of the X Year. I Airowa the many ixteresting aicles upon the breeding of horses, cattle, and sheep which nrl in the Almaiian. fnr IAM nnth- i are to be found in the Almanac for 1890 pub- lished by The Live Stock Jounal, there is one . relating to the sales of pedigree shorthorns e during the past year which will be read ?? a e satisfaction by those who own herds of hatnE .o ...

... I extract the following passages from an interesting letter which has just come to hand-freom Malta, and'in which oneof Sir A. H. Hoskins's companions tells of the doings of the gallant crews in the Mediterranean. Sihce we had the shaking-up in the Svrpri e, says my infonnant, I have been on board a good many times. She is a fine old ship, and very co mfortable ; but the vibration of her ...