... TIE WINERS' STRIKES. IFROM tOUR CO1RESPONDIT.) 33RUSSEL9, TuBmAY NImx. . I went to-day to 'the scene of the strike. No much scene has ever been seen here. There are no deiuoustratlons,'lnoquarrels, no seeues of dis- i -order; everywhere men and women moving about calmly. The strikers I interrogated an- I swered that they had' no confidence in the I enployers' promises. We Lave been de- ceived ...

... 1 .. I . . . ?? .. ?? i - Although-Lord Arthur &ovuerset iB the only nobleman whoso name was mentioned by Mr. Avory at Bnw.street last welr, there -Wa (writes the London correspondent of the BirminghamJ Pnts) ample evidence of the Interest taken in the case by other moneyed persounaes. At the solicitors' table sat three or four gentlemen with watoh- ing briefs, and hovering around the ...

... ' THEBCAL ENTERTArNMENT AT TREAT CUATSWORTH. The Iarge coaehhouse at C watsworth was on Monday nigbt wteek ell filled by an audience numberirg about 470, b h hibigappreciated two farcicsl playe performed for the t f h Beeley Reading Room, by the younger members of the house of Cavendish. Among those presen . were the Hon. Admiral Egerton, Lady Louisa Egertco, Lord and Lady Edward Cavendisb, ...

... AMERICAN AFFARS. Nn Yw Yon;, December 20. I REPORTS from the iron regions of Pennsylvania I continue to be of a jubilant character, and every- body in those parts is making money. If there should not ...

... . LTIROUGH StOEB'S AGENCY.] Dr.. PETE RS' EXPEDITION. BERiLIN, TUSDAY.-The report [lately current that Dr. Peters' expedition had not-been n Ms- sacred is repeated in a telegram desrttche ...

... M. cvsf?, gtqixs. ,I id I ALFRETON. a PETTY SESSOZiS. Friday. [Before G. C. HALL (cbairman), T. H. OAKES, and 0. R. P. MOREWooD, Heqrs.] STEALING FOWLS.-Joeepb Bioghamn was charged ni with stealing five fowls, value 7s. 6d., the property of (I William Bingham, at South Normanton on 21st inst.- di Defendant is nephew to ?? was given a with regard to tbe ?? Bailey said he was on duty at South ...

... j The residence of Mr. Tyssen Amherst, M P., 8, Grosvenor Square, London, was the scene of an alarm- ing fire on Monday night. The fire originated in the verheating of an ...

... MADAME OARNOT'S CHILDREN'S PARTY . I TX __ _ _ . . . . ?? . , I A Paris correspondent gives the following pleasant description of aparty given on Christmas Day by the wife of President Carnot:-The fete at the Eysese was a joyous one. All the 400 childr:n invited from the junior classes of the Municipal Schools were able to attend. When they were ranged in the Galterie des Fetes, Madame Carnot, ...

... (nOX OUR CeORWSlONDM4T.) i PARTS, TuaSVIT N1e6. D Prices wnre heavy todiy, Brazilian stocks, E At however, forming an exception. At the last fortnightly o !1 0 settlement these made a rebound from the buying in to t realise profits, but gave way aiterwards, and the rise p to-day may not be more durable. The advance in the d t Bank of England rate and advices of dear money 8 d everywhere ...

... I 'DER T AIND ?? a . :. it iPORT OT E aSB4NE A't te-'meetifi te-A ?? of fuardians, on Satisrdf, thet-vhhal'nna'(lyMjr. Fer6ghough) initiated a discussili,,on the prop~osale'f thie iny iouncil to' take over: the'ma~i:d .rads c naention thas nluttr for tioia pau~ose of ?? WI'hb are Iaige ?? the ,lpun ty Counne lge'isionI bave 'the hopo~r.$ fe;preea aomeji formatnin bii ,yb'aya not be abftbe ...

... NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL I MUSICIANS. I The following is a liastof the certificates awarded to the successful candidates at the recent examination in vocal and instrumental music held by the above snociety at Derby, Dec. tlth and 12th. The examiniers were Dr. E. J. Crow, of Ripon, and Mr. Franklin Haworth, ?? of Liverpool. The list is arranged in alphatical order:- SINGING. Advanced ...

... - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 189O. A SATISFACTORY TEAR. TnE year of ograce 1889, which will have ended before this journal reaches the bulk of its readers, is distinctly entitled to take rank as a satisfactory one for the English people. A perfect year we shall never have until the dawn of the millenium, which does not at the moment appear very appreciably nearer, but when, the balance of good and ...