... LONDOn CORRESPONDENCE. Loamos, Wednesday Evening. T)r Iert the last twenty-four hours there has been regular epidemic of fires in the metropolis, ,l~ly inl thne City, where property is most valu- * l.)?e and where the dangers of extension are Neatest. The great fire which broke out in Queen Victoria Street yesterday afternoon was a remark- N' sight. Never, perhaps, did the men of the ...

... oo?s? COUNCIL ELECT ONS. DEPUTATION TO ME. RITC?. of Yesterday afternoon Mr. Ritelde (accompanied by Sir hi Magic Owcoi) roach ad at the Local Government Board a 0 deputation from the Municipal Corporations Association, 0 who aceired that the Local Government Act, 1555, P should he altered so as to make the elections of Town Conneillora and County ConanMets take elate ca duthircat sicys, and ...

... In reference to complaints concerning the ss. Ethelbert not being finished on Saturday night last at 5 p.m., a West Dock Coal Weigher writes to say that they had no trimmers until half-past seven .in the morning, and not sufficient trimmers until after ten in the morning. If all the trimmers were at their work at six in the morning, the same as the tippers, the boat could have been finished ...

... ULSTE Pi, INTELUGWENCE. | FROM OUR OWN COBRBSPONDEWNT. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN BANninG-s Wopmicousa,-A pleasant and homely musical treat was provided for the inmates on Tuesday evening last, when Dr. Robert Brown M'Clellaud,J.P., took up the baton and conducted the performers throngh the concerted pieces. The programme was opened with the Derformance by the,. orchestra of Guest's arrangement ...

... I THE SOUND OF. A VOICE THAT. IS STILL. THE ANNIVERSARY OF BROWNING'S FUNERAL CELEBRATION. But 0 for the touch of a vanished band, And the sound of a voice that is still. The former is perhaps impossible (though the marvels of modem science are such that one should be very careful in one's use of the word) ; the latter is comparatively easy. All that C is mortal of Robert, Browning has ...

... SAoS POEUU L1t Stac THURSDAY, J.4NELVRY 1, 189J. D- The revenue returns for the three- quarters of the year ending yesterday wore issued by the Teasury last night. The total roceipts for that period wenr £65,137,137, compared with £63,153,075 in the corre- in ponding period of last year, bemng an in- W crease of £1,984,062 There were increases b in the following items: - Excise, hit £1,664,919 ...

... :. - WE A T HER : THE iXYEATHE. ,- ,. - - _ _ _ -,.I AL_ 0. ?? m b Wnoiaixa NfoiH -Tbronghoat the pait 24- th a. houirs the baivtneter a been f1ng over nearly m ~V the iiose 0*ateih and northern cope, couxb t patinly ilowly over the British Idands quickly st 0* ov Sweden and lapland; over GSrmwy it bas el, o en, adnd the Mse. spread laer gn to the central n :o add xart s of Fraai. ...

... [REUTKB'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Wednesday.—The Court of Appeal has rejected the request of M. de Labruyere to be set at liberty pending the hearing of his appeal against the sentence of 13 months' imprisonment passed upon him by the Correctional Tribunal, for aiding and abetting the escape of Padlewsky, the murderer of General Seliverstoff. NEW YORK PRICES. FREUTER'S TELEGRAM. ] NEW YORK, ...

... A HAPPY NEW YEAR Ix wishing our readers A Happy New Year, we trust we may be considered to have good reason for indulging in the belief that the year may be made happy. So far as busi- ness matters are concerned there is no great occasion for any feeling of depression or deep anxiety. There are certainly some very alarming disagreements, especially in Scotland, which may prove contagious, and ...

... A CHAT WITH COL. GUTHRIE. Anyone who has seen the Cardiff Cadet Corps on parade must have been struck with the smart military bearing of the youngsters, the soldier- like efficiency with which they perform their drill, and the unmistakable zest which they in- fuse into their work; and the thought that is uppermost is—what a grand recruiting source this will be for officers and non-coms, of ...

... SERIOUS STOPPAGE OF WORK. Snow fell in London from noosn till dusk yesterda'y, and the3 e were again active operationis on the part of the local authorities in clea ing the streets, this being done, generally spealdug, expeditiously, In the patk h skating wevnt onl merrily, and although some rec accidents arising from falls and cots were reported, thl nothinr of a really serious character took ...

... I YESTERDAY'S TRAFFIC RETURNS. Q the A LAEGE DECREASE. tiol mer Judging from the reports -which have been Th, received- from the West, Edinburgh now seems to be th the stronghold of the railway splicers., The condition mu: of affairs in that city yesterday was not so satisfactory ;h as the railway officials anticipated. Still an improved twrr service on the main lines was apparent, and the ...