... . BEIND -THE SCENES IN PARLIAMENT. SOME HORRIBLE REVELATIONS.: BY MR. L. J. JENNINGS, M.P. ONE Of the most.readable articles in the January Reviews is that in the Contemporarj, wherein Mr. Jennings gives us a peep behind the scenes in'Parliament. W. e subjoin some of his horrible revelations, as well as a few of his more appreciative remarks:- THE WICKED LAWYERS. There is a large class which ...

... IT G rTHLERITNG IN ST. I ! - ?? i-;Cll'URCITYA TM I If rvxt - ear ti'c ,tinm oirties of St. Panlts i.A.tle.i .;t-et J Oi~disctu]tiii tihe Lidniglt '0-1 lit^,ia cv- ?? of d'ioCOnracline' fhe lci~td or grt'ric tr'-ilt itss-em'ei1d there lait niet, nl ')Iy ;e: .;L g' U!7Itl much, and possiily s-ovle ?? ?? It b atl'tcd. it.c )1kcd two or tbree ycnt a:-u CaS ?? tlins wias guiu g tO be : ,iiOtC}'l' ...

... 10 , 2, -NO6tTI~ThUI3ERLAND-sTREET, SR.~,WC A. curious but prevalent miisc-onception about the, New Year, finds expres- sion ini this: morn-ing's D.Cily1 C/P-on?. ?? says, weenter.upon. the last decade of th c~e_'fntry, and during the - nexet ten ryears~ we shall be making the history of En~glandZfin de siZcle. Of course, the 4last decade. began with 1890, unless, indeed 1900 is to be ...

... 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 ...

... I clklsantint of 1seeing then Old Year ?? and the N ext N . ...

... THETI.UE STORY.O KLKENNY, AND ITS MORAL AN INTERVIEW WVITH1 MR. MICHAEL DAVITT. nits any one ought to know the True Story of E ilkenny it is Michael Davitt, for Michael Davitt won it. Weith him in the van his courage, his sincerity, his familiar personality, his well-rememibered past, his unique lineage as son of an evicted peasant and Father of the Land League, 7 there weas a champion for ...

... ,NEW -YEA1R HONOUIRS. The Queen has been pleased to confer the ddgnity of a Peerage of the United Kinigdom upon The Right 11o01. Sir Francis SanLford, ?? and Sir Edward Ceeil Guinness, BarL. JIcer ajesty has ?? been pleased to coaler the - diuety of a Baronoety of the United Kingdon upon im the following gentlemen: se The Right Hon. Sir Hercules George Robinson, MI G-.C.3f.G. c Major-General ...

... TeIT SAT ' I ?? P WN,7_I j ' (IR~ eta rozwofst. n-6t:LjN. ~VtlJNrSDAY NXIOAT. Sons-t iz- l). t ~z4. ltitit Wutt tien ii it-- Thu Qta~p9r00i,2 on o (-the lu-tads ofA C -in.- am a bona re~nt and ht ongt 0'T tic aC in I CtjNstietu lla OtOitWtSlt ittiatiflO- via li~l~ OtCeli ?? ti-. I 1 ste ~a~xtti4)~t'llhllii an0 this subiece duno-iw i~ zi 7i- -eliar,, ijii u~ n rejtoli~t~; betwveen Tnrl-ey ...

... - ?? 0- N (LY A .SPECIAL INVWESTIGAToR.) Somne very Startling and painful assertions E have been made as to the distress prevailing F in London in consequence of the bitter wvinter through which we are passing. Only I the brutally unfeeling or those whose onvil ' strugglie is too sharp and severe to afford them s op orrunity to bestow any consideration upon a others can receive such statements ...

... THE lENDHA RISING. A MISSION STATION FIRED. MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED. (nxHROuGo REH ER'S AGENCY.) 1 PINE RIDGE, DEC. 31. General Brooke has received intelligence of fighting having occurred at the Catholic Mission at Clay Creek, in which six men of the 7th Cavalry Regiment were killed, and many others wounded. The first information of a disturb- ance at the Mission Station arrived yesterday. ...

... LETTERS TO '2HE EDITOR. -0-- THE QUAKERS AND SLA VERY. SIR,-In your delightful article on Whittier you hardly do justice to the American Quakers of mere than a eentury ago, for not only did they liberate thei3 slaves without compensation, they compensated thh slaves. Whistier himself says, in his Introductioun! to the journasl of that Christ-like Quaker, Jo~m Wool- mar, Ii Acoucert seas cvOW ...

... IT would be no bad form of the com- pliments of the season to wish that the new year might be as happy as the old. Should this seem wanting in fervour, it is only because, in the ordinary course of things, we dwell more on bad fortune than on good, and so give every departing year an ill- name. It is in the nature of bad fortune to get itself well advertised, and especially advertised in the ...