... 1 [1RCUt~r'S 2'Z§X;m. T'EE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA. ST. rETEaRSBURG, November 26.-The baptism of the Grand l)uchess Olga took place at the Palace of Tsarskoe Selo. The Empress Dowager, the Gra ...

... AnrIOULTCRMUL Soczury.-At a general meeting d members of this society, on Monday evening, the finanies statement was submitted, showing a defciency of Z19. 6s. 10d. Mr. T. Roberts was elected ...

... FOREIGN_NEWS.I [Reuter's Telegrams.] THE KAISER AND PRINCE BISMARCK. BETtT,TN. Deceember 17.-It is reported irom lsari- burg that euring his visit to Friedrichsruh, yester- day. the Emperor William re ...

... i DEPUTATION TO SIR M. M. BEACH. Yesterday ftarte-son S.r Michael Hicks-Beaih, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, received at the Treasury a large deputation from the univer ...

... Yesterday the Bechuana chiefs Khama, Bathoen, and Sebele, with their interpreter ?? IV C. Willouzhby) and attencants, arrivtd at &toke-on-Trent shortly aE ...

... t We have received the following returns:- Amount already ?? d -£2,32 2 4 St. Augustie's ?? 111 St. Thonasss, Bath Row ?? 58 17 2 St. James-s. Haudsworth .. ?? - E5 12 6 J St Anne' ...

... WWHITACRE DAIRY-FARMI SCHOOL. I I I ' THE -SEC-RETS OF GOOD BUTYER-MAKING. L By invitation of the Technical Education Committee I of the) .arwickshire County Counilarl a number of 1tie imembers of the ...

... DEVONSHIRE DI!YER IN BIRMINGHAM I The fourth annual dinner of Devonions in Birmingham land the Midlands took place. as the Great Wester Hiotel, on Eaturday evening under the presidency of the RighitHo ...

... FOREIGN AND' COLONIAL MAILS, Letters, &c., may be posted at head Office, Birmingham. Ti-ls Da ZIONDAY. To Austria and Germany, via Ostend, eusuring speedy delivery in berlin, Vieina, &c., to 11.20 a.n ...

... i FEARFUL GUNPOWDER EXPLO- i SION IN AMERICA. 100 KILLED AND 150 INJURED. [Reuvess Special Ssrrtir.] Nwv YoRx, January 16.-A series of disastrous explosions, resulting in the loss of between seventy- ...

... POLITICAL NETS. |WEST EDINBURGH CONTEST. Yesterday both candidates directed their atten- 5 tion to organisation, and did not hold any meet- ings. In the evening, however, Mr. M'Iver took part in four open-air meetings. THE REPRESENTATION OF 3 w rCARDIFF. 9 At a special meeting of the Cardiff Liberal 1000 a last night, it was unanimously resolved to ask Sir - Edward Reed to withdraw the notice ...

... THE: GRAIN CROPS OF EUROPE. 85± [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] dh VcasNA, MoISDAY.-The 23rd annual Inter- en, national Grain sad Seed Market has been opened of this morning, aned will, as usual, continue ovart to-morrow. The reports obtained by the officials c of the market from the nonsular and other sourcesle at furnishing the latest estimates of the crops of Pr a a the current year compared with ...