... N- YEAR7S EVE AT THE QUEEN'S HOSPITAL. _ , _ ?? father Christnas paid his annual visit Lo the Queen's EDupizl la.sbt night, and, as usual. met with a very hear ty wlccme. The s wads were all prettily de-orated a :h eve onesas and illt;nihiated with Chinese lanterns; the int ien's ward in ?? presented a very t r-leerful ap'warance. In then centre of the room stood a r lar e Ch.b ta;ns tree the ...

... II NEW YF'A.R -HONOURS. j I ' r The ~~wfouding list of new year honoara A h a t 10, Downing-street last evening r The Queen has been pleased to direct that the HonOqrale Ceci S. Rhodee, Prime Mintr of S Cape Colony, shall Ie sworn of the Privy Council. Y The Queen has -been- pleased to approve of the 8 honour of baronetcy being conferred upon Mr. o John Barran, M.P. for the Otley Division of ...

... THE ARMENIAN CONFERENCE AT HAWVARDEN. . pal INTERVIEW warrN A DELEGATE. yol The Armenian Conference at Chester terini- rul nated yesterday. One of the delegates, in con- a 4 vdrsation with a representative of the Press Asso- an! ciation, said- We are delighted with our re- wh ception at Hawarden. Mr. Gladstone sees with s the eye of a prophet as much as he feels withaE the heart of a ...

... Lord Rosebery has won but modest success as a wit; but the I list of New Year Honours shows that he is something of a humourist We can quite understand why he has created no new peers. It is not that he would not, for he is a Second Chamber man, and most anxious to reward services, which, being done to the party, is also done to mankind, it is not for the sake of the weaker brethren since he ...

... THE ~WAR 'IN THE 'EAST.~ :azE-w~s:Xe''I0:--ue XrlI 55= A NEW KINGDOM IN COREA. of it ?? REUTERS AGEN ] TR be YOsOMcA, MoNAy.-Operations at the front appear to be at as-tandstilL he According to a telegram from Fusan, published . in a native paper, the Tongbalrs in Chollado, a rovince aoccupying the south-western extremity he of Corea, are reported to have founded a new ?? ingdom :under the ...

... The following mails are despatched from ?? to-day:- To West and South Norway, via Newcastle.- ?? 1030 a.m. To Java and Sunatra, via Marseilesa, if speoially addressed Per Netherlands packet.-G.P.OG, 3115 a.rm; witb JA late fee, 1140 tm trAulrrrus, &c.-Malls will be despatched to-day for-conveyance from Marsefflea, by French packet, to Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Madagascar, and New ...

... THE: SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE VACANCY. Pu An election contest in an agricultural constitunepy pci twenty-five miles across, if it is to be accompaijied thc by such weather as prevail at preseaN is not liel fii thy 'tohbe regarded with unmixed feelings. Until a few 'days ago the fruit-growers in the Evesham district go were beginning to be nervous about their nest year's th crop, as the continuance ...

... TO -DAY, -E - 1lon1don posiftvivitj ociolyj Noeton H1lil, 0. it, topilie lioll et Tsocept:i to Iho rl'lotmAor- GteneraL,. L Tuveoil [dite ILtt tjcveiit Gardon, 4 to 11. (.ueco':s it.i0li'ields sit (lero'rd'S (lrose, 11.30 to Jilletil c the lfcte ,trthmr l1lis at' liglilgds, Uo.N.3o t N wew Year Dinlier It ?? of flert Ior lferBCe, &stoI, Vi ly nil30. na *ob Opruiig orf tblo ilihopetgic flis ...

... HOLBECK. The newlyg-elected Guardians of the Holbect Poor Law Union held their first meeting.yesterday afternoon, in the board-room, adjacent to the workhouse. Mr. J. Whitaker presided pro. tem. On the motion of Mr. 'Thos. Boyd, seconded by Mr. D. Hincheliff, the position of chairman was accorded to Councillor Gar- nett up to the end of the official year in April. Mr. Garnett held the office ...

... T N EWS OF Tffg CHURGHES. THE WTESLEYN :MINISTERIAL DEATH-ROLL THE WELEYANFOR 1894. During the past year the Weslevan Chulrh has not, in its ministerial death-roll, Fuffered anything iie a5 in some previous vears. One departmnental minister oily has pssed away, and two importwat districts hbave been deprived by death of their chairmen. There has been no break made in the lists of the ex ...

... So far as the British navy is concerned, the year which has just con- cluded has been chiefly remarkable for the manner in which the interest of the general public in naval matters has been awakened, for the extraordinary celerity with which the construction of the Mf/jestic and Aifagnificenl has been advanced, and for the introduction of the eight hours day in the Royal Dockyards. It will be ...

... WVITH THE RIVER POLKE. A NIGHT SKETCH-.~~'~ W~eN.Wapping with its warehouses fast ?? as becomies ware- houses that have to awake early in the morning ; i tos narrow Hi.gh-street sombre, excepting -where the Black Boy Inn senids asaash oflight athwart the' roadway that stray mariners seeing it from aift Thay put on more sail and steer in its direction and take in cargo, x- 053 directing ...