... A .ER[R TO X S P E C T. F . - : : f - B Y O UR S PHE I;A L;. CnO M M I S S I O N. it. S K E T Ch T E S iB IY OTU R: OIW N A R T I S T.. The end of the old and the beginning of the new year are always periods for retrospection and anticipation. Everybody engages in these occupations at this season. The stnttesmiia reckons up party losses and party gains; legis- lation accomplished and ...

... THlE OUTRAcGlES ON MISSIONARIES. I CHINA'S SUjBMISSI!ON. It w(I.9 officially ?? at the Foreign Office, oln Monday, ?? had yielded to ?? ultimatulnu .&n lilmpcrial decrco was published Oll Monday in the Pekin official Gazette, order- ing the ?? of Szechuietnl to be stripped of his ?? and raink, for havinig failed to proteet the missionaries resident within his jurisdiction. The decree further ...

... _ .I . .. . WOTES. CRIMINAL MANCHISTE.R. p461 4s hIr. C'aniinada ill the prefitL'O to WSis 'Twenty- five Yearns of Detective Life' hmimself says, tlier-3 vetems to be at 'the prarent usomerint a plethora of dieteetive stories in the nma.kat, anl Ilo, therefore, modebtly apiologises for adding stiil another soluine to the nu055 of this kinid of littr-aima lt in ;his aseo lie has the advaztage ...

... THlE lAWYER. BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAW. WILLS AND INTESTA GETS N. de . (2anhelierter).-i. I aila Of thle o)pinlion that asthere was no disposition of the real1. estate0 by the will, lie3oiid giving iartabiu life ityteres-ts- in it, 'the ordirnary rules -of descent WIll prevrail, and that, Joint. ais hai ?? -sni of ,Jilmnes (thle eldet sion), is eatfit~ed to elhics as heir-ai-law. 2. As the two ...

... ' INTERESTINGI ACTS. ()re>fiEtlt, of the vitals of the Afoot ooulwinent is a 4 thes north folk ill tile tldt t It IS pD9SJbIG to drhll evainr wl(ich ie ?? to ditide alid flonv into both iDVICS TV SIOIIIBIX9--;>S- \ r6gLOW 3 SOOTSTNG Srnur shorild alWayB ?? ¢bildren ara ruttxty ?? it relievel the littlo tuffcrer rib oan; i; itoduous narurs, auiet sie p by re :cwing tne onilfl f rort 1M3L: indi ...

... ow?-V?MSOYR- - NIMS. - . . I n arrivod- at Paddington jast after noon on- 'f IG};0tLY! Drawinguroom, onI Wednosday, ?? with magnificent weather. Although were manY abseontees in consequenoe of t Lady Kimberloy and Lord still a very l-rge attend. ?? a,4,5t-tcf in the rark as tho ValiOlas calri- rve ?? f the- nA brilliant azid re- f seen for yer' past. Teo bouquets carried ..$xeek baur'ifltl. ...

... The wide circulation of the Manchester Weekly it Times, covering nearly all the British Colonies arnd A the principal foreign oountries, makes it a peouliarly )f valuable medium for inquiries for missing relatives and friends, LO We are prepared to insert such inquiries without eharge. ' Correspondents who may avail themselves of the advantages of the 11igsing Friends Department are ...

... VILLA, ALLOTMENT. AND COTTAGE GARDENING. PRALCTTCAL HINTS. [BY OUR SPECGIL MA5D52150G COURESrONDENT.) THE AMdTEUR Gi-REENOUSE. Thle greenhouse is for the cultivation of plants nmder glass that are too ?? or otherwise unsuitable for cultivation in the open air. BTnt to be. a real green- house it should be permanently fitted with hot water pipes or a smoke flue, so dit the house may be ...

... W:ERI..TO GO FOR A WITSUNTIDE HOLIDAY: :DOWN THE VALLEY OF THE LUNE. ?? B Y O U R S P E C I-A L C OMM I S S I O N E R. S K E TClHES BY' OUR OWN ARTIST. The -weather of a week or-two ago cheated us into the belief. that the summer had come. We basked in the burning rays of the sun. We donned our sunmmer attire, and we began to realise that the holiday season was at hand. 'Dhen there came a ...

... THE PIT STORY 0ONFIRMED. Cousarntinople. Tuesdhy. The delegaitcs of Great Britain, F-sncs, anrd Rusiia: have tlemseleves visited time seeo of the atrowitio3 of August last, and have found on the spot ample con- firmatioan of the report narratedl by the Armenian re- fugeos of the existenca of two pits in whicih the victims of the soldiery were buried whole-ala. Thel delegates left Moo.li on May ...

... MANCHESTER BOANRD OF GUARDIA.NS. The weekly meeting of the TManchester Board of Grardians was bel I ?? tl,o 0oor.lawOflices, New Iridge-street. Mr. G. F. Fisher in the chair. The follojring are the relief returns for the week ending ths 241h dist. ;-Outdoor: 230 cascs, 408 persons. at a eo-it of £37 2s. 8d., being a decrease i )pen last week cf five cases, 15 persong and ;613s. l1d. in cost, ...

... TAlE GUERAL ELECTION. j LTIONLST irVI( RIM. SIR W. HAROJOURT RZbTECTED AT DEIty MANCHESTER. I'he reult of Saturday's pollings in Nlanchester M4 SaWord is highly gratifying to the Uniouist paityj EAST. Rig9t Hon. A. J. BAlfour (C) ?? 5,A Mr. J. E. C. Munro (R) ?? 4,610 Majority ?? - ?? . 776 1886: A. J. Balfour (0), 4,160; J. H. Crosfield (% 1892. A. J. Balfouir (C), 5,147; J. E. e. M{a% ?? 4 ...