... * ..7trg 3 Fa 'll IT-1,2 v *; -' AN V 21 I' y, ,1fIE CU,' A\ CAS'CS I3ELLL.1 * . P3i Oncr ra nce, as reflected inl the oress, of c i1 m rrovirng C R'tier suends the fo llown :re~ rin'riablr for their pacifi t-one:- 'o'itwhA once 2nd for all. It is .5tat B'Ii'll tIFK'1 525 disputes aS, to tol a L' ?? 13 b3J25 y lotting, them 'Lbeiievet lit'~ I1.t' s ?? Brfianel-one-'al, 131' 1 n,, U ...

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... PiPOJLETT EARLIDG1f, I IORGAN-GRI1NDER AS CLAIMANT. Wilhiam Henrv, sixth Earl of Poulett, died on Sunday at his residenee in Lon- den, at theaggeof 62. By his death some remarkable litigation is likely to ensue, as there are rival claimants to the earl- dom, and the caso discloses asc oat th s most extraordinary romances of the peer- aae of maoern times. With egard to the late earl it may be ...

... I EFOREIGN EPITLO' M. I TesT, Swvedish expedition which went. in search of Andree has returned to Stock- holm, after exploring, and making in- quiriesin Northern Siberia without find.- ing any traces of the unfortisnate aeronaut or his balloon. THE Sultan has made a Christmas pre. sent to the German Empress of a riding horse, and to the Princess Victoria Louisa, the -onngest child of their Im- ...

... I , , I Tite samzrv.? I |flY WO!. EA~tic m. SMASOINABLE GAIdDENING. OsU300Or SEEDLING LETxrrzc transplanted upon sunny aspecz boriesxs or retained in similar positious in sesd bces are ?? the weather well, and unless severer frosts occur are likely to come in very usefully in the canly sprig. months, To assist them in surmoouiting excess of moisture it is im- portan t to stir the suriace soil ...

... MEETINGS &% LI TCIUiRS. TO-D:y, National Sunday Lewa ?? Shop- -, St Hail, Mr. T. C, lfe;waOth. 0.C. * tography in It'9 r ma'cr itca9p otfl0, animated photisgi p . l): I*o-,i 'i a Hal 'Mr. If. ice-r, L *:iaoi loian BarrserfBeef (OLr in -'ido ) ,ike Public Hall (ad-o; tase 1 donian-road, IT-. 3 . p. , I nd its hilioOS' Ml I : Evrr Armns Asos~e- ifor ssl, i is road, St. John's-? G iQ fit, Ja ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. There is nothing very remarkable about the NewYear listof honours, the bulk of the recipients being men who have quietly and unobtrusively worked for years in the service of their country and party, and are now given due recog- nition. The highest honours, however, fall to a few very conspicuous per- sonages, first amongst them being Lord Cromer. He is made a ...

... 'Tbe most satisfactory feeling we have in recalling the sl events of the past year is not so much the exthen m an variety of the productions and the general excellence of their performance as the emphatic proofs eV fford that, notwsithstanding some disappoint- they and drawbacks, the musical record of the year mhats andt a decided advance. It cannot be denied that the poaularitY of music in ...

... WHITTINGTON AT PECKHAM. (SECOND NOTICE.) Dick Whittingfton at the Crown continues to attract s crowded audiences at every performance and bids fair I to run right up to Easter. Not a dull moment is to be I found in this superlatively mirth-provoking pantomime, s and the merry faces and ringing laughter of those who witness it afford ample proof that the denizens of Peck- ham know well how ...

... NEWV EMPIRE. BRADFORD. The new Empire Theatre in Great Horton-road-the latest addition to the places of entertainment in Brad- ford-will be opened for the first time next Monday night. The music ball stands at the back of the Alexandra Hotel, but the hotel has been so adapted and rearranged that its front now forms the main entrance to the hall. The whole work has been carried out from the ...

... lIETA RKA BI14 RAINFALL, GREAT DAMAGE Ti) PROPERTY, EXTRAORDlIN ARY SCENES. ,IV The present muonth will undoubitedly ranki anl on e of the aitld(st, wettiost, and sttarniijst of all it -re'Tnt JlIAnar-S., li1 tht ?? it IL1p11tre- to i~u hnoe bivil scacoely so mild ?? thlit of Past year, lik bait iii the southl tOrn) hals baron so, far little In t 0l'lsos between tie two imornt Is, Ax PS ietsa ...

... 'ALT, I GED CORRI PT LITERA- I TURE IN SCOHOOLr3, ACTION AT BIRMINGHAM At the atuting of the Birmingham School Board last evening the Rew. Josepli Wood, us chairman of the Sites and buildings' caiannttce, muoved: That in cn.seqaqnce of the report received concern- ing lueetings helW Uad Bristol-street School on Sunday, under the ,wspice of the Birmingham Brainch of the Nwtimutl .icculur Sc ...