... NEWS OF THE CHIURCIIESI MU WICETT G'IFT TO TEE TICAR OP WAKEFlELD. 'Mr 21. E. Sanderson. of ett]ðorpo Hall. near WVakefield, has just made a gift to the Viclarago of Wakefield, aotaisting of all tho coal -andor his Kettle- thorpe estate, which covers eighty acres, and is rich in minerals. According to the present ccal lease this at once adds £110 (not.) to the incone of the Ven. Archdeaclon ...

... MINERAL DISCOVERIES. I A rich vein of iron ore of an intensely dark colour, together with other valuable minerals, has been discovered at Ardnamnrghan, in Argyll shire. It extends from the western shore across the peninsula. to Carraig, on the northern shore. Mr C. D. Rudd, who is promi- nently associated with South African mines, is the owner of the land, and it is stated that he has high ...

... QUARREL AT THE VATICAN. A very unpleasant affair is (says the Sunday Times) at present agitating the circle of the Vati- can, one of the best known and most respected of the Romish Dominican Brothers having decided to quit the monastery and live for the future as a layman, and although he has not yet left the Church it is expected that he will eventually do so. The monk was induced to take ...

... Another Contradiction. I Interviewed by an Exchange representative with references to the charges of killing wounded Dervishes, helpless women and children, the Hon, N. G. Lyttleton, said the entry of the British troops into Omdurinan did not take place until two hours after the Soudanese passed into the Kalipha's stronghold, therefore he is unable to say wha.t occurred. There was, however, ...

... The British steamer Newby, from Philadelphia, arrived at Queenstown to-day and reported terrific weather in the Atlantic. On Thursday seas washed the decks and badly injured the second mate and a seaman. On the same day, in Lat. 49 N., Long. IS W., she sighted the British steamer Bart, from Philadelphia for London, disabled. The Newbv endeavoured to take her in tow, but after standing by 27 ...

... 'OUR LONDOIN LETTER. BY OUR PRIVATE WI. BXAST Nrws-LETER O(Imes. 435. STAND, W.C., SUNDAY NIGHT. The Honours List. Tie list of New Year honours, issued at a late hour to-night, will, generally spesaking, afford considerable satisfaction both in Great Britain and Ireland, because in almost every case the dis- tinctiois have been well deserved. Four new peers are ?? Philip Cume, ?? our ...

... I~W YEA rH .- . THE IRISH LIST., The following N6w Teaes honours for Ir- laud air announced:._ u To he memnbers of her Majty's Prlivy Council sii Ireland- Theo Earl of Dmraven, K P. and Colonpl Cooper. her Majeaty's Lieutenant for County Sligo. To be Companions of the Bath- Sir Charles Camerou, M D, and ' 3T Joues,REsq, Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. :His Excellency the ...

... AhITED., - - - LRA GIJ . ?? tu'G AT MAYo AGBfy !MPORT.AT SPRECH BY Alt, WIlAM O'BE'. (PROX OUR azPonTfl.) Clareinorns, Sunday. To-day a meeating of ?? members and Wupporzers of t he United Irish Leaae, took place at Mayo Abbey, about five miles from here, and proved ono of the most Temarkable and suggestive incidents cc nnected wivh' the new campain. The day sV Is not. only most unfavourable ...

... FIRED AT BY POACHERS. At Aberystwyth Police Court on Saturday (before Messrs David Thomas and Daniel Howell) a man named Isaac Edward Bonsall, of Brynhoreb, Gorsfach, was brought np in custody charged with attempting to shoot a gamekeeper named Fredk. Reynolds, in the employ of Mr W. Pugh Pugh, Abermaide. Mr W. P. Owen prose- cuted, and Mr John Evans defended. After hearing the evidence of ...

... A DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENTS. Dr. McDonald, United States Government scientist, of Washington, has published the result of a series of experiments relating to the measurements of pain. He finds that women are more sensitive to parn than men that American professional nen are more sensitive than Ameri- can business men, and more sensitive than English and German professionals that women of the poorer ...

... The boards of the above theatre will be occu- pied this week by La Poupee, a comic opera which probably is amongst the most original in design and the brightest and most laughter- provoking extant, rivalling even the famoas Sorcerer. The character of Hilarius, the doll- maker, is, it is understood, in the hands of the same inimitable member of the company who delighted Newport audiences on ...

... The Butcher of Shepherds was not a I Lunatic. PARIS, Monday.—The autopsy on the body of the French Jack the Ripper, Vacher, was carried out by Professor Paviot and Dr. Rigaut, of the faculty of Lyons. The brain was of normal weight—1,500 grammes—and showed no lesions or adhesions. Vacher was a well-proportioned, vigorous, and healthy man, and all his organs were perfectly souad. The bullet ...