... BY A YTIC'TJM. 'irun Sacoxti Wacte. 'I'lie fast, weal: of a Secrina is lbnt is)' tle, tiiics we hv tsahe'rite IlltOile'ioutiy eveiryonet hass tt:(l owari into ir ?? :1 .] e Illeiiihtes 'i'lS ?? to go YawnIig ablouit, asking wwino t' (limitic cii rt Irit-alerec(- Ir ite-i anritA ii lliring ?? rrhtlr tct girl' tOi' aI week. Tfi ''1m a'tlso Icicin a iattrt~ei' hiletcl ~i'SIll itcrl lirt 11 ...

... * POLITICAL MEMIS. AN IRISHi GRIEVANCE. Mr Gerald Balfour, Irish Chie Secre- tary, and Mr Hanbury have appointed 3Tuesday, February 28th, to receive at the Treasury the large deputation which Mr John Redmond will introduce from I, Waterford, Limerick, Ennis, and other he places against the proposed amalgama- he tion of certain local lines with the Great Southern and Western Railway v of ...

... ENGINEMEN'S SOCIBTY.' _, ?? CONCERT AT SOIUTH BANK. sen! A meeting tad concert took place in b the Town Hall, South Bank, on Satur. day night under the aluspicesl of tho uni Nntio~a~l Amalgamated Sooioty of En- ren ginemnen. llr Alfred Ayree (general president of the society) was a ~the wes chlair, and said t~hey wanted 'to reacD con those. who were not trades unionistef1 With Tegard to ...

... HISTORY OF p HiD ; I_ ate ?? ~t VEA-N~arll111c- ( to! (To the Egditor of the NortllTl ECO h1e Dear Sir,-In your ioj5 rf e- do me the honsur of rer,6iNl; I mary of my lecture on ldi ?? er Shildon. I am sorr- to fof [i., r report contains several eor] r 0 hope you will allow me the Iast MY correct, as some of therof ?? ul conspicuous and misleadioge first place I did not say thll ttle of ...

... I VALt STREET Rw-,Ire Can it possibly he that at length WVail soireet hi.5 .jcaIp ? Cablegrains ?? that ceutre state that the m o:,; t ?? the market ground for somle concern. Larme ii j. Ll: I- onl their wvay, and rnust be paid for, and the ruo~l .11 'I thel3ank-s'statemflletsduring the ticxtwcek or tv.o. ti.. to thle interior, which will set inl shortly, aithouu. I0 uouniced a form as usul ...

... | .0 :NEW -AND IMPROVED -|REGULATIONS fFOR VOLUNTEERS. UNDER the new regulations framed for~the purpose of'-securing a higher standard of .efficiency anmongst Volunteers, themen will 'be called: upon to fire at 400.jto..600 yards .anges'. The days of the 200 yards maximum Upracticerailge. are at last doomed. :.It-has been found by the authorities that many corps hiad a woful percentage of ...

... DONT'S FOR TEE NURSERY. s1~t~l. I d it Don't don't in the nursery. and ncod Don't use a common pin in the nursery. The envy safety pin or none for all nursery folk-babies, the mother nurse, or maid. iced Don't powder baby after the bath. Gently pat him dry with linen. Powder is permissible only rhis to soothe or cool baby temporarily, for accidents sted or emergencies, and to be carefully ...

... COULT AT -D PERSONAL. RETURN OF TEE QUEEN TO WINDSOR. The Queen. who was accompanied by- Princess lfenry of Batilenberg and Princess Iouis of Battenberg, such the children of Princess Henry. left Osborne at half- past ten yesterday inorning for Wrindsor. Tier MIajes-ty 'Was favoured with tide weather, although g-ales have prevailed since Saturday. The departure of the Queen -as witnessed by a, ...

... (BY PRIVATE 'WIRE.) LoxDoN, Thursday Night. hi Some suprise was experienced at Westminster this is afternoon when Mr. Balfour appealed to the House fo en a rather half-hearted way to bring the debate on of the Address to a conclusion to-morrow night We to had not anticipated appeals. but compulsion. It was 1, well understood at the beginning of the week that of Mr. Balfour would follow ...

... p ENGLAND AS ARBITRATOR. The differences which have arisen with regard to the frontier line between the Argentine Republic and Chili having been referred to the arbitration of Her Majesty's . Government, the Right Hon. Lord Macenaghten, one of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary; Major-General Sir J. C. Ardagh, K.C.I.E., C.B.. Director of Military Intelligence: and Colonel Sir T. H. Holdich, K.C ...

... fCORRE SPONDENCE.. Le Ttters to the Editor monst ini every case be axtimPanied b the same anod addr'ess of the writer-not necesuarilY for publi- cation, but in ~tcdee of geood faith. At the, saste thmer e etronety recotmen d our cre.-oitdtOOat-i to sigti their' Itters with their own, names.a We Must asia sit oar eorr'spsrndeots to he as5 brief aspo.sibe-- IWe use- assure idiom flint for one p ...

... ~ZDC IPulpit+ Tlhe lev Stopford B3rooke preachled yesterday mlolning at Lewvin's :Mead lmeeting plave on tihe subjeet of T lie work of righteousliess in peaee, his text being Isaiah xxxii. 17. Righteousness (he said) is a state of the soul, in which the true, just, pure, magnanimious and honourable thing is thoughlt and felt so vitally that the will I is ruled by it, and the aet that fits it ...