... CHRISTMAS FESTITIES. FATHER CHRISTMAS AT THE QUEEN'S HOSPITAL. One of the most pleasant of the Christmas festivities at the Queen's Hospital was that which took place on Saturday evening wben Father Christmas made his annual visit to the wards and distributed presents to the inmates and the staff. Prior to beginning the presenta- tion the visitors. of whom there were a numoberresent, ...

... _i I , C ,OU9TR'Y NIOWS ningrove deleated Glniabrougb at r a, B Cleveland League game on yb 728 to 630. I be has broken out in the Thirsk I blrogbt there, it is believed,, by a avellig van horses at Martinmas. t Grime, the last surviving member of I Iveetnmolald family, died at the age a Dt bauk House, Cirkby Stephen, on I ky, IN STOCKTON HOaPITAL.- v ,dock begs to acknowledge l0s from i ...

... LOSS OF A BRMSH VESSEL WIT ALL HANDS.I CHERBOUIRG, Dec 30. The English sailing vessel Emily Lloyd, 126 tou, of Maidon, has been totally lost, with all hands, during the gale. Her crew consisted of the captain, James Clarke, and twelve men. The vessel went ashore near the Equihen Semaphore, and afterwards broke upr. the wreekage being washed out to se& The local authorities fave proceeded to ...

... METEOROLAeICAfL RZMOB - Ii DAXLY I Is oi READiNGS THIS WORNING ByI NEGMECf AND ZA.MBR.&S BFAvWME I Comreeda to ?? and reduced to 32 deg.F ~.Ns* llwahav~a b~t of thmba at odo6oelrO f ?? Th*Tamm=&TVILa - 11ampen alesat 4eciatia Ihe40 ;um tah te z3.1.. at the~ 82..s how yw.s wa- l3f1. aY-A k~up¶5tS ansowy tb* CW beodi W~zd . yo * u was h t4 2s tissuedang as U.W..Iagmr jc 02is Bemg&m r 4er; iye g ...

... The following table, from the Economist, shows ?? traffic receipts for the past week and for the hlmf-yea4r together witth those of the corresponding periods of last Year. Week's Receipts CTrefi per Hall-year's Aggregate rile. Receijes. 1899. 1&98. 1M89. 1398. 1999. 1898 ENG -SE. £ - f£- - Barry . 1,850 12,614 3S2 l45,25 -I180,.3IU Cambrianr . 5,129 4 21 17 164S389 157,590 Furness ?? 11,321k 9 ...

... SEATS FOR SHOP AS SISTAINTS. ,ir THE NEW ACT IN FORCE. Cs a- aA fter a somewhat protracted passage through 2pariiament, the Bill to provide for seats being so supplied for the use o; shop assistants ...

... THEn WO3MA.VN AT THE 1A T ?? I LATL S11AII WILSON- INTER- HTER BIDA1PRf'oF B.P/JU~i lOIR. A STORY OF ADVENTURE i I1PRESSIOYS FROM ThE I3)ER I CAM. |(nitoun iterrtn's ±GLN'Cr ) ! MAFP1EX-IN G, Dec. 2i tb7 runner to Mschulds, s-ia Louretco Marques, Dec. ;) I iadv Sab a WiLnG, wts h:a3s been .ch~log-'- for f ijoou. aL notorious horse thief, is sivinlg in J a borbproof s*helter of her own, which ...

... COURT CIRCUIAR. Os cExE, Saturday.-Tbe Queen drove out. yesterday afternoon, attended by the Dowager Countess of Erroil and the Hon. Alinc Majeedie. and her MIajestTpwent out this morning, accompanied by her R°OYIt Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg. -Captain Walter Camp- bell, Groom-in-Waizing, on behslf of her Majesty, attended the faneral yesterday of the late Rev. Canon ;La J. Ellson. ...

... SO - T - I _ I SPRTN . IW - 2o the Editor of the _Daiy Po5-Sir,'The wnriableness of ourelimate has manifeted itelf again dring the Present weekfor it placed a veto ig t held at the epostpo p eeting at Hay- dock Park and the Keele Park mnpeting, Sinig to obtain a new date in place of last Wedesday, has had to be abalndoned. Happily the return of the frost was of the briefest character in the ...

... [Rezas Tergram] W*S.sanrror, December 30.-n order-to correct misapprehension 'with regard to the pending reciprocity treaty between France and the United States, the State Department announces that, instead KC injuriously affecting American wines, the treaty wptualy secures a reduction of aboipt 25% on Cali- trblan in:es imported into France without any Srrespsli remissions of duty on French ...

... n a. UTE'ra-i EDITION? - ENGAGEMENT DORDRECHT. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. The War Offiee at a late hour last night ?? the followig despatch - Geeal at Capetown to the Secretary of ( State for War. Capeteorn, ...

... x oU gAaTI Clffettt office,: 18, ClmkRITNG CROSS ROAD, W.C. The Dowager Couptess of Erroll has replaced the Dowager Lady Churchill as Ilady-iiVaiting oln the Qdeed at Osborne, where she is to be on duty until Tuesday, the 16th, wbe~n she will be succeeded by the Countess of Antrim. Major-General Sir Stanley Clarke has' replaced Captain George Holford as 'Equerry-in-Waiting on the Prince of ...