... The will of Mr. George French, of Rieder, !4al I hurst, Kent, who died on September 17. wvas pro'ej December 1, the value of the estate being B129,,c1 l. restator gives £500 and his furniture and dornes e carriages, and norses to his wife, and rLO0 eain ?? executors. All his real estate in England a-id - - and the residue of his personal property Ih lea'ez, ?? trust, for his wife during her ...

... DBOOIRKS AnvAxm~n a-- Atyp ymr. ArsraSArL. By - GAIUWWAY, MY [Methuen and Co I. The member for South-West sub-title A Short Accocu- es t-hel, af Federatoon to this litoue ?? Unpretentioau than its c 200,smallsh pages-bue the or tb tO 0 and we can recombmend the ho those who wish to acqure on the tooff a o 6twoan up-to-doate v-ie ei he, few readers vie of tb ool 9ilriAtcestrairo The hook ...

... RUSSIA AND BRITISH PRESTIGE I St- PrrSssEF.G, Januray 27.-In a prominentposi- tion of its issne the Htrold publishes an article in which it says: -The foreign press is at present takinga keen interest in the small Russian place of RushK-. The Poltkisce Correspondenz in its latest eomrnunication upon the recent experimental transport of a small detachment of Caucasian troops to Kushl ...

... ?? following Wa~rOffice anouncements are mzade in last night's LAredo0n (k cete: - The undermentioned offcer is seconded for service withl the Impereal Yeomaury: 3rd Battalion the xlngis (ShropshireLigbt Infantry), Captain and lion. Maicr 2 .F Scott. gnlos, t escn en 4tl -attlio the Gloucestershire Regiment.-Ralph s Custance R~opinson,: gentlemanl,0 to, be second he~u- f tenant. H no 5th nead ...

... CORR SPOND ENC ?? thi oe accoispeare'i by thr ii n writoer ; n. not nccsariis I pta4eeoa tat me of tke Editor. Wh ?? qzsutss~)n are ot esizrs of a dicev or tine, Ilcthe ?? ' girtn Viat wes osarezett to SuCPtPy Vie lo=a;as&I U Curious 1KittY.-This is a subject on ; d cannot advise you. Twenty Years' Shuscriher.-weshould ment would fall d'fe on May 7.t$ p1.- G. MY-A child is horn with the ...

... T H1 EN JA i) P N-n S T- NIAV Y. ?? Scssoi:i'J0w Porez4 ,Spe;afe. J -,I Reuter's corresporndent wrrife-s as followsi from Yokohania, un:1der date Mav 4: The haval review which has inst, been hield at Kobe will rightly bel held to ourk the bgiarining of a new chapter in the iistwrV e' thiii cotontrv. for there che isovereign of Jbpan inspected a fleet whidh inl fu~tore political qvestions, anot ...

... FOREIGN LND COLONIAL M4IL. Lters, ?? may be posted at Head OTc, Birmidigrhams To Trs3 DA3ri D SAYrU3DAT). To MadehCape Colony, neata3 Btritish Central AJrke, &c., per Scot, via Southampton-to 7.15 a cm. To Samcasoe, via Constatinople; to Martinique, Gush loupe, Venezuela, Colombm, and. hacilic Cosst if marked 'per French packer5; and to Mauriis and E~at Africa, by tbe Yang tee, via Maenelles ...

... The follownig War Office announcements appear in last night's i London Gazette: - VOLUN~i:eRr AsRsLLarn. Ist Worcestershire.-Major E. W. Larkworeby, to be lieutenant-colonel, and to command under paragraph 55 A, Volunteer Regutlations. RIFLE CoRPS. Ist Volunteer Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment-P. C. II. Hnt, gentleman, to be second lieutenant. 2nd Volunteer Battalion ...

... I THE, LABOUR QUESTION. WoacmsTER LAsBo1Jxa D~ainms. -The Woreester and Malvern builders have unanimously agreed to resist the demand of the Malrern labourers for an advance of Id. per hour on the present wages of 5d. UnERs' WAGzs ADVASC.S.-A mee-iing of the Con- ciliation Board of the Northumberland coal trade was held on Saturday, at the Coal Trade Office, Newcastle, to consider the wages ...

... rRJEUTER'S TELEBRAIMSWj. I _ ' CoNsiTArx-oPLr, April 7.-Fresh evidence -is dainy forthcoming of the increasing discontent aroused in different parts of the empire by the new surtax of 6 per cent. on imports, and popular ebullitions -are apprehended. The Embassies to-day sent a collec- tire Note to the Porte repeating the arguments in their previous Notes against any increase of the import ...

... jTHE IMLITATRY SIT MAFEEIYG PLELTIIF OFFICIALLY CDNFIPRnED 1Confirmuation, of the glad tifijngs of therl Mafe-in , wch reached ustlrb-er !on Friday last, is at' lasc- fortheomin, official sources. Sir A. Inner, ina add ressed. to '-,IrChm rln i that aL des~patch had been receii-cd- -cr !Barton, who is incommnalndat W-estern frontier, to the effect Uti-.- relieved on Thursday last, thza~ th e ...

... CORRESPONDtNCE NOTICE TO CORRESPOYDZ3NTS -Al Zeeters intetG&i4 3for piebllcation mdut be accorspnied by the ?? anad 3 ddrts, of Vie wcritr; not 'i-ecr4oriril for putlicetioss bout for t14c info~norton oa thec Evditor. Wlhe anonrowre to gues- tions Ore not given in tVW courze of a day or two the qsiee- tisoners ?? slease to understtnd that ire are -enable to r'ply the informstion asked for. ...