... LIVERPOOL SPRIIMG MEETING. Thursday. Grand National.—Pathfinder, 1; Dainty, 2 La Veine, 3. Nineteen ran. Friday. Blundell Stakes.—Uncle Tom,jl; Our George, 2; Activity, 3. Three ran. Cioxteth Hunt Cup.-Barrowtite, 1; White Thorn, 2 5 Matchlock, 3. Five ran. Crosby John, 1 Mayoress, 2 Zaccheus, 3. Five ran. Plate.—Nun, 1; Black Crook, 2; Brassey. 3. Five ran. Seaforth Plate.—Patricia, 1; Brown ...

... MAID OF HON A. I. A lady lives t>y wood-frirg't'd l.iket F.tx away in Mona And Oh frr that sweet kdy's sake, I would fain a lnve-lilt make, Which she might sing, though she could not take Me for her love in Mona, L II. For I am and she is young, Faraway in Mona; An* all rtss-t. p'ts ever sung Of witch ins fao- and silvery tongue Are her's, tl-e loveliest maid among The beautiful of Mona. III, ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A passenger train, on Thursday evening, from Ilfm- combe to Bath, ran off the line near Cole Station, on the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The engine and two carriages were overturned in an adjoining field, but no one was injured. ...

... GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN UNI- VERSITIES ELECTION. CONSERVATIVE VICTORY. GLASGOW Fridav. The polling in this election concluded to-day. and has resulted in the return of Lord A :vo~ate Watson, the Tory candidate by 2.394 rotes, as 1,787 votes for Dr. Kirkwood, the Liberal. In Glasgow the numbers were—Watsor, Kirkwood. 1.088. In Abcrdeen- Watson. 1,216; and Kirkwood, 099. ...

... RUSSIAN ENTRENCHMENTS NEAR GALLIPOLI. GALLIPOLI, March 7. A portion of the Channel squadron, under Sir John Hay, composed of the ironclads Minotaur, Defence, Black Prince, and Shannon, joined the Devastation and .Raleigh at Besika Bay yesterday. The Russians are actively engaged entrenching the lines extending from Kadikeui, through Jenik Charkeui, on the Sea of Marmora, opposite the Turkish ...

... THE SHIPTON RAILWAY ACCIDENT. OXFORD, Friday. Her Majesty the Queen has contributed £ 100 towards the Relief Fund for the suff-rers in the late accident. ...

... THE EASTERN QUESTION. PESTH, Dec. 21. The Hungarian Corritats have began to rend addresses to the Hungaran Ministry demanding that Austro-Hungary shall rapfl, by force of arms, the attacks directed against the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, upon which defends the iniepeudence of Hungary and European civilisation. Jf «fp.fed that the new Turkish Co-isHtuMon will he promulgard to-morrow with ...

... COUNT SCHOUVALOFF'S MISSION Complete secrecy stiil prevails respecting the negotia- tions at bt. Petersburg, and strict silence has been enjoined on the newspapers in that capital, in order that no unnecessary polemic may arise between the Russian and foreign press .which might affect the conciliatory disposition tnat is now shown. CcJunt SchouvaJoif will leave St. Petersburg to-day, and will ...

... DEATH OF MR. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE. Mr. Robertson Gladstone, elder brother of the ex- Premier, expired on Thursday afternoon at five o'clock, at his residenca, Liverpool. The deceased was 70 years -of age. He was elected Mayor of Liverpool in the year 1842, and was regarded as one of the leading Liberals of that borough. Like most of hij brothers, he commenced life as a Conservative, but during ...

... CATTLE. LONDON, Monday.—The total imports of foreign stock into London last week consisted of 4,3dO head. In the corresponding week last year we received b,730; in 1872, 2,367 in 1871, 4,514; in 1870, 5,,S,-)9 and in 1869, 1,017 head. The cattle trade to-day has been dull in tone. The supply of beasts has been only mode. rate, but it has been quite equal to the demand. From our owa grazing ...

... girtjjs, arriagtt antr tatg. BIRTHS. GRIFFITHS-On the 3rd inst., the wife of Mr John Griffiths, Morton Below, Ruabon, of a son. GRIFFITHS-On the 28thjult., at Summerhill, the wife of Mr James Griffiths, of a son. BUGHEs-On the 31st ult., Mis W. H. Hugheg, Derwen Hall, Ruabon, of a daughter. JONES—On the 28th ult., at Orsedd, Anglesey, the wife of Mr R. J. Jones, manager Llanffiewyn Slate ...

... SERIOUS COLLIERY EXPLOSION. WIGAN, Friday. An explosion of fire-damp occurred in Richard Evans's Woodpit Colliery, near Haydock, Wigan, this morning. Nearly 200 men were in the pit at the time. Many have been brought to the bank badly injured, and large numbers are supuosed killed. The exploration of the pit is very difficult. ...