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Through an alnrm of five at the Royal Theatre, ,.G5\te5he,d. the other night, a panic ensued, dur- ing- whkh niae children and a check-taker were killed. The movement in Belgium against the commer- cial treaty with flermany contirnes to grow, and tAe GoverllIDlmt is,urged olopen fresh negotiations, with a view to the modification of the treaty. It ia still uncertain whether ex-Tdeutenant Anastav who h:is con leased to the murder of the Baroness Dlbra, will be tried by a civil tribunal or by coaic-maitial- Mr Rory Arthur Jo!es is gene to Cannes for a brief holiday. By a maiority of nenrly four to one the poll in Cai»sb/ r;-o :h is againss the adoption of the Free Aèt. n A widuu, earned M iry Ann Hughs has been Imrnei to death at Belfast. She fell into the fire while s..me food. The tot.-d number of confirmations in the diocese of Liverpool during the present year has been 8,07. as computed with 1.7ten years Ago- An enormous increase of rabbits during the present sKianit) is reported from the pastoral dis- tricts in New South Wales. Colwt-l h'hat;well H. Clerke, Grand Secretary of Et;g!;s't Freemasons, has just died, of conges- tion ot the lungs. Dr. Mackenzie, principal of the Royal College of Musio. had gone to Italy, for the benefit of hill beattit. Cmon Malcolm MoColl. having concluded his iwiioeni.e at Ripon, is leavicg England to join StOxd zlixti Latiy Water lord in Egypt. A peal of eight bells has just been erected in the tower of Uspringe Church, near Favershaaa, at -.C08t of ahooit f Iiord Broader is forming a fire brigade at 2Sormarthn.i-.st. with twenty firemen. The brigade will a Ktewi all fires in the neighbourhood free of iQSt „ JIIJ_- .4 —

TOIIICS OF THE WEEK. OWING to.the increasing destruction of the corn crops by small birds, sparrow clubs are being formed in several parts of Essex. The membert of a club of the kfhd which has just been formed at Epping are bound to produce two sparrows pei acre of arable land in their cultivation between the 1st of October and the 1st of March in each year, cr forfeit a penalty of sixpence per dozen for holders of 200 acres or under, or threepence per dez?n for a larger acreage. Sir H. Selwin-Ibbet- son, M.r i1.;1.II been asked to become president ol the club SIR JAMES FEEGUSSON, the Fostmnster-tJenerai has issued the following very gratifying notice to the staff of the Post Office :—" I wish,all the staff of the Post Office personally the best enjoyment of the Christmas season." Telegraphic replies reciprocating these kindly feelings entertained by the right hon. geutleman have, been forwarded to him by the heaus of the various departments of the Post Office on behalf of the staff. Such' kindly and opportune wishes at this festive season have given great satisfaction to the general body of the staff, and are much appreciated by them. MABAMB PATTI, accompanied by her husband and some members of her comptny, for the U III tell States to fulfil her engagement with Mr. Abbey. In all she will give thirty- per- formances (whether concert or operatic will be at air. Abbey's option), and it is stated, apparently upon good authority, that she will be paid at the rate of £ 800 per night for concerts, and £ 1.000 for every representation of opera. She will also have the rsuftl spe,:i;Ll, r:Lilwiy car, with saloon, s eeping chamber, and kitchen. Madame Eatti's first appearance will be at two CÐllCerts to be given a New York on January 7 and 9, and her tour will conclude April HO. WHEN General Booth returns to this country from India he will disembark in the Thames. While definite arrangements for the reception have not as yet been made, the suggestion is that General Booth shall be met i!l the river by* a "Salvationist fleet and escorted up to London, ahd when he lands, say at London-bridge or Black- friars-bridge, there shall be a second ovation to him from what in the connection might be termed the land portion.of his forces. In- a word the SalvationVtrsl, lntind to make. Ggn^ral Booth's home-coming an impressive event in their own history and something of a public show. IN Ppris a system of briquette foot-warmers* has just been adopted on the Madeleine-Bastille bus route, after hot-water heaters had been tried and found wanting. Along the centere of tjhe floor of the vehicle is placed another arched floor-" ing of open net work into which four warmers are inserted longitudinally, the latter, being bri- quettes in a double metal envelope, the outer covering being of net work. It does not take long to change the warmers, which are capable of giving off a fair amount of heat, much longer than the familiar hot-water apparatus. For the longer bus and tram journeys the experiment seems worth trying-^tfcit is, if the comfort of the passenger is a consideration. The heating of II cabs is a question which our French neighbours have not yet solved. ARE American applev poisonous ? The Horti- cultural Time* would have ns believe that they are. A contemporary assert* t hat, what with the poison absorbed and what with the thin coating that is left on the 'Skiu; American apples that have been syringed with poisonous solutions are positively dangerous to, be.-tlth- and demand the attention of the Board of Trade and the President of the A agricultural Department. The use of poisonous insecticides1 by American fruit growers ia- upon tbe increase. They apply them to- all kinds of fruits grown, and to iut;h an extent that tie authorities ha ye again and :3gaiin piotestetl against the dangerous- nature' <1f the compounds used. Why, only recently tha 5ewr York City Bound of IIen5th condemned grapes on She market that showed signs of poison ou t&& stems-, and had tons of them destroyed. t ..L A f:\SG of svuièJlersfu Paris hwvVs hit upon sn ingenious plan for making quite a littlr fortune- OTst of one little bairowfnl of charoo.J. The ring-- leader: a man aamed Atiguste Sooquetr sent ai, confederate out with the charcoal to offer it at a ridiculously low price 00; concierges- and others.. Then just as the man had oonclu,led ihe bargain,, and was- about to unload? the baaronv, Kp came- Soequet. Ah yen villain," he would say, "this is how r am robbed of my good a. Then, turning- to the stupefied purchaser, he wonid add, And you are as-bad as the thief. Ypu were buying-the- charcoal so cheap that yourmuslc fh,*>ve-known it to be stolen. Come -with me to the police station. The result usuully was thiiti. the conspirators kept the charcoal and obtained a art -J :1.t!J. as- hush money. Nemesis has. ho-wever, corertaken the thieves, who ventured upon their cle-verlittle trick, once too often, and are sow solely landed, in gaol. IT IS a sad atrry which is citei I by the Arvty ani. Nary Gazette, with severe ramar ks, from the New York Timc3. For half a ceetu ry English naval officers, and indeed nearly all nj ival officers, have- had a reputation f(xr-extrep-ww)uytesv to visitors. Yet here we have a jtale of "i» 1 glades, a British- ship, visiting New York, paying the usual compli- meats te the authcrities, receiving fecial compli- ments in return, aad steannng off without payingr the ordinary reply Tisit. To la ndsaien tke thing will appear trivial, but it wasn ot taken so, as- the story goea- either bJ., the Unite 1 States authorities or by the Admiralty which. as sooa as the: facts were brought to itaknowledgt, sent another vessel, the Tourmaline, to make up hy thorough polite- ness for the breach of etiq ieb te on the part of the Pyhvaes. The Service jean ial wants to know what haa- been dwse to the coinmander- of the Pylades. For ourselves, we want to know, had he to pay for the coal and powcier consumed by the Tourmaline U not, why not ? Soirm ecxplanaiion of the. undoubted complicity of the educated classes iia Clidna in the recent rising and its. accompanying atrocities may be found in a report issued by the governor of the Shantung province. Thiel (ii,-ilitary calls attention to'ths in the numbers of exo«atant|efficials." There are ten prefects in this pmvinci; and thirty-seven persons appointed to fill their places when. they-become vacant, and theie are 120 sub-prefiects and niagistratss and 360t hungry office seekers who have been passed as candidates. Lower down the scale, we are told,, the proportion of ins and outs shows a still wider divergence, and the Governor pleads that no more appointments to hi3 district be made till there has been a weeding out. by effluxion time or some other means. To wait fur dead Hieid-s jfchoes is aiways a wearisome business, but whea starvation and ahnosL certain disappoint- ment are added, no wonder if nefarioas metilsare resorted to in order to gain the desired end. ACCOKJVNW* to Rfeax-Admiral Colomb's descrip- tion of Sir W. Munce's system of visual signall- ing." nothing conld be more simple or efIeütive- that ig, in countries to which it is a.dapted.. The apparatus consists of the heliograph, a large and small flag for day work, and the- lime light and haud lamp for night. Admiral Colomb states that there is really no limit—given a clear atmos- phere and a bright sna-to tlife distance a message can be read, except the limit of visiun. In Afghanistan it was used at a distance of 70 miles. He has himself read it distinctly without a glass at 38 miles, and i3 told that on one occasion inj Natal W miles was reached. It can be used on' bright moonlight nights with the moon, and he inis read a message so sent from Koheran to Kandahar, a distance of nine miles. Heliographs can aJso be used with artificial lights. During the iuveatmeut of Sherpur they were worked by r ight with the reflected light from lamps between the different faces of the works, and to the pickets oil the adjacent heigts. To limited distances the rhtsh is capable of penetrating any ordinary haze, smoke, translucent clouds, or dust. Communica- ting by signal from Etchowe to Ginghilovo was successfully practised on March lfith, 1879, with a ,,u, sixpenny shaving and two sticks to take the alignment, the flash being shut off by means of board.

Mr. Ritchie is the guest of Mr. Gerald Loder, M P., and Lady Louise Loder, at Brighton, where he intends to stay for a fortnight to recruit his strength. The Royalty Theatre has been taken for a short season bv Mrs Hodgson Bujitett, with a view of her production there of her play The Showman's Daughter." The Bihop,.of Exeter, who is en ronte from Japan, has arrived in Italy, and a telegram from his lordship notifying the fact has been received at the Palace, Exeter. The new Prince's Theatre, which has beoix erected at. Land port. Portsmouth, on the the former buil ting, which was destroved. by, lire, has again been opened. The death is announced of Mrs. Jennie, widow of the late Bishop of Peterborough and. mother of Sir Francis Jeuue. Mrs. Jeune died, suddenly at Oxtorll of heart, disease. r¡ Florence St. John haij bteen engaged for a term by Mr. Auguste Van, PIene, and will open with him for a week's 'performance of "The Mas ;otte." at the Standard Theatre, on March 7. Arrangements hnvitbeeu closed for the purchase of the property on. Broadway and Fortieth Street, New York. by At Hayman and Frank W. Sanger for a theatrq for the production of plays by a stock company..m

MURDER OF AN ENGLISH LADT^ A despatch from Naples, just received, states that at an early hour ths other morning the body of Miss Wellesley Browniog, an elderly English ladla native of Kent, was :qund under a street lamp in the suburb of Vomers. The clothes were blood-stained, but some jewellery and money were found on the body. It is beleved that Miss Brownlij^ has been the victim ctf. atrocious anil murderous violence. The police are actively in. quiring into the matter. Miss Browning had lived in Vomero for the past three years

NARROW ESCAPE OF A HISTORIC MAKSTON. Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, the birthplace of Lprd .Macaulay and Sir George TreveJyan, has narrowly escaped destruction by fire.. It ippears. that the son of Mr. Fletcher, of London, who obcujiies the historic mansion as a liunting'-box. was awakened by a series of explosions in the butler's pantry underneath, and found the place in flames. He at once despatched messengers to Leicester for the fire brigade but meanwhile, with assistance, confined the fire to the pantry, the contents of which, including clothing, plate, and cartridges (which had caused the explosion), were all, however, destroyed.

A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE. A terrible catastrophe is reported from Gates- bead. During the performance of the pantomime Aladdin," at the Royal Theatre, an alarm of fire wasraised, caused, it is stated, by the care- lessness of two young men in the side balcony, below the gallery, who are reported to have been smoking. Those upon the stage endeavoured without success to pacify the occupants of the gallery, -,nd in the panic which occurred ten lives were lost, the victims being principally children. Many jnjiers were injured. One girl died of fright in the pit. After the accident a number of roughs took possession of the stage, and some of the actors' costumes were stolen. n

SHOCKING* DEATH FROM BURNING.. Afire i-esuiting in two deaths, took took place at Cardiff the other jnornin#. A night watchman- named £ ?n^th,>o& getting hosfeie at abontihalf-past six, found the house on fire, and on the place being entered the body of Mrs. Smith was ais- covered lying m a backroom. The body was so badly burned that on being touched it crumbled f to pieces. When the fire was extinguished Smith's | only child, aged three years, whs found suffocated in a bedroom upstairs. Portions of a paraffin if™? w?re ^o;aricf near the woman'&body. It was j er habit to get up about five o'clock to make her huahand a cup of tea, and it is surmised that the bursting of the lamp was the cause of the calamity

A LADY MARRIED SEVEN TIMES: There is a lady in the United States who promises to rival our own King Henry VIII. in the number of her marital enterprises. She has just married her seventh husband, who is a brother of her first and her fifth. The first two gentlemen died. The third had been previously married, so she relinquished him to the lady with the prior claim. The fourth was a clergyman, and his one- cessor was the undertaker who buried him. The sixth husband divorced her when he learned that he hadfive predecessors. The seventh sought her out in order to make inquiries about some pro- perty bolonging to his two brothers. Being sixty years old, she is beiieved by her friends to have arrived at almost her last matrimonial essay

4 CHILD ROASTED ON HOT BARS. lgr. Wynne E. Baxter has held an inquesti at the Loudon Hospital respecting the death of Henry Veryhard, aged six months, the son of a packer, u Gathorne Street. Bow.—Florence Veryhard, the mother, deposed that she left tke deceased ia a baby's high chnir fn front of the fire, her being strappeii in so that he could not fall out. On her return, about five minutes later, she found that the chair had fallen forward and the baby's head was lying ou the hot bjtrs of the grate fearfully burned. She had. only had the chair three weeks, and could not account for its. falling forward. He was conveyed to the hospital where he died shortly after admission.—Dr. Spencer, house Surgeon, deposed that death was due to shock consequent on severe, born 8 over the face and upger part of the body.—-The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

A SINGULAR INCIDENT The post on Clavistmas-eve brought to a lady in Bath a singular case of restitution of stolen tiionej. Many years ago the-lady in question was making purchases at a shop, when she missed her purse. Inquiries failed to trace ita» and the owner reconciled herself to- her loss, In the kip3e "f years the incident -faded fanm hFr- memory, but it ba now beeu revi/ed in an agree- able manned by the i-ft'jei-pt of evident/jr written by a- person ia hai-,t-re life; enclosing fc* po3iui aoie of ]' '$•. Lot-e renas, as follows :— In wJi-n Y'-¡4. y ludfcyQut :pnxse. \v:; n w)rr *,i%a c, le I took it. It is, my great wisb to repay it. and enc-icse- the I Give- I.- L- and I hope to pay you all, and I h imbly ask for forgiveness. I Have confessed- thi* ureat sin to God, and know He has forgiven me. That is why I wish to pay you all, ae: you mnat think it strange to receive this, letter af t-er so Many year.9 i

A STRANGE DREAM. ? At the North London Police Court, James Granwell (2.). labourer, of Hope-place, Eden- grove, Hollowav, who had been remanded on a charge of stealing a parcel of socks belonging to- Jones Brothers drapers, of HcHoway, was brought before Mr. Kennedy, when the prisoner, on being called npoa for his defence, asked the magistrate to listen to, a dream he had had.—Mr. Kennedy t Do you admit taking this parcel ?-The Prisoner; Yes.—Mr. WTalmsley The prosecutors. do not wish to press the- charge because nothing is previously known against the prisoner.—The Ptisoner: Will, your worship hear my dream ?—Mr. Kennedy r. Well, what was it ?—The-Prisoner: I wrote to my father to ask him to help me out of my troubled I asked him to reply in a dream, and an angel of the Lord appeared to me in a dream, and said; "Thy sius are forgiven thee." The angel also %old me to tell your worship that, and I dreamt further an that your worship said, "And I also forgive-yoa." (Laughter:)—Mr. Kennedy elicited, from two witnesses, that the prisoner had been s6. little affected in health through lack of work, and he was now allowed to go on his, father's bail t come up for judgment when called upon Tm

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A SINGULAR WAGER) 7?' Afc the W estminster; Police Court, a buxom little woman, named Sarah Brown,, has been brought before Mr. de, Rutzen without a superfluity of attire, having- on merely a petticoat and an old corset, charged with being dressed in male attire and with behaving in a disorderly manner at Strutton giound, Westminster. Just before coming into court the accused, who had been' laughing at and chaffing everyone who passed her in the waiting room, divested herself of a baggy pair of trousers, a jacket, and a large billycock hat. She aiso washed her face, which was blackened with soot to represent side whiskers and a early moustache.—Constable Borlase, 92 A R,deposed that the other afternoon, just before 3 o'clock-, he saw the defendant in coat and breeches, followed by a disorderly mob. He a sked her why she was attired in such a way, and she id that she had put on her brother-in-law's' clothes for a game, and just to win a bet, the wager being that she would not walk through the most crowded part of Westminster to a certain public-house.—Defendant: Did I interfere with anyone ? A man says" You're not game, Sally Brown, to put my togs on." (Laughter.) I said' Yesl am game," and I did it and won the bet. And I don't see that I have done anything very dreadful. Make it as light as possible, your wor. ship, I can't say fairer, can I ? (Loud Laughter.) —Mr. De Rutzen Your behaviour is very foolish. -Prisoner: I did it for mere devilment, and there, will be a good deal more harm done to-day than I* have been guilty of. I have never hurt any onf;. —Mr. De Rutzen Under the circumstances I will bind you over to be of good behaviour for two months. -Prisoner (laughing): Lord love/you. Then I can go home, sir 1 (Laughter.),_JThe Magistrate: Yes.—The accused smiled at has wor- ship, and with a look of extreme amiability allowed the policeman to escort her to the office where she entered into her surety.

A curious, and unfortunately fatal, accident has happened at Venice. A Norwegian steamer, the Adria, in leaving the port at daybreak collided with a fishing-boat full of eels, rowed by four fishermen. The boat was literally cut in two, and immediately sank, the eels—which, of course, were still alive-escaping into the water by thousands. One of the fishermen was drowned, another, severely wounded, was picked up by the second mate of the steamer, who jumped into the sea Some coastguards saved the other two. At the West London Police Court George Fisher, described aa a clerk, and George Dickenson, a bookmaker, were brought up on remand charged with being concerned in theft from flats in the west and north west of London, It was alleged that one prisoner called at a house when the pro- prietor was away, bearing a message that he was detained at his club, and asking that an expected caller, whose name was given, should be detained until his return. By this means, it was stated, the second prisoner, who represented the caller, gained access to the house. Prisoners were com- mitted for trial, but formally remanded for the ompletien of the first case. r,

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ITEMS OF ITTTKKEST, 1 Lord Onslow faw arranged to leave New Zealand for England at the end of February. According to St. PetersburgNovosti, M. df Nelidoff, the Riall Ambassador at the Porte has left there on-his return to Constantinople. Sub-lieutenant Anastay has it is alleged con* [ fossed to having murdered the Baroness Dellard, in the Bouievard du Temple. It is announced from Rio de Janeiro that the Governor of Pernambuco has beeu exuolled from the city, and several rioters killed. :Much S:LtjSr:ction iè express81nt nome at the ropoi'tcd transfer of Sir Robert Morier from St.- Pe lersburg to Italy in succession to Lord Dufforin. 11 a e I Mayor Graff, of Capetown, has left London for Paris. The mayor is to visit several of the European countries,. Mr. J. Brancker has been unanimously re- ,-teLl. chairman of thekuersey, Docks and Har- Wur Tise Presbytery of London (North) has accepted, with ftfgxat. ibe resignation of the pastorate of Re gent Square Church by the Rev. J. McNeill. A Paris correspondent aunouuees the death of M. de Lapommeraye. the eminent musical and dra- matic critic, and a. professor, at the Conserratoire. A commencement is being made at St. Peter's Hill, Grantham, for tiie erection of the memorial to the late Hon. F. J. Xoliemaebo, formerly Mem- ber for the borough A Welsh farmer named Henry Jones; living at Bekbryn, neur Holyhead, while endeavouring to escape from a burning- house, has been crushed by the falling roof aud-burat to death. A public subscription, amounting to nerly £ 72, has been litwie on behalf of the widow and chil- dren of the late Police-constable Buckley, who died oi typhoid fever at St. Helena. 1 A fire broke out the other morning in the engineers'department of Guinness's brewery, Dub- lin," but was quickly extinguished, by .the work- people, little damage'having been done. 3ishop Clangliton and the Hon. Mrs. Claughton have just returned to Danbury Palace. Chelms- ford, from a visit of nearly four months to the Duke of Argyil at Iuverary Castle. The Queen has ssent ,a donation of £ 50 to the Bishop of London 'a fund, and also to the Bishop of St. Albums' fund, for East London "over the border." The Crown Prince &f Germany has just received as a present from his parente a small six-vear-old Irish cob, in place of Iiia bou:r, which is now too mnall for hint. Lord Randolph ChureK, I is A passenger by the Union Steamship Company's twin-screw Royal Mail steamer Scot, which leffe Cape Town for Southampton oa the 23rd inst. The Bishop of Liverpool bae neoepted the Presi- dency of the Daily Prayer Union, vacant by the death of Bishop Peary. The D.P.Unow numbers 91,000'members. athe- Governor-General of Kocha.off. in Vilna, has ordered the closing of all Catholic churches in Vodizslav and Bu izki, while1 those in other towns; will be similarly treated shortly. A Berlin correspondent telegraphs that it is re- ported that Count Walider^ee is to go- to Hanover as commander of the 10th Ariny Corpse in pltee, of General Bxonsarfc von Sulielletidori, wbla is re- tiriug. The Rev. Canon Pillcfngton Norm, D-. D., Arch- deacon of BrMbol Catlwdral, has been offered and accepted the vacant deanery of Chichester: The rev gentleman is at present lying seriously ill at his residence in Bristol. The funeral of the late Sir Love Jones-Parry, who formerly represented Carnarvonshire- and the Carnarvon boroughs in the Liberal interest, has taken place at Llanbedrog Chorch, South Car- narvonshire. A fatal railway collision between tvro express tlnins- has taken place on the Ne w York: Central Railway. Ten persons, werv killed and< fifteen were injured, among them being a correspondent ef Dalziel's agency. Mr. Lockwood" Q.C., M.P.. has placed a window of five lights in Clougbton Cbrarch. North* York- shire-. The centre light represents The Good Shep- herd. and the other four surrounding it pe-csonate; the Four Evangelists. Robert Prior, huntsman, lyi,& been presented with an illuminated address; a silver horn, and a purse of 130 sovereign^ in recognition of his- faithful services for a period of niaeteea years with the East Kent Foxkoun<ts, A verdict of "Suicide during temporary În- teM sanity" has been returntd at Liverpool, ysiative to vhe deatli of Mr. Richard Mayor, who was found dead wi^t hi»throi.t cut iJi Haikyn Av .hue, Seftoa Park. Serge an t-m^fo r B. floater, oftftemsdictv.^ Staff Coeps (late Arm y Hospital h:J. bceii pro- moted to the rank o i quae i er master in the wrps-, with the honorary rank, 0( lieaceuan<fe ia the army. Mr. R. W. HeatMey. proprietor of tb.' Coltvjtn. Bay Visitor has died ath-i3 residence, .iL By, after a-long illness. Deceased had had two apo- plectic- seizures, and was- bedridden for several months- before his death. TWO" Post Office pillar fetter -boxes were ronno. broken open in West End Street, Eastbourn «. and an the oolleetors found nothing in the boxes it is feared that the contents were stolen. The police, are investigating the matter. A boiler at the residenee of lieutenant-Colonel Paley,. Grosvenor Gardens, London, has- burst, causing severe injurieilto two servants. They were t akeim to St. George's Hospital, where one. was found to be suffering from a fractured skull. Although the Germait Socialist party has com- pleted its reorganisation, the Labour organisation has not fsund favour;, and ia, declared to be un- workable. The political organisation, which is. based on strict eentraliaation, has its-headquarters. at Berlin, and the Labour section at Hamburg. The inhabitants of Driffield,, Yorkshire, are about to petition the Treasury to grant them a gum of money for a public recreation ground, out of the estate e £ the late Mr. John Harker, of that town, a wealthy ironf ounder, who died intestate and without an heir or next of kin. ;■ A rising has broken out amongr the Malays in tike mininff district of Pahang, a serious conflict having occurred between the authorities and the, rioters in which a British mine inspector and a Sikh policeman were wounded. Fifty Sikhs are,. in.pursuit of the Malay leader. A donation of £ 100 has been received ftoin the Rev. J. IV-. Stratten, vicar of St. Paul's,. Leeds, towards the sum of £ 15,000, which the Bishop of BJpon and the committee of the Victoria Clergy Aid Society are anxioms to raise before the N\i:W Year. At the Birkenhead Connty^Magistratea' Court, three workmen employed by the ship, cannl com- pany at Eas.tham, have been fined for ahebeea_ ing" offences. One defendant was mulcted in :£20 and costs, and the two others. 45 and costs each. The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackennnl, who re- cently declined the secretaryship, of the Congre- gational Union, has been elected chairman of the Council of Mansfield College, Oxford, in the place of Dr. R- W*. Dale, On the latter becoming chair- man of the Council of Education. In an international tug-of-war at JNeW York, Scotland defeated England in minutes, Sweden beat Canada in thirteen minutes. America beat Italy in twenty minutes. Germany defeated Denmark in ninety-two minutes, and Norway vanquished Irelandin-thirty-two minutes. ) The annual distribution 'of Christmas dinners in connection with the Rev. W. E. Hurndall's East London Mission work, has taken place at Harley Street Chapel, Bow. The total number of dinners given away was 10,500. Dinners and gifts were distributed in various other parts of Lon- don. The Queen has again purchased a drawing of one of the students of the Royal Female School of Art: A study of Foxglove," by Sarah Horton. There is to be an exibition of works by present and former students during the first fortnight in February, at the galleries of the Roval Institute of Painters in Water-colours. Griffith William Ellis, a young man who until lately has been employed as a Post Office official at Cwmglo, near Carnarvon, was brought up on a charge of embezzling £ 28, the money of the Post Office, and was remanded, bail being refused. Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Gondoliers has just been produced with great success in the Municipal Theatre ^t Dantzic. It will also be per- formed in Hamburg on the 2nd of January and in Madgeburg on the 3rd. The directors having consulted the shareholders of the Richmond Building Society, Northwich, as to the continuance of the society, sixty-six have replied adversely and only ten favourably, and it has consequently been decided that the society shall be dissolved. Mr. W. Smith, a Scotch architect of some repute has died in Aberdeen. He wisiiiost widely known uB having planned and built Balmoral Castle, and laid out the grounds around it. He had also de- signed many of the well-known mansions of the nobilitv in Scotland.

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ABSENCE OF MIND. Perhaps there are few more extraordinary in- of absence of mind than the following, T tu \8 rcjlated of an oppulen.it banker in Bordeaux by the inhabitants of the town • h encluirino of one of his clerks, named Richard, as to the occupation of one of his num^> ous dependents: Where is De la Motto ? in the counting-house, monsieur?* And Cade, -o r. fisting him, monsieur." "And that little scoundrel, Richard? Xrou haven t said a word of him. Where does h^ hide biniseli. I haven't seen him for a long tima- A burst of irrepressible laughter recalled him to. bhe right use of his senses, and he was Consider* ablv surprised to find the little, 'scoundrel, Rich aid, standing before him.