4 JANUARY 1879, page 3

[sir William Hayter, So Long One Of The Most Skilful Of...

Sir William Havter. so lonz one of the most skilful of Parlia- I mentary Whips, and Lord Palmerston's right-hand man in that ,capacity, died by drowning on the morning after......

[the Prejudice Against The Irish Members Caused By The...

The prejudice against the Irish Members caused by the action I of a certain member of the Home-rule party has recently been so great, that even when an Irish Member speaks or......

[an "old-fashioned Vicar," In Search Of A Curate, Writes...

I An " Old-fashioned Vicar," in search of a curate, writes to Monday's Times to complain of the mode in which the candidates for his curacy catechise him. One of them expresses......

[mrs. Grote, The Widow Of The Historian Of Greece, Died...

IMrs. Grote, the widow of the historian of Greece. died on Sunday at a great age. She was a lively and shrewd writer, who, if she had written a social chronicle of her time,......

[the Fox-hunters Have Not Been Warned By The Decision...

I The fox-hunters have not been warned by the decision against their assumed right to ride over private land in pursuit of the fox, and in a recent case have gone so far as to......

[the Revenue Returns For The Year Are Neither So Bad As...

The Revenue Returns for the year are neither so bad as might have been expected, nor so good as the Chancellor of the Exchequer must have hoped when he brought forward his......

[we Notice The Death Of Sir James Matheson, Remarkable...

Wire notice the death of Sir James Matheson, remarkable as I the second largest landed proprietor in the British Isles. and as a man who struggled to the top against......

[a Dreadful Accident Is Reported On H.m.s. 'thunderer,'...

A dreadful accident is reported on II.I.S. ' Thunderer.' a sister-ship to the ' Devastation,' of 4,400 tons, and now lying at Ismid. The crew were practising, on Thursday, with......