the Nationalist members as are then in
London, will be held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, when, it is stated
in London Nationalist circles, a definite course of parliamentary action
will be decided upon, and the Parnellite programme for the session will
be finally adopted, subject only to such deviations as the exigencies of
the political situation may render admissable and desirable. In the
event of a short adjournment of the House, after the election of the
speaker and the swearing in of the members, it is understood that the
January meeting of the Irish parliamentary party referred to will be
adjourned to the day previous to that on which the business of the House
will begin about the usual date in February.

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HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.--The new house is progressing favorably, and
is nearly under roof. There will be a lecture in aid of the building on
Sunday evening, January 17. Hon. Mr. Keiley, lately appointed Minister
to Italy and Austria, will deliver the lecture. Subject: The Present
Prospects of Irish Freedom. The lecture will take place at the Boston
Theatre. Tickets, 75, 50, and 35 cents. The announcement of so
interesting a subject, and the fame of the lecturer should fill the
house to overflowing. His Honor, Mayor O'Brien, will preside.

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OUR MAGAZINE.--_Notre Dame Scholastic:_ With the January number,
DONAHOE'S MAGAZINE begins its fifteenth volume. It is an interesting and
instructive periodical, and deserves well of the reading public. The
"Memoir of His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey," by Dr. John Gilmary
Shea, which appears in the present number, is a priceless memento of our
first American prince of the Church, and imparts valuable information
concerning some points of the early history of the Church in our
country. Besides, there is a collection of readable articles, which it
would take too long to name. The editor promises still greater
attractions for the new volume, and we sincerely hope his enterprise
will meet with all the encouragement it so well deserves. The MAGAZINE
is published at Boston, Mass.

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The Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, of Detroit, Treasurer of the National League in
America, announces that he has sent $80,000 to the League in Ireland
since Oct. 1.

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THE FUTURE OF FRANCE.--In answer to a question on the eventual sol