... I. FOREIGN TELEG-A-M. I [THEROCGH BEtTME GEE C AN- HOTEL DESTROYED By FT)r SERIOUS LOSS OF LuFz TER|RrIBLE SCE:NEs. thtcnrliy e ?? N wa d ?? T:>s The Leland Hotel at Syrrcuse, tae that centralcity,' Zew York Statev- ds:-e last midnight. An eye witness c t:f opinion that at least 25 Tersons perishe_, utr-i , others were injured. The catastraphe . i by some terrible scenes. In one instn': q, ...

... - ?? -- I THE WEZ.YLY TF-;'ES ' ?? 0D | G GEN TL EESS. Il O RULES. 1. Members must be soetcitil to aD n 1 Ianiuils, and not cnvoe needle s surife:, ?? -.o a fil;- ?? 2. Members must be gentle anl hlnlpful towarjd. . sons, especially the very yonug. the a!ing . and the o d Pi 3. Members must strengthen the Gtuid bv 6, suade their friends to ioin. - t to ' Pei 4. In order to become a nieniber ...

... YESTERDATS' PARLIAIENT. ROULSE OF COMMOONS. i The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past t: three O'clock. , LANOASITRE corxrs cOZCcrL BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Lanea- X shire County Council Bill, Mr. Courtney said he was v entirely in favour of the principle of the bill, but he v pointed out that the Lan-ashire County Council, like, r others, had no power to ...

... THE NEW DUTI1ES., a The chinges of duty under the M inley Tariff | Act are numerous .and important, and they cover a h very wide ground. The lines upon which the bill was a drawn are, as a rule, to increase the duties On mann- j a factured goods; to lower or to leave unaltered the duties on raw materials; to substitute for many ! tl ad valorem duties their nominal equivalent in specific C ...

... About two o'clock on Tuesday morning a man was found bh two policemen entering a house in Griffin- street, rork Road, Lambeth. After keeping him under observation for some time the police constables determined to take him into custody. On stopping him and stating their intention, the man drew a revolver, and fired two shots in quick succession at the policemen, but fortunately missed his aim. ...

... I , HOUSE OF LORDS. T G L 0 NNDAY. I THE GovsNmxsT AND FEDERATION.-Lord Knuts- ford, replying to Lord Belmore, said the Government had no public despatches or information in reference to the Federation of the Australian Colonies which he could lay before their lordships. The Government heartily wished the Colonies success in their efforts to arrviv at a settlement of the question. TUESDAY. As ...

... IRULES OF The charge for one insertion of an advertisement of 18 words is 6d., with 2d. for every additional nine words or under. OSE Tnorasn-o Pieces of Musie at Id. each; send stamp for catalogue-L. 31. S., 34, Oxford-street, ?? Manchester. JrwELLEtrr Watches, Watch Materials, Hardware, Toys P.pcs: twholesale list post free.-Wationr, St. Luke's Road: Birmingham. (ONE HUNDRED Second ...

... A PPROSPECTIVE FORTUE. Before the Manchester City Stipendiary (Mr. F. J. Headlam), on 'Tuesday, a middle-aged man, giving the name of William Stansfied, was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from Edwin Wakelin, landlord of the Prince of Denmark beerhouse, Hilton-street, city. The prisoner has been lodging in China Lane, Piccadilly, and formed an acquaintance with the prosecutor ...

... DRAGONS BLOOD. A correspondence upon the mysterious uses to which drragon's blood is put is going on in a chemists' journal, Says one correspondent: F or nearly 60 years I have sold dragon's blood, mostly to girls, who, jealous, sought to win hack waning affections by burning it, and using certain wvords of incantation. I know a drnggist who makes large sales of it in the winter time. A ...

... I COUNCIL MEET INS.' ' ?? E4. ~~SALFORD. A special meeting of the Salford Town Council Nx'as hell on Monday in, the Town Hell, Sir W. H. Is- Baiey, the AiL'yor, preoiding. hle lie DOTHl'S CatARIlr: ALLEGE5D BLACKMAILING OF TH11 vY 11O401IE'1NTS. g, Mr.T uddatrt drovw attenition to the conduc~tof one of the ?11distributors of Boothb's Cliarity, who had gone out of Td his way to mucke a very s ...

... THE LABOURV WTORLD t LATEST. GOSSIP. . - Br CoUNCI.LLOR T. R. THRELFALL, n Secretary, Labour Electoral Reform Assooiatlon of t Great Britain and Ireland. . r The announcement that the cotton operatives v Will run at least two Laboar candidates at the ?? C general election hag aroused a good deal of interest ia Labour circles. - Although no partioular division has f yet been selected, vary ...

... TIL co- IE knH IS :woil ii BY' O IV R S P E C I A - Ki -E T CH ES B. Y . L- 'C O, MeI I S S, I O N E R OU R - OIWN A R T I S T. II. In our iast paper we gave, a brief preliminary Aketch of the coalfields of Lancashire indathe immediate nei~hbourhooid, and described the method of sinking to the coal seams, ;a the consfruction of the shaft preparatory to the wining of the mineral treavijes ...