... Mr Ditcher, in a letter to The Record, states that he has not abandoned, and will not abandon, the appeal in the Denison ease; but that, owing to the obstrue- tions of the other party, it cannot be heard before November. Iisa ECOLExa=TZAL Coemissio.-The annual report of this commission shows that 41,690 was ap- propriated to ohuroh works in the year ending Auguat 1, 1866, and of this sum 6,439 ...

... , THE INOREASED CONSUMPTION. OF . ~ ' . I 5: - SPIRITS. ,Some considerable alarm has been expressed in cer- tain quarters as to the large increase in the conoump. tion of British Bpirits as shown by the official adcouiits presented to parliament ; and particularly in relation' tofScotland. In that part of:the United Biogdom 'the quantity of spirits upon which duty has been paid in , the year ...

... Tnn BRAZILs.-The Medway, arrived from the Brazils, reports the arrival of the Petro- polis, at Bahia, on the 17th of June. The Sobroon, from Caldera to Liverpool. with copper ore, was abandoned on the 11th inst., after springing a leak. She went down. Crew talken off. DEATu OF THE MnAQuis OF ELY.-This nobleman died on Wednesday. TH& RmE1FORCErENTS FOR INDIA.--The Times says, a considerable ...

... ?? SHIELDS. WEDNESDAY, July 8.-Wind X. E. In consequence of the sea on the bar, we have had few de- partures for the last 24 hours. The arrivals have also been limited the last two tides. The Gosbawh, 189 tons, was fixed at Smyrna, on the 27th ult., to load at Valonia, for the United Kingdom, at 30s. The Home, Muir, for Ardrosean; the Paragon, Wallis, for Shields; Agnes, Williamson, for Port ...

... DNEWOASTLE, JULY 3. The mutiny which has taken place in Bengal -kw necessarily excited much attention, since the lirst arrival of the news in this country. Our empire in the east being so extensive, if not, indeed. unwieldy, there is naturally fear lest any disturbance which takes place should spread a be productive of more disastrous effects than any which could occur in a more limited ...

... IMPERA PARLi; ME- IMIPERIAL PARL tAMENT,- SOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY.*.. The Lord Chancellor took his seatat fiv oe'ciock. At the requprt of th Earl of Clarendon, Lord B oAM preiponed hispmotien with 'reference to the frlci0n eiave trade, in cooneotion with the measures adopted by the French government with respect there. to, until nest day. IThe Eell of ELLtEtcnoouGroalledattention to the ...

... THU, EDUCATlONAL CONFERENCE. Tne final metiig onW Wdnest W eld, in' opening meeting, in Willis-rooms. Erl GaAsvuLna presided. Tie mode of proceediag wis for the Ohair- man of each Section to bring up the report of his sec- tion, and to move a resolution founded uon it, and unanimously adopted by the ?? report of Section A was brought up by the Bishop of OxPaRu. The gist of the report was, that ...

... - I~OliT!-~ABTER RE1V4MAO~R. JAYING TRE FOUNDATION STORE OF-A XNW i* .. SCHOOL. The ceremony of laying. the foundation stone of the new school about to be ereoted by the North-Eastern Reformatory at Xetherton, near Morpeth, took ?? yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. The cereemony was performed by Earl Grey, president of the soaiety, in the presence of a numerous and influential gathering of the ...

... I To the Elitors of the Newcaetle Courant. Aix la C0apelle, 29.h June, 1857. DL'er Siro,-I eoeie81 last wee.k's i ewcastie Courant, and thb perusal aff,;.ioI mn so moh pleasure that, in return, I seal yamo a few of the rough notes of my Jourey. In pasojag through Belgium it was evident that comothing oe ioa wee astir, for in the towns the streets wore thronged with priests in small parties, ...

... LE v(;ASfLt6, JULY 17. The news from India, though such as to give just cause of regret, is not of a character to j ustify the alarm which some have expressed for the safety of our Eastern Empire. The latest intelligence is not worse than was anti. cipated. It is not indeed so bad ; for it shows the positions of the parties who have revolted to be one of great peril for themselves, inas- much ...

... TIMES.-Why this idle wadte of human life in Italy ? Why bave these freah holooaueta been offered up on: the shrine of the Libertv whiob conaniren. of the LihAftv - - -- ?? - _ - ., _- - F1. - I VAUU JIU UMY. which disdain. all rcourse to, the ordinary methods by' which empire is won, is retained ovila loot ? The re- suit of the attack upon- an outlying fortification at Genoa,: and the ...

... UN7RESITY AND L,,04IC4 . the 1bndoii G4eo of riday containsaa schedulet of. hes hbeeforth to be taken by ViearncGeneralo Chancel- lore, Registrars, Bishopo' or Archbishops' Secretaries, Apparitors, Sealers, and. Record Keepers, in respect. of donation, presentgtion,. nomination, collation, institu. tion installation, inflection, or .licence connected with the admission of the clergy to ...