... MR. MAGUIRE, M.P., AND THE GOVERNMENT.— The Irish papers publish a letter from Mr. Maguire, M.P., to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in which the former declines an offer of the magistracy, lest it should be said that he accepted the honour from the present government by way of reward for the course he took in the late Indian debate in the House of Commons. The Lord Lieutenant has replied as ...

... The Daily News correspondent writes from Alexandria, May 18:—My telegram of to-day's dite will have in- formed your readers of the great loss this country has sustained. It is certainly a most unfortunate circum- stance that his Highness Ahmet Pacha should happen to be ttle victim of tne first railway accident we have had here ever since the line was opened. According to report, he very ...

... 0tutuatg, MB. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, M.P.—Mr. Michael for West Cornwall, died at Trevince, ThJd/™a»Jn t, y aftern°°ni a little after 5 o'clock. The deceased gentleman was the head of the large copper -melting firm of Williams, Foster, and Co., and also of the tin smelting firm of Williams, Harvey, and Co H« was a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of Cornwall, and Deputy-Warden of the S anniries. He ...

... TUB Rev. Alfred Poole has addressed a letter to the Times, dated from St. Barnaba3 College, in which he makes a statement agreeing with Mr. Liddell's remarks and in which he says also I most solemnly and emphatically declare that the whole of the filthy and disgusting statements which the Hon. and Rev. F. Baring has thought it right to make public are, as far as I am concerned, entire and ...

... It would seem that the high price of corn which has prevailed for many years has yielded to the influence of successive good seasons, and that a oycle of cheap food has now fairly set in. Within the last twelve months the imperial average priee of wheat has fallen from 60s. per qr. to 44s. 7d. per qr. It may at this time be interesting to look back to the periods of high and low prices of the ...

... An extraordinary action for libel has been brought by Mr. Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel Park, in Den- bighshire, son-in-law to Xxird Ravens worth, against Lady Dinorben. The libels were contained in a series of anonymous letters to the father and mother-in-law of the plaintiff before his marriage, and since that event These epistles are wild and somewhat indelicate rhapsodies, and were ...

... CHURCH RATES.-At the close of last week a Vestry Meeting was held in pursuance to notice, for the purpose of levying a rate for the repairs and necessary expenses of the parish church for the present year. As it was decided last year that no rate should be levied, and the necessary funds should be raised by voluntary subscriptions, and as £ 7 more than was required had been so collected on the ...

... A grand banquet was given in the evening by Sir John Ratcliffe, Mayor of Birmingham, in the Town-hall. Nearly 300 gentlemen were present, and the galleries were filled with ladies. The health of her Majesty was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm, and Sir John Ratcliffe, by his townsmen, was toasted with every demonstration of gratification at the honour of which he had been found worthy by his ...

... TUESDAY'S MARKET.—A heavy thunder-storm, which took place on this morning, no doubt prevented many per- sons from attending the market, although we had an excellent supply of all commodities, excepting fat beasts and sheep. Good cows and calves and kind s01d pretty well, as did also pigs, but still the disposers were obliged to come to the purchaser's terms. Fat beasts sold at &|d, to -Sfd, ...

... We have had during the last three ays, saya the Moniteur Vinioolet very great heat, too much so, per- haps, as it threatens a coming storm. Should thii weather continue, the vines will be in full blossom in a fortnight. The accounts from the vine growing districts continue to give every hope of an exceptionally fine crop, but in many parts of the south considerable damage is said to have been ...

... OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. THE Times says :_H A great number of letters and suggestions have been received during the past few days on the subject of bankers' cheques, especially as regards the necessity for the adoption of some plan to afford that protection which, prior to the late legal de- cisions, was supposed to be obtained by the practice of crossing them with the name of a banker or the ...

... [FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] THE vile state and foul smells of the Thames have for the last week been the stock subject of conversation, and the subject of essays from quacks with patent remedies of every calibre, from the Royal Commissioners on the Sewerage of London, downwards. The fact is, that the Thames has become dirty in exact proportion as the City has become clean, and receives ...