... MR. GLADSTONE ¶N THE PRESS. As president at the annual diner of thi7 Newspaper Press Fund, on Saturday, Mr. 0ladstone delivered a lengthy addrees, in which he made the following observa- tions upon the press as sn institution:- The Interests of the public at large are esassentially bound up with those of the press. [Hear, hear,] We hare livednto times when the newspaper Is a great social, ...

... LA TES-T N E w So [RI:UT'rts TE:LEGRAMS] FRANCE, TOULON, JuNE 29, The Turkich fiotillsa entered the roads at 6.0 a m, to. Iday, Tae Sul an, after resting for a few hours, will leave here for Paris, where he will arrive to morrow, at 4 20am. PARIS, JuNE: 29, *A letter from the Emperor to the Prefeoc of Poloee, dated Juno 20, has been published, in which his Majesty says :- The presence in ...

... THE NEWMARKET JULY AND CARLISLE MEETINGS, TO t7h EDITOIL of the DArLr PoST. Sir,-Fervacques frightened so manyof his opponents that the task set him in the Northumberland Plate was not a very difficult one, and I am not certain all the seven that the Tynesidera saw cover the two miles really opposed the Grand Prix hero. At any rate, two or three of them ran unaccountably bad, 1Moldavia's ...

... BIRMINGHAM LUNATIC ASYLUM, The annual report of the Lunacy Commissioners was lrened on Saturday. From that document we extraot the following:- BIRMIeNGoAM ASYLUM. Ocbober 26, 1oGB. We yesterday inspected this Asylnm, and personally examined all the patients, who are now 596 in number, Of these, 272-are maiems nnd 324 females, end they are classed as fellows, vlz. ~-221 men and 280 w~omen, ...

... FBIDAY NIgUT'r DPIEION. Thin division was the most curious that has yet been tsken on the Reform BllL It will be seen that the Govern. ment. who so feebly advocated the cause they bad pledged themselves to bring In, were supported by the leaders and the main body of the, Liberal party, their own followers going into the lobby against them. The following is correct analysis:- In the minority ...

... F'RIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT I IEAR WARRINGTON. sIL 0.t II, blX KILLED AND UPWARDS OF TaiRTY d- INJURED. 0- be [Pi-om er ,S'przcial Goneependent.] ht )r- An accidentof a most deplorable character took place he )n Saturday, at Walton Junction, on the London and *s. North.Weatern and Cheshire Junction Railway lines, about a mile and a half from Warrington. Walton Junotion is le not a passenger ...

... CHURCH STRETrON. The town of Church Stretton, in Shropshire, is one of those quiet Ulttle old-world places for whioh railways have done just enough to make their beauties known, without, as In commonly the came in similar instances, sacrifiling them in the developmerit of a new trade, or ia the exten- sion of an old one, Dating as far baok as the time when the Domesday Baok was compiled, ...

... I A Roman correspondent, writing on June 22, says The number of priest3 drawn to lome by the approaohi Lug solemnities from every country, but particularly from France, is beyond belief. They are already estimated at 30,000, and, though this may be an exaggeration, their numbers certainly exceed 20,000, and still they come, The *procession of COrpus Christi took plane the day before yesterday ...

... ARBST OF A SPIRITUALIST. L[Aon A61 I'PeCeafcr Joui1'naM In the carlydaysof ?? appeared a very extraordinary story raider the title of Stranger than Flotion. The late Mr. Thackeray, the then editor, supplemented it with a note. in which he vouched for the good faith and honourablo osarwsoicr of hbi corrspondent, who wah a fmiend of twenty-five years' s6asndlsg. After- wards it was generally ...

... NOT1CES TO CORRESPONDENITS| AU krtat intesded for publication MaUs c a cconisP & bF ?? fmi ewad ?? of t Writer, stot nes62iy for pabfmions but for tc infmwAo of VW Editor. COr;,n4)*nts who get asy special Value upon Aisei Wm. muani Ctionu MuVt keep copifJ ofglitpe, ast wsr oxntwtisnd t ke to rcrn sunud comtrition& The letter of Heater Brown, gives too much importance to the subject, and ...

... THE ROYAL ALBERT. ORPHAN ASYLUM. CBREMONY BY THE QUBENI On Saturday, her Majesty the Queen laid the foundation atone of a new dining hall and chapel in connection with the Albert Orphan Asylum, at Collingwood Court, near Bagabot, in Surrey. The ceremony was appointed to take place at half-paot four o'olock In the afternoon, and shortly after that hour, with Royal punctuality, the Quemn drove ...

... Aeeording to the Observe', her MAJErTY will enter- tain the Belgian Riflemen at Windsor Castle during their coming visit. Tnn repor1 whe1 has veeedhily fsund 6 ?? vita culailon, to the effect that the Lords intend to reject the lodger franchise, the Globe says, is entirely withont foundation. The Revenue returns for the quarter just ended will be found in another column. They show an increase ...