... L PARLIAMENT. 111110-77T ?? gousp, OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Teer lordships met at five o'clock. a gESI)ALE, who had on the paper a motion Lod ,nd reading of the Royal Parks Bill. moved for the secoder be discharged, and withdrew the that the rae35ure. THE EXECurUON OF MAXIMILIAN. The Eorl of DEBBY appealed to Lord Stratford de t to bring forward a motion, of which he ieaclinfe notice for an address ...

... THE MAY MNE'TINGS. WRBSLEAN HOME MISSION SOOISETY.-TIhe annuat meeting of this society was held in the City-roadCha- pel, London, Mr Win. M'Arthur in the chair. The .ev. C. Prest, the secretary, read the report; from which it appeared that for the existing circuits of the missions, 37 married and 11 single ministers were provided by the society, and that at the conference of 1866, 80 ministers ...

... .THE IOMES AND' HABITS OF THE I NORTHUMBERLAND HTNDS` I have 'itice'd in the colnmjinii3-f a C(;ntemi- porary that one wiho deignates himself A Northumbrian has- caled2 in question the ?? of my statements off the above subject in hist week's Conrnn. 'The'Northum brian writs as followsI:'' The greater part of the hinids' houses in Noi thumberlan t have two roomis, many three and four, and ...

... A recent investigation has disclosed the existence of numerous formidable and secret organizations of armed negroes in Virginia. Fears are entertained of a negro insurrection in several sections of the South, and families are removing to St. Louis for protection. GENERAL AMNESTY TO THE SOUTH. President Johnson has proclaimed a general am- nesty, excluding only high rebel officials and persons ...

... IMPORTANT SALMON FISHERY PROSE- OUTION. . THIRTY BLYTII FISHERMEN SUMMONED. On Monday last thirty fishermen, belonging to Blyth and neighbourlhood, were summoned before Mr Coppin and Mr H. Bell, sitting at the Tynemnouth Petty Sessions, for having, on the -27th of August, within the limits of the district of the Tyne Salmon Conservancy, unlawfully fished for salmon with a net without having a ...

... I It isofficiilly announced that Bohemia and MIora- hae been free from the cattle plague for a con- schie time. The Prussian authorities have there- ptnmitted the transit of cattle coming from these utiEL BY RAILWAY.-The Former gives a striking reof afoimof crueltyto animals whichhas often rentieedhutthe readiest way of remedying which cuiquite apparent. Twenty-one Highland bullocks eresat ...

... FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT !N INDIA. The Timnes of India gives some particulars of the appalling accident (already sreported briefly by tele- graph) which occurred on the Great IndianPeninsallar Railway. on the 25th of June. The train left BMo- sawal, 275 miles from Bomhay, for Kundwah, at two a.m., and consisted of the usual first, second, and third class carriages, and had an ordinary ...

... ' THE RISIN(G IN SPAIN. There is the usual contrariety of information re. spectin' the insurrection in Spain. The official des- patches, of course, declare the success of the imperial troops, but other despatohes state that a regiment ef Spanish soldiers has been defeated in Arragon, with heavy loss, and that some of the troops have gone over to the insurgents. The French press still pub- lish ...

... THE, BANK RATE is fixed to-day (Thursday) at 2+ per cent. LATEST MONETARY NEws.-After oficial hours consols better at 93* 93g. Markets generally good. THE CATTLE PLAGUE-84 cases of cattle plague are reported for the week ending May 25th, of which 82 occurred in the jnetropolis, one in Slropshire, and one in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The number of cattle slauglitered healthy Was 81. A ...

... GARDENING IN DURHAM COUNrY. (From The Gardener for Deceember.- There is little of sensational gardening in the county of Durham. The soil is for the most part unfavourable, being a poor unprofitable clay, in many varieties of composition, according to locality. The climate is also for the most part adverse, the whole county sloping towards the east, the cold nature of the soil also ...

... THE TYPHOON.-TI{N LOSS OF THE SINGAPORE. The Overland (rhina Alfail of Septemhber 27 has a long account of the typhoon which visited Hong Kong on the 8th and 9th. The chief disasters which occurred within the range of the harbour-master's jurisdiction ?? (exclusive of yachts): one barque, one schooner, two waterboats,: one chop. Wrecked-One ship, threelbarques, tvo schooners, and the ...

... HOUSE OI; LORDS.-THURSDAY. 'Ibeir Lordships met at five o'clock. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a second time; and the standing orders having been suspended, it went' through committee and was read a third time and paRsed. Their Lordships adjourned at 5 20. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-.-THUJRSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five ?? house, in anticipation of the financial statement of the Chancellor ...