... MR. GLADSTONE AND THE -. LIBERAL PA RTY. LETTER FRfOM MR. BAINiES, Mr. E. Baines,.M.P., has addressed a letter of Eome length to Mr. Crawford on the general question of Mr. Gladstone's relations to the Liberal party. He appeals to Me. Crawford for the initia- tion of som e measure calculated to bring back Mr. Gladstone to the position of leader. Withoutthis the party will be- paralysed,. and. ...

... 'A LIVERPOOL IRM AND A' HAGD 'WITHBANK .X'ONS PI 'a OH-AR'GED WITHE OONSPIBAOY. At theoihcut esrtesedyMI MI ?? Cal12Ipnar maitrt, wan te greatfer pato1tedy hmarln'gaasw excited consilderable literest amonigst-commercial Circles.' 1t w~a acharge idla AMessrs. Richard, Henry,' and -John, Rankin, ikinfounders, Man. oheaiter-stroet, M1er~?co) anwd Mr. Henry Barr of having cofonsied to defraud Mr. ...

... ; I I 7 | We cannot nndertake to return communlcations of which iwe do Dot avail ourselves. Oommunicatlons should always be le bly written in Ink r and on one qad f MA paper onlyr length intcreases the difficulty of finding apace for them Whatever, to intended for Insertin must be -authenticated by 'the aendarsso the writer, not neceuarlly for publication, but as a eguarantee of his good ...

... . LO CAL NWB.: I - , _ - ~ , --t I; .. .I . .2 Th`e rc cupl or yachts belonginog to the Royal' I 'Meraey Yacht Club presented bythe 'Reare Corn- P no~dore', Mr.' P.-B. 'briikwat'er, iA ffxe~d ton off on the fthodf.Juneanext.t 'om ' ' Areview'of the looni 'volunteer istob hldo the lst Of Zuni next, at Rellsington, under the1a command of Colonel Bruce. A, preoiisition ha ea als8o been made for ...

... I At the Mansion House (London) police court, C on Friday, a young man, who had refused to give II any name but who was recognised by Agar, the warder o? the city prison. as a notorious thief, S named John Betts, and who had been frequently bh in* custody for robbery, was brought before the 2( lord mayor charged with stealing a watch, -the n property of a person named Charles Cadge, residing ...

... ?? DEATjlI ,OF~A SCQTOJI I , ! 'it . L u X The GI Hi, 0ea4 reports thle .Xaih of Mr. jJohn'} Heng e~ ,*-of' Pak,' wh'o'e wide prea bene'v1enoe'soadsV ante ofrg schemes are almosk i'not altogether, without precedent. The jeventtook ?? morning, at the familj residenoe, Park, parlis of' -hinann; Renfrewphire, and was Immediately ouad' by an attck of irfuenza.i Hebad beesm *eypiceeaful ,mptrhant. ...

... On Friday a very remarkable and serious case3O rapid pi worrying ocourred in the neighbourhood of Lawe's- buildings, Brightside-lane. The child, who is six yeare of age, is the son of William Tillbrook, a A1N4U labourer, employed at Messrs. Vickers' works, and living in Lawe's-buildings. Aboutnoon he P was playing with another boy, nanied E011iott, IT whose father had a bull terrier which ...

... LATEST AP N TELESGRAPHIC NEWS. FENIAN TRIALS. DUBIUN, SATuRDAy EX VRlqNG. Be The trial of M'Cafferty was proceeded with th today. Subeequentto Mr. Dowse, Q.C., address. ing the court, evidence was gone into for the defence, and the prisoner, on being asked if he had got anything to say at this part of the proceedings, replied that he would content himself for the present by merely saying he ...

... PEAMON v. RAIEIS AND! , -0 ,i i aHYD ?? I ?? ;,Gentiemen,-I'o~ndeit~ice. 'of i the Soquxins' . Aat me being dismassed OD the plaintiff' se, my counse;had ict the opportiunit xebutting Rome mifatatementa, and I ther-:ti beg. per- mionsci to :n your colums -I ?? hU Penonh£ RAO 000 went to lte baui' a - that . £30o , traiisutht from' W 000 1o '?'hipt -is on-he 8th ?? . Was, R owed the bank £20 ...

... LATEST 1ELEGRAPHIC NEWS; COMMERCIAL. _ 11. LONDON, THUStDiAY EVsONG, R ersl opinion here is strongly in favour of T ce resulting' from the propised conference. TX oagh all the continental advices do not justify. V view, it is considered enough that the Foreign o? ia not loth to express its belief that the peace not be disturbed. But now that the public Dl is at rest on this topio, the reform ...

... _ ?? L1L'Most unmistakably have the Liberal party oin South Lancashire shown their confidence, Din the zeal, earnestness, and honesty of pur- S pose of Mr. Gladstone. Under ordinary r circumstances, -such an expression of opinion would have been aiipererogation, and even now it seems to be rather a protest against half- e heartedness on -the part of followers than an unrequired pledge of faith ...

... - AirtWpSX PtuLrgi-x. S AVUS POPU IP .- I : . , , ?? j ?. :Bu M M AOR Y. . I 1. 11 . . . . . , 'I : :: DOMESTIC. The business transacted 'by the House of Lords on Friday night' ias not important.' The royal assent was given by commission to several bills. ID the House of Commons, VI. Bright presented and read a potition, signed by 13 gentlemen of education .and position, attributing the ...