... I -TaJI OLYmrxoFusBTvA .- The swimrniogmatches are to ,take plaoe in the Great Float, Birkenhead, this evening. The firet race Is fixed for seven Wodclock. etean ob Bethal iesiked 7tAV. Tohe junior scholarship at the Proprietary, Birkenhead, for boys under ten years oI age has been obtained by hharles Copeeon from ir. pudd'e, Darnley House, he being the fourth oucceisful eandidate from her ...

... LATEST AND TELERAPHIC NEWS. S.UBMARINE ERUPTION. The following letter has been received by the Liverpool Underwriters' Association from the British vice-consulate, Terceira, dated June 6, 1i87 .- A submarine eruption took place on the 2nd instant, about seven miles to the north-west of Point Serreta, and about three miles from the Serreta rooks. It is still in action, hurling ir. nense stones ...

... I -- THE ORGANISATION OF CHIARITY. In resuming our notice of Mr. Rathbone's admirable treatise on Social Duties Consi- dered with reference to the Organisation of Effort in Works of Benevolence and Pablic Utility, our object will be to illustrate the practical application of the principles which he has so clearly and ably expounded. He truly remarks that the great hindrance to charitable ...

... | , TilE ALIBERT! MEDAL ' The Queen has been' pleased to confer the decoration of' The Albert Medal of the Second Clafs on James Hudson, an apprentice of the Maid oef Orleans, of Ardrossan; and Theophiluw Jonea, of 1'almouth. The following is an aooo-ut of the services In respect of which the decorations have been oonferred :-The Marmion, of North Shields, on the 17th of March last, drove ...

... [ATHLETIC SOCIETY 0F GREAT I I, . . X - - BRITAIN. I . ANNUAL PIME COMPETITION. The proceedings at the Olympia Festival on Saturday fulfilled the expectations which the excellence of the programme had induce4. The competion was in many cases very close, and the racing, especially, excited groat interest. The Sheil Park Athletic Grounds was as good a place for the meeting as could be obtained, ...

... .witrAprol EtXvgSA* SAMUS POPULI LEX StUPREMIA. DOMESTIC. The total loss sustained by the fire at the 'Runeorn Soap and Alkali Company's works at Widnes will not exceed £1200, and we are glad to learn that the whole amount was covered by insurance. On Saturday, the Queen laid the founda- ,tion stone of a dining hall and chapel for the Albert Orphan Asylum for Destitute Children, which is ...

... VIOLENT OUTRAGES. The tailors on strike in London appear inclined, to emulate the Sheffield Thugs. A West-end master tailor writes to the Twnea to state that ho- last week engaged a non-unionist, and when thoe man's son left his employer's shop with work h6 was followed home by the pickets. About two. .-e hours afterwards the father was attacked in the street, knocked down, and so cruelly ...

... QUEEN AND THE ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM. OnSaturdayafternoontheinaugnration ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a dining hail and ohapel for ?? Orphan Asylumfor Destitute Children, situate at Collingwood Court, near Bsgshot, Surrey, was performed by her Majesty ?? thepresenceof a large and fashionable assembly. The approaches to tho asylum, which is situate on an eminence, were tastefully ...

... AMUSEMENTS FOR TE WEEK.| ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. The great racing drama of the Flying Scud, which produced such a sensation when first per. 5 formed at this theatre, a week ago, and which has received the greatest appreciation every evening during the week, will continue to be represente.d 3 this and succeeding evenings. No doubt, froU the great excitement which the piece produces ; and the ...

... I PICKETING AND RATT'ENI.NG. I The master tailors of London have very wisely determined to try the legality of the practice of picketing, now extensively adopted by the turn-out workmen for the purpose of watching and, it is believed, intimidating workmen and workwomen who are not mem- bers of the London Tailors' Union, and who are disposed to continue at work, notwith- standing the present ...

... | BEIZURE OF THE TOR I n- -. . a On Saturday were published somne farti reletive to the Tornado case. They contl correspondence on the subject up to * June. Lord Stanley, in a dspateh to i Crampton, our minister at 2'Maid ds ( 18th' June, wrote -- I havr refe ;d U law officers of the Crown the opiuon Sf 4 you by Senor Retortilo, as to the ?? the sentence pronounced on the ;'rd of M the ...

... IMR. H.ORSFALL'S AMENDMENT. I Our senior member, Mr. Horsfal], has given notice of his intention to move a resolu- tion to the effect that the several boroujghs of England which have a population, acoording to the census of 1861, of upwards of 260,000 each, shall respectively return three members to serve, in Parliament. It is understood-though it has not been stated with authority-that the ...