... ?? g . . ' . (FROU OUR OWN 003ESPONDExTd ' FLOREENOE, JULY 28, - Yesterday parliament presented a scene, of, imuch animation-the termination of the long debates which have occupied so much time and attention was to be abruptly arrived at. The financisl operation long talked of as necessary for the re- lief of the momentary difficulties of the country wasI brought suddenly on the tapis by a ...

... A HE CRU)PS IX. THS UNITED STATES. 1 The American papers publish the following ac- counts of the crops in various States' LouisiAIOA.-A letter from Alexandria5 says :- cotton prospects are rather looking up ; indications of worms b much fewer. In fact, a close examination of crops to- h day has shown but one or two wormis. it is believed now tha a ontnuace of fair weather will retard them ...

... FLAX CULTiVATION IN IRELAND. LO d A public meeting has been held in Belfast to It discuss the desirability of forming an association for the l; extension of the growth of flax in Ireland. Various com- n munications from persons qualified toofferan opinion upon the subject were read at the opening of the proceedings. EA noblemar in the 01u~t:5 9f Galwaq said-' So entirely ieI hait.ie fated in ...

... size G .wtid A.T kANCHESTEB. -ar s .I:_ On 6 dy ter110oD Lord Grauville laid| the foundatlon-stoie Af some new schools now being erected atC ?? suburbs of Manchester. After the usualfor¢mulk.res, Earl GRANvxILLid the stone, and said that he was afraid it would be rather tiresome to those present hear. -ing.a cockney -whispering in the: diatance-; but uatil Mr. Whitworth, or some other great ...

... HAYMAIRKET. TrlllS EVMNO, AN UTNEQLTAL MIATCH. MessH s Bnoksteoe, Chippooj O oes edl ?? dames Sevie Jltti;lliam, & o. PARIIS , ND BACK FOR a5. Mr. Jluckstone.-Aud PETER SMINK. ADELPIII. THiS EvFIxna, THE BARONET ABROAD. Miss Roden.- TDE JUNSCIIBACK. Mlessrs. Nevlle, Billington, Ashley, &tc.; Mlisses Kate & Elle Terry.-And A SLICE OIF LUCK. Messrs. Clarko & Taylor; Misses A. Seaman and E. Pitt. ...

... MR. BRiGhT OX TElE LODS' ID- I MENTS TO THE REFORM BILL. :(BY TrLEGRAPH.) MANOHESTER, TumSDyY EvNIND. A crowded ?? this evening inthe Free Trade-hall, under the auspioes of the National Re- 5 form Union and the Northern lieform'League, for the D purpose of protesting agaiu-1 the Lords amnendments to f the government Reform Bill, Mr. GEORGE WILSON pre- C sided. Resolutions were passed ...

... THE REV. JAMES FRASER AND TME COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES. _ The following correspondence relating to Mr. Fraser's report on education is the United States, has appeared in the Boston Advertiser: Upton Rectory, Reading, England, July 12, 1867. From a letter of the correspondent of the London Times, dated Boston, June 27, and published in the Times of yesterday, Ifind that, though ...

... THE LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Times regards the reintroduction of voting papers into the Reform Bill as a fatal mistake. Their principle is not merely good, but absolutely unassailable, but they would open a boundless field for the commission of bribery and intimidation. The bill will go back to the Commons with three considerable alterations in it. The principle of the repre- sentation of ...

... The new Spanish insurrection appears to be already at an end. A telegrar from Toulouse of yesterday says that the rebels have retired to the Fe,,ICI frontiers. T'hePa/i-e of last evening states that themovement-which itsays as prepared at Brussels, has complettly failed, and the insurgent bands in Catalonits have been dispersed. Papers seized from the Spanish refugees urge the insurceots to ...

... OCCASIOATL NOTES. We hear on good authority that the meeting between the Austrian and! French Emperors at Salzburg has been most cordial. An understanding will probably be arrived at in regard to the position to be assumed by the two Powers in the event of aggressive proceedings taking place against either of them; but there is no question of concluding a treaty. ?? situation indeed, our ...

... Tuhesday, 2 o'dock. IrITid ObelTin t, qld vowd. REUTER 'S TELEGRAMS. TEE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO AUSTRIA. - \VIENNA, August 6.-The semi-official oigans state that the postponement of the journey of the Emperor and Empress of the French to Salzburg to the i6th or I7th inst. is not occasioned by any political reason. The delay is necessary because the Emperor Napoleon receives the great ...

... We are glad to find that the House of Lords, at the instigation of Lord Redesdale, have in some degree modified the objectionable character of the finance bill of the North British Railway Company. The company it will be remembered, first sought powers to create pre-preference stock. This was refused by the Committee of the House of Lords, on the ground that it would be an injustice towards ...