... THE explosion which took place in Woolwich Arsenal on Saturday occurred in a building set apart for the filling and finishing of the blank amnmunition for the Snider ride. The building is one of a nest of single-storied brick sheds, known as the Composition buildings, in which various operations connected with combustible compositions are carried on. These buildings occupy an enclosed place ...

... ,I~i 1 fTHE BOUNDARY COMMISSION. l f. I _ I . -OWZR AMLUTS. On Saturday last. Major-General Bainbrigge, ?? and Mr, N. J. Senior satended at the Court-house, Wellolose-square, for the purpose of holding their ad- iouarned inquiry into: he boundaries of the 'borough of the rower Humlets, with the view to ascertain whether the boundaries should be enlarged so as tolinclude 'within the limits of ...

... GREAT LUXBkOURG BAILWAY. The directors' reporil shows, that while the grow ?? of the half-year ending 30th June last are in ex- cess of those of the corresponding period of 1865 by the sum of 10,3631. 3s. 2d., they are less than those of 1866 by I,161 s. 5i . Tnis decrease is to be ascribed to the con. ?? of political distrust, which has very seriously affected the commerce and industry of ...

... THE BEGINNING OF THE END AT ROME. W Thle .nimcs observes that among Garibaldi's many natural advantages must be numbered apparently the gift of prophecy. He told his country- men that the first cool days in autumn would bring them to Rome; the very earliest in the vintage month have brought his red shirts within sight of St. Peter's dome. The insurrection, which had hitherto been limited to ...

... IF the telegrams are to be trusted, the insurrection which has been so long expected has at length actually broken out in the Papal States, and the advantage so far has been on the side of the insurgents. Of course, it is still uncertain whether or not the news is true, or if true what is the degree of its importance. The course of events lately has much diminished the interest of a matter of ...

... CORRIESPOND ENCI. FENIANISv. To ?? EDITOR of ?? PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-Having become acquainted, during several visits to the United States, with something of the Fenian feeling from its o'vn point of view, I venture to trouble you with a few lines on one point in your excellent article in this evening's PAll lak/. You are of opinion that the secondary object of Fenianismn, in waging a ...

... WRITING from Biarritz on the 4th of October, a correspondent sends us word of a disaster which nearly proved fatal to the Ermpress of the French and the Prince Imperial :- During their stay at their favourite marine residence, the Emperor and Empress of the French have been almost daily making excursions in the neighbourhood, sometimes by water and some- times by land. One day they went to ...

... During the last week the Daily Telegraph signalized its determination to put down a trade which it has denounced as infamoas-namely, baby farming-by giving circulation, every day without exception, to advertise- ments of the following kind TEMPORARY RETIREMENT FOR LADIES.-Seven miles from T town. A superior home and strict privacy secured. All requisites found.- Address, Mrs. Powis, Post ...

... MR. MULL AND THE ELECTOR. OF . BRADFORD. - Mr. Miall, in addressing a crowded meeting of the electors of Bradford, ?? present position of affairs is this. We are just as it were verging towards the boundary line between two political epochs, the one fading in the past; the other dawning in the future. From the time of the Reform Act down to the present mo- ment, parliament has been a ...

... I' ISHoP MZNHLV ON THE ROMAN I THtr-@ -''PA';X LIVA . e terty,bpi~n ,efctiv nlofth IHo ly'qs In the man catholioboiureh; an unusuaily large congre- gation assembledin Moorfields Chapel for the purpose of taking part in it, And, n the solemn supplication for the Pope, whioh weaqnounced totakeplace there. Arch- bishop Manning iassisted pontifioally at massi and, after- wards preaahed a ...

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... HOWEVER much we may regret the fact-and on many accounts it is to be regretted-it isclear that handicapsare becoming moreand more the mainstay of even our greatest lace meetings, to the exclusion of any but the very best weight-for-age races. Even the Cup races, which formerly belonged to the latter class, are now reduced, in many instances, by means of accumulated penalties and allowances, to ...