... THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. The T7Ymcs agrees with Lord Derby that a Conference to arrange the affairs of two countries, neither of which concurred in it, and neither of which held itself bound by the decision, must be a waste of diplomatic energy and ability. Even if the Italian Government consented to attend the Conference, and to submit itself to the decision of the majority, it would still be ...

... The news of this morning is that Garibaldi has been defeated. He was. attacked on Sunday by a large body of Papal troops, with artillery, betweea Tivoli and Monte Rotondo. After a long and obstinate engagement, with many killed and wounded on both sides, Garibaldi was compelled to retreat, carrying- away his wounded with him. It is stated that he has been arrested, and that the Government will ...

... THE LORD MIA YOR. ir used to be one of the most popular amusements of the legal year to hear the Lord Chief Baron congratulate the Lord Mayor elect upon his new dignity. The felicity with which the Recorder and Sir FREDERIC POLLOCK contrived to invent time after time a separate and distinct string of compliments for each successive chief magistrate of the greatest city in the world was a thing ...

... HIS TORICAL CRITIC/Sir. IT is one of the distinguishing characteristics of our age that in all depart- rpents of research men are learning the necessity of rigorous Criticism. T hat this necessary and novel application of the light of reason to traditions, this weighirig of evidence in lieu of indolent acquiescence, should lead to a ccmplete reversal of numerous historical judgments, and an ...

... ThUrsday, 2 o'clOck. Chid Obtniuq'd Otb3d- RE UTER'S TELEGRAMS. ITALY AND THE ROMAN QUESTION. PARIS, Tov. 7.-The MAoniteer of this morning says that, according to intel- ligence received by the Government, i0,ooo Garibaldians took part in the battle at Montana. Their loss was Boo killed and wounded, and they left 2,000 prisoners, 5,oco or 6,ooo rifles, and six guns. The loss of the Pontifical ...

... I The prospects of the Conference on the Roman question are less bright this morning. There is nothing fromn Paris on the subject, or from Florence, and last night's Nerr Prussia't (Cross) Gagete says ?? With the exception of Austria, none of the Great Powers have given in their adhesion to the Confererce. England and Russia maintain their previous attitude. Prussia reserves her decision, ...

... THE following extracts are from a letter dated Cairo, November r5:- The mules for the Abyssinian expedition have come from Gibraltar and Valencia, from Brindisi and Syria, and some have been bought in Egypt. The whole management has been entrusted to Colonel Kennedy,of ?? Tiansport Corps, who was ordered to obtain 8,ooo ; and that number has been procured, including losses. But the losses ...

... CANDIDA TES FOR THE -DERBY. [FOURTH ARTICLE]. IN the fourth rank according to number of entries are to be placed Mr. R. Bell, Mr. J. Johnstone, and Count F. de Lagrange, with six apiece Of Mr. Bell's six, See-Saw, by Buccaneer, had up to the close of the legitimate racing season run thirteen races, out of which he won tile Champagne Stakes of 480 at the Bibury Club Meeting fron Rabican and ...

... OCCA SINAL NOTES. iree trade in land does not seem likely to be a panacea for Irish land- lord and tenant troubles. A, Mr. Hogan, a retired tradesman, has been buying a patch of Lord Annesley's land in County Wexford, and has at once served notices on all his tenants, three in number. The Wexford newspapers denounce him as a little tyrant, and the parish priest hopes that the report is ...

... THE ROMAN DIFFICULTY. The Tives has little hope of any good coming from a Congress on the Roman question. It is doubtful even whether one could be got together. The Congress must either be European or Catholi6.- As a lay State the Papacy exists in Europe by the treaties of i815-treaotes which did not prevent the fall of Naples or Tuscany, of Hesse or- Hanover, or the dis- membeirment of the ...

... Lord Mayo's reply, on Thursday night, to the interrogation of Sir F. Ileygate on the subject of the dietary of the Irish gaols was satisfactory. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the matter have already made considerable progress in their inquiry, and have received replies in the great majority of cases to the elaborate queries addressed by them to the medical officers of the various ...

... 11 A Cbibelline writes to the Time's to propose that, as Lord Denbij7s is gettinga 1' a fund for the Papal volunteers, a counter subscription should be opendc for the sick and wounded among the Italians in arms against the ?? power. He offers Jrioo to start the subscription. The United States is showing considerable alacrity in paying respect to e wishes of Msiexico. Soon after Mr. ...