... THE EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTH IAMERICA. I ?? the arrival of the French mail steamer it Nouveau Monde at St. Nazaire, on the evening of the 22nd instant, we have received an extra of sheet of the Panscama Star and Hcrhld of Sept. 1, 3r containing the following'graphic account of the in earthquakes in South America:- h In a letter d dArwica'. 2Nugent, agent of the Pacific Steamship Compaly, iA ...

... We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do not avail oursolves. Communications should always be legibly written in Ink, and oen one eide f the paper on°; length increases the ?? of fludilg space for them. Whatever is intended for insortion must be authenticated by tho niame and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but na a giarantee of his good faith. ...

... tsjfEST AgpINEWS. bE~~D1~~ 11, , TELEGRA-MS.]c c C.NUED SPREAD t coT~oF -rupE t0tltl IN SPAIN. 1;IalCATJON OF THE At ',EEN. t SrPFBXVTE FIGHTING h AND INSURGENTS. s ,qM ' 'oN OF ROYALIST v T11OOPS. I p} -lTIfNG AT SANTANDER. a MADRID, SEPT. 25. a at the head of a cohlun of 3000 b :;59 Sastt llr at noon yesterday, after a with the inhabitants and 500 h .2 tad 11)r o nncd for the revolution, a - ...

... THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES AT EDCGBASTON. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AMONG THE TORIES. Mr. Lloyd and Dr. S. Evans alilresses a meeting of electors last night, at the Plougb ansd Harrow Hotel, Hoigley Road, Bdg- baston. Mr. E. Ilceley prosidesi. Mr. John Lowe, Rev. C Mllarson, Captain Peel, MIr. W. Pierce, Mr. J. Cadbury, Mr. Lythall, Mr. E. Kirby, Mr. J. S. Hopkins were present; as were also the Rev. ...

... At Taunton ches.tnult treles are 110w in f till bloomi. The new word ecobhyccres is used by a New York Con- temporary to characterisO, a esrtttO Ieatch 'Ils Mrqis of West, istr, IC.G., has sentan il ditional donatihon of £200. to thle National Lifeboat Insti- tution. Seven thousand font' hundred and sevenlty-otto persons have been added to the constituentcy a rso ytent ileforrut Bill. Punch ...

... MR. HENRY VINCENT ON AAMERLCA. On T'uesday Mr. Henry Vincent, the well-known lecturer, deivered the first of a series of two lectures at the [Loyal Institution on Igipressions of Two Extensive Jounneys to America. The lectures are given iu aid of the library fund of the h'iull Young People's Chiristian and Literary Institute. The audience \¶as nit very numerous, but perhaps the inclement ...

... I IYES~ On Wednesday a harvest festival was held at St. r Michael's Church, Coltman-street, when an ex- r cellent sermon was preached by the Rev. F. F. Goe, I M.A., vicar of Christ Ohurch. The congregation NVas ( a crowded one, and the collection-which was in t aid of the Church Pastoral Aid Society-was liberal. I ST. STEPHIEN'S CatJ~CHe.-At last Sanday's ser- f vices of praise and ...

... ' On Wednesdiay, at the ToownHall, a meeting of tho Sanitary (0-1l1ittee was held under the chairmanship of Alderman -Mayfield.-SOm tinle ago a dispute arose as to whether the Board of Health or the Workhouse authoritit!, were the proper parties to carry out the provisions of the Sanitary Act of 1866, in case a vessel arrived blre with persons on board suffering from infections dicases. 'the ...

... ly LAST night, a meeting of those interesteel in the Christian so Vernacular Education Society for India Was held in the Ig Music Hall Buildings, for the purpose of hearing a state- s) ment of the Society's position by Mr Lockhart Gordon. st The weather being rather unfavoureble, the attendance was in en not so large as on former occasions. Dr G. Brown occupied fe a the chair, and opened the ...

... THE EARTHQUAKE AT CATLLAO. f The following letters give a harrowing description of the f first shocks of the earthquake at Callao:- CALLAO, TfURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1868.-This evening, B just as I was about mailing this letter for the steamer of v to-morrow morning, at about five o'clock, the three most l terrible and alarming shocks of an earthquake which has visited Callao in seven years were ...

... A public meeting of the friends and supporters of Col. s Pinney and Captain Hayter, the Liberal candidates for D the Eastern Division of the county of Somerset, was held a at the spacious Market-hall, Midsomer Norton, on Mon- li day evening. The building was densely crowded, and the n proceedings altogether were of a most enthusiastic charac- t' ter. Not only was the large room of the building ...

... e Tam AUTHOR OF' SbOHN I-kLurk,.-T~honeownovslentitlea ',The Womun's Kingdomn, by the author of J ohn FHaIka& it Gortdcmarn, is announced for publication in three volumes by Messrs. Hurst sand llacklett, onl thee Rht of October. 's 'rho aipple crop in France thisyear is unusually early and &abiu- I ifdant; everywhere the branchies are, bondling usdeir the weight of .e the fruit. The cider ...