... A F F A I R S I r FRANCE. [ProaIM an tccauir,,wa Carre.poudent.] PAxnS, Saturday Night. On the evening of the thy when this reaches you the tloiettuf/cs will have been brought to a conclusion throuaghout the empire, and the precise numerical re- sult of the national vote removed from the region of speculation. The issue is, however, regarded as a foregone conclusion, and taking the average of ...

... THE PEERS AND THE IRISH CHURCH I BILL. PUBLIC OPINION. [Eiques.] The policy of desperation has prevailed, The im- placable Radical -who feared that the rumour to which we reluctantly gave currency on Friday, was too good to be true, may be reassured, for ?? Conservative Peers have determined at all hazards to reject the Irish Church Bill on the second reading. It must not, indeed, be ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at three o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Belgravo MIarket Bill was road a third time and passed. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS (LOANS) BILL On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOwIO, this bill was read a second time. MISCELLANEOUS. Tho Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill passed through committee. The Warehousing of Winos and ...

... THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE OOMPANY. The following are the exact terms upon which Messrs. A. R. Kirby and S. L. Price, Provisional Official Liquida- tors of the Albert Life Assurance Company, have been specially authorised by the Court of Chancery to receive the future premiums:- Vice-Chancellor Jatnes, at Chambers. Saturday, 14th dav of August, 1869 , It is ?? the said Provisional Official ...

... I I LONDON, Saturday. The rehearsal of the great musical jubilee to be held at the Crystal Palace next Wednesday attracted a large assemblago to Sydenham lastnight. The jubilee is to be an imitation, on a smaller scale, of the recent Boston Peace Festival. The chorus and orchestra are to number 8, 000 performers, and the sensational effects of the American festival are to be reproduced for ...

... [In resuming this series we beg to remind our readors that nlly facts relating to the genleral history of BirnMinghlam, or the district aro1Und, will he always acceptable, that any questions asked will be pretty sure of a satisfactory nswer, alll that, ulrnicr certain llecesseiry restrictions, questions of local interest, beyond the mnere news of the day, nuay be fully discussed. All ...

... FRANCE PRIS,' AuU°U' 10 (Evening). ig,,b al lNie] is stifl very i1 The (flucsticla of the digagremel01t between tho Sultan and 'Viceroy of Egypt is gamd to have assumed, an iu- cressingly reassuring aspect, THE CARLIST RISING IN SPAIN. MADRID, AugUST 10. The CaPtain-Coneral of Barcelona has informed the soverninent that the band Of Carlists has made its ap- ?? in the neighbourhoo0l of Nich, ...

... ?? E LEADE USLTIP IN ?? TL1 IN() DS ]eC 'Co-LI has the f.llolviig :- It, ii said, and %bli °6ith truth, that the Elarl of DLc.by hln doe- cO be to assume the lIadership. Inl f'AA, when it is OClIIdJC l hrc ow fow there are on the Couservativc re, , Al)-ti1g Hili. l)isracli mwhom libe c ll number as sc kds, it is ilot inaliveliolus that the nouble 1erse'11g hel~l L Csitate 1o ussulle the ...

... MORE OUrRAGES IN IRELAND Mr Warburton continues to progress favourably towards recovery from the murderous attack made upon him, though his face has been terribly mangled, and it is hoped to preserve the sight of his injured eye. The men arrested on suspicion of having been his assailants have been discharged. At a meeting of magistrates it was proposed to attach the respon- sibility of the ...

... FORtEIGN AND COLONIAL. v The roarlstead of Revel and harbour of Swine- m munde ware free freoms ice three days ago. s A shock of earthquake was felt at Florence on y Friday morning, hb Orh instLant. It appears to - have been only at slight one. It is sail that the Pope has commissioned the Abbd Liszt to prepare a scheme for rescuing sacred music from the state of degradation into which it has ...

... THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AT HI1S POST. d TiHE Armetisiaor or YoRK visited Sheffield last weelk fur the purpose of consecrating two new clahurehes, both built by private munificence; one T5l by Sir JeiiNs BRoWNv, anled the other by HE[NtY WILSON, Esq. His Grace thus consummated two D gratifying aes; but he did much more than this. -lIe addreseed a large mneeting of working-men on a se- SuOjtet of ...

... IL.EGLSTERED AT TrHE GE.NERAL POST OrFICE FOR TRANSMISSIOX ABROAD. FRIDAY, OCTOB3E1R 15, 1S69. E E -- L ECTI' :- - -7- L:- THlE BEAVE1'LE Y ELECTION COZINIISSION-.| Tim Election Commissioners resume their laborious researches into the mass of political corruption in Beverlev next Tuesclay. Dariig the five weeks of their inquiry we have ab- sthined from comment. We felt it vould be 'unfair to ...