... 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 ...

... r Oa Monday, Mr Edward Watkins Edwards, offi- bcial assignee, attended before Mr Commissioner e Holroyd, at the London Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of explaining certain portions of the evidence e which he recently gave in the Overend and Gurney case, before the Lord Mayor and Sir Thomas Gabriel 9Mr Edwards was required to state whether the i newspaper report of his examination was ...

... I - . WE have at different times come across 3 stories of convent life which, albeit they were put forward as not merely u founded on fact, but veritable histories, we have been inclined k to suspect were highly coloured pictures-a little in excess of demonstrable facts. Bat a case which we report at some length in our 3 columns to-day, and which is exciting deep in- 0o terest, not only in ...

... IHE FIRST PRO.E8TANT SERVICE IN MADRID. The correspondent of the Daily Nesvs, writing from Madrid, January 26, says *-I am indebted to the Ji'eneratza, one of the meat Catholic papers of this CAtholia country, for the pleasure of being present yesterday at the firstt public celebration of worship held by the Spanish Protestants themselves in Madrid. I was aware the Spanish Protestants of ...

... LoNDox, Friday Afternoon. Last night's proceedings in Parliament were by no means devoid of interest. In the House of Commons Mr. Forster brought forward his important measure upon education, and though he abstained from entering upon its details, he gave such a sketch of its principles as to ensure for the bill a cordial reception amongst many different sections of educational reformers. Mr. ...

... I -- - 1 - . 1mP.Atin~ of thil Ysterday inoreiag the annual meeting Of this institutiol was hold in the Hospital, Hiallfield-road, Brad- ford, the MAYOU (Mr. Ald. West) in the chair,-Mr. JACOB BDEuBiNS, chairmnn of the committee, read the twelfth mnumal report, which stated that the hospital had afforded relied to a greater number of Patients in 1808 than in any previous year, wit),a ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATSS IN THE BOROUGH Of LEEDS, 4THn WEEs, 1869. t et In the week ending last Raturday, 4,058 births v, and 3,104 deaths were registered in eleven large cities and IB boroughs of En~gland, including London. The births ex- t, ceeded by 222, and the deaths by 372, the average 3. w eekly numbers in the ten years 1851-G0, corrected f or r, increase of population to the ...

... I THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER GULF' -CITY, AND LO3SS OF 22 LIVES. t Yesterday, full details were received of the v wreck of the steamer Gulf City, whilst on a voyage from O talvekton to New York. The Glulf City left Galvestnn, lwih - cargo of cotton, for New York on Friday, January lst, and it appears that the atil g rublod .bout going a to sea on that day-it being the first day of the year and a ...

... HOUSIF OF COQMON13, FRIDAY. t THE ENSLAVEM19T OF XCAzFIR OHILI)REN. o Mr. GLADSTONEI moved that the B use, at its risDng, adjouin until Monday next. Mr. Bt. FOWLER asked the TUnder-Secretary of Slate for the Colonies whether the attention of Her Majesty's Goveinment had been directed to the systematic enslave. ment of Kaffir children by the Bears of tk Trans vaal Republic; whether any steps ...

... THE GOYERlNMENT AND ADMIRALTY REFORM. Craom OSn LONDON RErBORTon.) LONDON, Friday Afternoon. Though no revelation of the intentions of the Government was made at the Fishmongers' Hall last night, I have reason to believe that the crisis which existed a few days ago has passed away, and that the danger of some such half measure as that proposed by Lord Russell being adopted by the Ministry no ...

... f ET I - I LDIJCATION BILL FOR SCOTLAND.-An Education Bill for Scotland is now being prepared, and will probably be brought into Parliament early in the session. ELECTION PErTIIONS.-Judgrnent on the Staly. bridge election petition was given by Mr. Justice Blackburn, on~aturdiy, infavour of Mr. Sidehottom the sitting member, Conservative. There had been soinetreatingaudbribery, but it could not ...