... THIE COLLIERY EXTLOSION NEAR WIGAN-THII{TY DEATHS, (Froehiour own Correcsendent l l Wigan, Friday. n Wben our parcel was despatched yesterday the e exploring party which had descended to search for g the bodies of men who were known to be in the mine n were still bard at work, and it was not till late in d the evening that the full extent of the catastrophe was known, and it was found that to ...

... 05140,'ZOAV MONDAY MORNIN'G, APRIL 26. WVE publish this morning some interesting tetails of the war in New Zealand, iueludissg a graphlic account of the defeat of tho rebel c hief To Kooti, and the capture of his strong- h1l)d at Nagatapa. iT ord Hyde, eldest s5in of the Earl of Claren- doss, was elected M.P. for Brecon, on Satur- day, by a majority of 07 over his Conservative opponent, -Lurd ...

... a-ENERAL NEWS. FAMINE IN 11tassIA.--A correspondent of the Dail N.e-8, writin, from St Petorsburg on April 8, says ?? A terrible famine is raucgi in Livonia, Esthoniia, and on the islands of Dago and Oesel. The peoplo are reduced to the utmost misery, and have absolutely nothing to sulsain life with. Many have died from starvation. Almost every day large parties of the famishing peasantry ...

... A CHEMISTS VIEW OF TSE 5 q~ QUESTION. ?? At a ~neeting of the ChernicalSectit, or th,,% . goie Philosophical Society, which was held ill t~ Corporation Glalleries an AMonday, an ?? p~aper en tlesewage questio was rea;d by~ ' 0. C. Stanford, F. C. .5. We give the flojlj~.j tracts : The repozt of Messrs Bateman land P,!, propoeeve (what every one knowiur', the yiews of %45 authors would at once ...

... 'THE CAREER OF A CRIMINAL At Bow Street, on Friday, George Roberts, aman about 60 years of age, was brought up on a writ of Habeas Corpus from Wandsworth Prison, where he is now undergoing a sentence of three months' im- piisonment as a rogue and a vagabond, on the charge of being at Iarge before the expiry of a sentence of transportation for life, which had bee. paweed upon him in the year ...

... GREYFBIARS' U.P. CHURCEI. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Falkirk TJ.P. Preebytcry-the Rev. Peter Rutherford, Moderator -the Rev, David Young and Mr David Anderson opprared as Cnomnitsioners from the Glasgov Pree. by tery, in prosecution of theocall froim the Greyfriaro' congregation to the ReV. James Buchanian of Lin. lithgow. Me~sos JohnS Fergusson, A. hI. Callender, Win. Dymnock, R1 B. ...

... T',ISP:'NXAARIY ?? SX i I ~Theatitrtrl general ?? otiof ti .- t tb~ toeic]' inl the U' hg1 ?? I' i;tt, a tl Artihd. frlu wiiofE!: ,I of the llis~ptnsat'y, pt'tei-idlfI'.. 'tD ljit,, j :tt o i SkirIt ifi''- ' 1f , . 'Vtot *o tile I.tir rat'crny it tel I ! 'ttt thll I' pmnoitft otii 7 h stilt-''. it v, Ito a I ilk' Jill ea,-it -'itt yf it ott1iti at!1 i-le 1t ?? i f'.t ct f i'c tl~ 'llccary, ...

... GEENER-A.L NEWS, CliOICX AND DEAi.-At a 5Bal of wines in E dinburgh last Sat urday, the property of Mr Younger, soile old sherry sold at 105s per dozen, claret 106s, malgums of claret 230s, hock 1089s and wbiisey 31s per gallon. M. Victor Hugo is to receive no loss than 200,000 frasics, or £8000, for his four volumes entitled L'Honmiue qui Rit - The Mats who laughs. A Par is cor respondent ...

... THE COLLIETRY DISPUJTES UN LANCA- SHIRE AND] YORKSHIRE. The proprietor60f ?? and Chepeltown lollieries, where there are from 800 to 900 out, are about to look out the ironstone miners in their em- ploy. The notic' s have been issuied to cease work, as the motive alleged by the unionists is ?? the Messrs Chambers have taken this course with the meu of inducing the ironstone getters to accept ...

... CHE1APER POSTAGE, (From the Timesi Mr Graves deserves the thanks of the public for his able speech in favour of cheap postage. We have no hesitation in eaying that he made out his ease completely, and that the effect of it on the House of Ce mmous acc the country will be such that the re- form he advocates cannot be long delayed, None but the most impenetrable of officials will be disposed to ...

... AN ENGLISHWOMAN'S SCHOOL in EcGYPT. During their stay in Cairo, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the schools which Miss Whately, the daughter of the late Archbishop of Dublin, has established in that city. The correspondent of a London paper, in describing these institutions, says: -A more difficult, or, judging from present ap- pearances, a more successful and promising under. taking ...

... ORANGE MEFTING kAT EXETER HALL .. ?? - I .I . . . On Wednesday evening there was held in Ereter Hall a meeting described in the advertisements as A great meeting of Orangemen and other Protes- tents loyal to Church, Throne, and Conetitotion, in defence of our national Protestant institutions, and in opposition to tbe proposed epoliation of the Irish Church and aggrandioement of Maynooth out ...