... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... '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 ...

... RAITLWAY ACCIDENTS. Lientenant.Colonel C. S. futchinson, reporting on a collision on the Blyth and Tyne Railway, caused by a signalman making a mistake in hid uoveument of the point lever, states that he is a young man whose daily hours of duty (Sunday in. eluded) were from 5 30 A M. to about Id. 15 r.. s,, with a holiday once anmonth, or oftener if asked for. His meals were brought to him in ...

... ?? meeting of this Pleebytery was held yesterday-the Rev. Or IV. icltitb, MJoderator, The Law Committee re- portt d that, after dule consideration of Mr Hughes' Sutday Trading Bill, they bad agreed to recouamead to the I'resl,ytery not to take aiy stepi in regard to the ineasture. Dr Nisbet expressed his regret at this decision, and moved that the Presbytery petition against the bill, which ...

... PAID LEGISLATORS, A. Paris correspondent, ?? of the payment to meinbers of the Legislative Chambers, says :-lor a man who has not hitherto succeeded in any pro. feesion ?? in the Legislative Chamber id not to be dieregarded. The salary or indemnity is more than he could ever maele in the PalRie de justice. It is £'001 a year for about five months' duty, The system of paying the ...

... AN INCIDENT OF THE SPANISE3 REVOLUTION. An interesting incident occurred in the Cortes the other day. The session opened about half-past two, and the first half-hour wasoccupied in business of no interest to your readers. That over, Senor Sa;uchez Yago rose and said-I wish to ask if the Minister of War bas news that the council of war assembled in Granada to try a soldier, Hilarion Calzada, ...

... Mr C. Heath Wilson, in a letter to the Scoseman, replies to the observations of Sir George Harvey on the alleged defects of the Munich glass windows in the Glasgow CathedraL We give the following ex- tract from the letter. Mr Wiloon saye :-I have read Sir George Harvey's observations upon defects in the Glasgow Cathedral painted windows with regret, as they seem to imply, and might lead most ...

... LORD STANLEY'S SPEEOHES AT GLASGOW. Oi (Fromi the Times) S Lord Stanley's speech at the entertainment given le him by the citizene of ( lasgow bas a twofold interest, R' corresponding to its double aspect. The meeting at d which it was delivered was a friendly gathering. t Men of all parties cagle together in the second city 1, of the Empire to do honour to a statesman who3e i distinction is ...

... 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 ...