... LATEST I ANA - I ?? VWKiDW1~AY HVlIuNfto. the -aretM bave reumainedci dull aud in. 5vie, but tojdey th. le is the excuse that the 'Mni;,1,exn~ tioni with the settlement nw in lull opieratioif h Ave beeni sufficient to occupy atno w s ule the terms for continuing Swcoeitg have been moderate. There is etll a linall back wardatioli ill Caledonian and Metropo- lutai, showieg that ejiecubstion is ...

... LIVERPOOL LOCAL MARILIt I BOA{D, The torre~pondeilc betwsen the Board of Trade I aud the Local Marine Board of this port, which luedt the resignation of the members of the Marine o Board, and the aubsequent instructiona to the oflicihdo bearing on the subject, have just been published by an order of the Honuse of Commons dated the 14th of June last. The documents, which are 34 in number, and ...

... On Saturday evening, the annual dinner of the Cobden Club took place at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich. About 140 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The Duke of Argyll presided, and, in giving the toast of the evening, said the present position of the Liberal party was an illustration of the good effeets of the excelent teachings of the esteemed man whose memory they had come there to celebrate, aud of ...

... [BY ELECT .10 TELEGRAPH.] LONDON, Wednesday Night, This evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady lloyoress entertained her MAjesty's Ministers, and many other per- sona of distinction, at dinner, at the Mansion House. The banquet was served inthe Egyptian Hall, with great splen- dour. The guests were about270 innumber, and included amongst others, Mr. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Ir. Cardwell, ...

... In the House of Lords on Friday nighi the following Peeis (113) voted for the Duke of Cleveland's ,imondment to give glebes to the Roman Catholic and Predbyteriar clergy: Asnclsilhlmo. Romee Digby Csnierbury Rassell Dat1sanudle aud Cla. York Sommers roonal DUKES. Stanhope Ebury Cleveland [leTelrl ) Stradbroke Rilphinetono Devonshire Versslam Foxford (B.. Limertoko Grafton Winchilsea end Not- ...

... CORESPONDENCE. pjl; GR (;RAMMAR SCHOOL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. To the EntTOR of the DAILY POSr. it, If you can find room in your valuable paper for ?? feve lines I shall be much obliged. ytour issue of 30th Wit. contains a list of the snucessful canihidates in the recent competitive examination for ad- nlit troce into King Edward's School, from which it appears that about sixty boys were ...

... [BY ELECTRIC TULEGfRAPtrOJ HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at four o'clock. TElE RIOT AT PORTADOWN, The Duke of MANscHrsTERn asked if it was not in the power of the Government to do something to expedite the inquiry into the recent affair at Portadown. Lord DUrFERIN said the Government very much regretted the adjournment of the inquest, but it had no control over the proceedings, EDUCATION ...

... NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION PRIZE 5I BE T I N G. WIaBIrEDOlS C0OMMON, F~riday. Although niot a single new competition was commnenoed this mooning, yet it is always considered, in its results, one of the most Important that occurs during the eutirs meeting, inasmuch as on this day it is determined who aro to bosoms the successful competitors in the first stage for a long lint of prizes, and the ...

... The petition of the Kidderminster Board of Guardians to the Home Secretary, relative to the sanitary state of the town, and a petition to the same Minister by the Town Council of the borough, with respect to the repeal of a local Act, have led to a visit from Sir. Arnold Taylor, an Inspector appointed to inquire into these matteru. That branch of the subject relating to the repeal of the local ...

... AUTUMNAL MN ETINGS% 1889. The following letters appear in the Wolverhnapton Chronicle of yesterday:- To the Erditor of the WTolverhampton Chronicle. Sir,-Will you allow me, on behalf of the committee appointed to arrange for the Congregational Union Mcet- uigs to be held in this town in October next, to publish through your pages the enclosed letter from the re- spected Rector 91 St. ...

... ABIl SSINIAN POLITICS. Colonel Kirkham, Colonel Commanding Disoipli ned Forces, Adna, Abyssinia, writos as follows to the Timecs:- I do myself the houour to write to you these few lines of what has happened since the campaign in Abyssinia. After the expedition was over I tried to get sanction from the Commander-in-Chief to drill and organise Prince Rassa's troops; but his lordship could not ...

... MR. BRIGHT AND MR. DISRAELI.L The following is he reply of Mr. Bright to Mr. Dig. tech's charge that, in his speech on Friday night, he had threatened a dissolution if the Lords' amendments were persisted in:- Mr. Bright: It is not my intention to follow the right hon. gentleman through the various topics with which he has dealt in the long speech which he has just ad. dressed to the House. I ...