... THE SBRAP.BOOK COLUMN. A GHOST STORY.-Derlng the Amerla wrw officers Of rank were seated in their tent, and del taking their supper till a brother officer, theabsent upon a foraging party, should return. Thcirpana wns well-nigh exhausted, and they were about, t.t ?? their meal, concluding soetsnlbadea. curred to detain the party, when suddenly ni wc. . known footstep was heard approaching. ...

... :MR FOi TE!AT.B$ADfl D. The Right Hon. B..Forsteir. eice presidenr of the Coinmittee 9f the, Councilj lddreased a derssely.- crowde. -meeting of hi' coustituesits in:. the St.9; Georgois-hall, Bradford, ow Moidivy evenig. ,Th iglit- hbn .gentleman, who wai very warmlirecoivqd,'., .said:,4a.ving the h6nbusrnOw't& hold the office of. a Cabirel Mipister, he could njt addreis constitiauts ...

... LATEST BLECTRIC NEWSI * 'THOUGH EUTES' AG CY,] HUNGARY.' * - PETH, .Thursday. In yesterday's sitting of the Austrian Delegation the debate on the budget of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs was resumed. All tbe clausea were voted in ronformity with the propositions of the committee. The sere service ro'oney as 'likewise voted, as pro.. posed bg the committee, after a waman discussion, in 'Whieb ...

... GERMANY.-The 22nd Division, with the Crown I Prince 'at its head, marched into Cassel on Monday. The troops were met by Burgomnaster Nebelthau, who presented a suitable addres to the Crown Prince. The latter, in his reply, paid an eloquent tribute to tine-honoured Hessian bravery, after which the i troops marchedpast in reviev before his royal high- I ness and the (Crown Princess.-Aocording to ...

... TifE CAPE MAIL. CAnE Towv, Nbrsamber 19.-A proclamation an- nexing the diamond-fields has been receivid at the diggings witbout any deonsontratioi of feeliu, but: tbe fiygeg-are troagly ?? to the polic of the Governor. ?oiletBrasqd,. o thece $tate, bas issued a prbclamatiomirtiest$tg against annexa- tion to a colony, of diout'ed. VI j';aneling unpozi the inhabitstits of, the;etat.itioid ...

... LETTER FROM TRE QUEE N IN REOOGVNITON OF NATIONAL SYMPXTRY. ?? - ~ . . . . : . ., - 1 The Hromne Secretary ligs received her Majesty' commands to make public the following letter:- WsINDSoe-cABTLR, December 26. The Queen is very anxious to express her deep sense of the touching sympathy of the whole nation on the occasion of the alarming illnessofherdearson,tbe Prince of Wtales. The universal ...

... *THS PXRMi8SWE LIQUOR BILL. On Monday ihtaslargc 8ad excited seetng was held ut St. Jftmea'w-hallion the subjecot of Sir Wilirid Lawson'a Permniasse Liuo bill. Tho ball wans crovwdh} In every part. but the licensed viotuallers were strongly 'epreetetd, -and before the commencement of the ?? an- amendment wzas han31ed in, to the effeet That the Permigsive bill now before Parliament i; contrary ...

... . HOUSE Oi i. !o .. OIFBOEF LOBDS.-MOlDATr TIM JSTICES PRODuguEE BUA the object of which i' to consolidate the law. adminieterea by naisltrates In quarter and'petty sesslons, was read a second time.- TUB iASaa1RB 's GE ?? GIRAEVILE informed the Earl of Roseberrythat additionpl papers relating to the massacre of BritIsh subjects in Greece last year would shottly be laid upon the ?? Earl oi ; ...

... THE BED BEPUBLICANS IN HYDEMP.N. Notwitbstanding the nnfavourable stats of the weatheY on Sunday, in response to the appeal of the couneil of the International Democratic association, about 6,QO people assembled on Clerkenwell-green at ,three o'olook, in order to proceed to Hyde-park for the Purpose of voting an address to the Commune ajd Nai onal Guards of Pars. -The procession left tie greer ...

... THE REEW AT LONCH4MPS. [Ftrom our later editions onlat weei.] The long-promised' review of the French troops took place on the Longehamps racecourse on Thurs- day afternoon. The weather was fine. Marshal M'Mahon and his staff arrived on the ground shortly before two o'clock. Tho guns of Mont Valerien and the field batteries announced at two o'clock precisely the arrival of the members of the ...

... ITOW.N- AND COUNTY TALK. ' ~TheAnnual:congres, of the Social edencema W tion, to be held at Laeds,' has' been fixed to be held' from the 4th to the 11th of October next. Uettersfor ?? addressea to the Poste Restante, International exhibition, Lordon,,W. wiln be delivered from the post and ,telegra~ph'ice in the Albert-halL from ilf 'sni.' tLU five p-m. on week days. The'Grand Duke Vladimir. of ...

... | 1 A LARGE QuANTITY of spurious Italian coin, in piceseof650 cesftimeg and one'bud two fralces,) tsi0v snsirculation in sris > aI ! s i ?? has been recelved of the satisfac ory prorress of the telegraph expedition in the West Ind=es and of the successful landing of the cable at the Island of St. Vincent. ; A LAIRoEand remarkableS cialistmeeting has been held at Meipsic. Many middle-class ...