... SATURDAY, 1 SATUBD4Y, AUGUST 3, 1879- The magnitude of the new French loan has already astonished the world, but the manner in wvhich it has been received, not merely by the people of France but by the capitalists of Western Europe, has been still more extraordinary. The subscription lists were opened at the Palace of Industry in Paris on Sunday, and the doors were at once crowded by people ...

... Mr. Casper, tin English merchant, has just beon tried at Lille X. 40 on a charge of defraudinsi the French Governmjent in ocumanxioni£4 with some military coutracts during the'late war, and has been file acquitted. ?? Thle traffic raceipte of tire railwvll.3' in tI nie tcr om for lco the wek ?? 17 omns1 tet], on 14,215 miles,tofl 0l24,adfrthe werek e nding wee in 1871, onl 14,040 miles, intf ...

... MIISCELLANEOUS. go n h : as Poor gas- a burning shame. Divorces: the turn of the tide. The champion reaper-advertising. Doctors' motto-patients and long suffering. Qaeen Elizabeth always displayed her worst temper in her best clothes. She was dreadfully ruffled then. A young lady has brought a libel seit against her mother, as the only means to get a mother-in-law. When a man has no mind of ...

... DilRsarG a sojourn of some weeks in the quaint old city of h Weuringen, I wa3 very fond of visiting the cemetery, which with its secluded walks, its cool, shaded alleys, adorune with Roawers, and its grand old trees, foslaed a pleasant place in s which to dream away the leisure hours of a quiet summer eve- k iog. It was interesting, too, to watch the other visitors to that ti quiet place- ...

... On Thursday afterneon a largely-attended and influential meeting in the interests of religious education was held under the aumpices of the National Society for the Educa. tion of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church, at the Victoria-roonis, Clifton. The gathering was held in the large salon, which was nearly filled. The Lord Bbhop of the Diocese presided, and amongst those ...

... ?? S~fA TR Y, MA Y 18, 1872A -I Although the Tariff Committee of the French Na- tional Assembly have again rejected the proposal to tax raw material, M. Thiers continues determined to carry out his Protectionist views. The Budget of 1873 shows an expenditure of £96,200,000,and a deficiency of nearly £5,000,000, and it is announced that the Government will demand a tax on raw materials ...

... TEE astountding policy of our Municipal Coun cil on the l question of ocean docks has already been so fully dis- cussed by the citizens since the meeting ?? that it would be a mere waste of tiue to comment at any length upon the subject. The determination to obstruct the completion of the Avonmouth docks, by extending assistance to aninadequate scheme notoriously produced for the simple ...

... GENEM-AL NEWS. Bhaetsn, of 43,160,4ffP 1). lf0'l was realised In tilL' yearI the list f atch inet by the stamp duties on legacies d Si euttfone of the membeirs for Waterf.rd_, writes the. p dapers to rntrdict the cport7of coalh barig beo foun i thater totaliy. 'the Aonieitil papers ?? the destha of Dr. IRasiblrn, Ilialiel) of JietuietC r ~stbiiri was born ?? England in ls01, AndI wetit to ...

... ONE HU&NDRED,POUND3 REWARD. By. W. D). L'ESTRusOlt1 L LWe take the sulbjotued 'from TOM ETOod oi s~iHf~ ok MM7, which ?? (Fu-tituodie80, Fleet- Srolid screet, joodsn). 4suuath ri ?? by a ?? Prismn ttl fourlutos. including, with, inmy others, III. IValtor %vasht Tnornlbury, Mr. of. C.Ajssrn. Mr. G. (1 Letandt (ha Original RPJ Hlt~is Brasninaisn), LNark Twain, bir.W. siawyer, aud Mr. W. Appo & ...

... SUCICDE FROM CLIFTON BUSFENSION BRIDGE.- On Thursday the coroner, Mr. Wasbrough, held an in- if uitry at the General Draper, Hotwelle, into the death of Ames Vinlon,'15 years of age, who ended his lifein a tragic manner on Tuesday last by flinging himself off the Clifton -uspension-bridge. The coroner, in opening the inquiry, i said the only thing the jury would have to consider was e the ...

... GnENT, SATURDAY MORNING.-Whatever may have been the want at Ostend of any official display, itwas amply made up for on the trains containing the volunteers reaching this place. On reaching the platform the station was found crowded with people and numbers were outside; and as the different batches of the volunteers made their appearance from the carriages they were loudly and continuously ...

... THrE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTM AND THE LABOURERS. A conference was held on Saturday aftcrnoen at the Bishop's Palace, Gloucester, betiveen eigt oicultural laourerw ith the district secretary, Mr. Yeads, and tbh Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, to consider thle best maens of improving the condi- tion of the agricultural labourer. ir. Price, N P. chairn vin of the Midlanud Hailway Company, and somo ...