... Professor Pepper, Mr. Arthur Sketchley, 1\1. F. C. Bur- nand, and Mr. J. L. Molloy, arc Roman Catholics. The Lyons Exhibition will be opened on the 1st of May and not on the 1st of July, as previously stated. Mr. Andrew Halliday is reported to have made arrange- ments with Mr. Harrison Ainsworth for the dramatising of most of the principal works of that author. A new theatre is being erected ...

... The Paris correspondent of the Times telegraphs according to a formal declaration by the President of the Republic, I have authority to inform you that the French Government abandons the present system of passports. It will henceforth be content with requiring the names of travellers at the frontier, and no tax or visa will be demanded. FLORILINE For the TEETH and BREATH.- A few drops of the ...

... THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT CAMBORNE.— The coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday at Camborne, Cornwall, on the eight young women suffocated at the Patent Fuse Works, at Tucking Mill, on Saturday, and resulted in a verdict of Accidental death, with the remark that Messrs. Smith had taken every care and precaution. PROTESTANTISM IN MADRID.—A recent telegram which appeared in the London papers ...

... THE LATE MR. HAMILTON HUME.—The morning performance at the Haymarket Theatre, in aid of the widow and children of the late Hamilton Hume, re- alised over £ 110, ...

... The Counter Case, presented on the part of the United States to the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva on the 15th of this month, is divided into four heads—(1). An examination of certain errors which run through the case of her Majesty's Government; (2). The discussion of cer- tain differences in points of law and fact which exist between the English and American Cases (3). The inves- tigation ...

... It is announced that the family of the late Rev. F. D. Maurice will be very grateful to any friends who will in- trust them with letters, as an aid in the preparation of a memoir. The letters will be copied and returned. Any directions sent with them, as to the extent to which they may be employed, will be carefully attended to. The let- ters may be sent either to Mrs. Maurice, 2, Brunswick- ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE ANNIVERSARY SERVICES of the English Congrega- tional Church, Troedyrhiw, took place on Sunday last. The various services were well attended and about JE25 was collected towards the building fund. LOCAL PETITIONS.—Potions in favour of the Bill for stopping the sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday, were on Tuesday presented to the House of Commons, by Mr H. H. Vivian ...

... LONDON, THUKSDAY. Our noble army of volunteers has certainly added to its laurels by the splendid way in which it effected the operations of mimic warfare on Monday. The self- denying devotion of the men to their duties, their genuine love of hard work, and thoir readiness to submit to discipline, were known before; but their soldierly qualities had not been brought out so strongly before. Of ...

... The Khundwah correspondent of the Jubbvlpore Chronicle tells the following story in connection with the recent census:—A body of villagers waited on a Tehsildar to represent they were being dealt with very unfairly. How so ? inquired the Tehsildar, Khoo lawun, said the spokesman, a party of men under your orders have been round chalking figures on our houses, of course we know that some ...

... NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. General William Redman Ord, Royal Engineers, has died at Devonport, aged eighty years. The deceased was second on the list of colonels commandant of the Royal Engineers, having attained that rank in 1861. In 1868 he was promoted to the rank of general in the army. General Ord served in Spain in 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, including the sieges of Cadiz and ...

... A new edition of the speech of Mr. Disraeli at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, revised by the Conserva- tive leader himself, has been printed in pamphlet form by the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, Westminster. THE CORK LEGITIMACY CASE.—The ca,se of Campion v. Campion, which created so much interest 111 Cork at the last assizes, has been settled. The basis ...

... OUR LONDON LETTER. The Daily Telegraph of Monday professed to have some news about the Alabama claims, but its assertion that a telegram had been received which promised to satisfactorily settle the question at issue turns out to be quite unfounded. The report that the damages for direct losses claimed by the Americans amount to jE40 000,000 is, I am glad to say, an absurd canard; nevertheless ...