... LA TEST NEWS.I [Resu's Telegrams, per Press Associatian. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. KAPLES, AmIL 28 (2 p.m.)L The flow of lava Is ceasng. The activity of the ernp.- tion has rncmh slackened. A now crater has opened near Terzigno, and a great shower of ashes fell this morning, darkening the heavens. The rain of burning scorlas reached as far as Scafati and Palleno. At the former place the ...

... ITiE NhEW GEBMANf BE.OMUTION. At a meeting of the Anglo-Continental Society, hold in Wvillis's-roome, an Friday, under the Presidency of the Bishop of Euwr theerogrees of the Old Catholic move- ment in Germany and France was brought under discus- sion, and letters fh Dr. von Dollinger and the Arch- bishop of Syra, in r uronce to it, were rosd, The Bishop of ELYs, in opening the proeeedinge ...

... :'1G0EENOCK, BviAwAN NIGHT Asyxum.'-The number ad- mitted for week ending 28th April was 24 males, 6 females-total, 30. COAL AND IRON.-Lat vwee-, 978 tons of coal were shipped for foreign ports, and 183 tone were taken coastwise-total, 1161 tons. 646 tons of pig-iron were also exported and 725 coast- wise-total, 1371 tons. THE LATE ASSAULT ON BOAnD Tun BAiQoYE KAFFIRLAND.-We understand that ...

... MERTHYR. EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Police-court on Saturday be- fore Mr. J. C. Fowler, a young man named Isaac Jones was charged with defrauding the overseers of the parish of Merthyr of the sum of 15s. 3d. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. W. J. Jones, the assistant overseer, who prosecuted, that the prisoner had been employed by him as a collector and clerk. Recently something wrong was ...

... Oayl age- ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. pro- Vesuvius has been in a dangerous state for some days fall past, and unfortunately many lives have been lost. At Late first it was reported by telegraph that a large number of the pOople, 60 or 70 was spoken of, had lost their lives, or *re-were missing, but later telegrams only spoke of 12 or 14 t as missing, and it is hoped that some of these may ...

... MONEY MARKET.—MONDAY. The British Funds have been higher, but have returned to the opening quotations. Eries are better; and in Home Railway Stocks, which are firm, there is a rise of | in Caledonian, of £ in Midland, and of a | in Great Western, London, Chatham, and Dover Preference, North British and North Eastern Consols. In the Foreign Market the tone is firm, with the exception of ...

... THE GREAT' ERUPTION OF VLSUVIUS. a t DESTRUCTION OF VILLAGES. t TERROR OF THEPE()PLE. t (BY 5UBMABSNI! TlBGRAPI.) t (FROM OUR SPROTAL ComrS3PONDMP.) qAPTLES, SUNDAY MOMrNO. * proceeded last night in the direction of Pore ticelli. The streets were crowded with peasants hurrying away, or encamping in the fields, in fear of the earthquake, which they thought in- evitable. On approaching Vstuvias ...

... A. CORRESPOINDENT Of the A!Igemeine Zeiteng gives some interesting information on the present state of affairs in Italy. When I was in Italy last Autumn, he says, what most struck me was the I uneasy tone of public feeling which prevailed among anl classes. There was great anxietyforthe future, and this reached its highest point when the news arrived that Count Beust had ceased to be ...

... BISHOP t AGEE ON THE ENGLISH CHURCH. ;ON Thursday the Bishop of Peterborough (Dr. -Magee, consecrated at Leicester the Church of St. Mark, built at the sole expense of Mr. Wm. Perry Herrick and his sister (now deceased) of Beaumanor Park, Leicestershire. The church, which will cost about £16,000, and is of most ornate and elaborate design, is endowed by the founders to the extent of £300 per ...

... TEE LEEDS MERCURIt - TiE withdrawal of the Indirect Claim- K the United States Government is now consider- l I-{l ?? l.l A ..a 11w An, A l - - - ., X . : r. prolblable. The backing down, it is said- .i n!; to be performed in Ma`. T an's despath to L, GOATnYVIcEr, but in an aceompanying letter t ; ScnExcie.' Thce Ntz Poek 2ri? i i very inlirroac- and charges the Administration with 1,tvi i ...

... TIPERIAL PARLIAMENT I (Bv TmHL GlzA.) ROUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. The LoaD CaAacizoLLo took his seat on the wool- trwk at live o'clock. THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL The LQRD CHANCELLOR said he hoped the House 'Would resume the adjourned debate on his motion with reference to the Supreme Court before the second read- iog. THE INDIRECT CLAIMS. Earl RUSSELL, referring to the notice of motion on the ...

... MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.—The Rev. Canon Jenkins, M.A., preached two eloquent sermons in St. Mary's Church on Sunday in sustentation of the Cardiff Seamen's Mission fund. SMALL-POX.—The summons issued against Mr. Daniel Smart, at the instance of the sanitary authorities, for hav- ing neglected to take the necessary steps to guard against the spread of small-pox has been withdrawn on Monday, on ...