... A PIRATIOAL RAID. A Calcutta correspondent writes on the 2ad inst. :- On Friday last the British Indian Stean Navigation Corn- pany'B steamer, Cashunre, recently looted by pirates off Busslorah, arri ...

... PARLIAMENTLAST NIGHT.:-i -IPrisa A.B80ATION TMGRMe.) HO'- Offz LOOF & Tbe Xerdl hancellor took hia seat on the wooleack at five o'olock BILLS ADVANCED l The Corrupt Praethces atM ;liepal. Elections IB ...

... GROCERS AND VINTNERS' ASSOCIATIC. . . . ?? I . - There was a special meeting of the above body, convened by public advertisement, in their rooms in the Commercial Buildings. On the motion of Mr P MT. Ctrr, seconded by MrPatrick Kenny, P L G, William Meagher, Esq, T C, oc- cupied the chair. Amongst those present were the ?? 1errigan, VP; Michael Carey, TOC, past chairman; Michael rbugent, James ...

... l-x those grovelling days 'when our fathers lived Y. -within their incomes and vainly imagined that they xcror all the happier for it, the idea of transporting oneself and belonging to a distant region simply IN because the month of- August had come round was not one which occurred to everybody. Being wiser than our ancestors3 most of us have decided by this time in what seaside place or on ...

... I ?? =_ _ O W | ATIR. EDGAR BOWVRING AND HIS PENSION.I In the House of Commons on Monday Colonel NORTU| said that in consequence of the question of which he had given notice, and the explitaation which had been given by the hon. member for Exeter in his absence on Thursday last, he would ask the indulgence of the Housec while ho made a few remarks before putting the question to the Chancellor ...

... The Mark Lane Express of yesterday reports a small supply of English wheat, but foreign arrivals were large, and nearly two-thirds were from Russia. The show of fresh samples from Essex and Kent was very scanty. The foreign trade was very quiet, from the quantity that arrived and the reserve of millers and to sell the lower descriptions would have required the acceptance of easier rates. ...

... I am of opinion that the enginemen and stokers of the respective collieries mentioned in the award of the 13th of last February are comprehended within it, and are sub- ject to its The submission to arbitration recited that disputes had arisen between the proprietors of the said collieries and the colliers and other workmen connected therewith, and the object of the arbitration was to settle ...

... A correspondent writes :—la the midst of the present coal famine it is'interesting to watch the progress of remedial measures from which we may expect in due course some relief. The chivalry of a few geologists who, without any idea of profit, are now at their own expense going to prove whether coal exists under the whole of Kent, the Channel, and on till it joins the Belgian coalfields, has ...

... I , *e ?? Positions of the Moon during the M~ont& d August L-4.36J P.M., the moon will be in the n most northerly part of her orbit (showery). 3.- 2 2A.MU., at her greatest distance from the earth easet pf intensity). 4.-9.45J .A.,newrmoon(stormy). 9.- r. 4.10* A.M, in the equator (wind). 15.-7.20i P.M., h inthe mostsoutherly part of hlrorbit' (rain). 17.- ¢ 11P.M., at her least distance from ...

... THE ATSANASIAN CREED. The following Is a copy of the letter whilh hac been addressed by the two Metropolltans to the Earl of Shaf beg- bury, in reply to the memorial forwarded bo them by his Lordship ...

... THE BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY. In Yice-Chancellor Malin's Court, on Saturday, Mr. Glasse, Q.C., who appeared for the Rolling Stock and Finance Committee, said he had consulted his clients, who were prepared to accept his Honour's conditions, which he intimated on the 16th inst. he should append to his sanction to bring an action at common law against the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Company to ...

... THE ATTACK BY PIRATES ON THE CASHMERE. The Indian papers publish the captain's account of the attack on his vessel, the Cashmere, of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company, at Busreh. It appears that the attack was made on the 13th of June. The pirates boarded in force, and after subjecting the officers to a great deal of personal violence and decapitating a fireman, made oil with 42,050 ...