... A ROMANCE OF THE COMM&UNE. A rarms correspondent writes on Monday :-Apromrnent member of the Commune named A. Duipont, who esraped to England, and last summer took the chair at a Coly munal banquet in London, came back to Parls, was arrested, and is now sentenced to death by court.martial. Taere Is Something very queer In his story, and the Pre. s'dent of the Court insinuated that he had been ...

... CORRESPONDENOR VOTICES TO 5'0UP3EfOl:DENTS. 0orrUPWossdtss Wc id any wal vazuse upon thzsr zom iunscctins must ketp copses of thm, as twecannot under tau touram unustd cosb~iow. Allcrs intended f bpai4own must be aecmpanuied by ike name and addres of ?? vrtr, nog wzcmrijV fa, pCtgscai0, bid for ad infcrev f f oof ?? Rdu;. W. a 0'-Kossuth visited Birmingham on November .10, 1351. -,A DI,-The ...

... The Belect Parliamentary Committee, ?? of members of both Houses, appointed to enquire Into the subject of railway amalgamation, have presentod their re. port to Prlament, Thoe sbect of competition betweea railway companies Is examined very minutely. It tB shown that although there used to be effectual competi- tlon, ae a general rule thene ts now no active oompetith as between different ...

... The Paris Figaro contains a facsimile of a, letter written by Prince Bilmark to his wife an theday after the Em. peror' aurrenderat Sedan. i do Vllmeant, In voueh. Ing for the authenticity of thedoaument, utafes that it wai found Onwe German comier, taken, prisoner an the defiles. of the Argonne. Its existence was unknown until It was brotight to the a sce of the Wjgaro, Where it will be on- ...

... THE WESLEYAN OONFERENCE. I ?? ; .- , Le ?? Lrar owr pectat ?? L~osnoN, Junly 31, The Conference opened thin morning at nine o'alock. The attendagw at this conference Is larker than at the last. About 800 mnilsters ame in attendance. As the rale le that the monistere w& take seats this morning retain them duzing all the sittings ,f the Conference, there Ic a very early attendance on the i ,-st ...

... 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 ...

... DOGGETT'S COAT. AND BAD,(E. Most of our readen will in. all ptlability ask the question, 1 Who was Doggett It and What is his Coat and Bade P 1 and, in answer to these questions, we will give them. m few partieu1ars concerning 4he 'oliginator of the prize, and of the prize itselK f'.homas Deggst was born in Castle- street, Dulin, iome time during the latter end of thebl7theentury, and ...

... SOUSE OF C0MM0NS.-FBII,AY. The Spea^TTi? Jjhe chair at two o'clock. ^>T AllEr VGATI0N VOTES. Mr. MC ^ftimate^1!641 whether, as there was a snp- j plementary es opose^ ed^ucation for England there Would be reDliij A?co nd a'3o. I ^r- EORSl passed by th* Scotch education vote had already beein th^y the House, and as it gave all the m«ney requ»c # w°uld be no necessity to ask ^^AN EXPORT D2TY ...

... held at the Girls' in PtheBefomg of^^p^ a teiSSJ after seven and a vtulffe jSg.' ...

... NEATH. old 11 children all living. 151. W ha.s a of STREET TRAMWAY Tn t decree -with the i-nr'™ keep pace ia some is now on foot for^ ^emeiits m other places, a'schema SbSSa.? ...

... Munich, Upon the occasion of tb f ed tlle honorary degree the Faculty of r 0f Levden M. Quetelet, of of doctor upon M. Sunn ° aJJ(j paniel, of Hamburg. Brussels; and Honreu „ ^as conferred the Th. Faculty of H.t»»J(Mr. Glad, degree of doctor upon ° Mr. John Stuart 8tone), the Earl of bas bestowed the Mill. The Philosophical F^JofesBOr Dwight and honorary degree of doctor up Italy; aud Primer ...

... r!J'or,l',)s met at five o'clock. np t il.] ^TATE OF LAMT1ETPT PALAC^ The Archbishop of CANTEEBUKYreverted^uslf eent complaint that the smoke around ^}™r and damaged l^ambeth and Westminster ^0ke Nw s^ked if no steps could be taken under sances Act. waS last bef ...