... IITE IBRITISH VOLU.NTEERS ITN BEL.GIUM, (PoRM OU eam 'CA.RL srONDm=.) t BRUSSELS, SUNDAY. To-night the festival of the British Volunteer T in Belgium will be brought to a close by a ban- _ quet, presided over by the Burgomaster, after which the Literary and Artistio Society will, i in the name of Brussels, bid us farewell at a a grand- illumination and fete. This is very e kind of the ...

... THE LICENSING ACT- . At Saturday's Nenagh Potty Sessions, before a full bench, Mrs. Spain, of Summer-hill, Nenagh, was summoned for selling porter on the previous Sunday without having license. Head- constable Thompson proved to having gone into the house between nine and ten o'clock on Sun- day night, when there was a running here and there and up stairs, hiding bottles, cups, and glasses. ...

... SIX CHILDREN BURNED.TO DEATH. On Sunday night a sad accident happened mn the hopgrounds of East Sussex, at Bickley. A tempo. rarystraw hut, used by boppickers for sleeping, canght fire. Six children, aged from four up to 17, named Sullivan, belonging to an Irish family, were burned to death, as they could not be extricatedfrom theflames. DECOyiXG A Gmr. INTO A CONVENT.-Some time ago complaint ...

... We have just been told, as if it were quite new in- telligence, that I- every effort is being made at the Mint to meet the unprecedented demand for silver coin, and special arrangements have lately been made for securing a ^Sely-angmented supply. Why, the Chancellor of the Exchequer told us as much, and more, before Par- liament rose, and he told us what the special arrange- ments were namely ...

... az, EOAD . ?? AT TED PRBTON ?? gi ?? WSL oN . - ' At ameeing 'of th'd Loui ?? XiIA, ieldd.on Fzld e ening,, dok@P, ti , VharI Orono, Mr. R. fl -bohm ike Priaitent, 1 Qob~getsiu ?? of the evenng;, re S ...

... SPECI L APPLICATIONS UNDER THE LICENSINGC ACT. We hrvo provior-ly nunouneed thas decision of the Sb.ield magistrates regarding +No 75 app';cations mado fur pe ,-siouto keep epen ccert'-i pub)!c-hous03 du,'ig hours other thpn thoce anmaed in MieAcf. hut us the sulbjC ?? eue of generr0 iterest, we think it de-sable to rep- it some po.iodos of #he elaborato judgment delivered by Mr. P., s a, the ...

... T-Fl1 IMPRISONMENT OF M. ABOUT. The followinig ii thre continuatior of M. Aboit's nolira- five:- Bly ji-at ;ntrt'.o - with a Prussiso ?? lmpreoaad Woengiiguarly. Tbe absurdity of the che~rge took awayY my breath-I wasl patt'i'fed with the long vista of psins ad peate icovered to me by the Sudge of ye1L-rutOU1, lo yte rvolt'tg insolence of the Germau parg~ll, which flouted international law in ...

... NATIONAL MUSIO MEETINGS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The scheme for the second of these meetings has just been issued, and although, says the Morning Post, ill is tempered by the experience gained at the first and ex- perimental venture, it is still so far capable of improve- ment that before it is finally issued, another revision should take place in the scheme, if the directors do not wish to ...

... A SUNDAY AT CRATHIE CHURCH. Â- Northern OoEpesp^odaflt gives the following interest- ing description of a visit to Crathie Kirk:— Crathie Kirk is one of the chief attractions to tourists At Balmoral, and Sunday might be mistaken for a gala day, with its overflowing vehicles rind crowds of gaily dressed pedestrians trooping along by the banks of the Dee to the little white church on the ...

... ODDFELLOWS.—The quarterly meeting of this Order was held at the Puddlers' Arms, on Friday night. Mr. D. Phillips, G.M., took the chair, and the vice-chair was occupied by Mr. David Richards, D.G.M. Mr. O. Rogeif, C.S., stated that the district consisted of eigrkt lodges, with 667 members, that the condition of the funds was most satisfactory, not a single death having occurred within the ...

... THE IwATTE LA fI. ?? DH~l 1lD~rfolLu.iit,-Accept my best thanics for roe leading article, on the subiect of the Waste Lands I ot the United Kingdom, as given in your issue of the 22? inst. Although the Times imas begun to see that these lands can 'be turned to better account thoa the employ- ment Upon them of incurable drunkards, yet it Is to be regretted that in doing so its statistics ...

... i D1r S51OL&L 515P1 AND NLT00 TG R 0 PARTS ov ta O Oar,. , li. THIERS AND THE REPMUIG GRAND RECEPTION OF M. GAM. BETTA. THE GERMAN AMBASSODOR IN FRANCE. iParis, Sept. 24. In a recent conversation Count ?? stated that th0 question of his recall has never been under consideration. But the German ambassador added that during his dsay in Germanv he had taken no pains to conceal the fae; that, in ...