... A telegram from St. Petersburg this morning informs us that Prince i Gcrtschakoff has sent a reply to the despatch from Lord Derby, in which f the Foreign Secretary announced that England would not take part in the Brussels Conference if questions concerning naval warfare were discussed by the delegates. The Russian Chancellor in his answer endeavours to remove the hesitation of British ...

... ST. PA UL'S' CA THEDRAL. ONCE more in the history of this controversy the main point seems likely, to be missed in the discussion of minor considerations and of questions of subordinate importance. In a matter so critical such a result is. much to be deprecated, as it is only too easy to lose sight of a definite issue in a general sense of conflicting testimony and debateable opinion in ...

... INNS AND ALEHOUSES UNDER WILLIAM II. AND QUEEN ANNE. SIR MATTHEW HALE remarks, in his Pleas of the Crown, that any person may erect a common inn so it be not ad norumentum -that is to say, there must not be too many in the same neighbourhood, nor may they be built in out-of-the-way and inconvenient places; neither can any disorder be suffered within them. If the innkeeper err in any of ...

... THE PUBLIC WORSHIP BILL t THE Public Worship Bill made considerable progress and underwent some important changes last night. Of these latter the most important, undoubtedly, was the alteration of the date of the bill's coming into operation from January, 1875, to July, 1875. The concession thus made by Mr. Russell Gurney was eminently a judicious one, and will or t should remove the strongest ...

... An unusual number of deaths while bathing (our Dundee correspondent telegraphs) took place in Scotland on Saturday and yesterday. At Campbel. ts town a boy who could swim well was drowned while attempting to outdistance n a companion while bathing in a dam. At Rothesay a young man perished in sight it of his sweetheart who was standing on the bank. A labourer was seized with cramp while taking ...

... The proceedings of the French National Assembly yesterday excited great interest, and, notwithstanding the terrible heat, the attendance of strangers was very large. M. Lucien Brun moved his interpellation, censuring the Govern- mrent for its conduct towards the press, meaning, as his speech demonstratei, towards the Union. He read the Comte de Chambord's manifesto, which has brought about the ...

... PARIS, Mondzay. GENERAL CHABAUD-LATOUR has fallen into the ranks of the Ministry, vice M. de Fourtou; but it is probable that this military accession is only a temporary arrangement. The new Minister of the Interior, together with General Haxo, fortified Paris for M. Thiers in 1840. He *as here during the late siege, and he sat on the court-martial of Marshal Bazaine. The Opposition was fully ...

... THLE GENE VA A WARD BILL. - .. I . - : -! - YHE UtA/Vt P AS-tLIW -lAn. A despatch from Washington in the Arw York Tismes gives the following outline of the bill for the distribution of the Geneva Award finally adopted by Congress - The bill provides for the appointment of a court of five Commissioners, to be uppointed by the President with the advice of the Senate, the sessions of the court to ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 p.m. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) I3jRLIN, Monday.-Private advices from the Russian expedition to the river ` v Amou show that the Turcomans on the left bank of the river are still anything s but friendly to the Russians. Caravans continue to be hampered and molested, s and quite lately a caravan to Bokhara was surprised and plundered. t INTERNATIONAL RULES RESPECTING COLLISIONS ...

... In ?? sitting of the French National Assembly the report of the Comnrittee appointed to fix the duration of the recess was read. The Comn- nrittee are in favour of the recess lasting from August 6 until November 30. The Hleuse fixed the debate for to-day. A telegram of last night says It is Lclicved that the debate will be an important one, the fractions of tle I, t considerirg that the ...

... THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) BERLIN, Fiiday.-Opinion in Germany is becoming doubtful as to any positive result to be brought about by the International Conference at Brussels. It is stated that the French Government proposes to submit the conduct of the German army during the last war to the judgment of the Congress, and to mnake serious charges against the invaders, which would ...

... Marshal MacMahon has sent a message to the National Asserrmbly inviting it to constitute the Septennate, and announcing in very plain terms that he will maintain the rights which have been accorded to him for the good of France. According to last night's telegrams, although a motion in favour of dissolution lbas been rejected, the opinion becomes general that an appeal to the con- stituerncies ...