... THE TRANSIT OF VENUS, a_ ?? i°Ute5, evllicll xvill take hilnsclf, his three sappers, 3td al! lwis (llliplllent. At tlle salne date tbe 3eln ffi a' expedi!ion of Colonel Campbell, of Bl!tll3:vooflvilt sturt forthesnmeplnee. Lnst ?? I vent to the river to look at their respeet- lve lloats Tile aolollelss is a palace; the cabins are all velvet nnd gold, nnd tlie saloon is really3aloOzl, mud not a ...

... PEVER EPIEMIO AT DAlWEN. On Saturday morning a special meeting of the Darwen Local Board was held in the Board-room to re. ceive the report of Mr. Henry Stevens, M.D., who bad been appointed by the Local Government Board to inves. tigate the cause of the fever epidemic now ?? i UtAa town. Mr. Snape occupied the chair, and the public were admitted to tho meeting. Dr. Stevens said thatin Darven ...

... TO THS EDITOR OF TrUE DAILY ZMWS. Snc,-In viewv of the distribution shortly to take place on behalf of the Hospital Saturday Fund, I venture to bring before your notice the comparison of the awards made by the committee on behalf of the Hospital Sunday Fund to the live principal hospitals for children in the metropolis, and would leave your readers to form their own opinion upon the subject as ...

... MUTINY OF TROOPS. (TflnOlfGU nUItU¶=- oz~twrA MADRID, OCT. 31. The brigadc under General Despujols had a fresh encounter with the Carlists yesterday at Villafranca (in the Maestrazgo), defeating twelve Carlist battalions under the comnnid of Cubecilas, LICtaha, an1.d Polo. ThO latter lost ]2) killed, wany vounded and prisoners, an(d a flag, and the cngageemont lasted six hours. . ?? NRov. 1. ...

... TO THlE EDXTOIS OF THEt DAULY DNjWS. '3in,-with your, permnission I ain desirous of settrng mryself right (or ait least eudeavouring- to do so) with respect to the numbors of persons and their families comprised in the phrase 1Out' 2Yloating VPopulation. Tile extremeo difficulty of correctly ascertaining such numbers liu caused inquiry to be madde by several persons us to bow niany are ...

... SATURDAY. OcTonrao 31, 8 A.M. Thc barometer has ieain risen over the Vnited Kingdom, while it has fallen somewhat at Sunmburg Head and Chritian- tand, as well as in the south end south-west of France. The emal1 depression recently noticed in the south ?? almost entirely disappeared, btt a new one has appeared over the Bay of Biscay, and is appurently moving slowly to the north-eastward. The ...

... I (P5501 OUR 0155 o~nB~sresenEVI,) DUBLIN, SATRDAYi EvEING. C) In the Court of Bankruptcy Ato-day Judge hI Miller resumed his Charge 'to thle jury in the case Of CracroftIv.jStustli, an action to compel the defendant to show cause why he should not lie adjudicated a bankrupt, n he having failedl to pay to the plaintiff a siam of 32,0004., cl the amounit of the 1djiferdecee'' on contracts ...

... COUNT APIMIM'S RELEASE. (rILOUf AN OCCASIONAL; CORRIESPONOENT.) BERIIN, Ocr. 30. The circanstances attending the release of Count Aruim frons the Hospital of La Chrarit6 at Berlin siay be related on trustworthy authority Z4,, feilows As oor th0eeo ming. eudgn nd the public prosecutor had returned from Paris, and, indeed, almost directly they arrived there, it appeared tolerably clear to those ...

... LOYAL BIRTHIIUJJA. l -I (jrUo~r oUR Sp.F01AT. eoDaFSP014DENT- BhIRMINGklHAM, SUNDieY NIGmII. Birmingham is just now in a state of surprising t° excitement in view of thoe approaching visit of the c Prince and Prineoss of Waldes. Whilst on tho open al space behind the Town hllall a erowvd of Citizens in w ere lst liiilht assembled for the purpose of pro- s testing against the paymnent out of ...

... I GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. (TvenoUGH nHE'S AGENCY.) THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN, Ocr. 31. In to-day's sitting of the Reichstag, 211 members being present, Herr Von corkenbock was almost unanimousl' elected President. Biaon Scheak von Stauffenberg, Ba- varinn National Liberal, was elected first Vice-President by 144 votes; and Dr. Haenei (Progressist), second Vice- President, by 153 votes. THE ...

... vARUDU7A1UB l BI i~atnNGMD SAtURDAY. hipin sas0on to the BaPtio and othir souwcos of r, 1aNa bsing virtually Closed, the general aspect of buW- l is not so satisfactoty as it tow Aecka upgo; but Australia tend he Zealn orders continue to corns in freel3F, and there has been no diminution in the Contiticutal trnde. lie home trade is betey but buecrsprettyI much restrict their orders to ...

... 1 PUBLIT MEN ON PUBLI AFFAIRS. The Bishop of Exeter delivered an address on Saturday at the opening of a block of improved dwellings for tho industrial poor of the Cathedral city of his dioeses. His lordshlip, in theo oourse of his observations, said lhe was quito certainu that very oftou, indeed, whiatever they did to ssist she poor was encomlpassed with such dnugers aud ditliculties that s ...