... 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 ...

... | GENERAL FOREIGN .NEWS. | (TMMu1as IMUTE' WAGENCO.) FRANOE AND ROUMANIA. PARIS, Nov. 2. There is no foundation for the statement recently made by a London newspaper that the French Government bus supported the claim of Roomania to conclude commercial arrangements independently of the Porte. THE PORTE AND ROUMANIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2, EvnNIax. It is confidently expected in official quarters that ...

... I MIfLAND RAILWAY OF CANADA. . , , ; . . ., _ I A meeting of the mnortgage bondholders of this company was held at the Loudon Tavern yestqrday, 'to receive a report as to its condition and prospects, and to take such. action thereon as mav be deemed expedient, The meetin= was numerously 4ttended. At ffi-4 there was some dwfficqlty in inducing anv one to talie the chai, Mr. Lyons, of Glasgow, ...

... his , 2 _ > v I j 1 2 I L THE EXPILOSMON AND LOSS OF LMIE AT T$T h.IOUSLOW POVMlR MAMIS.. E Yesterday aftemron, Dr. Diplpck, aoroner for Middlesex West, 'hel an inquiry in tho carpenters' depart- mientg ,fthe Works into the ciroumstances attending the deaths of George Todd, 23; John Dnv, 22; Win. henry Archer, ?? andi Stephen 3tlei, 18, who vere killcd in an explosionat the ?? IPowder DMills ...

... The usual weekly meeting of the Board was held at theoffices ini pring Gardenas yesterday; Liouste- ?? Sir James lHogg, ?? M.P., in the chair. A communication was received frons the North Kent Water Works Company giving notice of their intention to give aconstant supply of water in certain parts of the parishes of Woolivich and Plumstead. The 1inance Com- mnittee recommended that the ...

... 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 ...

... 41 'IO THE EDITOR OF TIHE DALY NEIMS. Sin,-The interesting article in your columns of the 2nd inst. on the subject of the Gresharn Lectures has not been without effect, as evidenced by the fact of ass unusual attendance at Mir. IHadley's latiu and English lectures on ?? Astronomy last evening. The Latin lecture opened shortly after six o'clock, with an audience of seven persons. AddlrCssing ...

... UTHEE: 1 noluO '' THE | I '~UNITED ~.STATES. I 0= 0a ow MM ?? .) NOW YORI, Oar. 21 A The Triennial Convention of tie Proti stantEpis- I copal Church has been unusually exciting; fortwoI subjects of debate have aiusen upon whiohl feling J runs high inside the Convention, and curiosityis ti lively among the outside public. The first, of .V course, is the question of Ritualism, more promi- t ...

... 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. ...

... |:PUhiIo XEN QN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.J XR,!OI~ 143W UJV., ON ECCLESIA$TICAL (BX T=TPGRIVAP1L Ct'AOM OnUR OWtt Q0UR1POINflNT,) Ufl1DERSFIDLD, WnmenuspAv Nuran. This evening- IMAr. Di. A. Leatheais, X.P., ad- ,dressed'c~pleefing of his constituents in the armoury at .Heiddersdield, Mr. Alderman Sykes pSiding. Ur. LrnAgur~,fsaid whenbhe Leard a distant country at tl6bogilrmig of the year of thiesu~dsn ...

... I GENERIAL FOREIGN NEWS. (THROUGA R5UTE55'5 AGm-C.) THE PARIS BOURSE. PAR, Nov. 6. The Bourse has been flat, the Three per C:Mt. Rontes closing at 62.16, or 12io., and the Five per Cents. at 08.87, or 22jc. lower than yesterday. Italians advaced I per cent., other foreign stocks drooping. Excbange ov London, 26.12k. PiS Nov. 8, Ev . Business was done on the Boulevards this evening in the Five ...

... THE QUEEN'S STAGROUNDS. i Yesterday the first meet of the Royal staghounds st for the season was held at Salthill, near Slough, a in accordance with the custom of several years w past. The London division, which, judging byt the numbers of horses sent on, was sixty strong, w left town by a special train, which started from di Paddington soon after ten o'clock. In point of m fact, for tho ...