... , pu. Lord Mayors day passedaoff in Londolk on Mtonday with areas, complete ?? Yeather was oharmingly bright and holies mild, and the streets throughout the entire route bf the e s ibt procession were thronged with. a good-humoured but ~Riasomiewhat noisy crowd of sihse .The procession would mesut bear comparison with that of any of its predecessors, ttealthough there was no ...

... Woancr~iaIS~saI has a fine time of it at this season of the year, when Parliament is not sitting, and when peo le like Mr. Disraeli, having no particular good worrs to show, and nothing very excellent to promise, fall to patting, patronizing, ani adulating the artisan as the safest way of escaping from other difficulties. It is, however, a dangerous and mischievous practice. The politicians ...

... A ROMAN CATHOLIC ON ROMAN CATHOOICISM. Mr.~ Lord Acton has forwarded the following letter to Mr, Gladstone lch a Atlhenceum, Nov. 8. ithe Dear Mr. Gladstone-I will not antic3iptate 'y a single have word the course which those who are itairaviatoly. con- has veinedrmay adopt inans~wer to your chal).nne. Buit there cy of11 are points whiolh I think you have overlocked, and which isho may be ...

... ?? Twain says the Saudivich Islanders are generally as' )S unlettered as tire back Side of a tombstone. Ld The Wabash is so low that the fish stand on their heads to or: wet their gills.-.Anec'icea poper'. In Wiry is a farmer like a chicken P-Because he delights in lur A full crop. L, Au old lady thinks that aL good' many modern songs a L thoroughly deserve to be called strains,' ng A ...

... THE FoREST OF DEAN STRIKE. A statement bas been published by the colliery proprie. tors of the Forest of Dean, in reference to the strike of their employes. They state ?? the spring of the present year there was a general reduction of colliery wages tbroughout the country, and, amongst others, the Somersetshire proprietors (some of our keouest competitors) paie notice of a reduction of 25 per ...

... IThursday being what is called The Morrow of the Feast of. St. Martin,. tho time.' hlondursd ceremony of pricking the names of the sheriff3 for the different counties of England and Wales was observed with the customary formality in the 'Court-6f Exchequer, and, as on former occasions, was honoured by the presence of several distinguished 'members of tbe Cabinet. In addi. bion to the Lords ...

... 3R. GLADSTONE ON THE VATIOAi$ DECREES. (fWrom the DaDily News.) r. Mrwray has publiehed apamphlet by Mr. Gladstone, WbiCh ?? be read with interest by all classes of English. e0, but which will certainly excite unusual attention Amog Roman Catholics all over the world. It is entitled , Tha Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil! g~ianoe, and Mr. Gladstone describes it as ?? lsj expostulation ...

... . Lord Casnoya has published the following letter in the WHenley-on-Thames, Nov. 13. Dear Mr. Gladstono-In your 'Expostulation' you' lave a~ppealed to those English Roman Catholio whbo con-; cur inathe 'iews you have therein expressed. As I'adione of those who so concur, I am bound to say so. No one is more entitled than yourself to an expression of confidence from those who have' beaefited ...

... - DEATH or JOHN GILL, ESQ., MANAGEh or STUCKEY'S at BANs.-The death of this popular and highly-esteemed 1e gentleman, which was announced on Thursday morning, has m cast quite agloom over the town. About three mouths ago es lie wvent to London to havy an operation performed. It is believed that while under the influence of chloroform he got in a severe cid, which culminated in an aggravated ...

... ' One of those sad ceidents which we have annually to record in consequence of the incautious use of fire-arie sin the pnblic thoroughfares on the fifth of November took placein Merchant-street about ton o'clock on Thursday night, and resulted in a little girl, named Sarah Hlooper being shot in the bead, and injured so.se;-ercly that she de within a few minutes. The circumstances; detailed in ...

... CONFERENO~fOF-THE ?? - ?? %1 - .. . o, Wednesdayafteruloon tie4o1n of ?? Con; feraxots in connextsir er oqthe,4 ti t ' 10gion from Sts qn&iag aaukvtl was ITg, the first week -iuthe, preoeabt month pb MashchisteVY T ?? the ~ ernu'h1~~' cti M; eld iD' this Wawbiromiiandtibe ?? > attendsnb h -`r. -Lewie W tevims iltesided, ad 3noogst those present we4e ?? , don). J. HartlandoA.N BltcbfQrdi KfA ...

... f to.istoTI. -( = -l f, 0 SA2TUBDAY, NOVY~ABUBR 28, WIN 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 SYROUD ELECTION PETITION. The ?? of the petition against the return of Mr, H. R.I sorgen- Brand, the .junior Liberal member for Strond, who wasI zle. it elected' lat July, Conmencsed on Monday before. Mtr. Baron elected Pigot*,, at the gabsoripteors-rooma, Stroud. ...