... (By our Special Correspondcnt.) When you glance at the state of things on the con- tinent, and turn over in your mind what seem to you to be the probabilities of peace and war, I suppose you confine your attention mainly to two possible causes of disturbance; first the differences which exist between the great Catholic communities and the German empire; and secondly the feeling of unappeased ...

... PoltHj(3N INTIMLIGENCE. FRANCE. CONVICTION OF BTITING AGENTS IN PARTS- PARIS, Friday Night. The great betting agencies, Oller and OCheron, which, pending an appeal shortly to be heard, assamed a right to go On as heretofore, notvithstanding their conadenna- tion, have bee oeonvictad a second time by the Tribunal of First Instance. Each agency hns been fined 1,000 francs, and all tha stakces ...

... LONDON- NO'E S- ov6f Our Specihal C-1 Coespomtdfe.), *To fulll force ,E, Mr..'Qladstone's~pamplilet ho :the' l'apal Decrees, wvs not see, at first., ArrongtbaJ Liberale tfhere ifagiothing kat jauil~atiop pu .thte.djiyt,p~f theipub- licatioji 'of 'the littl bhook. .The demand for' :it 'ms' 'immense.,' .I turued!over theleae o doe atett cdh day 1'or4ing;, tvich bbr', thle' imjpressh'`vhiith Th$ ...

... LORD) we ?? DAY. ldermen Stone, in his efforts to revive the his. 1t lendoor and magnificence of the Lord r. tori, ow, in London, was entirely successful CC IfayOr d last. The processien, which was gene- o harjdtsed hy delighted spectators as the ratlY ?? bad seen for many years, started from. 24 bee Guidhall puuctually at Ai quarter to two o'clook.l the a through Gresham Street, and at St. ...

... 8th SUFFOLK (SAXXUNDHAX) BIFLES. The annual prize'distribution and dinner in connec- tion with this Corps took place on Thursday last in the Corn Hall. As will be seen by the subjoined report of the proceedings, the Saimuadham Rifles-who by the way, have in common with mostsmall country Corps, ex- perienced iiearly every possible emergency, without soc. combing either to the absence of ...

... siTOWMARKT & VENTRAL SUSFOI L1 . ARKERS8' CLU- E SAND, GRAVEL, AND CLAY. Mru The subject ofth history and origin of sand, gravel, Taylt and Ilay, was brgt before the Stowmarket and Cet- tral Suffolk Farmers' Cl ub on Thursday evening, when, through the kindness of Mr. Loankester Webb, the opening lecture of the session was delivered by Mr. 3.I.Taylor, ?? 1F.G.S., and curator of the GI ...

... THR E P3INOE 'AND PRINCESS OF WALES I AT DIR&NNGAX. Luncheon .over, the royal party set out with their escort on a tour of inspection over. one or twoofthe manufectofies which form the distinctive sights of the town. They visited the electroplate works of. Messrs. Elkiogton, the pen-making works of Messrs. 5illot, and the coinag~e works of Heaton and Son. They were, at any rate, supposed to ...

... gbe 1poluirb 3tiollial. SATURDAY November 28, 1874. 31l. STANLEY IN AFRICA. The Daily Telegrap7t has baulked the dull th( season this year. Its proprietors have joined ma with thle New York Herald in sending out an Ole eypedition to the East Coast of Africa, with in. pe structions to explore the interior of the Conti- iD nent, and generally to round off the work corn- ag, menced by Livingstone ...

... During the 45 years that Dr. Jones was Rector of Bergholt, he seems to have read the Burial Service over some one whose name is now unknown, but who was evi- dently deeply'and sincerely regretted by his or her sur- viving friends, as the following epitaph will prove:- ?? thon art, here, reader, see In this pale glass what thou shalt be; 0 Dvspised worms and putrid slline, Then duet forgot and ...

... The Freeman's Journal of Thursday states that a duel was fought in Belgium a few days ago between two Irish Liberal members of Parliament, one of whom was injured. An official return gives the number of lives lost on the coast of Great Britain during the first six months of 1873 as 728, being 138 more than during the whole of 1872. Queen Isabella, it is reported, is about to sell her diamonds, ...

... I lU CHURCH TEACHERS': ASSOCIATION * . ?? ?O N R O SUTH'' -. &RCHDEAOONRY- O- I I'URY. LOu aelfrdy ib' meotng of t-his',SopietYy~ae~hsld1 sen.circumanca it -was 'thijil? aitt'ended.' 'The -Rei. C~4I. drtn, th retbi, ?? sorte'niid'morning aervice at th pa ih Po h at12 a'nd at 12,45 the. ite eis ajude 'th'MbLiroom'for the purpose of. ~nbaik.' The% chair wao taken[ `b~'tho worth1r Rector, Wo ...

... Good old Dr. Jones was succeded at the Rectory by his son. He was a good man, of blameless life, and a staunch friend to the King. Hence the friends of the Parlianient, who mastered strongly in this neighbour- hood, resolved to silence him. Either in 1642 or 1648 he was summoned before the Committee of Scandalous Ministers, and accused of drunkenness, immorality, and many other grievous ...