... THE :POISONING OF FOUR CHILDREN AT ROBMFORD. ?? I. Upon miquiry being inade at Ronmford yesterday aft rnoo; it wfl' aseertained that no more ndeati 1shad taken place since Sundlax from thoe Ofects of the powders given to children for teething Pains; and the report in an evening paper on Mionday that two moro childrer had died was therefore incorrect. The adjourned iuv~eti- gation. osn tho ...

... THE CONDITION OF THE POLICE FORCE. To tihe EDITOR Of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIr,-The recent remarks of the Pall Jall Gazelle on the drunken- ness of the Wrexham police created a ferment at the Denbigh Quarter Sessions the other day when it was explained that a policeman in broad daylight got beastly drunk, waved his hat about, and defied the officers on duty and the public. Scenes like this ...

... I PUBLI( MAEN ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Mr. Samuelson, M.P., was present at thb dinner of tho Banbury Clianlter of Atr'celturo last nisht and in reply to the toast of his health, mi'l that as eine isloyer ot labour of var-ous dacersitiones, his cs-c Was thsst the lowest Plriced labour wvas no- thle ch-'ets-t He said this in order to imiprcss upon thornu his belil 'that the amount of ?? ?? patid was ...

... LN E hear more and more in these days about Free Land-about tl e advantages to be derived from a system of peasant properties and small farms. We have been invited to cast our eyes upon the Continent-to observe the agriculturists of France, Holland, r-egium; to mark their industry, their intelligence, their frugality, anrd to remember that each head of a family in those favoured regions is the ...

... 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, ...

... chid C-bening9d otw?. I' AMERICAN ELECTIONS-DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES. (REtUTER'S TELEGRAsM) NO it \,Ri Nov. 4.-In New York State Mr. Tilden (Democrat) has been ti, Governor, and Messrs. Dorsheimer, Thayer, Wagener, and Miller, also u.l-crlas, have been elected to the respective posts of Lieutenant-Governor, .r Conminsloner, Inspector of State Prisons, and Judge of the Court of ?? r. WV. H. Wickham ...

... MIR. BEESL Y ON RECENT FRENCH HISTOR Y. IN the new number of the Fortnightly Review Mr. Beesly has given a remarkably clear and succinct narrative of the political history of France since February, 1871. It is probable, he says, that the first days after the return of the Assembly to Versailles will be marked, as on several previous occasions, by important moves on the political chessboard ; ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... I CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS, Yesterday a meeting of this C.6rumission was held at Guildhall, Ur. W.I. Govy3R, their chairman, pre- siding. A report was brought up from the Sanitary Com- mittee upon a reference fror the last court to them, tc inquire and report relative to the sale of teas at the Loudon Commercial Salerooms on the 28th ult., and stated in tho catalogue to have been analysed by ...

... THE EARL OF DERBY AND BRIGANDAGE IN5 SICILY0 TO THE EDITOlt 0F THE DnAIL NEWS. SiB,-I have just received from the Earl of 1 Derby the enclosed correspondence, in relation to the X brigandage in Sicily, which has recently attracted much i notice in this country. It furnishes a pleasing illustration 1I of the careful and prompt attention with which, as her I Majesty's Minister for Foreign ...

... FROM LASTX NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUP2TS. (To ?? sENDRnR AT Tnl LONDON COURT.) ELLIS, ALInED, 3labkbam-place, Chelsea, Nov. 13, at 1l. (TO SURRENDERSAT THIEIRESPE.CTIVE DISTRICT COUSTS.) EARDLEY, EDIVARD, JosLius SPEAR, and ?? POINTON; Tun. stall, Staffordshire, earthenware manufaoturers, Nov. 16, at 11. HA.sWTHsORsN, CIAsLE.E:n HARRS, BOlton, talor, Nov. t6, at 11. HAY, LEivis RICIA.klRD, ...