... FOREIGN IXTELLIGENOE. ?? FRANCE-The number of municipal councillors elected on Sunday throughout Prance exceeds 428,000. General Ducrot. who commands the army corps of the Centre- issued an order requiring the rmilitary authorities to arrangel with the civil autho- rities for' forcibly repressig any disturbances that might occur before or during the elections. The Minister of the Interior has ...

... I In explanation of the telegram received two weeks ago relating to the expedition of Colonel Gordon, the following has been received from the New York Herald correspondent at Khartoum:- Lieut.-colonel Long was sent from Gondokoro to the Court of Mteea. King of Uganda, a district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Two Egyptian soldiers alone accompanied him, and the journey, though difficult, ...

... PRINCE ALFRED 0O EDIURG Twhe baptism of Prinee Alfre'd Alexander W~ilism Ernest Albert, grandson of her Majesty, son of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, was selemnised at Buckingham palace ata quarterpast one on Monday. Her Majesty, the Empress of Russia, the Prince and Prinaess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Beatrice, the Czarewitch, the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., ...

... With the customary forms and ceremonies, King Victor Emmanuel has opened another session of his constitutional Parliament, in the Pope's own city. This Parliament is as free-spoken as our own; and the eloquence of its orators may be abuost heard within the walls of the Vatican. The Sovereign who addressed it the other day, albeit the often condemned and apparently impeni- tent son of the ...

... ?TEeORARiEs,. __ I A&-The- _ ,Sd a, in noticing the Pro- D0 legislatio on this subject, ?? e 7 l l different codes of law governing the Ia fou ess Parliame nt take c are these yr% l Streeme Was there ever such a F nl b tw7o osuppy b any city in the civilised V g in the tobli which seems to drop from ?? a clean sweep of all the corn- a! deo mokingh we have just referred. It pro- b1 nto d or ...

... I - - - IT. R. (Dublin)-You do not . ay wbether your Begonias are. toring or ?? baihg fleshy herbaceous I roots. In any case you may preserve them by keeping the soil somewhat dry, and in seds la position an yen Suggest There is no amnlty between these and the tesurrection plant. J. R. (Whitahle).-It were imposeible to decide whether your kitchen boiler can be applied to the heating of ...

... THE PUBLIC EALTH. From the weekly return of the Registrar He we learn that during the week ending Nevembne 21 5,653 births and 4,212 deaths were rsgistee in London and 20 other large towns of the Uite, Kingdom. The natural increase of populationwee 1,441. The mortality from all causes was at the average rate of 29 deaths annually in every 1,000 persons living. The annual death-rate was 27 1 ...

... i7GL.FLOGGE girial declaration of the poll on A a lust when Dr. W. Hardwicke was ,Iored to be duly elected for the office of Vre0 Ithe Central District of the County loroner oX the ?? candidate ob- 21 in the course of his address of thanks, ed should emulate the examples of Dr. 5t and Dr. Lankester, his predecessors. Iferring to the public services of Dr. D hefeng r Walley was a strong ...

... : T O CObRRSONDEITS. Ovingtothe number of letterercelved it isinpossibletogive the answers in the current eek. We coanot undertake to return WAS. or to send anewos by sPoot, W. E.-AddressGeorgeWillett, 38, South-street,Worthing, Suetex, for information respecting the book. J. ADB=OT.-If the non is his father's executor he can ant under the will by which his father was appointed. J. WARNR--We ...

... ITe DUKE AND DUCTMS OF EDINBURGH. On Wednesday the Duke and Duchess of Edin- burgh left Buckingham palace for Eastwell-park, Kent. The infant prince was in charge of the head nurse, and travelled with his royal parents-the saloon carriage being adorned with flowrers. The people of Aehford, thrice disappointed, were in no wise discouraged by the former unavoidable postponements of the royal ...

... I TIHE SUPPOSED NANA SAHIB. I The Times correspondent, writing from Morar, on October 30, sends the following account of the arrest of the Nana as giveni n one of the Indian papers. It is stated (and this is on the authority of Captain Pearson, the Deputy-assistant Quartermaster- general here) that- A letter was brought to the Maharajah Scindia, written by a moonshee in the service of the ...

... EPITOME OF FOREIGN A GEXE i ?? Thml,. n l f rn,1-4-i4 1 _i I - - ITHm Lanme at Uoniiaughtwill leave EnglanC in January on a tour in the Holy Land~D~~ early A REmaNl of crime in the United Statefor t past year shows no less than '2,500honmicidee th fibo out the U~nion. li ArvIcEs from Mexicoannouncethatthehed* Congress has passed a constitutional law aornth creation of a Senate. f ACCORDING ...