... ST&FFORDSIIIRE AGRIOULTURAL S'OCIETY. Thle Stiffordsh~ro Agricultural Society is holding its annual inoetinu at Uttoxeter, which, boing at the june- tion of four lities of railway, and accessible from all parts of the county, is well situated for such an exhibition, An excellent site has been secured oni land in the occupa- tion of Mr. French, on the wiest side of the town, antI nbout a ...

... AND JOURNAL. ; WEDNTESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1875. ?? WEEKLY POST .Wol contdcins the folloving 0i2inal Tales.- ?? aom Mid~iight to Midnyight by Mottimer ,oflinUs. .: Lost, by th Aithor of The fystery of Ather- stone Oirang0,e. Broug7t to Bay, by, the Author of Coombe Latiglcy, &wc. Colonel PaRs WIUAAMS, of Craigydon, Angle- sey, is said to be lying in a hopeless conditeon at his London ...

... THE GOVE RNMENT SECURITIES LIFE OFFICE. ?? A new scheme of life insurance, basod upon the legisla. tion of -1870 end 1872, appeils with ntrong claims to publie support, under the title of The Government Securities Life Assuraice Company, Limited. The capital required is £100,000., in shares of k1. eatch, fully paid up, of whicle 60,000 shares are now offered for conditional subscription by ...

... THE NIZAM !OF HYDERABAD AND THlE . . PRINCOE 01'F WALES'S VISIT TO INDIA. The following iioathaat loeter fromn Mr. G. U. Yule, Ilso Britishi resfdnei'a$Hyderaliad, appears ini the T'ic ?? A jiaragitapb iered 'n the Wdra'ot tt pat Sep- to'niber'to the follbwin4 ?? news dashed a1r'dids the Etistern wihoe the ooher day, and folilike a bomb- sheill at the IWdia Offlae The Niizirn of Hydoribad ...

... A HEAVY RANSOMI. A despatob from Tuceso, Arizona, reports that a Wealthy rnorchsut of that place, uamed Carillo, a Oiatuflllised eiti- eon, wont to Sonora to colleot bills, aud was arrested on Aiugust 20 on a chargo of furnishing arnins to insurenots. lio was givoll no trial, but ordered to pay 20,000 dollars or be shot. On Sunday a courier rode 300 mniles to Tucson and raised the money, and ...

... ?? Telegtam1a. le) -Bss Associatiol IIUMOIJREI) BETROTHIAL OF PRINCE ARTIEU. II VIENNA, Sru ar2(Evening). It is ?? horoe that his ]1om'al Hiihness PrPince Arthur has been betrotlied to the Arch- duchess Marie Clt1ristine, daughter of the Archduke Karlerdinand. nard. FRANCE. PARIIS, _Sn ?? 20. According to th o (Wi'ialI Jiournal, It] arshl. I MaceMahlAous reply to hlle Maro yor of Rouen, y ...

... BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOLETY, The annual mnceting of tine Birnglntaao Auxiliary totie Ilaptist Missionury Society wns held last evening at (;raham Street Chaplel. All. J. S. Wright Isresided, ar,d amon01gst those lpresenst wovre tie lood., J. J, ][owe I, Walters, Ci. Jarrman, It. ( lay, C. lBrigilt, aoll 13. Pird illeossi. W1'. Mialdlemore, T. AdlamO, J. Plaver, and WV I Tihs g evnds. Albertt ...

... Bi- R. WILSON, M.P., AND THE HULL * FISHERMEN. I - O, AND On Tuesday evening last, Mir. 0. H. Wilson, M.P., presided over the annual meeting of the Hull Fisher- men's Widows and Orphans Society, which, we are informed, was originated about a year ago, chiefly through the exertions of Councillor A. W. Ansell and Mr. Sims. The meeting had been preceded by a tea, at which a large company of ...

... 1l4ugllaneous. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught will return to England on Monday next. On Wednesday a train from Cardiff for Bristol was thrown off the rails near Newport, and the passengers were severely shaken. John Wrigley, manager of the Bolton Corporation Waterworks, was on Wednesday apprehended on a charge of embezzling £5,000. At the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Fred. W. Drake, aged ...

... THE FALSE, MIRACcLE OF THE HOLY FIRE. 3yal Lh A SPECTATOR.] set, and Many are the solemn thoughts suggested by a visit ton the Holy Land. Two things, however, were the constantly uppermost in my mind: one, the greatness lso of the work which our blessed Lord came to do, and uth the reality of what He has done and is doing, the ilts. other, the hindrances placed in the way of the progress of ...

... ABERDEEN OPTFHALMIC INSTITUTION. | ie THE annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution T le was held dn Wednesday in the Music Hall Buildings-Mr Si a D. cHaclrdy of Cranford presiding . ox Ah Mr J. WHYTE, Advocate, the secretary, stated that the V of sum at the credit of the institution tat 31st March, 1875, fo ie was £112 7s 6d, and out of this sum 60 guineas were voted us L- to Dr ...

... ant VAer.eta 2. 87lt. I WEDNESDAY. September 22.1875. NOTES ON THE NEWVS OF TIE DAY. q 11 no .:v-.. little faith can be put in the statements rn whilh come from Madrid on the respective prospects of NI Fonsoists and Oarlists, there seems little doubt cr that thi latter have lost their old energy, and if that p be so their case is desperate. Their vigour or fainati- oi cii-m. andl their ...