... THERE is now little or no betting on future events, and though Skylark, the colt by Buccaneer out of Mineral, and Petrarch are nominally the three favourites for the Derby, they have not collectively been supported for a tithe of the amount which in bygone years would have been invested upon a promising two-year-old many months earlier. This change may be in some ways for the better; but one ...

... RE U T E RS TEL E G R A M S. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec 3i.-General Jovellar, the new Captain-General of Cuba, embarked at Cadiz this morning for Havannah. The King received Generals Quesada and Martinez Campos in audience to-day, and had a long conference with them. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Jan. ?? incoming centennial year of American Indepen- dence was celebrated at midnight with great rejoicings ...

... THE NEW ADMIRALTY CIRCULAR. The Tzimes says it is apparent that the new regulations with reference to fugitive slaves are permeated with a prudence which did not characterize the old ones. The new instructions to commanding officers are by no means so dangerous, by establishing precedents injurious to liberty or innovating upon the law of nations, as those which have been withdrawn; but they ...

... THE END OF THE MWALA YAN WAR. THE flight of the leaders of the insurrection in Perak may be accepted as a proof that the Malays are neither a match in the field for the Britishi troops nor sufficiently confident in their own fighting power to prolong an uncertain guerrilla war. The firm though cautious movement of the troops under General Colborne's command up the Perak river, and the ...

... THE American papers describe and announce for sale an ingenious but apparently somewhat complicated substitute for that much abused instru- ment the pen. It does all in the way of writing that the pen can do, and does it more quickly and more legibly. It is as superior, indeed, for executive purposes to the pen as is a field-gun of the latest pattern to the harmless, necessary sword with ...

... The National Assembly of France held its final sitting yesterday. The Permanent Committee, which will sit at stated periods during the recess, was nominated, the list of members having been -previously agreed upon between the different parliamentary parties. It consists of thirteen members of the Left and twelve of the Right. The Assembly afterwards passed, almost without debate, tie Eastern ...

... Chid C-belyinald otwd. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA. I ( TIMES TELEGRAM.) CALCUTTA, Dec. 31.-The Prince went out to witness the equestrian exer- cises of the native cavalry before breakfast, and afterwards visited all the Calcutta hospitals. After luncheon he attended a small garden party at Govern- ment House. He dined in the evening with Lord Northbrook, and at IO.30 went to the Calcutta ...

... Sir Charles Trevelyan's letter on the ragged schools question is in the nature of an excellent reminder of the principles which ought to govern the foim of charitable enterprise in question, like all others; but it has less immediate application to the particular facts of the case. Sir Charles Tre- velyan protests, and justly, against the tendency of much imprudent benevolence to relieve the ...

... POLITICAL PROSPECTS. The Satlur-day Review, remarks that the year opens with an almost total suspension of political excitement. As no man ought to be deeimed fortunate till his death, so no Government can be considered as secure before the end of the session or of the year; but any danger which may impend over Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues has not yet shown itself above the horizon. It is ...

... T1-ERE was nothing more ingenious in Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT'S speech at Oxford the other day, and perhaps, for party purposes, nothing more telling, than his jokes about the purchase of the Suez Canal shares. The joint in the Ministerial harness was no doubt apparent enough, but there was room for infinite degrees of skill in the mode of attack; and Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT'S attack was skill itself ...

... LIFEBOAT SERVICES IN2 1875, During the year which has just closed the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution have rendered the following services on. different parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom. The unusually severe storms of the past few weeks have tested to the utmost the qualities of the institution's large life-saving fleet, but on every occasion both the brave men and ...

... TEE Prince of Wales has been receiving with Royal honours in Calcutta a reigning Indian Queen of great beauty, dash, and determination. Shah Jehan, Begum of Bhopal, &c. &c., is the first reigning female Sovereign whom the Prince of Wales has had to receiv'e in Hindustan. Her Highness Jumncebai was after all only the mother and protrectress of her son, the new Gaikwar. The Princess of Tanjore ...