... SOUTH STAFFORDSI IRE INSTITUTB OF MINING ENGINEERS. TlIJI MINES DIIATNAGE ACT. A monthly meeting of the above I nstitute was held yes- tCrday, in the Secretsry's Roonm, Midlland Institute, Pam- dis Shtrect; M:r. Tbos. PaTton, ?? ?? thanks wits passed to MrI W. Blakeemore for his three papers on the Faults of the South btaffordshire Coal- lield, after which the writer promuised to lay his ...

... NEWS OF TIHE DAY. The Duchess of TEca is .said to have completely recovered from her recent indisposition. The Duchess and. Duke of Tads's young family have removed to Kensington Palace from White Lodge, Richmond Park, having quite recovered from measles. Eleven German masons, who are employed in lhe erection of the now Law Courts in Londeon, were attacked by a gang of roulghs on Christm)a1 ...

... REVISION OF THE BOROUGH PARL1A I MENTARY BEGISTER. The Revision of the Borough Parliamentary iist ot voters was resumed by Mh. J. C. Carter, revisizig barns. ter, on Saturday, at the Bristol Street Board Scllool l Schnialhorat and Mr. Powell Williamsn appocre I for r Liberals, and the Tories were represented by Mr. CrmwtleC Davies and lMr. Barton. 'qhie morning sitting commenced at half-past ...

... It is expected that the Prince of WALES will i honour the Duke and Duchess of HAMILTON with a visit, at Hamnilton Palace, early in January. I1er Majesty the QUEEN and Princess BEATRICE I were to have left Windsor Castle next Wednesday n for Osborne. Onl Saturday evening, however, upo I the return of Her MAIESTY to the Palace after visiting Lord BEACONSFIELD at Hughenden, the i I QUEEN altered ...

... THE_ WAR. [Renter's lterpnms.i OPERATIONS IN EUROPE. THE RUSSIAN VICTORY AT DUBNIK. [Russian Official Despatch.1 ST. PETERSBURG, OooBonR 29. Our loss in the recent engagement near Gorny ?? was 2,500 hilled and wounded, including, as far as is at present ascertained, 84 officers, of; whom 17 were killed. Major-General Baron Liddteter was wounided. Two standards and four guls rere captured from ...

... ttst T^tEORArn.1] MB. (itADSTONE N IN TLAND. Mr. Gladstone, and his party left Coolattin shortly before one o'elook yesterday, and proeeeded to Powers- court, whore they will remain as guests of Viscount Powevtaeort until the 2nd of November, when thoy go to Carton, the residence of tho Duke of Leinster. T1tE KAFT!']1 WrAR. A direct steamer from Cape Town, arrived at rlymouth I lost night; ...

... (oY TrEeEOflA5'L] An attempt is going to be nmado to convert Sheffield parish churchyard, wvhich occupies about three acres in the henrt of the town, into en ornamental garden. An agree- mont was confirmed by the Corporation, yesterday, 'whereby a portion of the yard is to he thrown out on two sides to widen streets, and the remainder is to be enclosed, laid out as ornamental grounds, uad kopt ...

... | I SPEECHES BY MR. BRIGHT AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN. [BY TELEGRAPH.] The Rochdido Town Hall was Inst night crowded to the uttermost bymembers cud friends of the R]oehdale Reform Associatioi, assembled to hear an address by Mr. Chamber- lain, the junior member for Birminglam, introduced to the electors of Rochdale by Mr. John Bright, who presided at the meeting. Admission to tbe hal was by tilcet ...

... AND JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1877. ?? THE' WAR NEWS. In the absenceO of any contradiction or correction fromthe Russian side of Ghazi Mukhtar's despatches relative to the recent fighting near Kars, we may take it now that the Turkish commander's claim to have successfully repulsed General Melikoff's attack is substantially admitted by his op- poneats. This admission, however, does not ...

... AND JOURNAL. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1877. THE WEEKLY POST. The WEEKLY POST of To-MORnOW, November 24, will contain - 1.- SP(ILING THE EGNETTIANS. By Roger Frith. ?? AN OPEN VERDICT. By MisB Braddon. 3.-Loc iL NOTES AND QUERIES. Edited by Ente. 4.- .jLONDON GOSSIP. 5.-TOWN AND COUNTRY NOTES. 5 0,-BITS PRiOM NEW BOOKS. AUl the Home and Foreign News of the Week. NOTICE, An Office for the ...

... Dr. Kenealy, the junior member for Stoke-on-Trent, ddressed a mneating of Me c it-+t is, tih. Tom Ial11, Rarley, last night. The hall was crowded to suffocation half an hour before the time for commencingi end during the interval of waiting a smal body of men at the bottom of the room amused themselves by maintaining an almost incessant noise. The doctor entered at eight o'clock, ac. companied ...

... I [Reuter's Telegrams, per Press Assocftion.] THE PROSECUTION OF M1. GAMBE TTA. PARIS, OCTOBER 12 (1.80p.m.) Al. Gambotta has been sentenced, in default, to three months' imprisonment, and a line of 4,000 francs, for placarding his eleatoral address. His printer has beesu sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, and 2,000 francs fine. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. PARIS, OCTORER 12. The Due do Broglie ...