... NAVY ESTIMATES. On Saturday were issued the Na-vy Estimates, from which it appears that the estimated cost of the services for the coming year is £ 11,053,901 the ret amount, after deducting £ 123,000, the estimated afilollnt of extra re- ceipts and repayments, and £ 70,000 the amount to be con. tributed by the Irdian Government on account of the ex- pense of the fleet on the India station, ...

... [sguTEiiS TBLEGHAM.t I H, *ChAREST, Wednesday.—In to-day's sitting of | Chamt-i-r of Deputies a question was ad- *-esscd to the Government concerning the military i '^ij^'icions, and the irregularities of the railway -v n -M. Eraiian, tho President of the tha *u the cuurso of his reply said, Would j1 .at these evils were the only ones that the country to endure. M. Cogalniceano, Minister for ...

... THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present on Thursday at a large gathering at Critchet Park, Dorset. There Was a meeting of Lord Portman's hounds, and the Town Council of Dorchester presented an address of welcome. The weather was splendid. ...

... CHURCHMEN AND CONGREGATION- ALISTS. IJJ11 Tuesday, at the City Temple, Holborn-viaduct, {J ^RE an immense audience, the Rev J. McConnell ^E(LSIEY, M.A., vicar of Christ Church, North Brixton, a pleasing lecture on the subject of Firesides. HO 6 EV LR Parker presided, and the rev lecturer was rtily cheered. ...

... FORTY MEN CONDEMNED TO DEATH. [REUTER'S TELE RAM.] BELGRADE, Wednesday. —Upwards of forty of the men implicated in the military emeute at Topolja have been condemned to death. ...

... [REUTERS TELEGRAM. 1 VIENNA, Wednesday.—It is expected that at next Friday's sitting of the Committee of the Austrian Delegation Count, Andrassy will deliver a speech reviewing the present political situation. The Vienna Cabinet up to the present time is only in possession of fragmentary particulars of the conditions of peace, and the situation is still con- sidered unsatisfactory. Austria is ...

... DUKE OF AT HOME. The celebrity of WHOM a woid-portiait IS given in thp current issue of the World ia the DIke of Marlborcugh, Lord Lieutenant of Leland. The present occupier of Dublin Castle is described as a quiet,easy-maimered Eng. li-h gentleman,of a rather short- massive build, of graceful and dignified carriage, wi:h firmly-marked FEATURE! large expressive eyes, and silky grey hair worn ...

... POLICB-COURT, Wednesday,—Before Mr John Moses (mayor) and Mr R. G. Cullum-Mary Bevan, charged with breaking a. window, the property of Benjamin Parcell, wf the Windsor Castle Inn, was fined 21s, includ- ing costs.Three boys, named Mansfield, Smith, and Syms, were charged with stealing coal, the property of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company. P.C. Stozle proved the offence. Prisoners ordered to ...

... FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, THURSDAY. THE OPENING OF THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN—THI TURCOPHILE CAMPAIGN IN ENGLAND—MR GLAD- STONE'S CRITICISM OF MR THEODORE MARTIN'S BOOK-THE BRADFORD RADICALS AND MR FORS- TEPV—THE CONVICT PRISON SYSTEM-THIRL MERD AND LIANCAIESTER-THE SUNDAY TRAFFIC IS LIQUOR—MR H. M. STANLEY. I never knew greater uncertainty than prevailed respecting the fiuaucial ...

... QUEENSTOWX, Wednesday.—Allan steamer Caspian, from Baltimore, Halifax, St John's, and Newfoundland, arrived here at 5.30 p.m. to-dnv and landed mails. BRINDISI. Wednesday. Peninsular and Oriental steamer Venetia, with Indian mails, arrived here at 5 p.m. Mails left for London at six o'clock. ...

... The ancient Barony of Se^iave, which along with that pf M ow bray has been called out of abeyance by her Jla- ¡ety in favour of Lord Stourton, is one of those many honours to which that peer is senior co-heir in riglil of his great-great giandmoiher, Winifred, elder daughter Hid o-hei:ess of M/. Philip Howard, of Buckenhatn, Norfolk, a; d also co-heiress of her uncles, Thomas and E ,ward, ...

... are informed that Mr. Gladstone will contribute an article entitled The Comii g Peace to the February number of the nineteenth Century. It is stated that Lord Moncrieff will be nominated as successor to the late Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell in the Chancellorship of Glasgow University. Loid Iloz-eb ry's marriage wilb Miss Hannah de Roth- eihild v. ill nut take place on the 18 h of February, as ...