... tortiga 4tt (lulal. ?? FRANCE, The Chamber of Deputies, notwithstanding the argu- ments of the War Minister, has resolved, by 251 votes against 230, to reduce the Item set apart for the Hotel des Invalides by sixty thousand'francs, in order to suppress the office of governor of that establishment. GERMANY. The Bill submitted ?? in infer- ence to the mode in which the Imperial Chancellor is to ...

... IAu Ras.,e.eserutd.j By FREDERiCK WElDMOREa Author of A Snapt Gold Ring,' hoc., dc. CfAPTER XXXIHL WVAITING. I told you, said Beddingly Aucott, when Cecily, at their hotel, had posred into her father's ears, impulsively, the story of the meeting in the picture gallery, ' I told yoe that love of you was in the young man's mind. It was a happy meeting; happy for all of us, he prosed on, ...

... i ATE PEACE N EGOTIATIONS I ST. ?? c, bTtoaruirAY. *trcoriangiia to the la~test nitirial i1Ite-ipence~l0 fhost lkraO it, ?? Ilidude 'iltendg hasd beenl arriveld at beta-tacoL tho lbiistiaulnahead-rzorter and the Tnrl.riabdlgte Tcr ?? rarearnonlMl- baon has not Yet been cc--tare] betwo'na A ?? i end thle Tulrleich capital. The-f Joi-nat ale St. iet a Vritae ofloitti senior's that theo cr-i, ...

... 11UISBOS1,OUG- 'WEST;AYIN TIRi'1 CelTiCIL. I TOUNDATION-STYGNEE LAY1ING.' DY Hr~s 3. ?? PEASE. 22 Pori g I'l, th3pnet fourl vecmrs III Ofroti0 02 Pie 'Wt'oleya'ii Eist ('tor-ch 'lt GIii' iote'oli 054 sii I-i'i 1 Ith To innivt oe cfil ii JbCrrIiiO ileii or iv Ii' >02(01 of 201 '1 t' if ii51'. IL>''I 1 Jicacisi thu le~e bc'r 'in i'ni'1c''' i ho . f . I >i' 221 ' 'ii o a ?? I ?? o .2 ?? ...

... 1112 i)UMB 0F EDINBUIIGH AS EMPE1rl sOF BYZANTIUM. I r-iLALLLMU- U 0 ansaa T9 m!N . EDItO:R oQ T1n :£0fT11E1h liClO. n Si.,4[ hove just rend your exeellent I I; of ?? 2e, ?? The Dlile of a ] t~hni an' linlC cO of Eulgaial, ?? which I t) huartilyaee. Ygr ou Y will See `N's ?? t!c sittytt worlked out in the Nine- C Cu,'Rfji of March. You know, L iA lvr, difiicult it is to get any W 41 whitch ...

... Ious3EiWIFE'S CORNER. MAr.TO, SATUnDAY-tifarlet vary thinbly snpplied tt all irooui. Bitter, is 8d1 to Is 9i per lb. of l6 osness; eggs, 11 to 12 for Is; goose, 9seach: dr'ckE, 53 (id to Cs per couple; rabbits, ias 8i to 29 der couple; Q fio)i, 4s 6d to is per couple ; hbarze, S 6s1 to 4s oals; pigeons, Is dt pier couple; plieasan r,:, 7is id por broae; ii bacou, 7s O0l to GO ad ;sr stoae; ...

... &ymial HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. THiE BRITS9H FLEET. The Earl of DERBY, replying to Earl Granville stated, owing to Lo notification from Constantinople having reached the commanders of the Dardanelles forts, the detach- ment of the British fleet had not taken the responsibility of passing themn without further instructions, and had con- sequently returned to ...

... towip :and T!Ololtial. -0- TneVereailesChamberofDeputieson ?? naval estimates. Admiral Pothuan, the Minister of Marine, sneaking in the course of the debate, urged the necessity of preserving for the French navy the rank which it now held among the fleets of other nations. He pointed out that so long as neighbouring countries had ironclad-ships finished with powerful artillery Frdnce must ...

... SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. A telegram received osn Tu~eaday morning from Lloyd' agents at Monetrideo states th~ h is fie n trd A ?? . t t~hae first officer and ?? engineer were saved from the steamer Astarte of Giaagow, before reported by telegraph as having been lost atCastill' Brails. while on a voyage from Cardiff to Montevide. The conclusion is that the remaining officers, and crew, ...

... EO UGETON-L-SPLRRW. Houghton-l-Spring -must - have bien a much more secluded place than it is now when Bernard Gilpid three hundred years ago retired to it, hoping 'to find rest aac peace after giving sep his archdeaconry. How his enemie. followed him to his retreat at the rectory, had him arrested and sent for trial-how a broken limb delayed the corn pletion of his journey until the death of ...

... THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The Porte has agreed to the preliminaries of peace, and they have been signed. Among theim is one that the ulti- mfate treaty of peace shall be signed at Constantinople. Neither the Ruselan nor the Turkish Government is willing to publish an authentic statement of the terms of peace which have been agreed upon, and which the Turkish delegates at Kezanlik have been ...

... YETVCAMSTLB CONSERVATIYE ASSOCI- TION. TEE VOTE OF CREDIT. The annual meetin of the Newcastle-u ?? Conser- vative Association was held on Tuesday evening, in the Long Room of the Queen's Hotel, Pilgrim Street. The President (Mr N. G. Clayton) occupied the chair; and there was a large attendance of members. The SECRETARY (Mr J. . Marr) read the report of the committee for the past year. The ...