... 1VVAL NOTES AND NEWS. le0 P OUR SPEOIAL. CORRES20NDENT.) ½ PALL MALL, ,Mareh 25. i° As r Ql bo supposed, the.sad loss ofthe Eui'ydicc is athe subje ltr4f mueh conversation to-day, and deep is the regretfelt t ; lamenta&4e event. Thus' far, there is sege duffelt udty in understandiing'how .she pepld have a ,h capsized s s the.squall wasmostsudden anduirepectoed to 'and f teim le~oce, and that ...

... {Town Te.-As N by (From Truth.) of The choice of Lord Lyons as our representative at the ife forthcoming Congress or Conference is an excellent one. of He is a man of sound common sense, and, if not hampered or by too copious instructions, will take very good carp of our Sr interests. The choice is a significant one, because Lord 3n- Lyons has never concealed his opinion that India ought to 's ...

... T NAVAIJ ±NUXT135 IIXV progre (yaonl OUR SPECIAL COiRlRESPONDENT.) dation PALL M1ALL, M1arch 23. additic A.s there are a fair icuniber of varimieics on the books of Thlcs thce ships in the Pacific, owing to the great teniptations arent, octiered onl that station to altle-bodied mon to descrt and The accept the higll wages given at some of the ports of call, Moro opportunity will he taken to ...

... l1M. P.-i ?? ?? q.-- f- IR77.7R rr-r 4s t The Civi Srv'ice Estimates for 1877*78 were issued 1J Fyesterday. Th6 total sum required for the Civil Servico .064 in 14,816,475?.,~ against 14,003,2311. last year; and for the 2,2 . R 7,9e40001. p~artmcnts, Packet and Telegra ph Service, - r7,9tota0 of is required, against 8,045,881 1. last year, making pET] a 877, of 22,810,8751. for 1878-79, ...

... P.'k.A Will-n RMvhrmm girr~v- has The Rev. Robert Willan E-hama Surrey, has accepted w ind the pastorate of the St. Kaaes's-street Congregational Vt Chapel. hi IIis YOUNG MEN'S LITERARlY SOoIETY'-A reading and ja~ 'at- musical entertainment was given at the Queen's Rooms on- gi the evening of Thursday last, in aid of the Library Fund di m-of the Newport Young Men's Literary Society, when, in ...

... 5. has (,From Truth.) the The hail which the Princes and ±'rineess of Wales gave cabl d last week to celebrate the anniversary of their marriage is ir- as as is usual an these occasions, a gathering of the rank don Wand beauity of the Metropolis. The only ceentreteinps ta a id occurred was that one of the fairest representatives of the diti 7~latter seetion hadl an attack of hysterics in the ...

... -- - - -- - i a - . . . - - i - - I. 1 The fnrtnlihtcv -n ;n- r +m. 'h-c a -- ?? - ( ?? ?? aUfl.Lbfl atflfl. The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held at the Workhouse, Kingstan, on Wednesday. Themembers pre- sent were --Mr. W. R. Light (Chairman), MIr. J. Arnold (Ve-Chairman), Messrs. Howell, Gourd, Jeppa, Tuck, Killpartrick, Harmsworth, Cudlipp, Wendover, Whit- comte, Mason, West ...

... I - - I X - , l - P ' ' , i [ . . i TII.A r r helm ironi1: n ; At the Cnwr. nnrl The T ordinary half-yearly' meoting of the Cowee and Newport Railway Company was lheld on Thursday after- noon,'at the chief office' No. 14, Queen Victoria-striet, London, tho Hon. ?? Petro '(Chairman) presiding. .The 'Directors' report, which was adopted on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Pinnook; ...

... ?? . . T n . .I T --l T- - s The inquiry before S. J. Smith, Esq., C.E., Her 3&ajesty's Inspector, respecting the Portsmouth sewage outfall, was rosunied on Wednesday at the Court Martial room, EstneyI Barracks. The Town-Clerk opened the case on behalf of the Cor- poration, and put in the correspondence which had taken place in 1877 between Admiral Hall, nu the part of the Admiralty, andtho ...

... In WpVEr.-lst WGRI w-1 r.- n-+ }e fLM Uflh I Dflifad. ed THE MISSION WEEK.-Last week was devoted to lt services several times a day at the various churches, St. Lawrence, St. Maurice, Holy Trinity, St. Thomas's, Christ Church, and the Cathedral. At the latter there tee were short and effective services. Every day at noon as three-quarters of an hour was devoted to singing the hymn Weary of ...

... ?? ?? ?? ?? THE, PROPOSED CONGRESS. 'lib It [Eval! YESTERDAY'S CTIMES.] cv1 ST. PECTEEB5I)UIG Mearc.II 15. of No arrangemeont respecting the Congress has yet been cai arrived, at between the Cabinets of London and St. Peters- te( borg. The eourse of the negotiations up to the present. mi time has been as follows :-Wheu England insisted that div the whole Treaty should be submitted to the ...

... ilabm th e JlrnI.- to (From the World.) le In answer to a recent application to the India Offiee. Ly muade with much pertinacity and audacity by a gal:amr a- major who received the V.C. for his daring ide in le Ashan tec, Lord Salisbury recorded the following trencinat f memo.: If there is a Victoria Crass for impudence this mani should have it. ?? Captain Gill, NIL., is not a communicative ...