... Our Corresnondent in Florence writes: When Italy on her liberation adopted a govern- ment for which England served her as a model, great interest was felt for a time in her Constitu- tiopal (levelopiment. And when it was found how skllfully she bore herself through the early uliflenltjes of her position, a general admiration arose for the young kingdom's nolitical common- sense. B at there are ...

... Definite orders, issued with the concurrence of the Controller of the riavy, have, we are told, been received at the dockyards for the immediate I-,reparation of all troopships, with the exception of the Simwqn and Assislance, for the conveyance, in case of emergency, of an expeditionary army corps. Of these ships the largest and most important are the five vessels which are officially ...

... t o 0 TS -&IC AND LOS§ j -OVER 00 ZOVO 8i - 1 Slnoe t loss of the Captain, no greater CalsaniitL ?? '&eeln one unay thasi'the sisournful accident which 0c. Marrod off the Isle of 'Wight on Sunadiy afternoon, whert at lesst 324 souls perished. The tale-is one of the simplest, iaa the details only heighten the effect which such a tragedy, however occasioned, must produce. The Envy- dice, four ...

... r -V3 j Ein o HW0 THE Loss OF THE EURYDICE.- -Confidence in the ships of our modern navy has been on several occasions so rudely shaken that there was a certain satisfaction in learning that the lamentable disaster of Sunday last had befallen a vessel of a thoroughly old-fashioned type. The jury appear to have returned a very proper verdict, for the evidence of the two survivors and of the ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Let us relieve the mind of a Professional Vocalist by a simple statement. If he would abstain from singing extracts from operas le would never find himself In trouble. There is no publisher in London who claims, or allows a claim to be made, for the performance of ordinary songs ; and the reason why such an announcement is not made on the copies is because it ...

... FOREGN INTELLIGENCE. . C lle In the Chamber M1. Cnuneo d'Ornano, the Bonapartist famous for his threat of pounding.the Republicans into a mess which the very dogs 'would loathe, criticised the suspension of a mayor at Bourg. M. de Marcere de. fended the step, declaring that the Government could not retain iu office men who paraded their anti.Republican. ism. M. de Cassagnac, interposing, ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER. The Grand Duke has at length paid his State visit to the Sultan, and his Majesty has returned the visit of the Prince whose army has been graciously pleased to dismensber the Ottoman Empire. The Russian arms have been re-raised over the gateway of the palace of the Czar's ambassador. It is even said that the Muscovite commaider and his staff were cheered in ...

... Cfliý Obtaiun?' otlu. TIlE PAPAL CONSISTORY. , ?? a C sistory yesterday at the Vatican, at which he delivered ,, ?? n ?? Wn the pontificate of Pius IX . A very sorrowful e r c pi evaile, he said, affecting not only civil society, -Lht, N i h La g behn despoiled of the temporal power, was y the fice rittI independent cxercise of the authority j o it. He rcould not, however, refuse to accept ...

... General Ignatieff's mission to Vienna continues to be the principal topic of the telegrams relating to Eastern affairs. According to news from Berlin, his overtures are coldly received at Vienna. A St. Petersburg telegram says that the negotiations about the Congress are not yet broken off, but there is now little hope of their being successful. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg persists in its ...

... LORD DERBY'S RESIGNATION. 'I lie Sa/lurday Rev~iew says there has not yet been time fully to under- I'ca d the causes or to appreciate the probable consequences of Lord lul)'s resignation; but the explanation given by Lord Beaconsfield c.ii ot but cause grave alarm, and Lord Derby's declaration that war is Ut tihe necessary or inevitable result of the course contemplated by the ?? i-try is not ...

... lrfvi? obeniall1q, vewd. VI, aw THE PAPAL CONSISTORY. T pe pe held a Consistory yesterday at the Vatican, at which he delivered ?? eulogizing the pontificate of Pius IX. A very sorrowful ate of thinrgs everywhere prevailed, he said, affecting not only civil society, t tl e Churclh, which having been despoiled of the temporal power, was ,le to enjoy the free and, independent exercise of the ...

... The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held to-day it ec offices in Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, Mr. George Morphett rtc~ irg. Phe report stated that the net amount available for dividend a J2,764 15s. icd., out of which the directors recommended that a divi- ,d rd at the rate of 2 ;4 per cent. per annum be declared on the preference 210e cipital, smhich, absorbing ...