... I OUIR LONDON OUREAPONDENOB I LOI;Do.;, TwursDnAY EVEcrG. Tbe political position to-day is profoundly dia- couregirg. Yeettrday there seemed fair reason to cpe ?? dengerous controversy between Lord Leaeonifield and Prince Gortbohakoff would have a peaceful eid, cud Sor a few hours I found my- eL 5or tto fieet time adrmitting that there wse soie raeasan to expcrt a ?? issue. Bat Li dy L. I 1y i ...

... ?? me; ~t theinl oq t on the bady of IIIr. Her~r )ffie ?? wh wa-drowned in the river Dea assod Eecl'e~tOua,ChtetteI,OhhCfl )1dDbi ben eliiotd am to tbz cause of 5the oscam, ckpllrhi~g, an fbeen 1 verdict of ~Accidentally drowned wailreturned. 110i MAD Don AT fifvyrow - Ycetcrday morning, a en no retriever Cog, whsih IzA -tBe 'mad, and it is ?? alleged had bit-ton several other dogs and ...

... ASTROSOMICAL OCCURBENW4EI DURING MAY. (Fprbm tile IllustrOted Lotdt;in Al-;rodlle) The MooN i3 nese Met5 ren the 3rd; she is near Mans during the dgiig hour Of the 5th and 6;h, being to 6e1 hi of the planet an the former, and to the left on the letter evening. She is near Jupiter, being a little to the left of the planet, daring the morning hours of the 22nd; she is near Saturn daring the ...

... EX MERET:ENAL CHEMISTRY. ?? I All yc- who arc too fond of wine or nzn' othev stuff, take warninag by the dismal fate of one Lientenant LuE. So wrote ihood -the elder of the bacchanalian cld maiimner who did Dot like soft water, sir. so took to diunking hard.' In like yrnner we ieel constrained, in vitw of It ertain recent proceedings before the Zudicial committee of the Privy Comncil, to ...

... TIHE EASTERN QUESTION. I As with the dispute in the cotton trade. so with the dispute between the English Government and Russia, there is little chance of all amicable settlement so long as one of the parties takes refuge in an obstinate refusal to deviate in the slightest degree from a course to which the other declines to give its assent. It is clearly of no use for Prince Bismark or anybody ...

... WEST KIRBY AS A WANV.&id'NG I' PCAE,. TO 71101 EDITORS or 11i0 lt VEn>riL -IMcUAR Gecntefneo.-Ye woua ceter a a Jpoa many i your reidcr n wide, lut nifl ?? uptn Lte ?? ef Liverpo: d eat - ies. *e by brirglog crne tle.!r note the rac i' ?? V'eartiirbya ?? re-'s't. Form ry: ?? .n est Lett ?? no 6ecTet to s faerntrcd feAet- vr.;derfel tOV~iL.-nM en ts Keirsy liesB ver evetC (iit stering plea ...

... SHIPPING IDISASTEItS. WRECK OF TI{E CH1LDAWLL HALL. Capltain Clhrke, the speciai officer of the Salvage Assncaatiun of London, telegraphs from Sagres that. although the water is smooth in the offing, it is dangerous for ljoats to approach the wreck, the after-part of which has entirely diappeared. LOSS OF THE ELECTRIC FLASH. Lloyd's agent at Pora reports, by telewraph, the total loss, on the ...

... AIN A MERI CAN it IN ViPFATIO.3N rf 0 | MR2. 6JUADSTOITE I 'be Xcw 1Y-rDk T:r,1une of the 27th ultim3 Pays The committee of the Aluonili Of ?? Coilf'g recently l1vitcd fr. .V E Giladstone tt ?? tbie add iees bcfore tbe grad iates at the next coma- mencomcnt1 Mr. Gladstone hee reolied in txo letters, one addressed to Preeideziet Porter, thf other to Secretary EvartR, the former meroly declining ...

... MR. WATKIN WILLIAMS, MJP.. AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. mr. Watkin William#, Q 0, M.P. for the Dea- bighsbiae Boroughs, who had previously aunouncld his intention of not contesting the sest at the nert Serersl election, in consequence of a differen:s of opinion between himself and a large porti):. of hid constituents upon the Permissive Bill quebtion. addressed a large public meeting at tne publio ...

... rulPrTEa'S TELEKACiU .I] THE Wt1iNkSLTMAN INsUR:tRECT)N. CoSTA-t itrItOHi, Aeniir 2$. Mtust:el.ili Bt y, didc-de-caimp to the seraskier, :nud ?? otiIr' of the general staff, are to proceed to Ittiptirn to ?? the regular troops ar. sug st lii iu urgetit to iu- down their aIrins. A certailin niiru r-r of tinc (1reeks of Thrace ara :akin COMMutDl c!115e W ith the 1t>-iiie-v ise r- t :ot S. ...

... v Ci We ow DfIs elesrselkit oV Co MV- u Icatlona of whlih c i il - - u(urilvos. COLLoUUVOSaUtOO hould ::i-wajtb- .eg.tiy-rl- iaO in _ls gd on o4e rife cf the ?? or n ?? hogtli locrzB n the Illihelty Of finn.Ig scw fto- -nom. Wo rer is in-seudecd for Ifnsertion O.nT tk2'i micated 1. the cla ,e and address of the occ ~r-abt c~x'-rrltI for p!Lblication, but se a CIA I 2t gLJOL2 ikicb. Letters ott ...

... THIE WAR _RISIS. At the close of the quarterly meeting of tha 9 e `cc-i'easers of the several churckes forming tie V Lint-List Wrsleyan Metho'oi.it circuit, held at ?? on SAt!rday, the Rev. WV. H. Evaus iA i,, c cSir. tie folloiv g re'ol'etioi wag pssel, t . vlth ovly thret diissentuerts :- 71 at ti; meetlig, teing thoroagbly coorlacedthat r tl e-o ic nr ir. the soire o mlatters in Europe any ...