... I IRELAND AN THE VOLNTER FORCE. Yesterday a deputatioa from it tommittee ap- pointed in Dublin for the purpose of promnoting the for- mnation of a volunteer force in Ireland, waited upon Mr. Lowther the Chlef Secretary for Ireland, at the Irish Olaice, 6reat Queen-street, Woestaiuster, to present a memorial which has been siged by between 700 and 800 ilading oitizzenS of Dublin aild itt ...

... theofirst part of this oentury the Royal Family, s theirpatronage, made Ascot what it bas since I,0sc. George IV. aud his brother, the Sailor ,Lieg, wero both of them staunch supporters of tie estitg, vhich oven in their time had acquired the h f , of 'oyal, and the earlier records of g F1iog cbreniolo rmany a victory achieved by Y ?? to both those Sovereigns, whoso c1 ^(,oaurs werc c ynta ...

... _ - (d-';PILIMENTT THE House of Commons reassembled on Thursday after a Whitsuntide recess unusually brief. It is among the paradoxes of current Parliamentary management that, Easter falling at a time when political events were in full crisis, the recess would have been unusually extended.; while at Whitsuntide, just as we seem to have got into smooth water, the holiday is ruthlessly ...

... TIME: SOCALKXST AND THE CFOON PRXIMCE 01 orGE3ANY. Last night a public meeting was held at the Pbhmnxi Temperance Hal, Commereial-road Enat convened by the Social Demoeratic V% orking Men's CIub, to discuss the question, What were the objects of the deputation to the Crown Prince of Germany, as well as the insult to the working classes in general, and the conduct of the press to the working ...

... MAXINc THINGS CVWPOXTAnLS. We do not think the friends and relatives of the three hundred or so sailors who werE drowned in the Eurydice will be satisfied with the verdict returned on Wednesday by the jury. It whitewashes everybody. Noboby was to blame. The captain and all his officers ale thoroughly and completely exculpated; ani so far things are made comfortable and eosy. Evel those who ran ...

... NOTES F7 _(From ourspecial O England o s a debt of grati) d t t weekl Jex-Blalce, for to hisactioni5 d oe to hrl I; l- notorious a nest Of swindlers ev er eak. of The senteice pase Uo eve defied tip m prcedns passped upo tlle o tllcllief l~e t'w the dod Baile n e l hef cn ' law. pt ed l Saturdnvfics. Adeeellg rate orsnat Side of severity, whos we look el~ lsuet ezrrs t perpetragte lendmoe mer ...

... GE NERAL FOREIGN NEWS. (THROUTO REUlTER'S AGENCY.) ITALY. ROME, Jin 17, EvzTNG. The elections yesterday for municipal counoillors re- sulted in tho return of ten Liberals and two Clericals. In the eloctions for Provincial Councillors threo Liberals were successful, In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Signori Branca, Ercolo, Luzzatti, and Autonibon interrogated the Government on the ...

... The second sitting of the Berlin Congress is held to-day, and it is under- stood that the Bulgarian question will almost exclusively occupy the attention of the Plenipotentiaries. The questi n of the admission of the Greek delegates will also, it is believed, be raised. Friday and Saturday were devoted to private interviews between the members of the Congress. Lord Beaconsfield conferred with ...

... FRENCH MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SiR,-There are one or two points in a recent article on the above subject in the Tall Mall Gazette which claim a few words of comment. No foreign medical man can practise in France under the existing law unless be either obtains special leave (a practically impossible thing just now) from the Minister of Public Instruction, ...

... BLACK DOTS ON THE HORIZON PARIS, June i 2. THE French Chambers have been prorogued after an uneventful but important session. The Lower House has not done much legislative work, but it has quashed the elections of a great number of Conser- vative members returned owing to administrative pressure; and in the majority of cases it has seen these acts of retributive justice ratified by the country ...

... THE REPEAL OF THE COAPORTIQNI i AND TEST ACT& I - l The fiftieth anniversary of this event was Mee- trated yesterday evening by a Public dinner at the Cannonm- Street Hotel, attended by about 3 00 gen tlemon, there being also a large number of ladies 14 the galleries Earl Gash- vy.nni presided, land Mr. H. Richard, ?? chasirman, of cas Proteatasit pieseenting Deputies, Was the vice.,chair- ...

... - ~ AS=T-'4misIN SHlIP. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Arr. W. . Smith, presided yesterday afternoon over the annual inetion of the above training lsip, now lyin. ofoff 0 ool- visihr and the property of the ad bexi Spoiotc. One hundred and twenty years have passed sines tbs latter be-an its work of takie poor boys front the streets end eparing them for the Royal Navy afod r rohant service. ...