... i iKIBRKHAM CLUB DAY. i t 11*_ ._ - IL: -] &1-1 I:_ I . . The celebration of this old establishewd clui a place on Thursday, under very propitious cibr ayumt~ With the exception of a slight shower ofran1 noon, the weather was very pleasant,ad belcotr town wits a scene of much gaietyan ao iltal Ithrough the day. Kirkham club day isprasorf h Imost jovial of its kind in thle neighborodo r~~ and ...

... - 5 r: ?? .1 Colonel Cameron, Inspeetor G'dneral of the Ordnance Survey, died at Southamptrin on Monday. Lord Cowper was on M'onday elected chairman of the HeIrtfordehire quarter see rIone, vice Lord Salis- bury, resigned. Mrs, Clara L. Balfour diea on Tuesday at her residence in Croydon, in dr seventieth year. She Was well known as a write* ud lecturer on temperance and other subjeots, The ...

... 'SE C&NGRESS. ?? the,, eougrc~ss has iteruitnit~id its Iabi'iziro gradncl ditnner ?? i~e givx on ill i-bc iibite Ha~tl of the 1,oyal Castle, on Wet'dus-lay or Thu~rsd-ay r'-txt in uoic ol' thr plicjitiotetit~t-ies Thet tollowvizt' I i o i d -victi P:-idaun an-I Sans Snt~ie ispr-cn-e Li %cLUsit!, S -t-. Li via t-ic river A ?? tiandc~tsci alt in gis?ki Si~o k~l.Llg o loep~npo~niaxns by the c-an ...

... THlE CHR{IONICLE. I- PRESTON. SA TURDA Y, JUL.Y1.. 1 is. DISPLAt1 Y, WVASTE, ANI) '1111F'l'. In tineslike the-e, whlien (b2)tc-Cel hit'iloles and diminishing wvages forin the stal)le of . gelncal complaint, the itlprol)riety of extrdva- gant display, the evil of wa.te. antl the excel- lence of economy, ftone tintoutelves into prominence. Latterly. there has been soinc discussion regarding-the ...

... I Tlf WEEK'S STORY OF iPARLIAXMENT. I (B3Y AN IESImR.) LONDON, MONDAY ElVENING, A singularly gloomy and oppressive day, although the heat was not so great as during the lattek part of last week, was not, without its effect upon the;tono of the House, whioh wag anything but lively tq-night. There was, at all events about the e3rlier p art Of the proceedings, an unminiitakable air of lassitude. ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLESBOROUGH. The nomination of candidatea for Middlemborough took place on Saturday, Mr. Edward Grey, under-sheriff, acting as retarning officer. The gentlemen nominated were Mr. Isaac Wilson (Liberal), and BMr. Samuel Alexander Sadler (Liberal.Counervative). Messrs. Williams, Fallows, and Bell handed in three proteste against the nomination of Mr. Sadler, on the ...

... LATEST TELE~GRAPHIC NEWS. THE CONGRESS. L. cITETK'S TELEGRAMS.J BERI ,dNt'v 2$8, LxNrIvx,( b *,~..rayesterday's inherview between Al:syand Count Scit)ouvalof, the Cic Iduc-la plenipoteutlflfl~s had a Coon- beoethe sitftilg of thle Congress. tcrC~ I Turkey shall b tr'tin' right of 5~tii-ttify~ thenorthrnaiio r~.ttl~ ~tar iha on he Balkans Ibi also, the beiie.The Porte it ilec pe'rmitted topbut ...

... GAZETTE' MEWS. - II UALiLi1 it ln 1! V 3. ftlirnl te Ocztuc ruj i .(t 4hvn, j HANRKLUPIS. Abbtcty JAtoigo (, A01 -, - o(,-liliil diu t Paeyenr!i -.On t~l 4v C a flu gtn-orheii u't O. ig alJolt.. Attic] t and ?? IAonos WillisI3jtjlN' - Broewster, Gc,-?k goH., ot Xkyigstoin-n] j Hii-Hi;e111v etoappbig Omafitaviwtier. Boss oit totC.-l'vaTnueocslDavid, inf 1'oirte Br- sogtot, ii,ci ct-nI mierchant ...

... THE POPEr AND THE ORU(WN PINME. i The Times' Berlia correspondent says that in reply to the Pope announcing his accession to the throne and regretting the misunderstandings thst had lately ocourred between Germany and the Vatican, the German Emperor, on March 24, 1878, addressed the following letter-to his Holiness:- Gnlielmus, Dei Gratil Imperator et Rex, Leoni XTIL., Summo Eoclesin Romainae ...

... ITEMS OF LONDON News I LooN11F, MaONoDAY Xles Tory members of the House of commons of JiLgo school more eapSCiaUy, are, I hear, downcast by the tame policy which the Earl BEACONeFIELD isd, according to their view, puretr,0 at Berlin. They consequently depreoate a solution of Parliament this year, and are rejef 000 in this position by a strong contingent o mirK terialiste representing borough ...

... IOUR LONDON CORRESPONDENUE LoxNON, WEDNESDAY EVEwNING. IBatoum or no Batoum, that is the question. Onl no other point is there any apprehension of conflict or divergenlce in the conference; and it is the last rem.aining subj ect on which, if all one Fears be true, Lord. Beaconsfield can saive himself from 'the fate of Actaeon. From all sides I hear of direful mutterings and sullen threats of ...

... TIlE STANLEY HOSPITAL GALAI AND BAZAAR. THE FINANCIAL RESMLITS. A meeting of the general committee of the Stanley Hospital gala ani bazaar was held yestqr- day at the town hall. The Mayor Mllr. A. B. , orwood; presided, and there were also present t Messrs. E. Whitley, ?? A. Mathieson, D. Granuell, W. Vines, J. Beesley, H;. Fowler, J. Busby. D. Campbell, C. Hull, W. T. Brunt, A. C. Wylie. It. ...