... THE TESTAMENT OFt PETER THE GREAT. A WRITER iln the Nineteenth Centitnry for July Vi of disousses thle question of tho authenticity of St )Q.'s this famous testtament, whichl is supposed by w lil.somne to he thbe political evangel of the House tl und of Romanoff. The question may comie to ho ti M~rone of greater interest and importance than Al 14these historial prdhlems-the atillhorshipi~of ...

... LORD CARNARVON ON TI[E ANMNATION OF THE TRANSVAAL. _ A meeting presdded over by Mi.r Alderamin Cotorn, in Mhe absence of the Lord Xbyol, we hold at tho Mansion House, 'London, rn Wedtbesday. In biit of the Pretoria Diocesan Fund, it beinK proposed to esthialeb a bishoprio in that portion oF. the Tnturvaul. The Rov. H. B. Bousfield, vicar of Aidowver was consecrated for the bishoprio in 1877, ...

... FESTIVITIES AT YATrON. .1 L - , , Yestorday, the whole of the village of Yatton was (il fef, the occasion being a day of festivitios at Henley. lO(lge, the residence of the respected captain of the Yatton Cricket Club, Mr. Tankerviile-Chamborlayne, a gentleman of great fortune, who has recently takeu up bi8 residence in the village. Mr. Chatiberlayne, whose ;,rent liberality has deservedly ...

... TFHE CHAT OF THE FAIR. (From Mcaef(t'i.) That is a very curious case which wa u darkly hinted a by Mr. Forster during the discussion last week on th Cattle Plague Bill. According to the existing arrange ments with respect to cattle diseases the Privy Coucn have prohibited the import of live cattle from (amens, other countries) France. If cattle are brought ever frr France they must be ...

... GERMAY.s (ROM OUR SPECIAL c4POWiZr IeG Berlin, tune 2-. IT is agreed on all sides that the session of i this afternoon is to be devoted to the claims of ri Servia and Montenegro, especially of the latter; B and many observers seem to expect a stormy te time over the question of Antivar, In raea-ld c to this api -ension 1 can give you ?? a E symptom and an opinion. First, the symptom. gi It ...

... TE KNI Tho§* wioKcy-Yesterday, the Abbey or heenhibis hr~dge, unich is about to be sup- ?? 4y a ?? iron struture, swas closed tor radic, aud Operationis iegull by Alr JIqin, the coutractor tor thl muswn Worrk. Fint-On Suniday night the thatchied roof of a small outhouse at 1Z SLOrle ::treel, used as a tyre by Archcbald xjatlieson, cowfeeder, ci1glut lre, wuiun, however, was extinjguished 1 ...

... 61Xtqff v ?? . .* THURPSDA Y Ak1 )RNING, JULY 4. There wa.s no ineetin*; of CouNress yesterday. 3Tietwefzh sitting will I )e held this afternoon, ?? . . I I s +115 n -A 1. _ c . . The tweltan Klnng win a 'I - I-- - when it is anderstood tha S the Greek question will form,.tie chief subje ot Of discussion. A summary of the results alre. dy achieved by the Dongress is supplied by ?? night's ...

... PoliR16 Hospital Sunday in the metro- the 'i11 8ermons were preached in nearly all th °* worship having special reference to occasion. The collections made at the morn- in many instances fell considerably ort of the amount last year. The after part of the day being very wet, reduced the ordinary attendances at the afternoon and evening services, ?• that altogether it is believed the sum ...

... At the Leicester Borough Police Court, last Week, William Barrows (30), licensed victualler, was charged with having committed a horrible outrage on his wife. It was stated that on the ^ght of the 14th ult. a sister of Mrs. Barrows, Who lived with them at the Old Horse Inn, near Leicester racecourse, heard screams and proceeding from the bedroom occupied by fnu0yrB an^ hi5 wife. With ...

... In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on the 27th ultimo, the Right Hon. the President (Sir James Hannen) and a common jury had before them the suit of Goodman v. Goodman and Feinberg, which was the petition of the husband, a tailor, of Rockingham street, Leeds, for the dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respon- dent, also a tailor of Leeds, ...

... In the House of Lords, yesterday, the In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Public Health (Water) Act, 1873, received the Royal Assent. The Lord Chancellor, replying to Earl Granville, said the measure introduced to the House was intended to promote the intermediate education of boys in Ireland, but if Parliament desired it ex- tended so as to include girls, the Government would have to make ...

... MIDDLESBOROUGlI ELECTION. RETURN OF THE LIBERAL CANDI- DATE. The Middlesborough election took place on Thursday, and resulted in the return of the Liberal candidate by a large majority. The re- sult of the poll was Wilson (Liberal) „ 5,307 2,415 majority for the Liberal candidate 2,892. At the election in 1874 Mr Henry William Ferdinand Bolchow was returned by a majority of 2,176 above Mr F. ...