... .-A z - b.- ?? - - E P~1 d The Rev. Edward Burney gave a garden party at Bay aido n House on Saturday. About 130 guests were invited. nev .y Messrs. Lapthorn and Sons' employds had their annual chil wouting on Saturday, Southampton being the place chosen did e, for the day's reoroation. The party returned home about hus r- eleven o'clock. spe: f A now schooner yacht, built of steel, came into ...

... The difficult work of raising and beaiching the THE lues- Eurydice has at length, after repeated trials and failures, NVl 'pen N A k on been successfully accomplishled, and the frigate may now match who be said to be lying almost high and dry 4t low water on as folk ir8 a the beach between the Fort (commonly known as Sandown ooeCattle) and the Reachif, which adjoins the gigantic W. G. I mn to ...

... - nampshirt , Ijtraph. PORTSOUTf, _WEDNESDAY, JUlY 31 AlKA--- A.. stM -a -n n ^ l f. nh i+. 11A I already there is a general, though it may be E reluctant, admission that whatever else the Great tl Minister has done, he has not ?? settled the Eastern E Question. Tlis is Lord Beaconsfield's own opinion, 'V to judge from the- apologetio tone of the observa- el tions he addressed on Saturday ...

... wlEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF PORTSMOUTH. I 28TII WI.Ern, 1878. In the week ending Saturday, the 13th instant, 5129 births and 3087 deaths were registered in twenty of the largest English towns, estimated by the Registrar-General to contain a population of above seven millions and a quar- ter of persons in the middle of this year. The births exceeded by 52, and the ...

... - - -nm~ - -rat Tl rTATTT.Aa- dlO HOISTING THE BI15Eii'lSfl YiLAit, Id Lord John Hay arrived at Cyprus on Sunday from It Larnaka. accompanied by Captain Rawson and Lieut. gnY t . B Van nloughnet of the Minotaur, Lieutenant Eastman wi ont EmmA., Surgeon Vdacarthy, and Captain Riley, with a for ind detachment of 50 Marines, for the purpose of completing -, ut6: 'the. ceremonial of the surrender ...

... | THE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOBS OF LIFE. il The West of England was visitdb serehue- Te of storms from Friday to Monday last. h At Taunton the storm exceeded in violence anything mouth ad that has been experienced there for many years. About theirt It three o'clock on Sunday the stormlbroke over the town snualm be camprletely deluging the streets and flooding the houses i~A ton by or the lower ...

... MtLITARY. 1t !l fit ?? ta e- ?? the The Chaplain-General; to the Forces has appointcd the be sny Reverend D. Nickerson, Chaplain at Chatham, to be Chap- fa h lai n to the Forces in Cyprus. f hat Captain T. J. R. Mlllbok, 7th Fusiliers, has been selected of ry, to succeed Lientenant-Colonel W. H. Knight, ae Garrison ye dor Instructor at Portsmouth. Captain~ 3allock passed out of th ial the ...

... II Io Twenty heavy di~aught mules from Poiton have been SB brought thence to Woolwich for the UHC of the Aimy Scr- ? vice Corps. B n 13URVICPr GOSSIP, FROM TRUTH.-Yet another ie useless and vncalled-for change is to be made in a soldier's equipment. uhe canteen is to have a cover, and to be B -carred between the valise and the great co-Lt. As the canteen cannot be injured by rain or dust, ...

... in (FaoM OURL SPECIAL CORISESPONDENT.) E re PALL MALL, July 1 8B ae The British flag is indeed well represented already in - the neighbourhood of Cyprus, and Lord John Hay has I Pe with his flagship such a squadron as he may well be proud 3 se of after for so long commanding an attenuated Chaanel vY Squadron of three or four ships. Lord John has now with I; him, in company with the 1ifotaur, ...

... COUNTY PETTY S}ssIONS.-Saturdac.-Before J. Coape, Esq. (Chairman), Colonel Atherley, Colonel Baithe, and T. M. Leacock, Esq. A considerable number of licenses to sell game were granted. DOG LICENSES.-WillianZ fatthezs, Sandown. who wae represented by his wife, was summoned for having only taken out three licenses for three dogs, whereas he was found to have five dogs in his possession.-e was ...

... HAVAN~T. . b, RIFLE MATCH.-On Friday last a match toek place at the Warblington Range between the 12th Snasox (West- bourne) Rifle Volunteers and the 4th Hants (Havant) 0, Rifle Volunteers. A substantial repast was provided on ig the ground by the kindness of Captain DuPre, and thc 1 te score was, as foullws:- 4 at 1 Iis Sus~x. th IANTS. h rvt. W. Tiwinc ?? 73 Q.M.S. Tatehiol ?? 57 e Pvt. R. ...

... The following list givea the names of the ships in corn- mission, their armament, horse power, commandingofficers' names, and the stations to wh1ich they are attachhd I- Achilles, 16, 1250, Captain Algernon C. P. Neage, Channel 811adrOll, Mediterranean. Active, 10, 660, Commodore F. IV. Sullivan, 0.1., Cape of Good Hope and West Cuast of Africa. C Aguncourt, 17, 1350, Captain Richard Wells ...