... I)ESTRUJUTTVE FIRES. Early on Saturday morning a fire occurred in the tannery of Messrs. Martin and Mills, Duke-street, Giasgow. A bark-griuding mill, 114 je loig was destroyed. The damage is estimated at fs:oJo. A fire took place on Saturday ?? on the premuises of the Distillery Company. nr:ieol. Th, distillery is the fourth largest in the coentry, stands on many acres of ground, and emfplo.- ...

... THE STOCK EXCHANGE COMIMISSION. As was to have been expected, the royal commission appointed to discover a method of regenerating the London Stock Exchange has broken down hopelessly. This, how- ever. -was no fault of the commission itself. If any body of men could have done any- thing in such a. case, it would be one comprehending lawyers like Lords Black- burn and Penzance, and financial and ...

... WARRBIGTON CLERGY CHARITY. I * Yesterday, the annual meeting of the clergy and lait'y in connection with the Institutio n for the Reliet of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen vho have officiated in the arebdeaconries of Chester, Liverpooi, Manchester, or Blackburn, was held at the institution. The business meeting commenced at noon, and sxas presided over by Mr. Richard Barton, of Caldy. ...

... SPECIAL TEL ERAMS Harvesting near Berwick h, -nl ycars e which is earlier than for the ?? ? n years. Sir Julius Benedict is confined to hi. room by a set erE attack of broechitis. A man named Lock was ?? Comnmnittec foe 1 trial by the Bristol magistrates for publishing the Fruits of Philosophy. The Government have decided on sellinge , t the end of August all extra reginutal and tranusp ort ...

... ALUS poirti LEX 4Pf-7~I ~. FK.Urs Pol'um Ix 1.XSl pKEm.\. S t ?? A A 1 Y. 1)OtMEST'lU. Excheqluel returns from April Ito August 24 are-Receipts, £JS,9I)l3,U'i expendi- ture, £834,4lSi ,29'!7 : balanc'es, £tlS71,27,7. Corresjondling period lastt year-Receipts, 1211, 35,;,7is5: expenditure. E:8 2,461,42i; balaulces. £'2.0it.(974. in Liverpool list weCk. the rate o inor- toltv was :31. per] ...

... THE WEATHER | TUESDAY, AUGUS t REMARKS. Ei;1r , .oI -The vrvther is fL; C- northern and eastern parts of Gres :r also in Denmark and Holland.bu- h ; i gloomy elsewhere, with rain bothf o cz coasts and at the Swedish stanio.'. having been considerable at stue ofe stations, as well as on our tattors coasts. Temperature has decrra'cd a ' places, but in tbe southl Of Frare 'the. very considerable. ...

... mSL\ .EERE FIGHTING IN BOSNIA. VIENNA, Auc;, 20. According to intelligence received from Doboy, tbe troops under G~eneral Count Szapary were |ttaC,;ed yesterday by the insurgents. After pro- longed fighting, the tattack was repulsed. Iieut.- Generall ?? was slightly wounded VIIeNNA. ArG. 20, Ey i Ni.. After a severe engagement. Serajevo was occu- pied yesterday by the Austro-Hungarian troops. ...

... ILETTERS TO THE EDITORS WA.iTERLOO AVATERtIYG CARTS. Ge lvi mii- CertaitilY the j!ovoe ljas>- tii' abou:t pmeet freely thins season, a nd evryt praise- is firlly doe to the hecalthi ~oniniiiti ' fott Ihetc ?? attetiali to thle comforts iif thle inhiabit iii; (iS this (at (le tinia pro- verical I cojiiacred unelh T lc.'he 5ewage-trapse need, e-ipeciallv bieore rain, s vei mnatted attention ; ...

... I MIMSTERS IN THE CITY. SPEECHES OF THE PREMIER AND LORD SALISBURY. On Saturday afternoon, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary were presented with the freedom of the city of London, at the Guildhall. Nearly 4000 guests, specially invited, were present at the reception and ceremony. A temporary pavilion, to hold 1200 persons, had been erected in Guildhall-yard; several hundreds more ...

... 1Ar1~Ic NEWS. , TnVfAL.I I Steady. Foreign hoe-, C rilas steady exceet j'aiier, Nr ,h-ea ptrs Cr3Slle- clj weaker; orth-esterns ?? Egptntiapee ! P 1e 'u^ei92 ,p ?? ilA . 502 , +lt~~~Di o niedl e ?? ,11 ,tI.. ?? 'J3CZhed Dairsa ?? 604 *ur. 5$Itkirlh jives r - ?? Do,6PC- 1860,.20 1 5jDo, 6 1)c. 58- 9) ' Do. 6 per rrt.,. IS 4 £Do,;P.5e13 7 ?? *r . r et f `iesa ?? F,,caht,,ars ?? 75i 6G Italisan ...

... I-TILIEMERE WATER SCE I A public meeting was held yesterday, in the Manchester town hall, to approve, or otherwise, of the corporation renewing their attempt to obtain a bill empowering them to obtain a supply of water from Lake Thirlmere, in Cnrberland. The mayor (Ti~r. Alderman Grusidy) presided, and there washa moderately large ?? town-lerk (Sir Joseph Heron) mad the n otice convening the ...

... Themonthlymeetingof theliverpoolllrr-! ,- 3 y of the Presbyterian Church of Englaud wvas i yesterdayafternoon,at the Co:imon ?? hey, the Rev. J. Towers, mode-rator. z;a Pt t. Tn ct were present-Miuisters, the Pee . 11. i.Lu6 ii H. T. How at, J. Brown, J. L. Rentoud. WV Grah;b ..o. - J. Fraser, A. M. Symington. J. J. Muiir. A. Guru. R. Duff, J. Towbrt, W. A. Cathcart, T. MacpL~r' ?? D. Hewitt, ...