... YXAlaL, MigON MS DEFENCE. Yesterday, at the lunetbein at Litrathen, an the) ioccasion of te inspection of thevwater-works there by the Wat Commisioners of Dandee, Mr Yegsnaa, in reply to the toast The Houses of Br . Parliamnent, referred at some leugth to his con- str duct in the debates on the Eastern Question. In ba the first place, he said it was antrue, as A had been asserted by some ...

... THE CAUCUS SYSm -* ?? ?? re An imp~ortant correspondence has passed be- condil tween the Right lion. WV. B. Forstor, M-P.orfor ftf~ 'Bradford, and 'Mr.:Al're Iinigworth, the chair- wicV man of the Bradford Liberal Association.~ The remin sassooiatinn, under its recent reozrganiSAtion, has a pisieE rule (15) whereby any candidate proposed. for the IandI representation of 'the borough must give ...

... FISHIda L00flTo2v !.-The weather was a dead ca2m eterdsy, with aseyere thunderstorm and heavy rain- Baskets were with hcay, e zollvin being the ressorts from each of the besats enpza;- Troute Lbsa .t MrSmlth,.Erlghtas_..~ 7 6 S J hr Paterson, Edinburgh. . 10 8 O 1 SleD. F. Scott, Edinburgh ?? a 9 f, Mr Mathewson, Df aetrmne, came In the ?? nghz wnt t, ni trom; tweighing Mb _ GOLF. EaE GoLF ...

... . . (BY AN OCCASIONAL CORnrSPOD1EN-) Friday, I er Wednesday the two Commissions of d j General Asembly were indicted to meet. The o ancient idea of fixing the meeting for the 14th of August seems to have.been to gather up and t report the results of the supreme court in May, v and to report to this Committee of the whole I It House how its injunctions had been carried a out. This year there ...

... THE ECLAPSE OF THE SoUK A tele~ram to the Dtaiy ews, from - awoengs, a Wyoming, says:- C 'The eclipse has been most satisfactorily observed 6 at all the northern stations, and at all the southern ?? ones from which news has been received up to St the present time. The corona. was markedly th ,different from those observed in 1S6D, 1870, W Ibt and 1S71, and this year the observu- 1i dons have ...

... y=T WEEK' ARLIA-MENT. OS 03 S~CL COR5OtWW.) oft L~omsno, Saturday. b3% East, which closed at an TO anr this morning, can hardly be said za3nd erited the qualification of being great 0133ve g ors fr the country no doubt enjoyed I ,d ~ir.. catry bacsk to their homes exagge. ?? its quality. They may even fox SeS te S historic, and spur the rural imagi- pa - wO v~ith sccoots of its inspiration. ...

... MR M. J. STEWART, M.P., AND TE[ CHEFOO COONV}NTION. s In a letter to Lord Salisbory, dated 5th Art,' oen the subject of the Cheioo Cooventios, MIr IL J. Stewart, M3-.P, made some remarks coi tis Led. e ship's reply to a question p1t to Lbin ill the ?? of Lords by Lord Aberdeen. Fe 'aid I-I reer. ence to the supposed - protectionist vier of tbe a Chinese Government, allow me to trneieir'u ...

... 5T1X VOLU UNBPEWS. of th rd til in I~n or rn Dg IflHS otRY. Snoot-vo AAssoCE.sATOr.-The fifteent] a ?? in connection weith this; ?? took piece s&e Pored l~soge ons Tinreday. IPitancee, 200, 500. and 00 yards: seven rounds at each. Te folloswng were the twenty ?? scores ?? . 200 500 go0 TotaL. Sergeant Wine. 3iarray ?? 20 .0 2 023 Caosr-ereeant J. a ?? 2e 30 25 St P4vatePC ahen ?? 26 -1 22 79 ...

... THE VENEZIELAN Ai{MY. I -- The people are lazy beyond anything which wG in the northeru climates can imagine. The only tL il they are foed of is fighting. Hence the planters try as far as pos-ible to get women as l:.uurer?, Was for tlny work nearly as vell, and cannot be talke )VOLt forsoluiers. itisrecruiting that ruis ?? aLr;- Iners culture of the countrv, aud hence the landowners was are ...

... SATURDAY MORNING, AuGsUS 10. In the loitie of Lords yesterday, the Aber- t deen District 'Jlramiways Bill was real a third I time and passed. Some discussion took place on thed order for consideration of the Commons' amendments to the Cattle v Diseases Bill, and the measure was ad- I vanced astage. On going into Committee on I the Locomotives on Highways (Scotland) Bill, f Lord Denman moved ...

... TILE V0L UNJ2. ne sit ?? ed an M rs, en.- Ur- he M ay or .or th ,o. Ler ; 6 lip ch rd re he Si. he nie !re ae De or te| o.r Lfl re le m er )r er ip rL| er a>r A CmrrAsy . Cotrasty Doflf tween rtese ?? cal;e t ?? fi:Dgc, Leun l-;ae coui.Ur ti a s fala attn.~ 04a sra i i e., :L; - - ?? -e - P:iva-c Was. P- cket ?? . . iFlrva-C ( uu. lLaiL. - ?? L-i.L ;- L D l ?? ?? .. Aeeare II \i. 5150 IriL ...

... THE MINISTERIAL FISH DINNER AT GlREENWICH. The Miinisterial fish dinner took place yester- t dcv evening, at The Ship, Greenwich. Tihe tar ii of ?? and the Duke of N orthumberland I were unable to join their political friends on this t' occasion. The banquet wues served in the large h dining-room, covers being laid for 40 persons. n Therewere ?? Lrd Chancellor, the Duke i of Richmond and ...