... The Peterborough Liberal Association have unanimously approved of Mr J. H. Raper ad- dressing the constituents after Mr Whalley's funeral on Saturday. Mr Lawrence, Q.C., is mentioned as the Conservative candidate. ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF LABOUR AND LITERATURE IN PARLIA- MENT. TIE contest at Peterborough for the seat rendered vacant by the death of eccentric but honest Mr WHALLEY, raises more than one opportune question. We have heard a great deal of late respecting the introduction of the Yankee caucus-system into English politics, but party discipline.becomes a farce when we find four Liberals competing ...

... SERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT DEVONPORT. T\ry seii°us landslip has occurred at Devon- -Uoebyard in the ground at the -'north side of 3?etMrfLW -dock, whicli is being built by Mr Heiv a Nearly the whole space between the by 1 and of No, 4, or North Dock, is rent 2^, .arge cracks, and the ground is gradually jjj This will necessitate the removal of Plat2i ousan(^ ^ons roc'^ etc., not contem- tjje the ...

... THE AFFGHAN DIFFICULTY. ADVANCE OF BRITISI TROOPS. MILITARY PREPAMTIOHS OF THE AMEER. ORDERS FOR TROOPS IN ENGLAND. THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ON THE AFGHAN DIFFICULTY. MILITARY MOVEMENTS TN ENGLAND. LONDON, Monday.—Orders are issued from the Horse Guards, directing large drafts to be made ready to leave England on the 15th and 29th inst., to augment those line regiments and battalions of ...

... A LAMENTABLE DEATH.—On Sunday Llandilo was filled with gloom at the intelliRence of the death on the previous evening, at Golden Grove, of Mrs Brown, eldest daughter of Mr Brockie, farm bailiff at Golden Grove. It was only early in the summer of 1877 that Brown (then Miss Brockie) was married to a Scotch minister, and no one was ever more suited for a minister's wife than she was—by her love ...

... NORTH OF ENGLAND IRON AND COAL TRADES. [SPECIAL REPORT FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.,] MIDDLI-SBOROUGH. Thursday. The pig-iron trade has this week been in a most excited and uncertain state, the immediate cause being the Glasgow failure, and the decline of prices of Scotch iron. There has also been in addition the effect of the throwing of a quantity of iron upon the market by Scotch merchants who ...

... &wj-n recognition of the services of the late Sir M*oornas Biddulph, the Queen has decided to erect fratatue to his memory. The site selected is a Qooam&ndinff one to the West of Balmoral Castle. ...

... On Monday a meeting of local Liberals was held at the Band of Hope Hall, Newnham, when several matters haying reference to the representation of West Gloucestershire were reo ferred to. Mr Ware, chairman of the .London Association, presided, and made an interesting speech, in the course of which he condemned the foreign policy of the Government, and said that as a result of the enormous ...

... Ol'ENISU OF A CIRCUS l'Olt TUB Wl.Vi'iill INJSU A\SoA. Notwithstanding tlie rapid growth of the poptt lation oi Swansea and il-s immediate neighbour hood, this town has io:: many years been iduguLirl? oe.icientoi pomes of amusement, where toe work- ing cias-ies and others may spend an hour or two io innocent and he dtlifui recreation during the winter evenings, the Star Theatre bring the sola ...

... A young Belgian of 19, resprctably-dressed, was brought up at (Jlexkenweli police-court, on Tues- day, charged with having attempted suicide by taking laudanum and by cutting his throat. He waa remanded until his father could be communi- cated with. It was stated that the ardent young gentleman had committal the offence because a young lady had jilted him. ...

... PRESENTATION'.■—Oil Saturday evening an in- teresting meeting took place at the'Prince of Wales Hotel, on the occasion of Mr and 3Jr; Harry Grigg leaving this well-known hotei for the Rutzen AIM; Hotel, Narberth. Mr AND Mrs Grigg have long lived in the town, and are well known and liigh'y respected, and it was proposed by a few of their friends that some token of esteem should be presented ...

... The Indian Government find that their pieces of artillery is insu&cient for the Afghanistan campaign, and consequently the neld batteries will be considerably increased. The regiments which have completed their period of foreign servica will be despatched to England, provided the crisis doss not as- sume a v2ry serious aspect. According to intelligence contained in a telegram from Roiin the ...