... A OUTLOOK. The continued and increasing depression in trade everywhere prevailing, has induced the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to ask the directors to hold an exhaustive inquiry as to its cause. It was stated that during the last five weeks there have been 102 English and 72 Scotch bankruptcies, 29 winding up mtices,and 1,215 liquidations. It is believed that (10 per cent, of the cotton ...

... The Central News correspondent, writing from Beyrout, says:—Commander Cameron is still en- gaged organising his expedition for exploring the Tigris Valley to ascertain its fitness for the pro- posed Indo-Mediterranean Railway. He holds this route preferable to the Euphrates Valley route, being better for trade, and more thickly populated. The expedition will be absent until the end of April at ...

... IX-tails of the great storm in America have been received at Queeustown. In Philadelphia over 40 churches aud hundreds of duelling houses were un- roofed or otherwise seriously damaged. The railroads there suffered a great deal, one was demolished, and several were damaged considerably. The loss of property along the rivers was large. In Chester 70 buildings were unroofed, and 11 manufactories ...

... The condemned culprit, Garcia, was convened back to Usk Gaol on Thursday. The prisoner was taken, in irons, in a cab to the Great Western Railway Station ■where a large crowd had assembled to witness his de- parture. A strong body of poliee was provided but it required their utmost exertions to convey the 'mur- derer through the crush refuge was eventually taken in the second-class refreshment ...

... A SWISS ROMANCE. OT A romance in real life, ending in what unlikely to prove a tragedy, is reported ^ie(j Berne. A good many years since a ma-11 ■, Bobren left his wife and his native went to America. For a long time no to in* vas heard of him, and his wife, thinkingby informa_ dead, and being confirmed in thib bo retu tion she received from a Switzer w marri from America, accepted an tribunal ...

... MR. SPURGEON.—The Rsv. C. H. Spurgeon, who has been very unwell for the last week, was not so far reaovered on Sunday as to permit of his offi- ciating at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. The ser- vices at night were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, Jun. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON IMPATIENCE TO GET Picitimr, -Bishop Fraser. preaching on Sunday morning in St. Barnabas's School Church, Rock- ley ...

... On Monday Miss 'Helen Tayler (member ef the School Beard for London) addressed a large meet- ing of her constituents at the South London Temperance Hall, Blaekfriars road. Having alluded to some difficulties and drawbaoks with reference to the business of the beard, Miss Taylor said the greatest of all the difficulties they had to contend with was the matter of corporal punishment. This, more ...

... The following appeared in Tuesday's Da ily Sir,Dr. Kenealy asks for the letter he wrote to roe. I send you a copy of it, which I will thank you to publish with this note. I have abstained from quoting much that Dr. Kenealy said to me fa the couversatiEm he refers to, and I will not go into the reason why he came to the conclusion never again to think of the sub- ject,—but the reason, I suspect ...

... While a man named Sherlock was making fire- works in his cottage a few days since at Cran- leigh, Surrey, a spark ignited the powder, and blew the cottage to pieces, killing his wife and father, and it is feared fatally injuring himself. ...

... Lord Coleridge opened the commission for the gaol delivery of the city of Bristol on Saturday, and commenced the business on Monday morning. In his charge to the grand jury his lordship re- ferred especially to the two charges of murder contained in the calendar, and, speaking of the charge against George Cockin of murdering his two children, he had, he said, committed the crime in a state of ...

... THE RUATYI'KADD •' Colonel Yolland, on Friday, examined several of the officials on points which were not mentioned at the Coroner's iuquest. He condemned the practice of re- lying on the verbal expreesions used by signalmen, recommended the establishment of out-door sig- na.ls. The adjourned inquiry into the cause of death of the twelve persons who were killed in the recent acci- dent near ...

... Between seven and half-past eight on Saturday evening the dwelling-house of Mrs. Horsibrd, No. 5, laiagon, Clifton, was entered by thieves, who, gain- ing admission to the house adjoining, entered the residence of Mrs. Horsford through the. attic window. D- S' ending to a beeroom under the attic the robbers, opened the drawers and boxes and stole articles of jewellery of considerable value. ...