... THE SEA AEN'S ORPHANAGE AT BRIXHAjlf BRIXHAM is a thriving seaport town, situated near Dartmouth, and is celebrated in history as the place where William, Prince of Orange, landed in z688; and also wh ...

... THE AMEER'S PREPARATiONS. The Tamesveorrespondent in India, dating Novembel I Lee political position remains unaltered. The term of grace allowed by the ultimatum will not expire before .the 2Mt Of the present month; There is no probability, therefore, unless the Ameer, by inviting active hostility, should force us to such a step, of way being declaued before that date. That the Ameer's reply ...

... TO THrE EDTTOR OF TfER ERA. Sir.-It hlas been demonstrated of lafte that tlere are 'Ell-I 1 olitieitluis wlio think they seire the iltereusts of their ?? be allnig 1ussiaa to advance, witho ut let 'cr hindrance, toat very frontier of our Indian Empire. WNe know, 31so, to thlere are working men who believe in strikes as a remedy fortlhe ills nuder which labour is said to seffer, so I suppose f ...

... Effid Obtuinald otwd. THE OVERLAND MAIL. The Overland Mail has brought news from Bombay to the 4th of November, and from Calcutta to the ist of November. The Indian papers when the mail left were discussing the resolve of the Government to send an ultimatum to the Ameer. The Pioneer says that the ultimatum is looked upon as a superfluous act of courtesy to a barbarian who will not appreciate ...

... Cleat discontent, according to a Calcutta telegram, prevails among Shere AGP's fcces on account of their pay being in arrear, and it is stated that they lock forsard to the entry of the British troops for liberation from the A-meer's despotic govern~ment. A despatch from Rawul Pindee in the Daily Telegraph, hov~evr, says that the reported disaffection in the Ameer's army has been Iruch ...

... THE NEW ORDEAL. THE last two numbers of Blarkwood's Magazine have contained the beginning and the end of a brilliant and profound piece of satire. We call it satire because it is difficult to give it another name; but the satire is conveyed in an awfully tragic story, marked here and there with touches of keen political insight. The reader is often reminded of The Battle of Dorking; and ...

... PARIS, Friday. THE nomination of Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha as Governor of Thessaly and Epirus has given offence here, because in sending to Janina the pacificator of Crete it is concluded that the Porte has no intention of ceding that essentially Hellenic town to Greece and of acting in harmony with the Treaty of Berlin. On the other hand, it may be supposed that the Porte wishes to avoid a ...

... The Indian telegrams published to-day state that it is believed that hostile cperations will commence immediately after the 20th inst. should the Ameer's reply prove unsatisfactory. The Times of India of this morning states that at Sinila hopes are entertained of a peaceful solution of the difficulty. It is supposed that Russia is exercising pressure upon the Ameer of Afghanis- tan with this ...

... SUMAMAARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS. The British ultimatum to Shere Ali was, it is announced from Simla, placed in the hands of the Afghan commandant at Ali Musjid on the 2nd inst., and a copy addressed to the Ameer was at the same time delivered at the post cffice at l1eshawur. AS/anadlard telegram from Calcutta gives a different account of the Ameez's reply to Lord Lytton's former note from ...

... . e DunBM, Sunday Night -The remains of Cardinal a d Cullen, having been embalmed during the night of Fri- d d day, were exposed in semi-state yesterday, at his resi- deuce, dccles-street, through which, for several hours, o d there passed a continuous stream of visitors of ill classes i of society, amounting to many thousands. It woas not A 0 till late at night that the people ceased to ...

... r A rcw days ago it was stated in Central News telegrams g that Mr. G. Nicol Fleming had disappeared, and thatthe g police authorities were anxiously inquiring after his I, whereabouts. This statement has been confirmed. On if Saturday evening the City of Glasgow police were busy o sending over the kingdom descriptivecircularscgntaibing e the following:- Wanted on a warrant, in connection n ...

... LLOYD'S WIEE1KLY LONDON NE' NVSPAPER AT WAR ! A solemn responsibility rests upon the Government: We are at war! F rom one end of the country to the other, trade is depressed. Everywhere employers' andemployed are speculating, with dejected; spirits, on the causes of the decrease in British trade; and few have the courage to hope that matters will soon mend. We hear! on all sides stories of ?? ...