... )RFAGN _MLLIGENCE. [RXUEU'S T S,|RA5. i FR\NCH SENATORIAL ELICTIO.S, 9s YDA}y EVEN1GG--With the exception of the 'ilu Martinique, the results of all the elections senate have came to hand, and show a great for the Republican party. Only 15 of 47 Con. 1 es hlave been re-elected. The general regult is b a of 15 Conservatves and 64 Republieans. No nCSo ur ed in connexon withtheb ele tio . 8 ...

... TEt PFROM P. AtRWNbRENT UV iI THE WARDS. I STORMY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. A special meetinof of;,the Cot~pell was, hel4 yesterday, for. the rpuptee hofkeiving the reprer of _tHe committee appointed to consider a re~arrangenment of the municipal wards, a copy at which appearsa in the supplement of to. p day' `BMarowscY ~ ad 'D'et. The :Ma~or (Mr. G. W. V Edwards) presided, and there wer prsn Mh ...

... [FEnor OUR LONDON CORRESPONDErINT.] C r A Cabinet Council was somewhatuinexpected]y held Al yesterday. It is stnted in qnarters likely to be well th. ifornmd that very important deci ions were taken. I tr have more than once mentioned duringthe last fortnight v that negotiations for peace in Afghanistan are virtually ab signed, information confirmed by the Premier's state. eh melet lest night. ...

... J,-;DEFENET ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. LGE OF ENGLAN~eD SESSION IN BRISTOL anurs1 session, of this infistential body of Tenm- n.nereformirs, under the chief tainship of Dr. F. E I e5, kown as the Grand Lodge of England, was II ratedl esrday in the schoolroom of Castle-green whc vststefully and elaborately decorated t f 'rhe~1.osedi~5 wre opened at 10,30, and, in the I beieofthe Grand Worthy Chief ...

... PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF THE SOMERSET COUNSTY LIUNATIC ASYLUM. At the meeting of the Axbridge guardians on Taesday, Mr. E. H. Llewellyn (chairman) called the attention of the board to a subject which had got into tle public newspapers, and was being discussed by the various boards of guardians in the county, with regard to the t proposal for providing additional accommodation for the i pauper ...

... Tlls TRAMWAY COMPANY AND THEIR PROVISIONAL ORDER. 'T1he directors of the Tramway Company, whilst they C.anOt accept the clause regulating the fares approved 1, a majority of the Council on Thursday last, have ~mlvoed to deposit their Bill, so that the great expense to which they have been put by the preliminary pro. ceeiiugs may not be altogether sacrificed; besides which the Bill may be ...

... PRINCE LEOPOLD ON UNIVERSITY. I I EXTEN SION. EXTENl 'iU1N. A public treeting, called by the London Society for the Extenson of Uidversity.Teaohling, was held yeeterday afternoon in London. The Lord Mayor presided. Mr. Gladstone said there could be no possible doubt as to the want of more educational facilities being given to 1 the large n*mber of persons included in the clases betwveen the ...

... STAPLETON VIESTRY AIRETP1NG. The Easter vestry itte(tig, for the election of c1urch. ! wardens, ,'.., WniS lieh! in Stapleton Church vestry yesterday mii tige. 'h. 1e. I. B. .icberden, lvI. A., rector of stailcot:, pI!eitleod, and theta was only a moioderate attendaice. ['!le Chairman in nominatin | again as his cMiuoli .'sren Mi. Sinyth-Osborne thianked that gentlemnan for the way in whiiich ...

... RBISTOL BOARD OF GUARDIANS. ±U1iOIV.U DVJMA WV' I U lf The weekly meeting was held yesterday, at St. Peter's . tr, Hospital, the gulardians present being Messrs. J. Bessell E (chaurirmas), C. Wintle, (vice-chairman), T. Davey, H. G. koi Gardner, W. Lee, E. Follwell, T. Gibson, H. Naish, . Go G. Barnett, G. S. Tfricks F. W. Tricks, E. G. Loryiner, Co G. Pearson, W. Pearce, d. Wills, E. J. ...

... WORK AIND WAGES. Yesterday the masons, bricklayers, labourers, and quarrymen employed irs Barnsley struck work. The masters demand 39. a week reduction from the masons, 2s, from the labourers, 4s. from the quarrymen, and half-an-hour extra work per day. The men will submit to the reduction, but not to the extra half-hour. The dispute between the master builders and workmen of Huddersfield ...

... T; QlUEEN'S FORTHOOKING VISIT TO ITALY. The Wine correspondent of the Tirnws writes:-Clreat pleasure is 'expressed by the Roman press in anticipatioa of Queen Victoria's intended visit to Italy. Although travelling strictly iilcooflita, under the title of the Countess of Kent, her Majesty will be received at the frontier by the Duke of Aosta, who will escort her to llaveno, on the Lago ...

... SOUTH AFRIOA. At the Royal United Service Institution, in London, on Friday, a paper was read by its author, Colonel J. C. Gawler, late 73rd Regiment, on the subject of South Aftica and its Military Aspect. Having given a geo- graphical description of the country, the gallant colonel remarked that it had become proverbial in the history of our colonies generally that the black man disappears ...