... L1TTIM. news has arrivced this week. Sir Garnet Wolseley, on his arrival at Cape Town, determined to go at once to Natal, where he woluhl be immediately sworn in as Commissioner, and, after issuing a genieral order announcing his appointment, would take command in' the field, and proceed to the front. He will devote all his encrgics at first, to the transport difficulties, which he proposed to ...

... I - L ?? ton as ~er Mr. Capper, representative of the Canadian to ted Government in Manchester, leaves Eagland for ha vies Canada next week, and will be accompanied by a be party of Lancashire farmers, who, -on account of ab the severe depression of agriculture in this coaatry, eB' Id and the slight prospects of improvement, hstve iri 11d1 decided to realise their property and stock, and wE ...

... LPI.RIAL PARLIAMENT. In the I1onse of Iords last night the Marquis of 9alisbury assured Lord Strathedeu and Campbellj th t the Russians would evacuate the Turkish t provThre5 rwithifn ithe ?? time. Tho I'ish d TI'inverasitv Bill as timended Was considered, and, ' aftt-r some conversation, ordered to be read e 3 third titl'. Their lordships adjourned at twonty- IA five miuntee ?? seven. Tu tho ...

... GMIEfTAL POREIGN XWS.. NEW 43mtkMA mralgxta BERI , :uLT 14. The Opetae a8tei of to-day puibslis tI& foltowing appointments :-Hler MiLylhcb, Ministbr of Works, to be Cbi of the Deportient for the Adininistmt16 of , Imperial :Railwrays; ?? Eun, President of the Ijpeia Chancellery, to b6 Siniuier for (lommemc and Trade; Herrtoh Pnttkami~er, Objet President of 6itesi to be Mfinister of Public ...

... By the arrival of the Union Company's Mail steamer Durban at Plymouth yesterday we have advices from Capetown to the 24th June. Oar special letters giving full details of the military operations will be found in another part of our impression. Our Berlin Correspondent telegraphs that public opinion is not a little surprised by the announce- ment that several very important modifications in the ...

... I The com'nitteo elected to promoto the second annual ovt d&mousilatti-i in aid of the Railway Sorvants' Orphanage bei n oet on Wodt'eday night at the Green Dragon, St. Poter's- ne: treeot, Mr. WVilliale Page being called upon to preside, in the Fe absence of Mr. Hewett, the chairman. The Chairman'said pat the object (if the meeting wa9 to push on and complete the to I arratigements for ...

... A CHURCFH STRUCK BY LIGHTNIN'G. of Atchann Churclh, near Shrowebury, waostiruck by Ilightinig oiB Sunday afternoon dhiring divise Service. Five mnhenioS I. of t he ?? were seriously injured. [Choir in'ms are Runesia Coin#, Jar's Goodl, Elizt Clhalloner, Chailes Morris, anid 5; Willinin P ugh. Domna Cain anA (Chailoner are, the most nullos Crises, [is besides stiffeiing front general ?? they it ...

... POO1 1;EKOVAL. The Select Committee appointed by the HoIse of Commuons to inquire into the oexatiou of the existing laws in the Unitod Kiugdom Il ?? to the settlement eand irrsmovability of paupers, have presented their re- port. The Committee observe gsneia~llv that in England a ?? may be obtained by birth, or by three years' residenae in a parish, and that a status of irremovability is ...

... BY A RAMBLER. In common with so many of my north-country friends, I have been to London and seen the great Agricultural Show; but its various features, the almost continuous downpour of rain, the urbanity of the Prince of Wales, hare all been so ably described by your special correspondent that I Shall say nothing on that subject. In a hurried visit to London people generally rush off to the ...

... WE were right, it seems, in surmising yesterday that Lord Hartington's proposal of a new preamble to the Army Regulation Bill was intended to prepare the way for an attempt to abolish corporal punishment in the army altogether. Last night Mr. Forster gave notice on behalf of the leader of the Opposition of a motion to the effect that no bill for the dis- cipline and regulation of the army ...

... From the Registar-general's return we learn that during the week ending July 12, 5,880 births and 2,949 deaths were registered in London and 22 other large towis of the United Kingdom. The mortality from all causes was at the average rate of 18 deaths annually in every 1,000 porsons living. The annual death-rate was 1S per 1,000 in Edin- burgh, 22 in Glasgow, and 22 in Dublin; Small-poxC ...

... , l . . I CRnUELTY TO HonRens.-At Blackburn Town-hall, yes- terday, Ornmerod. Lirt was sent to prison for a month for jcruelty to a horse, which was unfit to work, John Holt, R ollini Bank, for a similar offence, was fined 103 and costs. a COTTON TnaADn.-In addition to the stoppage of Messrs; Hortiby and Mlessrs. Firth and Sturdy, that of Messrs Porter must be quoted. Mr. James Thompson, of ...