... The debate on the water question was t resumed yesterday by Mr. David Radcliffe, s who was entitled to speak with some authority I1 on the subject for two reasons-first, because he is one of the most practical men in the E council; and, secondly, because he has de- I voted a good deal of time to the important t question under consideration. Mr. Radcliffe shares the opinion entertained by Mr. ...

... YADFYFR] Welsh-American journals to hand include the following items of intelligence :—There are in the State of Pennsylvania 10,882 oil-wells; they yield on an average 50,000 barrels daily.—More children have died at Cmcinatti this summer than in almost any previous year. Scarlet fever is raging veryrvirulently in the Eastern part of the city. It has proved fatal to hundreds of Welsh ...

... DURtU&Il CATBEDIIAL, TutESDAY, JCuLY S0, 1879. gXornlng-Sorvsca: roes in A. Anthem (830) : Incline zrh1~e oar (Himmel). Eveniag-Service: 9siaL inA.Athem (410): Father 81 heavon (Walmslaly). Lord and Lady Zctlaud enrd suite are at present Jojourning at their Cloveland residenceUpleatbarm Baall, near hMarske by-the-Sea. TIIE BISIIOP OF DueEasr.-H~ia Lordshir, Jbishop L~ightfoot wrill preach at ...

... 7 E SHORTEST FROM (FROM 4 CORRESPONDENT.) July 26, 1879, is pleasant to be able to got from Australia to Fugland in 38 days, That is to say, the idea is pleasant, but some people might prefer to take a little than we liave done, and not be so at the merey of arran ments for speed o give an instance of how a ickly one may got over the groun or rather th e water, I pos a letter on 12th June in ...

... OPENING OF AN ORGAN AT LITTLE WALDINOFIELD CHURCH, see Very pleasant it was on FridaY last, after the hD5 ese. series of wet days, commencing in the showery moalo ong of April. and continuing long past drippint Jrle, the withont, however, bringing all things into tuae,erar He by the dog-days, to take advantage of the clear sky arI at bright sunshine, and have a drive into the counory, ...

... A SEAMAN has no higher title of honour to bestow than the name of sailorman. In using it he implies that the comrade or officer to whom he, applies it is indeed a thorough seaman, who knows his work and will do it, whatever risk or toil it may entail. Whether the word is of old usage or has been invented in our own time to distinguish Jack from the fireman is a matter of doubt. It is certainly ...

... iMPER1AL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY, m Turim Lordehip s uet at live o'olook. ALLEO KI) S&V15RtRY TN CYPRUS. The Earl of SRHAFrfEBIURY rose to repeat bho gi queStion put Ii, tbL Jord Ptcsident of the Oounoil, on tile ilth JaMy, Aa to whether it was the in- tention of her 3jfit3 ',, ChvernenM. oil aeuraTfll the ocoupation of Cyprus .'c maintain or suppress thu Syhita ot 1 shoVry cxistiot ...

... A Press Association telegram says -The convict Catherine Webster will be banged in private at nine o'clock this Tuesday morning. Xo reporters will be admitted. The condemned woman has lately passed most restless nights, and as lately as Sunday evening expressed her belief that a reprieve would come. She stated, however, if she had to die,her last words would be that the man indicated in her ...

... LIBERAL MELTING AT LAMBETH. An influential meeting of Liberals, representing various districts of Ihe borough of Lambeth, was held on Saturday evening, at The Horts, Kenning- ton, to consider what action should be taken in the interests of the Libetal cause at the next elecii'on. The general feeting of the meeting was that Lambeth, with a constituency of 50,000 electors, should be more ...

... MESSRS WATSON BROTHERS EMPLowEmE.-.'The ,r employees of Watson Brothers, numbering upwards of a forty, left Aberdeen on Saturday with the 5 5 p.m. *n train to enjoy a few hours of the caller air at Cove. h d Arriving at a nice secluded place above the rocks the i] h party partook of tea, after which games and dancing ;3 were engaged in. The com any returned to town C e with the 9-15 train ...

... PARIS, Sunday. I th I The Moscow correspondent of the Cologne Gazete, I th writingon the subject of the Merv expedition, gives I the following particulars in explanation of its origin th so and objects:-; t y The expedition of General Lazareff has by this I [r time probably penetrated into the interior of the Trans- di: Caspian Steppes and reached the Tekke Turcoman | e It ' settlements, ...

... the French Embassy with M. Fournier on having approached the Palace of Focheragan, the residence of the ex- Sultan Monrad, the ships guarding the palace opened fire upon her. The Turkish Embassy here gives a formal denial to this statement- PRICES FROM 1820 to Parlia- mentary return issued on Saturday shows the quantity of grain and flour imported into the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1827. The ...