... OF THE, UNrIED KINGDOM, FOR AGRICULTURAL AND SANITARY PURPOSES, FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11TEH, 1879. (Issued by the Meiteorological Office.) femperature Rainfall. - X = w ! . Dr - ttalf- .More or Dr. c 4 c rbelow No. of fall less than Districts. Meaoun Rainy for the Mean > for Days. the forthe O O week. week. week. WHEAT-PRO- 10ths 10ths of an DUCING: Deir Deg Deg Des. F. of In. Inch. ...

... OllY- THE superfluous stock of oratory which mem- v him bers carry down with them front St Stephen's 12 to their constituencies is seldom of the freshest I wore and most exhilarating description. But with. a a the moribund Parliament and uncertain party plat- t ,ures forms miore interest is likely to attach to the un- a rans- ilian restricted utterances of members than to the c and remarks ...

... THIE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. STATEMENT BY M. WADDINGTON. PARIS, Thursday evening. °tood . MWaddington, at a banquet given by the Prefect of the Aisne to the Council-General of the Department, i made a speech upon political questions, in the course of ance hich he reviewedl the work done by the Legislature c I during the last six Months. Speaking of the Ferry WtoI Bill, the Minister said the object ...

... 'GENER~AL GA1BALTr AND THE POPE . RO3XEi Wednesday. General Garibaldi is much better, and the Pope is in the enjoyment of perfect health. TAE AUSTRIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS. - I BERLIg, Wednesday. I It Was yesterday announced with considerable show ef authority from Vienna that Count Karolyfi is to be appointed Count Andrassy's successor. The press at Berlin, however, is decidedly sceptical on ...

... A. *? -? -.-- LA? - ½ -]3id-i, Aikevjun., Master of >lc founder,. Louvauj in regar.d to the beh~j jQ -~coa L-hWiChll to M. Van Aerschldt . ,rom rC een 4th Junei.8S wrt yw time e Sgo, are 'only now beong cj considered. 0 wbllgf A clc is in course of const byte Bland &0 Co., Croydon, and the °Towyn Cuniiltt, resolved to provide ene bell of 3Bet aCUtlbl whic must stiike the hoezrs, and also (and0 ...

... coST OF THE HARBOUR BIL DETAILE ACCOVST OP THE X . ,fviowing detailed account of the expenses in I >co with (1) the prOmotIon of an th6e pre. q jo:! meeting the opposition to the A brte r tfroa 3 Act, 1879, and (2) the opposition > ur 0omiissioners and the Townl Council to the l ab dn Harbour Constitution Amendient- Bill, l ilber lad before the Commissioners at their monthly P t oday. The ...

... LoNDON, Thursday, 6 p.m. The weather to-day continues in a changeable state, but shows a considerable improvement on that of We& - nesday, except in the southern half of England. In Scotland and the extreme north of England the sky has been clear during the greater part of the day, but in the south it became overcast this morning after a clear night, and rain fell subsequently at all stations ...

... oW TEiE law of continuitv is a favourite phrase tve with our scientists ; so much so, indeed, that it p's briefly expresses most of their philosophy of m' *al things, from the unknown beginning to the un- Pf ut known ending, both being equally nnown. of if All or most that is certainly known is this law so ). of continuity, in virtue of which effect follows ch ;es cause. which effect, in turn ...

... -1Al,-J J . A' L. P. Fedemeyer, a Frenchman, arrived at New l's York on the 24th of July, wheeling a barrow, which, erth its contents, weighed about 140lbs. He was accompanied by a Mr Fuller, who had followed him all the way from San Francisco, to see that he accom- plished his task. A number of gentlemen in that: pa city had offered 1500 dols to the man who made the in best time across the ...

... th, No. 6 BATTERY ABERDEEN CITY ARTILLEBY.- CO The annual competition of the members of this battery by took place at the range at Muchalls on Saturday. on There were upwards of 50 present, the company lml leaving Aberdeen by the 315 p.m. train. The old l system of marking was adopted - Bull's-eye, 4 I Oh centre, 3 ; and outer, 2. The conditions were to have j be been 5 rounds at 200 yards and ...

... DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE SOLDIERS. VIENNA, Monday night. The latest accounts of the disaster at Serajevo re-1! present that 760 houses, exclusive of side houses and I shops, have been burned down. The rich Servians I are leaving the town with their families for the I country. To provide room for the homeless the mili- tary have left their quarters, which are now filled ...

... DARING BUSHRAGER'S CAREWR 'Iv v hly fAt the present time, says the Melbournve Tea -. on-. graph, when-a large portion of this colony is b inig ilY kp in a state of constant excitement by the nowr *ty, jnotorious lKelly gang, all excitement .participae. ithin, doubtless, to a certain extent, by the inhabi nts thof the other colonies, it may not be mat apropos boa si-recall a case which occurred ...