... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... '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 ...

... ]{RIETOIC OF TRE RECESS. MR GLADSTONE AT CHESTER. 8 it An enthusiastic meeting of Liberals was held at it Chester last niight to hear addresses from the Right He Hon. J. G.Dobson, their present member,and from the i Hon. Bently Lawley, who has been selected by the d three hundred as the second Liberal candidate for Chester at the next general election. Amongst those e on the platform were ...

... CAVES OF PREHISTORIC MAN IN XOPAVI.A, 44.- h . - ;his Respecting the discoveries which have jut'S bece a in certain caves in Moravia some in teesting detaiB. :t published in the Augsburg Allymeine Z-;0.Lnu. A some months past excavations have bepn goin6 onx: er the Kotoutsch Hill, near Stnatnberg, ,hich L;. ay already brought to light a large number co remai!i : ug the highest scientific ...

... . One morning there was considerable excitement at e the Vier Zeitung, at Ems, waiters rushing in alI o directions, and Herr Huyn, our little host, looking e fussy and all-important. We inquired the cause, and )f were told that the Emperor was expected in the B. afternoon to call upon some ladies of high rank who r- were staying at the hotel. A huge roll of new carpet, tt which had jast been ...

... -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 ...

... LONDON, Ftiday, 6 p.m. preseni The weather is generally rather more cloudy over the Dochfc British Isles, though in the south of Ireland, in Wales, The and at Shields and Stornoway the sky is clear, or mal in nearly so. The weather is foggy over the Channel and yearlin on the south-east coast of England, but very little rain Sllvt has fallen. The thermometer mar'ks 68 at Ardrossan Mackiu and ...