... A Paris oasrespondentof the Daiitf that owiug to the small.aanount of suppofft which M. de Lessepå' project for the cutting of an-inter- oceanic cajoSl across the Isthmus of Panama dias met with, the issue ...

... In view of the expected compromise between the German Government and the Vatican there is serious talk of the establishment permanently of a Papal Nuncio at Berlin. Prince Bismarck is known to favour the idea, believing that the presence of a Nuncio at the German capital will materially assist in maintaining an understand- ing on leading political questions.-Pall Mull Gazette. ...

... At a conference of workmen engaged in sugar mdustneson Tuesday, it was resolved to send a de- legate to the \V est Indies to investigate the con dition of the sugar cultivation. The Bishop of Manchester has written a letter to the secretary of a committee formed in South- wark to agitate the cat question. The bishop, who has been invited to attend a meeting on the subject, says he is hardly ...

... The Rev. W. Muncaster, who has won golden opinions in the black country, where he was stationed some years, and who has latterly been travelling on the Bristol circuit, has resigned the ministry under peculiar circumstances. It ap- pears that he contemplates marrying a lady who has obtained a divorce from her husband for mis- conduct and cruelty. The Wesleyan Conference not approving of this ...

... The following is the address of sympathy from the wives, mothers, and sisters of Capetown and vicinity:—To her Imperial Majesty the Empress Eugenie.—Madame,—We, the under- signed, wives, mothers, and sisters of the city of Capetown and its neighbourhood, whilst reluctant to disturb a grief too sacred for any words of ours, desire earnestly to express, with the deepest respect, our most ...

... ARREST OF A- SUFPOOED MURDERER. On Wednesday night Ubaldo Campagnoli. an Italian shoemaker,, who- has resided in Cardiff for about five years, to a Metropolitan police constable by the Cardiff police authorities, for transference to Italy, under the Extradition Treaty between England and that country. The accused is- charged with having, committed murderatAnoona, Italy, oiasy years ainoe, and ...

... RESPrTE OF THE DERBY MURDERER. The toilowing communication has been received by Mra Hollas, chairman of the public meetiDg- held in Derby in favour of respiting the convict ^.laiuwaring for the tnarder of a Whitehall, 12th August, 187D. SlR,—Tbe Secretary of State for the Home De- partment having considered your application on behalf sf, Gerald Mainwaring, I have the satisfaction to acqpaint ...

... At the Wandsworth Police-court, last week, John De Morgan, of Alexander terrace, Southend, was summoned by Mr. Fry, on behalf of the Metropolitan Board of Works, for unlawfully delivering a sermon or address on ( lapham Com- mon without first having obtained the written permission of the board, contrary to the bye-laws, —Mr. Besley supported the summons, and said the defendant had placed ...

... THE FRIENDLY ZULUS. At a meeting of the Royal Aquarium Company last week, at Westminster Palace Hotel, the manager, Captain Hobson, in answer to a ques- tion put by several shareholders, said in with- drawing the representation of the friendly Zulus he was actuated by a loyal motive. It was not simply that Mr. Cross himself objected, but he was given to understand there was an objection ...

... The Marie Lane Express- says :— The plant growth of the past ten days has been considerable, and on high- lying, well-drained land, and on most chalky and gravelly soils, the progres&made by the crops has been remarkable. It is to be feared serious damage has been caused by the floods of Saturday. Barley and cats must have been seriously beaten down. Wheat crops are not in many districts ...

... EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS were held at Ebenezer (Calviuistic Methodist) chapel all the e k. The Rev. J. Pugh, of Tredegar, and the Rev. E. Morris, of Aberayron, were the ministers who officiated. Miss Thomas, of the Salvation Army, Ebbw Vale, also preached on Wednesday night. The meetings were well attended, and on Wednes- day night the cLapel was overcrowded, and scores were left outside. Several ...

... ANGLO-CATHOLIC HOMES FOR CHILDREN. [BY A PROTESTANT INQUIRER.] While Parliament sets its face against periodical inspection of nunneries in the country, Anglo- Catholic homes are on the increase, in which the Ritualistic party in the Church of England play at Popery, The West of England has recently been the scene of several prosecutions, in the course of which most painful revelations have ...