... I [BY TmnGRArn FRO[ OUR OWN COiRESPONDWNT.] LONDON, Thursday night. Lord Hartington declines to form a Cabinet. 'The task will therefore be undertaken by Mr 1 Gladstone, if the Queen should scud for him, i which is regarddd as probable. At ten o'clock this morning Earl Granville, in Carltoni House Terrace, and the Marquis, of Hiar~rtgo u, at Devonshire H ouse, sat, each waiting for the knock ...

... MY DEAR oULBOKIE. This gentleman, though by courtesy styled of Cul- bokie, is really not now proprietor of that estate. Rte owns, however, a very considerable teriitdry in the Isle of Skye called Kilmuir. He has 396 tenants on his rent roll. The greater number are crofters, only 47 payinz rents of £14 and upwards. A more hard- working, impr tving tenantry than the crofters of Kil- nir canot ...

... do~te |Except for a casual tourist, the civilian element, le apure and simple, is entirely out of place at Gibraltar 9 his and none can spend ra day there without being mad. ihen to feel in many little ways that he has become amen- lack able, for once in his life, to martial law. Late at with night, and before cock crow in the morning, the sounds of the bugle warn him against indulging in ...

... IWHO WROTE THE LETTERS OF lUNIIS? Mr G. A.,,Ssla, in-' MR American sketches In th& Da~l1, Tedora, rqpeata fiery droll story which wee lately related to rgoy* distinguishled Senator of the U+;ited Statee;wlose fond of humorous anea. dote akis inexhalbs~sble as that of Mr Secretary ;6vahi(; Me says :Bi4rhaps I sel'lI mar the tale Da the ti~liri. of it~;Jt, so far as [ can recollect, it *an ...

... A MOST ATR':AOCIOUS CRIMINAL. Thle anti-Chineso feeling is forcibly expressed in a speech made two years since by Mrr Sargent in the Senate of the hnited States. The Chinese, re marked the orator, work for wages that will not support the family of a white labourer, while the Chinese themselves are more than well fed on a hand. ful of ric , a little refuse pork and dessicated fish, costing ...

... TH[E LIVERPOOL ConN TEST.i SPEECHIES MY LORD RAMS.4Y. HOME RULE CONFERENCE. [Fnos OR OUR ON COIiiLESPoNDENT.] ILiviusoon., Friday night. The speech delivered by Lo.rd hlamsay at the mseet- ing of the Liberal Nine Husidred last aight has been one of the topics of conversation of the day, and it is noted in Conservative circles that the youthful candi- date, in makting so full an exposition of ...

... ThER COTURT CIRCULAR. was' \V~~~~INDsbri CASTLE, Tuesday. bteri Tire Queen, aecomparnied~ by Princess Beatrice, and be atteudred by the Hon. H~oratia Stopford, drove yester- day tifterrroOr over to ]fagshot, andI jaid a visit to their was loyat f-fiighuesses sheL Duke an'd Duchess of Connaught )verjanStrternadHr aety with their Royal I ighee5 akdeurti orig here ~i ui oe teddtefnral of the late ...

... &IlIUL)EEN TOWN COUNCIL Am tigPOLICB D)EPARTIIENT. d ofotii athei Town Ceuntil (l'olics Departtnisnt) 1.I wils hold ounlontliy-the Lord Prevost presiding. There I wore present alsu--Iailliee Doniald, Smith, Macdonald, Esalemnent, Ross, and Dutfneu )elan of Ouild Walker; Treasurer WValker ;, Shorenioister Petvisou ;, Hessre N~ Oroll, Kisagboru, Waldker, (Gray, Gill, I a-eddage, &U. I g0tH, ...

... i , ISH' ST i-KING THE FIARS. roo, tt Sa,7-Yo rlare frequently troubled waith commani. cations concerning tho Fiars' Prices. The subject leping has fa general interest in a county like Aberdeen- l, &c. more, perhaps, from the naany anomalies connected 3rneve with it than from any other reason. Talk of progress *002fl, and reform-I Here is a subject where some ambitious farmers' ...

... SOCIALANDLITERARY DANDYISM. Dandies, like saints, are never much beloved by their fellow-creatures. Like saints, they have an idealdperfection oft'iaiiner and dress, and ideals are felt'twbe. impertineripi. To be a dandy is to outrage I the va nityoefaeryopie who has not the eneigy to be wakefully at%'enteve to details of deportment and I costume.. The'great '.dandies of old days, Brummell,; ...

... DREADFUL BOILER : EXPLOSION. 23 PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED. A terrible boiler explosion, resulting in the loss of more than 20 lives, occurred on Saturday morning on the premises of the Birchills Hall Iron Company, near Walsall. A section of the boiler was blown a distance of 120 yards from the spot, and the bodies of the workmen were frightfully mangled and scalded. Another account says ...

... LORD ZETLAND AND THE GRA NGEMOUTH LIQUOR TRAFFIC. At a special meeting of the Graugemouth Commis- main sioners, held on Friday night, the Cierk submitted r'u'n the following letter which he had received from ont t Messrs Dickson, Edinburgh:- of di: The Clerk to the Commissioners. Grangemouth.-12 ardd Castle Terr.,ce, Edinburgh, 13th Mlay. 1SS0-Sir,-We -torn received your letter of the 6th, ...