... THE FRENCH BONAPARTfSTS, tsr A LIVELY GATHERING. A Paris correspondent ?? of the moat extra- ordinary meetings I have ever attended in Pariaswas held rthis (Saturday) afternoon in the Fernando Circus, at Montmartre. It was organised by a group of Bon1. partisats, with the object of sacertaining the real feeling of the party as to whether Prince Napoleon or Prince Victor should be considered ...

... In declaring that a terrible destruction of potatoes now in the ground has been inflicted by the recent un exampled rains upon flat districts and river-side or low. lying lands in many parts of the country, we are not saying anything to alarm consumers of the moat import- ant articleof diet next tobread and meat. The crop, as a whole, is Bo satisfactory in all three divisions of the United ...

... BRISTOL MUNICIPAL ELECTION, WARD MEEIMUGS. .tl ST. JAMES'S WARD. r A Meeting of the burgesses of this ward was held last dl raight iii the Workmen's-hall, New Sliver.atreet, sand . 1 was largely attended, Mr. F. J. Fry presided, anti ol amongst those present were the three CouncitlorFs f or the ti ward, Messrs. P. Cordaux, H. Maillh, and H. G. I 'Gardner, elP The Coo im~ having briefly stated ...

... BATH AND WELLS DIOCESMN CONFERENCE. The concluding eitting of this conferce ' ak plate yesterday atI ath, The i ishoy of thi lio eagainipe sided, nnd tbe nenl celebration of the Holy Co:nni:i prcdeds the business of the day. The ioafcremn: i'tes was well nttendc d by clerical and lay dlegatea, w.a3 helc in thC bar:lqettueg rooeu of the Gtuldhall. Ttie BiIiao; in his openiog address refirred at ...

... | LATEST GENERAL fEi'E rl on e- [BY TMLEGBRAH.] as ob it A NEW TOWN-HALL. vn The new Town.hall at Wakefield, erected at a cdt , iat 970,OCO, was formally declared open by the A7lyor le, a yesterday. The afternoon was observed as a generd be holiday, and the town was gaily decorated. ce he be A MNIIFICENT DONOR. he Mr. Cornelius Hartley Christmas, of Great Y.- on be mouth, has vested in ...

... MORE OUTRAGES. 1 bhe inquest on the body of John Downey, car driver, who was shot on Saturday near Bantry,' while driving Mr. Samuel hutebins, J.P,, was held yesterday after- noon. Mr. Hutchins was examined, and related the circumstances of the attack as already published. He said he did not use his revolver in defence, as it fell out of his pocket. He saW the case on the ground and jumped ...

... 'ER ELEOTION COMMIfS[ION. I ~j FIFTH DAY, of tl cater Election Commission inrquiry was metI day morning in the Crown Covrt of the y' locester. The Comm issioners are Mr. J. Bi. puay IQ., Mr. W. R, McConnell, and Mr. F. W. meni with Cooke was the first witness, and, in reply it o~lf Commissioner, said-I am a solicitor him lnGloucester, and have been so for 25 years. W taelection I was a~ent for ...

... Pgtlsof tht 'Vg According to rumours from Ireland, the Govern- ment have determined to prosecute the prominent members of the Land League for conspiracy. The prosecution, if instituted, would be founded on the reports of speeches at the country meetings and the proceedings of the Land League in Dublin Sir Stafford Northcote was present on Wednes- day evening at an agricultural gathering near ...

... *flAlU '.YMNl lJVyf-C&dJ REFUSAL TO BURY A CORPSE, A correspondent writes to the Daill 6eze3:-Some am ount of excitement has occurred at Teddington owing to an accident which took place atthepariah-churchyard on Saturday lest, The first Nonconformist funeral under the now Act was fixed for the afternoon of that day, the remains to be interred being those of a child who had died nornewhat ...

... AGRIKLER TO ARCHDEACON DENliON. - ?? . I _ _ _ _ - r . ?? L. - 1 L -_L_ re IN coorse I thenik you'm right, air, vor your taste wi' to mine agrees, e To let me choose the church, and you'm the man to choose the cheese, ]n Vor between our cheese and churches there should be e- resemblance great, Al 'Tis the milk of hionan kindncss in consolidted State. ut And in either case l'm thenkin' as to ...

... THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, OcroanBa ifTH. Iesued on the previous evening, [FEONl THE METEOROLOGIOCA DEPARTMENT.] Districts. Forecasts. ( Moderate to fresh westerly to 0. Scotland, N.. northbwesterly breezes; cloudy to unsettled, 1. Ditto, l . L .. ight westerly breezes; dull, fog 2. England, N.E. f in morning. 3. Ditto, E. i Light easterly breezes; cloudy, 3 moderately fine weather. 4. ...

... ICOMPLETION OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Cologne was splendidly decorated yesterday in honour of the solemnization of the completion of the cathedral. All the houses were gaily decked with flags, wreaths, escutcheons, draperies, festoons, and varions emblems. Large crowds of holiday folk from all parts of Germany thronged the streets, it being believed that WlO,OOO in all entered the cily. Every room ...