... AFFAIRS IN TURKEY. It appears,says the Constantinople representative of the Daily News,to be definitely decided that the ser- vices of the gendarmerie officers who have not left Turkey will be dispensed with next January, notwith- standing the repeated pledges to Sir H. Layard and Mr. Goschen that they should be actively employed. Osman Pasha has given an intimation to this effect to Colonel ...

... A NEW ATLANTIC STEAMER. On Thursday the Alaska, the latest addition to the Guion Mail fleet, arrived in the Mersey from the Clyde, where she wm constructed by Messrs. Elder and Co. This vessel will probably fulfil a prediction made two or three years ago by the builders of the Arizona, a sister ship in some lesser degree to the Alaska, that Liverpool and New York could be reached in seven days ...

... LORD BEACONSFIELD Viewed Psychologic- ally, is the tempting title of a paper in the new number of Dr. Forbes Winslow's Journal of Mental Pathology. A good deal has been said and written already about Lord Beaconstield, but psychologically has an imposing sound, and suggests that the writer has something new and interesting to tell us about the evolution of the statesman's mind. We confess ...

... GALES AND LOSS OF LIFE. Since November 21st violent gales have been re- ported from different parts of the United Kingdom. A storm the severity of which has not been equalled since the Sunday when the Tay Bridge fell, swept over Scotland on the night of the 22nd and the follow- ing morning, causing great destruction of property, and alao unfortunately the loss of several lives. -At Millerston, ...

... MURDERS IN IRELAND. A young farmer named Peter Doherty, residing at Rahassane, near Athenry, was about to retire to bed, when his mother told him she heard the horse loose in the yard. He went out to fasten it up, when three shots were fired at him. Two missed him, but the third struck on the right temple and killed him instantly. His murderers then went to the house of his cousin, another ...

... RELIGIOUS CENSUS. The Wolverhampton Evening Star publishes figious census of that town, which shews a remarkab falling off in attendance at religious worship cotf pared with a census taken in 1851, when about M the sitting accommodation in the churchesa* chapels was occupied. According to the census till population of the borough was 75,738; and the** are 13 Established churches, with six ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENIS. ies All letee.i intended for publication inust be accomeallied 1,j se the namse and address of the rikte; not neeesoai-py feW ce publication, but for the information, of the Fditor. nt W/hen answers to questtions azre tnot given ino the course of d- day or two, the question0ers will please to uridersoena tlit n- we are unable to sul7pp2l the information asked for. m ...

... THE TITREE JOVIAL STATESMEN. [From Punch.] m ?? at Sir William Harcourt, at Glasgow, in quoting from in The Three Jovial HaIntsmnsn, reterred to it as 'a doe- l lightful illustrated story-book, wvhich lhe advised all his nM oearers to buy. Quite so. Mr. Caldecott's pictures aro tli simply clelicious, and the verses themselves are quaint and es pithy. But the bearings of 'em lie in their ...

... sait TI-a Leeds corn millers, on 'ueidacay, reduced thle price of rids dlour Is. 6t. per be gS lire dls- It is stated that tire Duchiess of Bedford has reaignedtlre tj~ he- office of Mistress of the Robes, ci of A Liverimel Lady, Miss Hamilton, lisa bequeathed to ID kcet the city charities4 thle a3111 Of £016,000. PI rich) The public debt in% America is $1,785,533,467., showing a 51] o'er ...

... WOLVEATAMPTON TOWTN COUL'CIL. ~~e . . - .A d A special meeting of the Wolverhampton To-sn Qos1l s- was held on Moniday, for the transaction of busiresi flie r- over from thle alnual meeting. The Mlayor (iiro. 1C. ie Coen) ?? first business was tlhe ?? of the report of the Artisans' Dwellings Cotluiotteet, d summary of which has appeared in our Cslti11'O ci It was moved that the report be ...

... TI N [Renter's 2'clegranms, rtl Press -Assoda~tiOn]- Di1 tenl ENGLAND AND EG'YPT. DESPATCH F1ROM1 LORD GRIANVILLE. CAIRO, oninw10. for Sir Edmund Mraid, British Consul-General, hats re- Mill coived a, lengthy diespatch from Earl Granville, bearing pa; dlate November 4, in -which his lordship reviews the 0olit policy of thre British Government with regard to Egypt. ta After stating that, mushc ...

... The Birminghialml Poultry and Pigeon ShoW has long established its claim to be considered one of the most im- portantexhibitions in the country, and year by year it continues to advance, The present show is not only the largest, but in many respects it is the finest that has yet been held in Bingley Hall, Large as the space allotted to the poultry department was last yea:, it is still more ...