... Within the last few days information of a startling character with respect to the designs of certain members of the Fenian conspiracy has reached the police authorities of Manchester. In connection with the recent attempt to destroy one of the London docks, some facts came within the knowledge of the Home Department, which were communicated to the Mayor of Manchester, who was also in- formed ...

... A great fire broke out at Portsmouth, on Satur- day morning, in which Ginnetts circus and nine houses were burnt down. It is said that some of the Irish members be. longing to the Liberal party have under considera- tion a Bcheme for establishing provincial assem- bliesin Leinster, Munster, Connaught, and Ulster. A society has been formed in Austria called the Society of the White Cross, to ...

... At the Central Criminal Court, last week, Jas, Mawbey, sailor, and Emma Ashby, married woman, were jointly charged with the man- slaughter of Richard Ashby, by setting him on fire with a paraffin lamp. rhe evidence for the prosecution showed that the female prisoner co- habited with the deceased, and on the night of the (ith March the male prisoner came into tho room where they slept, and in a ...

... Within the last year or so several flies have taken plare at Brotherton, near Stonehaven, on the home farm of Mr. Hercules. Scott, a stack of oats, a threshing mill, a large quantity of grain aud straw, and part of the steading, and from the circumstances connected with the fires, and their frequent occurrence, the police were fully con- vinced that they were the work of an incendiary. As the ...

... On Saturday the nomination and election ol Mr. R. W. Duff, as member of Parliament for the county of Banff, took place. There was no op- position. Mr. Duff is re-elected on his appoint- ment as a Lord of the Treasury. Sundav last being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the usual custom of decking the regimental colours was generally observed. The Duke Wellington's hearsfe, in St. ...

... PARIS, Saturday. Mgr. Di Reade, the new Papal Nuncio in 1 arisr presented his credentials to M. Grevy to-day. He gave expression to the specialiy affectionate senti- ments of the Pope towards France and the Presi- dent of the Republic, and M. Grevy, in reply, assured the Nuncio of his intention to protect religion and strengthen the excellent relations of France with the Holy See, which were ...

... POLITICAL SPEECHES. Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., and Mr. Pendarves Vivian, members for West Cornwall, add -essed their constituents at Penzance last week. Sir John main- tained that the serious measures of repression and restriction, under which Ireland had been placed, absolutely necessary, and had produced a more satis- factory state of things. The war in Egypt was forced on the Government, ...

... lMimillllliilin MONMOUTHSUIRE REVISION COURTS. The result of the revision in the Borough of New port is a net Conservative gain of six votes. On Friday the Revising Barrister (II. H. Amphlett, Esq.), sat at Newport to correct the county lists of parishes in the Newport polling district. The Conser- vatives were represented by Mr. W. J. Lloyd, Mr. W. Wade, and Mr. R. P. Williams Mr. Bailbache ...

... CAIRO, Oct. 23, 7.5 p.m. Professor Schweinfurth communicates the fallowing news from the Soudan:—Last June 6000 Egyptian soldiers* without provisions and tired, were surrounded by the followers of the Mahdi, or false prophet, and massacred. The news of September 13th is as follows:— Abdel Kader ie in despair-at not receiving rein- forcements. He asks for Remingtons and ammu- nition. Khartoum ...

... The Government intends to create another division of the Royal Marines. Messrs. Jones, iroa and coal masters, Dudley and Walsall, hied a petition-is the Walsall Bank- ruptcy Court on the 20th instant. Liabilities £ 78.000 assets £ 50.000. Her Majesty^ troopship Tyne arrived off Wool- wich Arsenal on Monday with 167 sick amd wounded men from Egypt. The Clan Stuart, which was stranded 30 miles ...

... A non-commissioned officer in the 84th York and Lancaster Regiment, writes from Cairo, under date of 13th Oct.;—We left Kassassin about 6.30 p.m., the 12th Sept.; halted, after marching six miles on the desert, and laid down on the saud to snatch a few minutes' sleep. After a brief rest we again fell in; perfect silence was kept, and we were told that not a shot was to be fired, but that the ...

... WOMEN SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA. The Select Committee of the Senate on Women's Suffrage has agreed by a majority of votes to recommend a constitutional amendment in favour of granting the franchise to females.' ...