... THjE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY.-DECISION OF THE FRENCH CABINET. 'The Paris correspondent of the Times states that at the Cabinet Council Ield on Saturday at the Elysde the Ministry decided that it was perfectly impos- 3ible to go beyond the last concessions granted to England, the details of which tere as follows On vetveteens, M. de Freycinet reduced by 8 per cent. the duties agreed to by 1 a,(, ...

... EPITOMVE OF OPINION. TEE LORDS ON THE LAND ACT. The Tim!s says:-_ The House of Lords last night agreed, after a long debate, by 96 to 53 votes, to Lord Donoughmore's motion for the appoint- ment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Land Act. Such a motion is an instructive commentary on the general unrest and insta- bility in regard to Irish affairs. The Land Act was ...

... THE MEETING OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. The Times says :- The meeting of the Liberal party which has been convened for to-day is a step undoubtedly in the right direction. The political situation has been completely and unexpectedly transformed since Parliament met less than three weeks ago. The House of Commons, as the shrewdest and most experienced members acknowledge, has got out of hand. Doubts ...

... (REUTERz'S TELCEGRAMS.) ATTACK ON A BRITISH O FFICER IN TURKEY. CONSIANT IN-OvP1:.1, Feb. ?? here announces that Corn- mander Selby, of U.M.;s gun vessel 1el'o, has been seriously wounded by an Albanian who struck him wvith an axe while on a shooting excursion at Artaki. T-he Albanian wvishedl to prevent Captain Selby from shooting, and wounded Lim in the altercation which followe . RUSSIAN ...

... Conservatives have recently been quoting with much delight some of thle remarks on current politics with which the London correspondent of the ?? Chironicle keeps up the spirit of dissatisfaction with Mr. Glad- stone'S Ministry among Mr. Cowen's constituents. Here is another extract from the same source, written before the so-called vote of censure was announced, concerning the manner in ...

... I-r-iftid obtaillald Otlud. , EXPECTED CRISIS IN EGYPT. Aitothler crisis appears to be approaching in Egypt. Ourabi Bey has told ,'N\;Otables that they must vote their scheme relating to the Budget and th :sterial reponsibiity in its original form, and it is believed the Chamber ,ieldl to the pressure of the military party, and that it will ask the Khedive t, lis,1tiss Cherif Pasha. According ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. THE House of Lords met last night at five o'clock, and sat for five minutes over half an hour. 'The business was almost altogether formal. Viscount Bury raised the only other matter of note-objection on military grounds and for reasons of national safety to the construction of a Channel tunnel. Lord Brabourne, on the contrary, was quite pleased with the project, and welcomed it ...

... rflid obtlyinald f1twd. TIHE CRISIS IN EGYPT. Mabmeudl PashaE l~avon li, the President of the new Egyptian 'Ministry, paid a visit yesLerdaV to all the Consuls-(ecneral to informn them of his accession to ?? ' ril), his interview With Sir Edward Malet the Prime Minister stated feat tie llc Governlment wvould respect all international obligations. Sir xliraid in re, y' said that if such were ...

... (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCE OF WVALES'S SONS. CoC.OIB o, Feb. ?? Pnweharioc, with the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales on board, sailed hence to-cay. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN VIRGINIA. NNet wr Yori, Feb. 5.-Later intelligence from the Midlothian Coal Mine (Viri--nia) states that the bodies of six of the entombed men have been brought to thle surface. THE SUEZ CANAL. ISMAILIA, ...

... H1. RENA N1 ON THE MODERN JET W 1 ' l .N has seldom written anything more successful from a literary po'it of view than the paper on Ecclesiastes which appears in the last r a'.,ber of the Revuwe des Dev.ux; _Po;ides, and which is to serve as an i:lioduction to his forthcoming translation. It has all his best oi adtics of lightness and finish, and the critical and scholarly con- C! E:us With ...

... LORD DONOUGHMORC'S COMMITTEE. The Doizes says:- In the House of Lords yesterday, at the close of a short sitting, Lord Donoughmore gave notice that he would move to-day to name the niembers of the Committee to inquire into the working of the Irish Land Act, in accordance with the vote of the House a week ago. The peers whom it is proposed to nominate include six Liberals and ten Conservatives ...

... r1lid Obtnia!wd ottud. AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL SCOBELEFF. The Doily 'News correspondent sends an interesting account of an interview ,ith General Scobeleff. The general stated that what he said to the Servian deputation and also to a French journalist had been greatly exaggerated. He had not visited Paris to raise a storm, but to avert one, which could only be lone by frank speaking. He ...