... NEW CRUISERS, s- I - I 'Ibe three now cruisers, Leander, Arethusa, and Phaeton, which are being constructed for the Admiralty by Messrs. BR Napier and Sons, Govan, Glasgo v, are approaching completion. Throughout their entire con. mtruction the latest ideas of naval science have been taken advantage of. The armament, which is quite of a novel dCrCsiption, consists of ten6fin, broacbloading ...

... LATEST FORFAGN NEWS. SPAITN fADpRM, WTSESDAY.-In the Obamber of Deputies to-day a deputy for the Belearia Islands called attention to the proposal by a member of the SenatO to surrender the island of Ivica to England in exchange for Gibraltar, and entered a protest on behalf oi the inhabitaints of the Belearic Islands against bacoming Enilish subjects, The Minister for Foreign Affairs replle ...

... IRELANDO A Peri telegram of yesterday'a data says that MIr. Parnell intends returning to Ireland almost immediately. Among the Parliamentary papers issued yesterday morning isl a liet of the pereons detained under the pro- vihionB of tlhe Prottction Act on the lot April, It gives thc total nitmbcr of persons Hs 511. A determined attempt was made on Wednesday even - ing, at the village of ...

... tt - oftht gag. The Queen and Princess Beatrice left Mentone yesterday morning on their homeward journey, and they are expected to reach Windsor to-morrow afternoon, The Court Ciroulcr states that her Majesty has planted two trees in Ur. Ilenfrey's grounds to commemorate her visit. Mr. Broadhurst, U.P., having written to the Prime Minister to inquire if there was any truth in the rumour that ...

... OUR ISIMA HOME. X _ . l f .. ?? 4A . ?? DThe ; pprehension conerning the o Lilufe swelftro of Th tland;;which the Channel tunnel project has aroused in n ot a ifew minds, gives gome present Interest to the lnjnlry-tvo this bsland always enjoyed that Insular ?? the ohazratev of its Inhabitants andr its prestie among nations xhre so largely due? That thesr exlsts no human record of a contrary ...

... HEBRON CHAPEL ANNIVERSty. JCLeDA~j'4 VUi - ?? Y iiatX TPhe'special services in connexion with the 28th anni. 'versary of Hebron Chapel, Bedminster, were held on l Sunday last, when spacial sermons were preached by the C :Rev. John Myers, of Bradford. Last ovening the annual J tea and public meeting took place, and there was a good i attendance, Mr. W. Terrell presided at the public t meetiog, ...

... DEAN STANLEY MEMORIAL FOND. The Doan of Westminster has issued the following statement in reference to this matter:-A few weeks ofter the meeting held in the Uhapter.houne of Westmin- Liter, in December last, as soon, indeed, as it was clear that the movement then inaugurated was receiving general sympathy and support, an intimation was made to some of Dean Stanley's friends in America that ...

... EASTER VESTRY MEETINGXS. I CLIFTON. There was a good attendance at the vestry meeting held yesterday morning, the small room at the back of the church being crowded. It is the first well attended vestry that the new vicar, the Rev. Talbot Greaveo hbas presided over, and he was very cordially received on rising to open the proceedings. The minutes of the last Easter vestry meeting having been ...

... [IuvnR'e T=iEGRAX.] WAS dINsG , To ESDAY, Mii. Frelilnghuyen ha3 noti- fled President Arthur that for some time past active negotiationa have been proceeding respecting the Imnc prisonmnent of American suspects by the British Govern. went, O'Connor, Hail, Walsh, Dalton, and White are still confined, A hope is exprebsed that a favourable result may be allowed. As briefly reported yesterday, an ...

... THE MAGAZINES, &o. The April number of the CornhiMf Mgageine is excellent both for valety and quality. The contents are led oil by the first part of a new serial story, entitled No Now Thing, by the author of Mademoiselle de Meramo, a novel which will be remembered with pleasure by readers of this magazine. So far as the Initial stage affords indication, the now work will introduce us to ...

... ST. PETRBSBURG, BIONDAY.-iTho terrible storieas cor- cerning outrageB on women and children, which I waj unwilling to credit, but which I mentioned in my last despatch as having been reported in private oarre- spondence from Balita, appear to have had bat too eolid a foundation, A special correspondent of the Golos gives a heartrendericg decoription of the appearance of the town, and of the ...

... FULL CONFE8SION. The Press Association is informed that Mr. Mills, Lamson's solicitor, paid his final visit to the condemned man at Wandsworth prison yesterday afternoon, Mr. IMills found Lamson perfectly collected, He was busily I engaged with a number of papers which he had before him writing letters to his fricnds and putting down memoranda as they occurred to him of his wishes in regard to ...