... I Yesterday fifty con-commiseioned officers and -en of the 1st Battalion North ztaffordshire Re- ziment, under command of Captain Stanley, pro- ceeded by rail from Athlone to Tullamu;oe. Ai siolilar party, under command of Captain Con- nolly, also left Athlone by rail for Roscomamon to replace one company of the 2ud Battalion Royal Sussex Light Infantry, vwho return to head quarters at the ...

... PRESBYTERIAN YEWS. (FRo oua OWN CORRSlPONDENT.) The death of two ministers of the United Proes byterian Church is announced-the Rev A T Maclean, of Baillieston, and the 11ev P Merton, of the West Church, Stratbaven. The Rev Mr. Elder, of Busby, has sent a letter to the Clerk of the Glasgow United Presbyterian Presbytery (South), explaining that he has seceded because of the hostility displayed ...

... _ v ?? There were four hundred and ten entries at the Bristol Dog Show last week. The Attorney.General, 31r. Johnston, x P, left | {or England by mail steamer last evening. The Recorder sat at Green-street on Saturday and disposed of a number of criminal cases. In the House of Comnamons on Saturday the Electric Lighting Bill passed through committee. A child fell into Xingtown Harbour last ...

... TARLIAMENTARY.~ I i; 0 - 1I (ByFreeman5 Special Wire and Ordinary 1 Telegraph.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-SATURDAY The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after twelve 4 l'clock. FLOGGINGIN MILITARY SCHOOLS. Colonel MAKINS gave notice that on Monday he would ask the Secretary for War whether, bavin- regard to the fact that flogging wsa abo- lisbed in the army, but that militia subalterns and cadets in the ...

... I L _ t x A . . . The I Novoe Vremya, which is usuallv well. informed in administrative matters, sttes in a leading article that the Russian Government it actively engaged discussing, i roject for abolish4 ing exile to Siberia, This may seem an untruet worthy rumour to persons unacquainted wit( Russian progress; but it is in effect altogether i* harmony with the tendency both of the Russim ...

... CABS A-ND CARNEY. n ,: . ?? _ ,. I I _ . . The d re1ecee Laetv-een English and Irish ideaf2 has becn st-auaciv illu6.rated by the recent con- duct of a catiran. Lic the other nmembers of Liz professio., ti s cabman farmed a vehicle nr-un r. cabrupaster. Like his comrades, -e ald to pay oerv *bay a s ant o. fiom sixteen to nineteen shii- liu)gc for the rent of the horse and vehicle, and hle w.s ...

... THE PAYMEXT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIA- I .. . - MENT. A 2pecal meeting of the Provisional Committee in connection with the above movement was held at 111 J4geaWe-strelt last evening, Mr. Edward Kennedy in the chair. Also ?? Finperan, Magee, O'Con, nor, Rogan, 'Eliott, 'Mahon, Carroll, Martin9 &c, Tna following resolution was put sand carried ?? by Mr. J. ;. Hogan, and seconded by Mr. D. O'Connor. ...

... - ?? I Zile 5 ?),ourrtal. l _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ ?? CABLWGRAM contradicts cablegram. The! earliest Foreign this morning is more warlike than ever, while the Press Associa- tion announces no less than the sale of all Egypt to England by the Sultan. But| the news that will take firmest hold on the public mind to-day is that a sudden collapse crumbles the ground.under the Egyptian expedition. ...

... AIUNIcIPAL BOUNDARBES .COMMISSION. BELFAST, W% -are enabled to supply our readers this morn- Eng with the Report of the Municipal Boundaries Commission, which has been So anxiously in. quired after for sometime past. It contains much Df importance' with reference to the borough, and Will doubtless.be read with interest. The municipal boundary of Belfast was fixed by the MXuuicipal ...

... . HoNona TO A MuINISTIM.-The friends and ad. mirers of the Rev. John Ker, one of the three delegates sent to America by the Irish Conference of 1881, will be gratified to learn that he continues his labours with unabated success and great ac- ceptauce. At present he is in Nebraslia preaching and lecturing on his way to the Pacific coast. The University of Evanston College (the North-Wes- tern ...

... ?? EXPEDITION TO -. 'IT. THE PREPARATIONS, LON DON, WED1PSDAYi.-It was decided to-day that the Orient, with the staff of the first divi- sion, including General Willis and the Duke of Cdinaught, should sail on Saturday next, by 0ich time she 74l1 undoubtedly be ready. Two cabins are being prepared for the Duke of Oonnaught, and the vessel ?? be lighted blfroughout by the electric light. The ...

... 'HE' PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. .- SAnry Row! PazeYTEJyzAra CauncH.-The.annual social reunion of the members of the congrega-. ?? class was held on Thursday evening, in the Orange Hall; Sandy Row. There was a good attendance of the young people and members of the, congregation. The hall was tastefully de- corated with the banners and flags belonging to the Sabbath school, and the tables were orna- ...