... A' [go THE STATE UP' TI-IL rC& :ih In the House of Lords on Tuesday, VicutSid N ,'mouth called attention to the state of our Navy, with that 1,ht a view to obtaining information from thto Admiralty ic.p, are ais to the number of ships of war of which it was See to intended to commence the construction during the0 pre- 3, sent year, the thickness of armour in each case, the Cy Ike number and ...

... ,RESENTATION TO THE EX-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GUARDN. '.tmb IJUALUJ UX Sal fltbI;ifl.. C At the conclusion of the Board business reported e, above, a presentation was made to the ?? LS (MI. J. J. Sapp). In addition to the Guardians already mentioned, thorn were also present the Mayor (Alder- man J. G. Whitcombe). Messrs. F. G. Bradbear, P. J. t. Hyams. C. Light, and WV. R. Light. Letters of ...

... The following appears in a supplement to the Gazette of Taesday night:- *By the QUEEN, - A PROCLAMATION. Victoria, R. Whereas by the Reserve Force Act, 1867, as amended by the Army Enlistment Act, 1870, and the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881, it is, among other things, enacted that in case of great emergency, the occasion being first communicated to Parliament, if Parliament be then ...

... |ELEMENTARY -}LDUCATIMON IN OXFORD1SHTRE In the House of Commons on Friday se'nuight, Mr. E. W. Harcourt asked the Vice-Presidcnt of the Council (Mr. Mundella), whether, having regard to his state. ment that schools should be opened to children on just and reasonable conditions, and that the School Attend. ance Committee anl the Magistrates at Witney had decided that Jaumes Butler was not ...

... Zhe GATITOO ?? Tas KITCHEN GARDaY.-The weather is favourable for planting out cauliflower plants for autumn and early winter supply, and also for brocoli of all kinds. Make further 1dnagtatioa3 of celery, and sow .lettuce seed thinly in rows Where they caribe thinned ontand left to come to maturity witbout being replanted. Any trees At ptlims or pears that hovc been suffered to retain heavier ...

... A LCCAL SEA-SIDE FAMILY. 'William Shannon, chief carpenter of the Inflexible, one of the six men of the British fleet killed in the bomb trd- mont of Alexandria, belongs to a family well known atTyne- mouth. He was a grandson of old Will Fry, the bathing n achiue and boat proprietor of the Pr~or's Haven. Old I Will, as he was familiarly caled, was rather a remarkable n an, a constable of ...

... 'HiH'E ARGHi IIAXPLULi~l EZRA. The steam whaler Holm, in charge of Sir Allen Young, arrived at Hammerfest, in the extreme north of Norway, on her way to the Spitzbergen seas, where she will prosecute the search for ?? Loigh Snaith's missing yacht firer Captain Gray, of the whaler Eclipse, just arrived at Peterhead, reports that when he left Greenland the ice was disappearing with marvellous ...

... THE CRISIS -N EGYPT. CHANNEL FLEET ORDERED TO ALEXANDRIA. ARABI & THE ULTIMATUM. ULNSATISFACTORY REPLY. RECONNAISSANCE OF EARTHWO RKS. (ItkurEa's TELEGnAMS.] MALTA, FniDAY. fler Mfajesty's despatch vessel Salfunis has s-siled for Brindisi to bring Major-General Sir Evelyn Wool to Malta. The Channel Fleet proceeds to Alexandria teknight, conveying the 3SM and 96th Regiments and u detachment of ...

... et'-3 E ORT H ERN CjC~f H . WEZXDfYESD3l, JULY ,, I.32. - - = =- I - ?? ?? B~t1>.1S D- I Tl;tii: ?? ?? l ch enbting ;f !1e aii ,I; CIt, oxeiilg pertly to thO warmil tclnj ;,czatlurc 1111d 1artly to the exhaustion ?? a | ½ i~tmU1;1 iaiien' WhiCh apparently leit W no retur. IL is a pr'tfitless taSC to 'itlLEa ft'A her the ScnICs of thi'l IASL Lw 1 'i [hre i P a ?? geunral agreenietit tI 3 ...

... I [SPECIULLY TELEGRAPHED.] THE ENGAGErMFNT WITH TnE FORTS-SIdt GLAD- STONri'S MODESTY-rIl WAR PAnTY IN THlE COMMONS-THE CrEAT rOwEltS AND TE13- EO- BASIDMENT - TEE HIIIEDIVE - AN EXCITING EPISODE-SIR MICHAEL nICES-BEACI VURItOUS- TlE TORIES BAULED-A TniSEATEN1ED COALiF TION. Houac or CoasioqNs, TUtESDAY NIGHT. There was a good deal of anixons qnestiocling in both Houses of Parliament ou ...

... NOiW fl C t)ofU JTRY NEW5 7'4 . _~ ~~ ~~ ?? DUl')EiU ?? THlT'3ii) L. MONDAY. JULY 21, 1S63. Ji g-i'LcVW.C' At=jy, ia F. ht;th-m (72): 0, give tbnelis (Tr ?? Jevenilig-rierne: Wve~y in F. Aalth-rn -142): essedi is the utat , .Gas). The iiltrqeis of IDlipit, Vioeroy of India, has boco eh cted frosidf ut of the Yorikurs Collg-, i the hplle of the lot, Lord F. 1 C velilli-i. The larl alnll C'mn Ie ...

... T1'SM HON. ?? W. CAHBrNS. SPE Ef M. Alr Lucy, in his contribution this week to thl3 Observcr, thus depicts the circumstances of the Hou. F. W. Lambton's speech on Friday night:- It was just before Mr Bright spoke that the House was made conscious of the fact that thera was a young gentleman risen from a seat to thQ rear of the Treasury Bench wbo desired to address it. Very few knew hin, and, ...