... THlE FAIR HOLIDAYs. Since the Fair began the weather hat been uniformly of that bright genial da N tion which makes holiday-making pleasa0-s enjoyable. Low barometric pressure steadily prevailed for some days pasz the predictions issued by the Meteor,, A Office have not been enconragnig. Dam course of yesterday sevefal heavy showers , rain fell, and the weather prospects are 3Vjj Lq from being ...

... FRA1CE nee I (oR31 oU OWN CORfESPONDhNIT.) ll-pPsxrs, July 14. old The people axe keeping high holiday to-day, f and are amusing themselves in their wonted d pastimes on national fetes. The streets and boulevards show, perhaps, a diminution in the Ple; number of flags or coloured lanterns compared bad with the two preceding years, brt in the fau. in bourgs, where the working class congregate, ...

... IMPRIAL PARLIAMENT. oif - HOUSE'OF LORDS ?? th The Loro CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after feur o'clock. - ' .CYPRUS. Lord WAVENEY intimated tlhat on MXoday, at 24th inst., he would call attention to the condition - and. government; of Cyprus, with a' view to the le colonisation of tbe island, and move for papers. .LNDON RIVERSIDE FISHMARRET r, O' BILL. On the consideration ...

... I THE ELCHO SHIELD. * (FROM OUR OWN COasREPONnENr.) it 03London, Thursday Night. To-DAY the Scotch have suffered defeat in the ?? Shield match. Ite no use crying over spilt milk, but the position which the Northern men . have occupied in this - comrpetition, calls tiloudly for a little i more interest being ymanifested in this species of rifle shooting, if e North Britainisever again tomake a ...

... (REsaT-rP.e' TEGRAMS.) Alexandria, July 18, 2.30 P.M. The idea of occupying Ramleh has been abandoned, the authorities declaring their object to be to restore peace and order without further bloodshed. The blue jackets are to be withdrawn from duty on shore to-day. Five hundred marines will occupy seven different depot centres, which, it is expected, will place the whole town under efficient ...

... (glassvw. Analt'o WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 19, In the House of Lords yesterday a bill for the Protection of Ancient Monuments was intro- daced by the Lord Chancellor and read a first time. The Bills of Exchange Bill was read a second time. The Entail (Scotland) Bill was, on the motion of Lord Rosebery, read a third time and passed. Lord Sidmouth called atten- tion to the condition of the navy ...

... I|iPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-TiRSDnA. The LOnD CnxsrCoLLnea took his seat on the ?? shortly after four o'clock. PRWOTEC>TIONT OF AN DCIENTm MONtUMENTS.> The LOR'D CHANCELLOR, in presenting a i bill en this subject, said that the measure differed I from others which had been introduced on the i matter, inasmuch as it did not contain cernpuls5oY clauses. The measure had been originally ...

... WEATHER REPORTS AND FORECAST& d iMETEnOROLOGICAL OiFic, Tuesday, July 18, 8.30 p.u. TE} weather to day has been fair over the greasta h part of the country, but is scarcely settled yet, d; The chart for this morning showed that thed. e pression occasioned the fall of the barometer in the e west yesterday but moved away northward, and the mercury was consequently rising in most places. Fresh or ...

... THE STATE OF IRELANDs. (FROM OUR OwN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLeN, 'Wednesday Night. It is stated in well-informed circles here to-day i that Colonel Brackenbury, the recently-appointed director of the new Irish Criminal Investigation Department, having its head office in Dublin Castle, has suddenly resigned his post, in conse- ' quenes of a disagreement with the Lord-Lieu- tenant as to the mode in ...

... r DuwNFERaMLI CONOREGATIONALISTS. -At a meeting of the~members of Dunfermline Congrega- r, tional Chureh, held onl -Wednesday evening, it was s, unanimously agreed to give a call to the Rev. F. a- Burns, Duomfries. The place has been vrcant for some time in conseruence of the resignation, t, through failing health, of the Rev. Professor R Dobbie. t CAaRxoc;, FaB CErJRcg.-The members of Don. ~d ...

... MlINING INSTITUTE OF SCOTLAND. Ms RAPH MfOOB O N MILIAEXA The xpnth1y meting of the Milng Institute of Eotland wa hold on Thlrsday eveing in.Hamil; ton-hr Ralph Moore, president, in the chair. The CAtlAxu, who has lust *etunIed.iozn a two months' tour in Anmrica, -fvneved. the ijstiute with a hbief aceowut cf Wm impresasins of American mining. He travelled about seven thousand miles ia the ...

... The failure is announced of Stanway, Jackson & id Co., of Faulkner Street, Manchester, and Angola ua Mill, Druylsd.on, with liabilities estimated nat Id 26,00. a At the Blackburn County Court a petition in D liquidation has been filed on behalf of Ealph Fish, Id of Ainsworth Street. Blackburn. paper dealer. The 3 liabilities of the debtor are estimated at £4000. sa A petition has been filed in ...