... MINISTERS AT THE MANSION HO0USE. Loxcoy, Wednesday Night. . t This evening the Lord Mayor gave the annual banquet I to Her Majesty's Ministers in the Egyptian Hiall of the t Mansion House. Upon Mr. Gladstone arriving shortly after seven o'clock, he was greeted with a loud cheer by a t considerable numblier of people who were waiting outside I 0 the civic residence. Tile right hon. gentleman ...

... THE, WAR. IN. EGYPT.a ;N ADVANCE OF BRITISH TROOPS. P - - ~~~Sq IOCVEMENTS OF THE REBELS. hi al DESERTION OF ARABI'Sf£ w OFFICERS. bf N to PILLAGING ATj RAMLEH. c to CS7ECtAL TELEGRAMS To T1IE STANDARD OF THIS MORNING. ) tb - ' TUihr znE SPECUAL. CORRESPONDENT- WIT1 - SIR GAR.NET WOLSELEY.) iN IS3IAILIA, Thursday Morning. N * -he reconnoitring force to-day will be composed oi the following ...

... THIS MORNING'S NEWS, ^TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS Ii A e srEROU2Z 7-OFF CE, Thur~sday!,,oav welTHE WAR IN EGYPT.! ei, (Tarfs TE Gr.) rALEXANDRIA, Wednesday, 6.10 ?? Paeha la arrived this morning and at once had an interview with the Khedivd: He is now with Sherif. Osman n Bey Orfi, formerly Judge at the tribunals, has been ir named Prefect of -Police of Alexandria. L An Austrian man-of-war appeared ...

... F AILURES. FsiazE Or WORSTED MANUFACTURS.-A petition for fie liquidation by arrangement of the affairs of Messrs. Morrison and Co., worsted manufacturers and commis- eon weavers, of Victoria Mills, Low Moor, has been filed bathe Bradford County Court by Mecssrs. Hutchinson aud Eon, solicitors, Bradford, Mr. Benjamin Musgrave being ippointed receiver. FAnuME OF SCOTCU CoNrTacroRs.-The failure ...

... SEVERE GALE ON TEE WHEST COAST, A BARQUET STRANDED AT BLACKPOOL. A severe gale prevailed at Blackpool duriang Sundt night and yesterday afternoon, the wind beicsg S.W.? About five o'clock yesterday morning Captlili Bie,,er- staffe, of the Blackpool lifeboat, was on the lash- on the South Pier. when lie suddenly discerned a barqui close in shore under the cliffs, near Uerie Toens Cabin, and ...

... TIE LEEDS MERCURY. .MONDAY1, August 7th, 1882. As it was reported that Arabi's force hal fallen back, a reconnaissance was made by Sir A. I .~ . - I I - . .. ?? - Alison on Saturday afternoon in the neighbourhood of 3lahalla Junction. The chief part of the British force consisted of 1,000 Marines, the rest being made up of D the 68th Rifles and the 3Sth Regiment. The «i enemy appeared in great ...

... JPARLIAM[ENTARY NOTE8. HO,|s' or CoFxoils, Tuesday. la the' Lords this evening two bills of some im- 'portance were promoted a stage. The Electric Light- ing Bill, as amended, was reported to the House, and the Elduvational Endowments (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The latter meashre was criticised somewhat unfavourably by the Duke of Buccleuch, in so far as it tends to limit ...

... The following aro lists of the local candidates who have passed the recent examinations INTMISMcTATU EXtAMINATIoN IN Sc ?? Division.- t George William Barrow, Owens College; Eiward Anstin Riiby, Stonyherst and Owens Colleges. Second Divisioe.-Richard Lishinan Yorkshire Collic'. and nrivnts study; Walter Cartwright Massey, B.A,, Owene CMllege and private study. PEL1n3trcnyr SctIrrrTxc ?? ...

... THE BlRITISI ASSOSIAMTON. ?? ow Ato a . ~ Fn OUn COaRRSPOnDENT.) ,1 SouTnAosrox, Monday. I Refreshed by their pleasure trips of Saturday, and by s Sunday's rest, the members of the Association resumed business with increased vigour to-day, and in the sections e and departments got through a large amount of work. a INEXT YtAneS SEETING. f At the meeting of the General Committee, it was formally ...

... A. VOLrNTEER'S WEEK AT ALDERSHOT. ?? -1 Ia . _ . 'W ece u campinag -grond ion Rushmoor early onca Saturday evening, anal pitched our tents by bugle-call. thj Meanwhile guards and sentries were posted, fatigue be( Parties formed, orderlies sand pickets told off, n h tic countless preparations for consumnsig the day's dinnerI of and commiencing the week's work were entered up on, ab amid the ...

... ThE LEEDS MEIWUPJY- THURSDA Y, August 31st, 1882. ' -- -- - ,0 I FURTTHER despatches from Sir Garnet Wolseley relative to the fighting at Kassassin Look on Monday eveingm were received at the War Office yesterday. The General Officer commandingeays that only two regiments-the Household Cavalry and the 7th Dragoon Giuards-were seriously engaged. He gives a corrected list 'of the British ...

... I| i THE OCCUPATION OF SUEZ. 3RECONNAISSANCE IN FORCE. tj THREATENED ATTACK BY THE1 ENEMY. a (STANDARD TELEGoIAM.)' 1 ALuEXANDrIA, Thursday, 10.30 ?? consequence s of a belief very generally prevailing among the foreigners resident here that an attack by the rebels . may take place at any moment, the panic has in a ,measure extended. The streets of Alexandria have . been all the morning ...