... 2THE SHOEBUITNESS MEETIG. n.Oj B Cunir, Sxox Ynasmss TrssnA'r Evxzcnc. folowngreth loca scores in yesterday's m.i64-pounder shell. competition IsT LANCASHIRE. lot 1Dfltachm't. Pts. Time. Deduction. Grand it. S. Total. '1mG0 ?? ?? 9 40 ?? ?? 0 2 ?? ?? . ?? 2 ?? 0 dlsq. ?? 5 ?? A ?? 4. ?? ?? Is ?? ?? disq. 2so LANCASHIRE. agst ?? ?? ?? apsy. 2 -G 1 2 ?? ?? ?? . 0 they ?? ?? ?? ?? 0. edt ..12. ...

... E. Aucxrrnj, WsDnxnsr..ghe Pacific mail steamer, re .ty Australia, with the homeward Australia51 mails, left as yesterday with,1pesci to the value of tO0.00D ble 'CALCUTTPA, ED?OmDAY.-Th, State Line steamer he Orion arrivedvesterday evengfo iepl he 'OLOBOWED- .DA-The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ganges, from Bombay, arrived lierth noon. ?? hS after- GR.6v~sNDWEDNSDA. -ThePeninsular and ...

... ILATEST NEWs4 I N THE COURT, &c. (From the O~fciai Court Circular.) Ossozwrs, Auc. 17. The Queen and their Royal Highilesses the Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Connaught, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford, drove through Ryde yesterday afternoon. Lieut.-General Gardiner was in attendance on horseback as equerry- ns ir-rvaitig. e Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany and is- jthe ...

... ha PENNSARN - ABERGELE ENGLISH l PRESBYTERIAZiN CHERCH BIZX R| A highly successful bazaar washeld in connection v with the above-named church on Wednesday, f Thursday, and Friday last, Mr. E. Lewis Ashwprth, 1 hoLP., Towyn; Mr. Councilior John Davies, Liver- I d y pool; and Mr. J. Harrison Jones, Liverpool. being s d the respective openers. It will be in the recol- a ._ lection of our ...

... LOCAL NEW8.r he ITesE LOSS OF A COAL SmP. -The Board of Trade of inquiry touching the loss of the Liverpool ship of Toronto was to have been resumed yesterday, at in St. George's Hall; but owing to Mr. EL Mansfield, by the deputy-stipendiary magistrate, being unable to as attend owing to indisposition, the inquiry was adjourned until to-day (Friday). en KiLrnD BY Ax Exraxs Taasv.-A platelayer ...

... THE SEOByNSS MET. 'i.8IE W G t. a f f 5 f I a a d Fr IT S SnOnnualayCs CAMP, TmDAY NeGar. It wms not till lzearly eleven 0'clock this morning tbat the scores in the Palliser shell competition fired on Monday were issued, and, as bad been expected, the practice made proved to have been very good, and much better than last year. On the present occasi6o the highest possible score waes4B points, ...

... SOUTH A FRICA. The rainfall CAPRETowN, AuG. L C The rainfall throughout the Cape Peninsula eon- tinues, and it is expected that there will be partica- c . larly good crops this season in the south-western n 3 districts of the colony. Smallpox gains ground , slowlv but sur'ely,and much alarm is caused by its appearance in fresh distrietr. Much trouble is a caused with the Mlalay popwuation ...

... I REFORM AND CODIFICATION OF | LNTERNATIONAL LAW. way The Association for the Reform and Codifica- Ito tion of the Law of Nations (of which the Right con- Hon. Lord O'Hagan, late Lord Chancellor of geg- Ireland, is the honorary president) will this ~een year-hold its annual meetings at the Town-hall tS and In this city, commencang to-morrow (Tuesday) PI par'- at noon. IThe president for the ...

... THE BRM81I ASSOOIATION. *Soc'RnAsnOSI, MoNrssx. Tail The wvholeo~f the sections met again to-day, bu hoV1 It cannot be said , considering that there eam nearly Itei1 1300 me~mbr and associates in the tovii4 that the thei attendanoe At any of them wss as lacge as might ti~ havebeenerpcied Ths isnotinfrquetly he oIA eae n h scod ek f hemetng ?? themos imorantquetins re xhustd i teng irt wek an ...

... ,.1 - .I , , . 1 St THE WELSH SUNDAY CLQS.G , ACT. ~ Iy, Mr. John Roberts' act for closing public housea and 25, in Wales during the whale of Sunday will be Prej in. full operation in a week or two. So far NaY 'en as North Vales is concerned, the act was The th. in force on Sunday last in the Caerwys follu df0 end Caergwrle divisions. A At Wrexham borough ?? Id annual licensing sessions ...

... - N Goal VOTE~S 0o LOCAL 'IIMBInrSa.-Onthe division in I committee of supply, on Thursday night, Mr. A. at]I Arnold supported the motion to reduce the vote for 00 the Lord-Lieutenant's household by £2000; the Sat majrity against including 0. C. Bentinok, W. S. bat Caine, C. C. Cotes, James Cropper, Lord Richard Fis Grosvenor, Marquis of Hartiugton, J. T. Hlibbert, iutA 0. 0. Morgan, John ...

... ELECTft)N NEWS. , The Mayor of Halifax yesterday received the writ for the election of a member of Parlament, in place of Mr. J. D. Hutchinson, retired. Saturday B next is fixed for the nomination, and the polling, if s any, will take place on Wednesday, but no opposi- h ; tion is expected to the return of Bi Thor s the Liberal candidate. - a S , ' * There will be a-contest for the ...