... THE SUMMONS OF MR. GLADSTON E. i ?? following cireular was issued last week to the liberal Memnbers of the House af Commons:- 10, Downring-street, Oct. 14. Sir,-AR the adjoornmeat of the House has extended ever a period ununuafly long, I tako the liberty of reminding vou that when it re-asembleg on the 24th, its attentions will at once bo invited to the question of Procedure, which has now ...

... nt The eleventh session of this Conference was opened yesterday morning in the upper room at the Victoria Hall, li Exeter, under the presidency of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. Owing to the bad state of the weather, and other causes the attendance was not so numerous as usual. Amongst those present were the Earl of Devon, Earl n Fortesoue, Lord Clinton, Sir John Duckworth, Archdeacon Sanders ...

... VAXRIETIES. A drop of ?? Falls of Niagra. .An air of ?? first breath. b, Strapping ?? and schoolmasters. *r PARADOXIoAL.-Tea comes from China and yet is t poured into it. When a pretty Irish girl is stolen away they always 0 suspect some boycotter. d Electricity in Franklin's time was a wonder; now we 1, make light of it. | A piece of steel is a good deal like a man; when you Vgot it red ho it ...

... I I THI has been a week of speeches-all speeches and a nothing but speeches. The Leader of the Opposition has been inIluverness, and Liberali,if not Radicalas Sootlandis supposed to be, the, Knight of Pynes has met with as loyal and enthusiastic reception there as his old chief, Mr. Dis- raeli, received in the Palatinate a few years ago when he paid his famous visit to Lancashire and its ...

... FORE I G N NEW S. An e rthquoko shock has taken place at Agram. No ?? was done. Messlrs. Moody and Sankey have commenced a series of service!' in Paris. In Michigan the law forbidb the playing of ninepins, billiards, cards, and dico. Tho Swiss Federal Council have prohibited the enrolment sf recruits for the Egyptian gendarmerie. A cyclone has dlone great damage in Cuba. Streams eyorflowed ...

... rHE FRACAS AT THE ROYAL PUBLIC -ROOMS. At tbc Poliec Court on Friday last, before J. Knapman (hlitrmlmA) W. Jl. Ellis, C. Weetron, H. Hughes, and Nf . Daiy, Esqrs., AtEXANDnER COtMMIs dppeared 'in ^11,1VOI to a summuns for having assaulted Standish lWells, taf he I 1th September.-This caso has been twice adjourned in 'enseqileee of the non-attendaneo of the complalnant, a e-ntle lli of no ...

... a BRICKS Without MOrtar! The thing looks impossible. ape But it has been done before ; end it will, I suppose, be done the again. Allthe publicwritereI read complain that nothing exr is going on-that there is nothing stisring bitt stagnation, coo &o., &c., and some of them put their cases so pathetically, baho J almost feel inclined to run away with my neighbour's Is wife-to t'irn'leciturer ...

... _ LOXDON, October 16, 1882. The shndow of the coming Session is upon us. Liberal leombers heave a sigh when they anticipats the innumerable and interminable speeches of the Right Honourable William, and those of colourlees opinions, whose seole anxiety is to get away from Westminster as quickly as possible, look forward with horror to theinevitable Egyptian debates. The Irish Porty have no ...

... NOTES AND GLEANINGS, Ma. GLADSTONE calls the Dissenters the backbone of the Liberal party. It is interesting, therefore, to note what some leading Dissenting divines-staunch Liberals-I are saying of his present policy of bloodguiltiness. The Rev. Dr. Davidson, the most eminent minister of the Independent sect, says :- This aggressive war, like every other of the same character, is ...

... E GYPT. ed THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY ad The sittings of the Commission of Inquiry continue rk without interruption, even on the Mussulman Sabbath, a but at present there seems no prospect of any definite id result. It has been determined that no one shall be allowed en to defend Arabi unless he pleads in Arabic, which practi at cally excludes those who have arrived from London. Thi- ur is ...

... A very successful three days' bazaar in aid of various parochial funds connected with tho parish of IHoly Trinity was opened on Wednesday at. the Eastgato Coffee Tavern. The sales took place in th leceture hall, which had been tastefully decorated and presented a very attractive as ?? as business-like appearance. The stalls, eight in number, wero erected gratuitously by Mi. Scadding, and the ...

... LONDON, October 2, 1882. Wanted-a sensation. A good murder of the old sort would be a positive boon to the newspaper world just now. In default of anything better, they have been contenting themselves with mysterious disappearances and the dishing up of almost forgotten incidents in the late cam- paign. ?? soreness is felt because the Highland reginsients do not conic in for more ...