... LONDON LETTER. [SPECIALLY WIRED. J [BY OUR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.} LONDON, Tuesday Night. England and France are still drifting into peace. The process is slow and sometime* wearisome. But it is happily sure. Thai France has more or less absolutely rejected the presidency of the Debt Commission merely an incident in the process. The be- lief has always been entertained at the Foreign Office ...

... At Monasteriu Sessions on Friday, three men were charged under the Crimes Act with groaning at the Lord-Lieutenant during his Excellency's recent visit to Moore Abt-ey. The CMe was with- drawn on technical grounds, but will be brought forward again. About forty moonlighters met a police patrol of three between Tralee and Castlemaine, on Thurs- day night, and took from them their horse and car. ...

... ALARMING RAILWAY ACCI- DENT. A railway train at Chard, on Saturday night, fan into a siding through an error of the points- man. The train passed through the engine shed, and was thrown into an adjoining meadow. The passengers escaped with a severe shaking, and bo' h driver and stoker were miraculously saved. ...

... The Rev. C. J. Thompson, the vicar of St. John, at St. Andrew's Church on Sunday morn- ing, referred to the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which ha.d taken place that morning. He spoke of the Primate as one of the fathers of the Church, whose whole life, from the period of his filling the position of Dean of Carlisle, that of Bishop of London, and that of Primate of all England, was ...

... THE LORDS SPIRITUAL. By the death of the Bishop of Llandaff, tin Bishop of Truro, as senior Bishop not in the l1 pper House of Parliament, would have become entitled to a summons to the House of Lords, but as he is promoted to Canterbury, the Bishop of Rochester will become junior bishop in the Housa of Lords, and thus relieve the Bishop of St David's from the duty of reading prayers, which ...

... MELBOURNE,Monday.— Anaccidenthasoccurred on the Melbourne and Hudson's Day Railway, near Hawthorn. One person was killed and 50 injured. MADRID, Monday.—At a meeting of 143 Ministerial Senators, Senor Sagasta declared that the Government were perfectly free to carry out Liberal reforms, and appealed to the confidence of the majority. CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday. Marshal Fuadd Pasha has been ...

... Great distress was caused on Friday evening, at Brixham, by confirmation of the fears pre- viously entertained that the fishing lugger Minnie, of Looe, had been lost in a heavy squall, of Start Point, on Wednesday niftht. She waa in company with other vessels under full sail, when she was observed to dissappear, but it was not until this evening that news arrived that the body of one of the ...

... COWBRIDGE. THE Rev. J, Beynon Davies, of Cowbridge, has received a uuaniinous invitation to the pastorate of the Congregational church at Taly sarn, Carnarvon. ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held on Saturday, Mr R. H. Rhys presiding.—The out relief for the past week was rep orted to have been as follows :—Aberdare, £6613s 7d Gelligaer, £21 10s 6d; Merthyr Upper, JB56 8s 4d Merthyr Lower, jE53 18s 9d non-settled, £118 6d total, JB199 12. 8d. The number in school was 132, against 136 last year the number receiving industrial ...

... PEMBROKE FAT CATTLE CLUB. THE CHRISrMAS SHOW. The Christmas show of the Pembroke PrI Cattle Club was held on Monday. The entriei were very numerous—much larger, in fact, thai for any year since Mr T. W. Young has beet secretary. Quality too was beyond the usujfcs mark, and, notwithstanding that the very severe weather prevented several of the entered beast( from coming in town, the show was a ...

... SALISBURY ELECTION. The Press Association Salisbury correspon- dent says c—It is stated here upon authority that no petition will be presented against the return of Mr Coleridge Kennard, M.P., the proceedings contemplated having been abandoned. ...

... THOOAT IRRITATION.—Soreness and dryness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice. For these symptoms use Epps's Glycerine Jujubes. In contact wIth the glands at the moment they are excited by the act of sucking, the Glyce- rine in these agreeable confections becomes actively healing. Sold only in boxes, 7jd, and tins Is lid, labelled James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic ...