... .j7jf, ? ?? ?5;-i Griu'Rai-OrE THE CONVOCATION OF BOTH HIousEs OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY assembled last week at Westminster. Among the more notable matters on the opening day were the petition from the Rev. W. J. Tozer, late Bishop of Jamaica, against the suggested use of unfermented wine at the Holy Communion, the appoint- ment of a Committee of five Bishops-Winchester, Lincoln, Ely, ...

... TH SUEZ CANAL QUESTION. - 'The following resolution has been madptad by the Executive Committee of the International ~ Arbitration and Peac AseOc'itio; Mr. Hodgeon i Pratt in the chair:- That in the om Oof this committe it is mos de tbea the ?? a Government and people of Great Brti h Id *'-were the negotiations relating to au additional carua= Jftug a-,n Egypt, manifest, above all things, ...

... FRAN CE AND THE NEW IEBRIDES SYDNEY, Jurr 7. The report 6urreut. here yesterday that the commander of a French war-vessel bhd hoisted the French flag over the New Hebrides is de- void of foundation. PARIS. Ju7oY 7. A semi-official deazal i' given to the report that a French war-vessel had hoisted the French flag on the New Hebrides. 'lhe Minister of Marine received a despatch thi morning froui ...

... IRIS FEEBAS MIEL A1fJ/ (Erom the Post Ofitce Daily Ust!.i) -Dopatch of MLiLs due next Mails at Port of Australia ?? and West, Tasmania, from Longdon. Arrival. wisll Victoria), via Brindisi .i July 13 (Even) July I2a Ditto, by Fren packetlif specially 3 addreesedl July 31 (Even) Berniudus. ?? . Jaly 12 (Even) = werniida.s via HEslifax ?? July 1S !Lveni July 10 liruild, Monte Video, &c., via ...

... i? It will ?? al mowd- j ilto U1VOvO fifof6 the mwzi= ibes1 ?? w'auer ?? -ou*Amao bm 4 ott, D6a a31ewaswt-, ab e4mowts taam df~ woe on tomlu -n in6 k~ m~~10e to leczr tht titi i WHOt #Onki-b no? Ate~ V#XIW t jhsl heproe 1 td~y bucee-a et qlh g6 s O boazzb na m~b~tu tk~t~r~ ~o~e~ 4~oi tlsbe ds t13ho -YA 4wimvi ?? ~bfe1 t o a ?? It La SwtAy 1 c.~ t4L 0&tO4CIWnaT rt ?? 3. b ll Ter4 ht W ?? u~i. ...

... I= cCo&RT. WnDSOR aisruL, Iun 3Q. ?? Queen dae out yesterday aftmnoon, attanded by Lady Southampton. Prinue Beatrice and Prncs Elizabeth of Hiw rode out, attended by the Haon.Marv Pitt. Her Majats dinner perty eat evening imcludeithe Prices and Ptineem Chratien of Sehleawig-Hol. stein, Princess Beatrie, the: Heediry Prince and Princess of Ys-eningen, Prince Ekiobeth of 1Hess Lady Southampton, ...

... i'E WIBTBEDON MEETING. A steady barometer at Wimbledon May genaly, it would m, be taken as an indica- tion of unsettled weather, or rather of changes so frequent that the mercuy, in despair of being able to record the probable prevalence of any one condition of the atmosphere, declines to IDnake any compromising sign. On the authority of the two rival opticians officially appointed by the ...

... THE GARDEN.-BY WH EARLEY, SEASONABLE GARDENING FOR THER WEE ENDINI JULY 21. It has been a glorious Rose season. Free and abundant bloom exists all around, wherever hoss trees are grown. Even hedgerow wildilag I varieties have given a display quite beyond I tbeir usual quantities. The Rose shows have in oonseauence been good, even to exhibits of the fragratnt 'lea Roses, which are so rarely| ...

... .mf,,OOU? votel'i *P Bomes labourers at Bromley, Rent, were startled on Wednesday morning at seeing a balloon descending a short distance from them. Atter dragging over a field or two it came to a standstill through the grappling- iron catching in a fence. The balloon was occupied by two aeronauts,,one a Belgian named Moria, and the other a Frenchman named pa Costa. It appears that the ...

... a-ftio;.ebtninqld lotb)q. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Mr. Hugh Mason's motion in favour of extending the parliamentary franchise to women was rejected last night in the House of Commons by a majority of i6. The i i6 members (including tellers) who voted for the resolution were the following :. - - . - -- w SIXF Agnew, William Anderson, George Arnold, Arthur Aohrn.id - Bartlett Ellis Baldwin, Enoch Barran, ...

... In the House of Lords last evening, Lord Forbes called attention to the danger to which the travelling public might be exposed by railway servants being kept too many consecutive hours on duty, and he asked whether a return could be obtained of what number of hours in the day or the week they were on duty at present. Lord Aberdeen said, that as there were 240,000 railway servants in the ...

... FOURTH EDITION. DESPATCH OF BRITISH WAR VESSELS TO I THE MAURITIUS. I (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) TRINCOMALEE, July 15.-Her Majesty's corvettes Euryalus and Tourma- line left this port yesterday evening for Mauritius. The Ezeryalus is an iron screw corvette, cased with wood, of 4,140 tons and 5,270 horse-power. She carries sixteen guns, and in the last issue of the Navy List is described as the ...