... I THE COURT, &L, T 11 OL1mesrM ow M mAY BOr. VANILY. -er , Royl Highness th Duchess of Cambridge attned her 86th year terday, having been born on July 2.5 1797. 'Me zrehle Ducess pri s Ang~ata Wilbelmins hnisa istlie yoingestdangh- tke of Frederick, laudgra'e of Ha e by his 'wife, Carolinae , PexeussPFrceco Siawas marded at- ?? on Ma 3 L e nd 'nTo on Ate 1, 18128 to RLE.t Price Adopas Frede- ...

... -be sC~g~ED. S O nE LTVErflOL IFlOUMs. ig or isse yesterday an p*k sr~g of a branch of the Irish Li 1 d 1 zre to infonn the puie tbst 3N n*a views in this ward have O0 ...

... A WESTER'S CITY. 'To Tap ?? o0 TsH LrVxRavoor, WInnur. iw1 Geutlemen,-A few weeks ago I sent you a few tb lines giving a hasty account of this fine country. hr In that letter I omitted saying much about this R, city, not wishing to oconpy to mouch of your space. an Three years ago not a single cottage graced the as landscape here. Two years ago one smnll cottage I might have beenzseen; then, ...

... I I.1 i THE COURT, &o The Prince and Princess of 'Wales last night attended a ?? of the Society of Arts at the Fisheries Exhibition. The Queen has been pleased to approve the qppointment of Major Evelyn Baring to be aa extra Knight Commander of the Star of India. THE Bisrop OF PETsRrsopouaGn-The Eishop of 3Peterborough has pasad a quiet night, and has sullered less paia during the last 24 ...

... LORD GRANVILLE ON PIBLIC TOPICS. ?? Grnville presided yesterday at the annual A et meeting of tbe Citv of London Liberal Clue, at itb f Wallbrook. The proceedings were private, but the lo e Press Assodacajo is enabled to furnish a summary di of of Earl Granville's remarks. His Lordship. afterl, B to congratulating the club on the continued increase in the membership, referred to foreign ...

... - ~~~THE SUEZ CANAL~. ?? ?? EDITOR of the DkAUY POST. Sir, -If you ivill pcrmit mc a line in answer to o Casssis, il your ?? to-day :It is quite correct that 13, in 1894, should tlse now-abandoned agrcernent have been il carried out, we should have drawn four-nintha of the divi- I dend onl the second canal, by virtuce of thle shares pur- c hased by Lord Ileaconsfield 'on behalf of Enrgland ...

... I . . 1+ Oll, Yl t X THURSSDA Y, TULY 26, I883. ?? w - -- TI TIT FATE OF CAPTAINS WEBB. worry I I . I ,- When the celebrated Channel swimmner made known his intention to attempt the whirlpool and rapids of Niagara Falls, pro- bably no one on this earth possessing the slightest knowledge of Niagara and the limits of human endurance entertained for a moment the belief that the reckless fellow ...

... ht A New York man has applied for a patent for ,nd what he termsn An improved device for esecutine tcriminals condemned to death. It is a method ot 1 caus'ng instantalneous death without pain to tile the criminal, and wvithout disfiguring his body. It ur. consists of an ordinary arm-chair with leg con- wtaining some substance which will insulate the a bod o the chair from the floor. The arms ...

... POST OF-FICE TATISTICS. I ?? ?? (By preema Special Wire.) . London, Wednesday. Tihe twenty-ninth annual report of the Post- mnster.General was issued to-day. It is a very interesting record of the progress of the Post Office during the past year, and furnishes tatisfac- tory proof of the development of several of its branches since the introduction of the reforms inaugurated by Mr. Fawcett. ...

... 'IiTAUY ITETAGENM. Major H B Wilson, Highland Light Iufentry, has been appointed Second Brigade Major, Cur- ragb. MOVEMMU1. The 3rd Connaught Rangers, under Colonel H1 E Browne, has arrive4 at Westport. from the Curragb. The men have been dismissed. Major Tooey, R E, will hold himself in readi- ness to embark for Gibraltar. The detachment let Northumberland Fusiliera, Ballaghadereen, will ...

... I St.MMARY OF NEWS. I HOME. I Yesterdav Judge FP n gt and dispoed of ?? for the Common Law Divisions. Yesterday snorning Mr. R H Gray, vwo tbot himself on Sunday in Chelmsford-road; died In the Baggot-streetlfooPitaL Last evening a man named Herlihy was jambed to death in a lift in the establishment of Messrs b Fowter and Co, William-street. a 3fr. Michael Flanagan was Yesterday elected 9 ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, (raUTEn's TELEGAMz~S). THE SUEZ CANWAL. Paris, July 27. The ?? to-day -declares tha IT? Gadsonetooi: hemoat prudent atdd ?? couaise in regard to) the finerz Canal 4nn-ption, and thus geverted a Ministerial crisis which would have engaged the gene~ral policy of the country; f or bad the Tories returned to power they would have done, so with all the vio- lence which the ...