... GOSSIP FROM TRUTt The bad cold from which the Qaeen h4s been suffering is really influenza, and is, I hear,' the rjsult of a Chill caught during a walkc in the grounds at Osborne, in the course of which her Majosty got lori feet wet, Sir Wyilainm Jenner went down to Osborro at once, aidd ordered the Queen to keep in her ow warm rooms; f and the journey to-Windeor, which was postponed for ...

... | I THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL. [UEUTER'S THEL2OI)AMIS.] COPENHAGEN, MAY 27. In regard to thle proposal to appoint the King of Denimark arbitrator in the diffioulty between Eng- land and Ri-ussia, it is stated on good authority that at the bseginning of May Russia privately enquired of the King, whetlher heo was wvilling to undertake the office, to whilch his' Majesty replied in the affirmnative ...

... Tl10 Boundary Commission mnet yesterday at Richmond Terrace, London ; Sir John Lanibert presiding. Reports were received rad considerod with respect to euqairies held at Bristol, Wolverhampton, Carmarthen, fanIUs, Cirences- ter. Surrey, Kent, Manchester, Durham, 1Braidford, Snl-| ford, Cumbnerland, Efast I tiding of Yorkshire, Liscoli, Essex, Iull, Islnglton, and St. Pancras. The original ...

... RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT OTLDBURY. Considerable excitement was caused in Oldbury on F Snturdlay evening, owing to the conduct of a large number p of irooliojkers employotd at the Oldbury Iron and FSteel Ii Works, Hlalesowen Street. It appearssome bailiffs took Cl possesison of the premises on Thursday or Friday last. The workmen wvere told to come to the office at four o'cloack CI on Saturdili ...

... STOURBRIDGE MAIN DRA1NAGE AWOR1KS. The above works were formally opened yesterday after- noon, and on the invitation of the Brain Drainage Board anumber of gentlemen representing various interests of the neighbourhood, or connected with the local governing bodies, assembled at the pumping-station to see the engines started. Tlh Main Drainage Board was formed in 1881, and the district for which ...

... CANDIDATES RN THE MIDLANDS, The followhig is a list of candidates for constituencies in this district at the next election. These marked i are I mlembers of Parliament who seek re-election by the whole Ir or a part of their present cuestituents, while those c marked l are members of Parliamcilt seeking new scats :- r lTBERAT, CONsavYATrVI,, WARnWICKSI-RE- CArDIDATm:S CANDI)mATIHS. Nuneaton (N ...

... EVESHA ;. M RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.-At the monthly v , ing of this committee, yesterday-the Rev. Canon 55ur i'r presiding-Mr. Fosbroke presented his quarterly rsrC stating tbat during the three months ending March 31 t birh-aprod267, and the death-rnte 16o1 t . population No death was caused by smallpax, ieca V,, sGarlahina, diphtheria, fever, or diarrhta. Ten a . tin Broadw2ay had been ...

... FOREIGN NEWS, I . . . . ?? [Bfuter8s Telegranm.l I INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CON EIRENCE, BERLix, -August 10.-The International Telegraph Con. r feronce was opened hero to-day byDr. Stephan, the German Postmaster-General, who acted as president. Thirty. I three States and seventeen cable companies are repre- sented ; in all, seventy-two dolegates Swore present to-day. On the proposal of England, ...

... THE OCHURCHI AND THE LIBERALS,- A CLERICAL OO1LMTNATION, The following correspondence, published by the Slcpietd Isnldeprlodent, is both interesting and instructive - St. George Gate, Doncaster, 2nd June, 1885. Dear sir,-I am requested to aslk whether the Church (or National) schools of your parish wvill be available for Libesal meetings, and upon what terms? It is presumed, of course, that ...

... ' NEW Yolst, May 26, 1885. THr, yearly roport submitted to the members at tlhe annual meoting of thle New York Chlamber of Commerce recently held, contains simo instructive statistics, showing the condition of the commerce of this port anld the general decrease in the busi- noss ot the country, ?? information is all the more iuterestilg, sinlce the United States Treasury Dep)artment, under a ...

... WEATHER FORECASTS.-Tm.; Dflr ( -;w+stoR~ iv virl twice%- . -; 11 dN South-stery winds, fresh ; some t. Scotland, N - showecrs. 1. Scotiland(I.F . Soath-lesterly breezes, moderate ; fair. 2. England, .. . 3. England, E 4. MiI. COlTCTrEs. South-westerly to southerly breezes, mode. &. England S. (Lon.- rate, fair. dou & Channel), 6, Scotland, IV ?? Sanmease'o. 0. 72. England, N.W., -South ...

... FOREIGN NEWSY, 111BUT'Sr; TFLEGRA. al1 F RANCE. PARIS; Jue;in 3., II, Goblet, bllnister of Public Instructiou, has replied to ]I tbo letter of Cardinal Gilbert, Archbishop of P-ris, pro- f testing against thosecularisation of the ;Pautlicou. The t: Minaister declares that the Archbishop's protest both in P form and substanco absolutely excecds his right, anm that t his Eaiiience's'fecling in ...