... Since the terrible massacres incidental to the sc Indian Mutiny, it may be questioned whether any in c event has occurred in the military history of this tI Y country calculated to cause so poignant arid wide- rE i spread a feeling of sorrow, and so deep and general a a sense of personal loss throughout the nation as L S the disaster which it is our painful duty to announce ui to-day. The fall ...

... 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 ...

... GLEANIN GS, All but three of the forty m-embers in tics xaness0 Senate are lawyers. A boy mesmerist from B'ostoni is doing wonderful thingsI in New York. The claimant to tics Tiichborne estates visited Shlcetfi and Rotherham on Monday night. Ladiy Payne Franklin hats presentedI a handsomely-carved reredos for Tiirek parish cli scrl, by Duimini, of Florence. Tico ice bridge at Niagara this ...

... A crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the electors of the newI borough of Fuliam was held last bight, to hear an address from Mr. G. W/. Russell, M.P., who is a candi- date for tile representation of that constituency in the next Parliament, The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Napier Higgins, Q.O,, who was supported by Sir Chas W. Dulke, iH.P, and Mr. J. B. Firth, Hf.P.-After an address by Hr. ...

... WEATHE R FOREASTS T l I Cotlaod, N ?? ozuth .westerlyand MIIl - F 0. Scotland, N ?? Fouth weterlyand s ly 1. Seotland, ?? ., to fresh or strong - fair rid 2, itagland, N.E. Southlwesterly or s luther cler,,i ., 1'nglaod, E lair, cool, bhazy ;thenr weet.'r4cI Jmilder, perhaps sh e ?? 4. DIED. CONTMEs. {South. westerly andh s '.o5the , 6, EnglandS. (Loi. Same as Nos, 2 an6' don & Channel.) 6. ...

... t The St. Petersburg correseondent of the Times, referring 3 to the Afghan Frontier Commission, says :-I may mention f 3 that a short time ago a thoroughly competent person in. t formed me of another unfortunate incident connected with I this ?? Frontier Commission, an incident that did not make a very pleasant impression on the Russians at t t the time; It was stated that Sir Peter Lumeden on ...

... AND JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886 5. N.EWS OF THE DAY. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Bishop of NEWCAsrLE took the oath and subscribed the roll. Earl Cowrnit called attention to the mismanage- anent attending the attempt to carry out a sentence uf capital punishment at Exeter Ciaol, and asked if the Government were riot of opinion that there should be a public executioner for ...

... A COWARcD.-A Boldier named Daly wafs charged at Dublin yesterday with fighting.' He admitted breaking thei ?? in order1 to get six months, and thus be pre- 13 vented ?? going out wittl a draft of his regirnest-the T Northiumberland ?? fight in the Soerlan. The a in gistrato said lie weonid niot giv6 him this satisfaction, tl andt handed him over to the Mi litary authorities, so that d hie ...

... .. _ !r _ , ll lettrs intended for ?? iiiterided for ?? TOb COaEiSid tii. by Iie OWxtt awl adldress o tile 'jots (o-r psitz;t Oi, ba in/e yt iea !I& tIM e~aii5.,,,sl. I . ,,iiiletiwit a, (bCs P>4 sii '4aa~;jitINi~ uqi pit Ise to idsserstaivl cc , o turN i1,1,tts a,ri ttisi octci jbr. tile Xee liable., is ylbe ernot W1tvm. (2) rtsylbe ?? tiatiolislity'of chil- ~ls rak lis o thirparents. Kr - ...

... GLEANINGS, Miss Chamberlain, the Americani beauty, is, Trth hears, engaged to be married to an English baronet. Henry Irving, it is stated, will recite The Raven at the unveiling of a y Poe memorial atjtho New York Museum of Arts, The Duchess of Edinburghwitnessed the performance of As You Like It at the St. Jhmes's Theatre on Wed- nesday evening. / Tue Grand Duchess of Meololhibur ...

... t NOTIOS TO CO rfli'mpPYDRN.S.-41t letters iredertor:jefor pubtlcation 'ust be aecsspa fied by the srare, awl addlress of the reinciter; n ot iiecesserirj~ for ssabltoon, bat for the isfoerrieetfoa I of the ifditor. Whent answeros to qesttoss are net gives in the course of a dtay or twtoo the qsecstiorssrc seth please t understard that seeC arc 'stroll to supplty the tar' rna~ilta rasked for. ...

... GHAM LIBERAL THEF BIRAMINzuN. NEW TCONSTI1TION AND RULES. I CC~~ of the General Committee of the Ak crw iberalo Association-the Eight Hundred- ~wb let e.enng~t the Priory Booms,tocnieth ietofbjects, Constitution, and Laws a ?? Committee. Mr. G.Dixon the chair ; and amiongst those stee esei.F.sclioadhorst (chairman of thle ~~ ?? ~~ W. ~Dale, Alderman P1owellI ~ ~ Alderman IN. Chamberlain, Mr. ...