... The latest advices fromt theast give details of the most disastrous floods that have occurred at Canton for thirty years, For eighty miles round Canton the country is under water, and inany of theo streets in Canton itself have been under water for a whole week. On soine of the rivers the wator rose to upwards of forty feet above the nominal level, and the strength of the current was so stroug ...

... GENERAL NE WS. TVE ILLNESS OSF Mrs. RUSKXN.-A Coniston correspon. dent, telegraphing at half-past six last evening, says the I improvement in MAr. Ruskin's health continues, and he is, now able to take a fair amount of nourishment. Mi tR, GLADSTONE, - ' Reuter's telegram. dated r Christiania, Augugb 18, say3:_-Mr. Gladstone attended service n the parish churc of Odde on Sundayd last.at Thae ...

... A LONDON EISTEMDFOD SIXTY 'YEARS SINUC4.' . ri1d EBY l~oarsi.J sour Tht At the present mnoment, wliei Lodon Cirory areco In seeking to have the next NotinatIEL steddfodl, orth sitting of the Welsh 13ards, held in London, it .cannot but be interesting to recall the history of inthe teqat Riateddiod which took place there Onil 3 May, 22, 1822. If I am not grealtly mistaken, this ,he Iwas one ...

... OUR LONDO.N OORw~onT~E. -I , iiYd.Adag =. ' LONDo, TarsDhr EVxdnm. Sir HenryWolfs great task of H e ?? toun Eugik alliance begins to-morrow. u He has great difficulties beforehim. Tu t st uspicion is fed ?? iniutation unti taken ot the w But as regards theother om I l that Lord Saisbury has given assurances which, onte whole, are anccetd as satisiory He has undrtkento n. fulfit hononr-aly Mr. ...

... Writing on Wednesday night, the Paris corres pondent of the Standard says-Pel, the Mont- reil clock-maker, was bronght up to-day at the Seine et Meurne Assizes held at Melun, to be again tried' on the charge of poisoning hit servant, Elise Boehmer. The prisoner wat indicted sorte weeks since at the Seint Assizes in Paris, for the marder four yeai ago of his wife, in whose exhumed remains a ...

... -PECOLLECTIONS OF LORD HouGHTO-N.| [Dr A LUrr? Y CoRZMESMoWENT. i am by no means sure that my random 11ec'ctions of th late Lord Houghton are ~nc assel1 god a, reader an idea of the man,I but t ey helre ed on my own mind a very vit tidy pcue o a remarkable personality. vd V ?? Oted and most excellent towns- man Henry ,-rigt died a year ago, I sent you I me d c,3v1e notes in which I dwelt upon ...

... THE BAES AT SEA. I A Waterford correspondent sends a singular narrative of the two boys who were picked up by a steamer 20 miles off the north coast of Ireland while adrift in an open boat. The captain of the steamer said the sea was running heavy at the time, but be bore down in the direction of the boat. On approaching the boat he saw that it contained two little lads, who were lying in it ...

... IFORFAGT NEWS. AFGHAN BOUNDARY QUETION. [SErTE7 'S 'LXTLGRAML I TfFsras, AnU. 17, The Jotsys4 Kadkds, in an article upon the Afghan boundary question, considers that the Lmatterin dispute is not so very complicated, and has only been made to appear so by London cdiplomatists. The Journal says-ln place of an endless erchange of notes upon the question whether or not Russia intends to advance ...

... I LOCAL NEWS' Iog w 11 NEw Ca JS'rec. - Mr. George CurZros Dobell, one of the most popular members of the City Council, has been placed on the commission of the peace for the-city-of Liverpool. TuHE LATE 7mR. JAMES; FAr xsrsur-.-Mr. James- Fairhurst died at his residence in Shaw-street yesterday morning, in his 78th year. A native of Ireland, he was in early life a sailor, but latterly set up ...

... (oUR EISTEDDLOD.) Ys NGTXSB RsooAV \ A, LLYOAD GOLSUiYL In the Face of the san and kt Eye of Light,. Tile Fditor of the WRSexTr Mkce. has consented to act as odiudiciator upon contributions for- wartlied by competitors for two prizes of Five Slhillings each, which will be awarded weekty, in accordance with the following programme. The Slditor reserves to him.self the right of publishing ony ...

... NEWPORT TRADE REPORT. lSPECIAL REPORT FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEWPORT, Tliurid-ly.-Tu judge by the export of coal from this port it would hardly be believed that anything like de- pression was existing in our neighbourhood. With a total of 41,488 tona it is to be concluded that there must be some particular reason for the complaints we so often hear, more particularly from trademen, and ...

... DUFFRYN FLOWER SHOW. This annual event came off on Thursday. As on former occasions tbe show was held in tho picturesque grounds adjacent to tho stately residence of Mr Howel Gwyn, who also very kindly threw open his groun is for tbe occasion. The day was beautifully fine, and the show was visited by many hundreds of people, wao seemed to thoroughly enjoy, not only the show, but the lovely ...