... LOCAL NEWS LORD P. C'RnonIe AND THE LivEarOOL CONSERVATrVEs.-We understand that the Secre- tary of State for India is to meet the Liverpool Conservatives at a demonstration to be held at Henwler's Circus'in October next. SAD DaovwriaG FATALITY AT SsE.&FonTH.- Yesterday, a boy, whose name is unknown, was bathing on the shore at Seaforth, near the dock wall, when he got out of his depth and was ...

... GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA IN AFGHIANISTAN, a A RETROSPECT 18301S85 On 21st May, 1880, Lord Hartington, the new Secretary of State for India, addressed to the Governor-General in Council a despatea dealing with the Afghan situation, and indicat- ing the lines on which Government proposed to treat it. Dwelling Oil the numbers of the force employed across the frontier, tie heavy financial ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS THE RAILWAY COOIGREB. ax [FROoo ur.e Oweeq COoaRSVcsioxcST] wE; Brussels, Saturday night.-The Railway Coo- I~dr gro~sslivid itstSisal sitting haire to-day, w~hen re-' o.r solutions were passed. iii favour of anothcer Con- 'she press, islen thes technical questions iii too- I Io i nectiun with railway working anod masosge- ties ment will be studied, and in) favour of ...

... W S-BURY LIBERtA OPEFRATiVN9. The annual exonrl n of the Weetbury Liberal Opera. live AssociatIon was held on Saturday, the place aelootod beihg Portlesead. The weather was all that could be de- sired,and as the maln body preferred jouraeping by road, it proved most enjoyable, Several breaks were employed, and Portisbead was reached just after midday, A ramble through the woods, a etroll to ...

... I GREAT SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED TOBACOOO I i!LAT HULL. On Saturday, at Hull, an extraordinary smnging transaotion was discovered at the Prince's Dock. That morning the steamer Elizabeth, owned by Messrs. Bailey aid Leetham, arrived at Hull from tEHambarg, and was berthed on the west side of the Prince's Dock. Amongst. hier cargo there were what was entered in the bill of ladiag as a rnie logs ...

... 8ECOtt- EDIT ION.I ?? 1^ nor ownA V ?? wt4K . 2tst X F- t Y I J 1 JL .- WRSTRAv MhiaL OnF-Cs. 4.30 A. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, THE CHOLERA. NEARLY 2,000 DEATHS ON SATUR- DAY. CFo1sM OnR coaaSFsON-nENT.] MAtDRID, SmsxsxrX. I The officiail cholera returns for Saturday, so far I As they are comolete, show 4,719 cases and 1.75 1 deaths In Barcelona there were 23 cases with 16 1 deaths. The incraseg ...

... FOURTH EDITION. THIE CHOLERA. (REtUTUR'S TELEGRAMS.) MADRUt, August 17, 3,15 A.M.l.-TIhe official cholera bulletin published this morning shows that there were 4,747 cases, and 1,627 deaths, in Spain yesterday. MADRID, August 17.-Intelligence received here from Logrono states that slight disturbances occurred there yesterday, during which some shots weie fired. The cause is not stated. Order ...

... SiHOCKING MINING ACCIDENT. Three shaftemen, one named Deftly, and two brothers named Carr, were engaged in a shaft at Kimbleworth dolliery, near Durham, yesterday morning, when the rope broke, and tbe cradle in which they were standng fell to the bottom of the shaft. The brothers Carr were both killed, their bodies being so shockingly mutilated that they had to be brought to bankv wrappe~t in ...

... RECOVERY OF WRECKAGE. The St Ninians boat 1i 0 (Thoucas H-utt. maatero, which was reported as lost last week, ith all anal-, . has not yet been heard of, and from the fact that pmnt of her stork was picked op by a local boat oi Sscat-c. day night, all hope of her safety mkay be raid to be at an end. It appears that while the Ceilard.yke crft r No. 1t71 (John Wiatson, skipper) was reton iiir tC ...

... HiELD DOW IN BED BY TWOA aN. M r. Was Bu chanan, No 8 St Jtohn's rosa, Kirk- dale, Liverpool, has been an engineer in the Cunard Steamship Company's Service for twenty I years. Re states that for eighteen months he was troubled with most distressing neuralgie pains in ! his head. TIe most eminent physicians could aot afford relief, and declar'ed his case incurable. He resigned his position on ...

... , I IBEXT5R'S TELSGRAMS, I RUSSIA. aST. PETrrasauao, AUG. 16. It is expected that the Imperial sanction will shortlt be given to a decree directing the intro- duction of various reforms in the naval depart- s- ment, with a view to retrenchment in the expen- ditura. The journal Chspimn states that the works for e- constructing a direct ship canal between the c- Caspian Sea and Miolhailoff Fort, ...

... TO TTiE LOITORS orTRE tLIVFRtOOL MUrr1ctt.C | Centlemen,-DNo man avows his opinions openly and sincerely without having to meet the conse- quences. They have met me. I am asked (by conoequenco of your courtesy in inserting my letter on P'arty Names ) to give my views on I' Disestablib hoent. When an enterprising young civil officer, some Vears ago, was appointed to a iudiciary post in ...