... THE TRIAL OF MR RICHARD K. FOX (SPORTING LIFE TELIIAM.L NEW YORK, Ttie,day.t iie trial in which Mr Richard K. Fdx was charged witu aiding and abetting in bringing off prize fights resulted to- day in that gentleman'* acquittal. ...

... WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS FROM LLOYD'S AGENTS. I The steamer Gamma, from Alexandra for Hull, has put into Malta with boilers leaking. The Crofton Hail grounded in the Hooghly. but got off with assistance and oroceeded. The schooner Winifred, of London, laden with super- phosphate, has been towed into Grimsby derelict, after collision. The schooner South Downs, of Rye, from ...

... UI i ; 'l Y, F.lR W.Y 16, lSS3. ?? 3- -ERA V16 S I o-HUIATLATiN AT EST1A 1 STER. IF we ?? to blave all English Session we C1 s'eU owe it to I3r G.LADSTONE alnd to Mr i PlIt 5.)ne vweek has already told its a ?? tad io fiv thero lhts been the very ny ererse I aid front the sopporters of tile tl Ermutire Gouerunweit. From Mr BA.LI- y? rt, fist of the epoalcors in support tI pi Vie Adllresq, to ...

... LATEST FO REIGN ; .O.P>'ITAXED XNDIAL (.l'hroglgh the Iscdials National Tslegrephio Union.) . BOMBAY Wednesday.-The new taxes to be i 6po8sd by the Govebrmeant of Irdiasro exciting widespread dissatisfi~ction. The salt duty, enhanced 400 per cent,, will press hard upon the poorer classes which make up the mass of the population. The tinaucial straits ofthe Govern- . ment are due to the ...

... M. TIRA1W AND TcYNQ?3IN. JULES SIMON ON PHILOSOPHYC AND R:ELIGIO.N. (FaoM ours owN Coztassroswzxr.) PAsnS, Tuesday. The Ministry has had a narrow escape from a break- up on tho Tonquin question, which is the swvord of Damocels held over the head of all Governments. Whether they like it or not, however, the French cannot free themselves froma thoir new responsibilities in the East. It is not a ...

... HoW OUR PUBS ARE DUBBED. WHo dubs our pubs, that is, who baptizes them ? We often hear of the christening of ships by young ladies dressed in navy blue with gold buttons, who take a bottle of champagne and break its fragile neck over the prows of Minotaur or Hercules. But who ever was present at the baptism of a London public ? Does the genial landlord furnish a font full of strong drink ...

... BY OUR SPECIAL W195. FROM OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, WsDnNSDAY.-Mfajor Povah, 2nd Bat- talion Dublin Fusiliers, has been appointed As. sistant Quartermaster-General (officiating) on the staff of the Bombay army. At last, after a long delay, the two vacancies for majors in the Limterick Militia have been filled up. The senior major is an ex-linesrnan, Major Brown, who served in the 2nd ...

... PA3RLIAMENT, YESTERDAY. 1 IOUSE EF COIMONVS. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past two o'clock. SIR BM. HICKS PBrCES APPOINTMENT. On the motion of Mr. A), EixS DOUG LAS, a new writ was ordered for the election of a member for the Western i Division of the borough of Bristol, in the room of Sir MI. Hicks Beach, who since his election had accepted the office of President of the Board ...

... GOSSIP FRO-M ThUTI. The Queen has decided to hasten her removal from Osborne to Windsor, as her residence in the Isle of Wight is just now exceedingly inconvenient both for public and for private reasons. The Court is expected at the Castle on Friday, and Lord Salisbury goes down for an audience on the evening of her Majesty's arrival. The Queen comes up to Buckingham Palace for two nights on ...

... , 1 h - . fly PRECAUTIONS AGAINST A D]IEARTH ald OF WATER. D ed THE TRAMTWAY COMPANY AND THS0 ofE HAFOD GATE. 30l- - r ne The quarterly meeting of thO Swansea Corpora- W his tion was held at the Town-hali, Swansea, on nt Wednesday, Mr. L. Talloch (mayor) presiding. o iil, There were also ?? 1. R. Daniel, 01 Thomas Freeman. JoAn Lewis, James Jones. and tu W. J1. Rees, and Counciliors R. D. ...

... The Ramsgate Amok. i PRISONER DECLARED INSANE. At thf* Maidstone sssizes to-day AHan Williatn Richardson, 37, was charged with the murder of Charles Sydney Pillow at Kamsgate on January 1st. Mr Dering prosecuted, and Mr Poland and Mr Murphy defended. Dr Hoar, surgeon of Maid- stone Prison, and Dr Savage, medical ofHcer, Bethlehem Hospital, and lecturer on mental diseases at Guy's Hospital, ...

... LECTURES, SOCIAL MEETINGS, &c, SuEaNE STIIEET CONOOEOATIONAL CsHURCH CON-ee ICaereS-The third of a series of concerts in aid of the and funds of the above church vise given last night in MO the Skene Street Conlgregational Church Hall to a fron large audience. At the first one Scotch music only nort ewas given, at the second English, and last night the to ti programme, consisted entirely of ...