... PRINCE FiRDINAND. The bl'(litsoe Cioirepopndenz publishes a letter, dated Sofia, and purporting to come from a very remarbiable source, which professes to- depict the presenlt real position of Pinoce Ferdinand. The com municat ion evidently emanates from a warm friend of the Prince-probably either the Bulgarian Court Chambeilain, Count Grenaud, or the Prince's Private Secretary, M, Stancioff ...

... oSerm HoesE or Coxyo.ss, Tuesday Night. OW-n t the 'lateness of the hour at which the House rose this morning I was unable to add to my notes an account of one of the most extra- ordinary and exciting scenes that have occurred in the House in my experience. Therefore a s brief reference to its main features may e serve as an introduction to the subsequent events which transpired to-day. It ...

... I - [nhuraT's TELEGOASLI FRANCE AND TRIPOLI. PAnrm, JnrUL 31. A despatch from Tnnis states that the presence of a French uinadron in Tunisan waters is merely connected with the annual wnan-uyre4 and denies tne report of an alleged concentration of troops on the frontier of Tripoli. THE BRIGANDS' CAPTIVES IN BULGARIA. Sorm. JULY 31 Captain Ctgia, military attwon6 to the Italian Th~oloatic ...

... The imbeciles in the workhouse at Stapleton were given their annual treat yesterday, inveryfavourable weather. The picnic was of much the same character as in previous years, and the arrangements, which were undertaken by Messrs W. H. Cowlin and B. T. Trott, were carried out in an admirable manner. Mr b J P. Parker bad again kindly placed his field at the 7 disposal of tbe committee, and in ...

... Yesterday the Lord Bishop cf Ripon instituted the Rev. Frederick Thomas Kruckenberg, clerk, to the new Vicarage of St. Bartholomew, Bowling, Bradford. Dr. Tristram, Q.C., Chancellor of the diocese of Ripon, has appointed the Rev. James Rosser. clerk, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary of Bethany, New Wortley, Leeds, a surrogate for granting marriage licenses throughout the diocese of Ripon. ...

... A violent thundersforra passed over London and the suburbs on Monday evening. In the south of London the rain was especially heavy. The storm caused floods betwreen Broddey and New-Cross on the London and Brighton Raiway. The rzain poured down the banks in the deep cutting in a perfect deluge. A great body of water poured on to the up lines from, the flooded fields cdose to Brockley Station, ...

... At Old Ford (writes a correspondent) I looked up the match-box makers mentioned in a previous article in the Pall Mall Gazelle. I found them in greater destitution than ever. A lady reader of the Pall Mall Gazelle, by applying to the offike of this paper, had obtained Lhe address of one of the poor families mentioned in a previous article, and she had most gene- A MATCHMAKER'S HoME. rously ...

... SPECIAL TELEGRA2A1SJ & A New York telegram announces the death of I Mr. Bartley Campbhll, the dramatic writer. The will, just proved, of Mr. Henry Edward Southouse, late oX Brighton, oantains a bequest to the Pope of Rome, as residuary legatee. The pro- perty is estimated at £30,000. John Cnrran, 27 years of age, of Leith, while employed as the south side viaduct of the Fortb Bridge yesterday, ...

... W'Je take the following from the South Arsfraeiahn Advertiser, a representative of wrhich paper boarded the Liguria early one morning at Adelaide. He found Mr. Fred Leslie in bed, but woke him up, with the following result A\ INTERVIEW WITH FRED LESLIE. I have been ten years engaged in this work, said the burlesque actor, and commoenced my professional career in London. I originally went ...

... THE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION STUDENTS' SCREME. The summer meetiug of the University Extension students was inaugurated last evening by a crowded assemblage of the etudecits in the new 1university Schools, High -otreet, Oxford, at which Mr. y J. G. Talbot, one of the mecbcrsr for the University in Parliament, presided, and it is estimated that there & were about 9 esn present. Mr. Talbot expressed ...

... Lord Spencer left Londnn on. Monday for, Homburg. The GBrand Duke of Hesse visited the Criterion Theatre, on Monday evening. Last year upwards of £E33,000. was collected as the license duty on 333,000 dogs. The triennial election of nsern'ers for the School Board for Lon don is fixed to take place on November 26. The Pensioners in Connecticut are said to number 5,519, and to receive $~642,797. ...

... I I HOUSE OF LORDS.-TuEsBAY. Hel The Loan Cer.AvosLOR took his Best on the WNWisol consec at a quarter past 4 o'clo ck. life; STANqDING~L ORDERS. and NV Earl CAMOGAN announced that he had laid on th os table the report of the Select Committee oni tseStand- rpl ing Orders of their lordships' House, and he proposed ln t oeak the House to take the report into consilertios iate~ on Thursday week. ...