... THE WATER OF LEITH PURIFICALTION SUHEME. , . . At the meeting of Edinburgh Town Council I i yesterday Lord Provost Boyd made a statement with reference to the bill which is being promoted i- in the House of Commons for the purification of the Water of Leith. His Lordship said they were t all aware that this bill had passed through Parlia- * ment. He thought he might congratulate the 'a Council ...

... (From Mo-ozishme.) A NIOITINGALE has been heard in Ireland for the first time on record; but the Parnell com- miesion is sitting now and the witnesses are in Eingland. The insoinoet of the bird is Mwonderful, EUCKTNGEAM PALACE is being cleared usp for the reception of the Shah. Wou~ld it not have been better, in face of past caperience, to defer thes cleaning up until after the Shlea lead gone ...

... OUR LONDON LIPTTIDQ. Affaiis in the Belring Sea.-Tronble Ahead.-A lotng ii-iitlliy.-Rtl^ II the Jnrds.-icolloiny in ?? Scenteli f'cellovermernt Biills -Sir INI. ilckenzie's A tioli.-.,l rkolicr's Vid:o~fiki Phly. fHOuSiE oW COM1MONS, Tuesday Night. Tule conditioi of affairs ill the Bebring Sea is a topic just now little unlerstood, Iut wIlhich1, in the opilion of highi atlbho;t rities, is ...

... INSULTING THE FRENCH RIDPU3LICo. f ?? - hv nee The Salisbury Administration ino onpiay with the crowned despots of inrpeto aboysrcott the French Revolution of Srg 9 While Republican France is celebrating ith becoming ceremonials and festivities the -ghty deeds done for freedom a hundred years ago the great monarchical Powers, at the dictaton Bismarck, have withdrawn their tan thaladoito ...

... e AA 4 : 1- SAVoi ASX-SzL~L X=TZ*: 3 - W THE GE19AT NAVAL Rnvicsw.-A RoYAL Jbn.- The forthcoming great naval review, ?? in every respect eclipse that of the Jubilee year, is to be held at Spithead early in August next. It is expected that at least three reigning Sovereigns will be there to witness the spectacle. Before and probably since the days of the Spanish Armada greater numbers of war ...

... MUItE ADO ABOUT NOTING. The ludicrous scenes at the Fire Brigade's parade the other day have given rise to an immense amount of comment, most of which is as ridiculous as the fiasco itself. The state- ments in Parliament and in the London County Council will, however, have one useful effect-the bringing into prominence the im- possibility of permitting the police in the metropolis to remain ...

... THE WAKENING OF THE WESTo MR. GLADSTONE AT SOUTHAMPTON. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Night. Mr. Gladstone's holiday ; and if events follow the same course as they have taken to-day, the holiday of the Special Correspondent too. At any rate, should the glorious weather which has fallen to our fortune since leaving Waterloo at midday continue in full measure during the ten ...

... FO;TUR TH, AEDITIONe FEARFUL FRESHETS IN AMERICA. A TOWN SWEPT AWAY. APPALLING SCENES OF DEATH AND DISASTER. FIFTEEN HUNDRED PERSONS DROWNED. A Reuter's telegram from New York to-day ?? freshets have occurred in the North Fork River at Johnstown, near Pittsburg. A great part of the town is reported to be submerged. A reservoir near that city collapsed, and the people were seized with a ...

... I .* oqf THE MURDER OF DR. CRONIN. lis. A R RRESTS. the The Chicago police have discovered the small lies isolated cottage in Ashland Avenue, Lakeview, ie. wherein Dr. Oronin wpa _.iI)Sd. Eviaelce of A Ur. conflict was found in the bloodstais- on the cha floor and the walls. Although partly removed, pt or painted over, these marks'are paily human blood igh Dr.poti Ihma boo on clots. r ...

... BARNSTAPLE. It vwas decided at to-day's meeting of the Barn staplI Board of Guardians that the presentation of a silve tra service to the hon. chaplain, the Rev. Preb Pigot, should be made at the Board-rosin thisday fort- night. The Recorder of the Borough, Sir George Sherston B~ksr, Bart., who bag just been appointed, was hast 6 evening entertained at dinner at the Forteseue Hotel by the ...

... THE EXETER ASYLUMI. A FEATHER IN DR. RUTHERFORD'S CAP?. The Lunacy Commlssioners visited Digby's on Thursday last, and we take thb following trom the entry made in the visitora' nook:- The number of patients on the books of thie Asylum ihas inereased from 176 at the labt visit of members of IoarSBoard to 201 on the present occasion. The total capacity being ?? for 31 2 patients, there remains ...

... d- | 1'HE ?? READING ROOM. I l TO TtE EDITOIL OF ?? EVENING POST. el Sir,-Iobserved in the columnsof vour evening t contempprary on Sateiday a ssurrilous paragraph by one ?? Cit. which I would suggest to the writer is notcreditable to him. I mean the ungentle~manly stricturoeson Mr. Jones, the respected librarian at our Musaum, and whom Oit disrespectfully ?? as a servart of the ...