... THE ENGLISH CHURCH UEON. In connecl ion with the anniversary gatherings of this Union the thirteenth annual meetiug was held at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, W.C., C yesterday afternoon, Viscount yiALarA% (p'resident) presiding over a vorn large esrembly. Arnow! th Ise present were the Duke of ;ewcastJe, the Dean of Dar- ham, the Rtev. Canron Body, the RIev. Canon Perry. the Rev, ...

... THE, COUT. B3ALMORAL, Juien 24. Divine service was conducted at the Castle yesterday morning in the preseuce of the Queen, the Royal Family, and the itoyal household, by the Very Bev. Dr. Cameron Lees, Deaunof the Thistle and of the Chapel Royal of Scotland, nud one of her Majesty's chaplains. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom- panied by her Royal Highness Princess Victoria end ...

... DE. NANSEN'S JOURNEY OVER 'THE GREENLAND ICEFIELIDS. A very large audience attended last night's meeting of the Royal Geographical Society in the Theatre of the London University, to listen to Dr. Fridtjof Nansae's account of his sensational journey across the inland ice of Greenland from east to west, which has already been so fully described inthe columnus of The. Daily .Neis. The entrance ...

... 110-IDAY. Lectures-iftopfor~d -Broake on 'Shelley's Minor a' Poemis, University Coll o, Gowerrget, e.ts; a. A Bowr, ld 6 roeell 'duestion of Man tG& High school, 8 , 8 Debate an 1The Single d .Tax (Henry George and S. Smith, BLP.), Natsiona b J A I eza C lu b, M D.0 M eetlu -B~ yalA WadM Y CO nverasaine, B urington a H ouse, 9; East Xsbigton~ Ibersa1A Mt ntion( ou e bY Percy Swunkll, ...

... SCENE IN THE FRENCH GU 2' I S 8 I t I I t 1 3 I I Ii (no.0 ova. GO1.1JJNDDNN.) R4, Tvmw NOW. A stormy iident ?? tb%: Wfteroo in the Chamber. !At the opening 6f the uittin; M. laoterre and . L nt -Ra ilQ n 9f' I ?? the 1.reet ef BOVINSW depnu at AgoaAe. A debate ensued e to She date for which this-questin should he £xed M. Tir ?? tbat it ihould be a'fer the u- ha- ljti 2 ~ Iof*a d the Z1ogt o ...

... MEisamma. ;czo IT is the hour of noon. On the soft azure overhead there floats no fleck of cloud. The sun shines bot VI VS wMiU. WV- - W 04 a- t.. L tpon the meadows, over all the valley lies the t 6ent of hay. But it is the hour of rest. Sun- I browned mowers, with faces buried in the short, I tool grass, ?? quiet in the shadow of the trees. s ,No sound of labou- rises from the fields, no i ...

... L1,ETTFERS TO THE EDITOR. I NP. GLADSTONE AND LORD SHEL- i . GL BURNE. Silt, lMr. Ghadesitne, in his 8P6ec01 at Ply- kritl as fullows iu regard to the opinions of Lord Shel- burue on thb Iribl, questien at the titne of the Union: fell There was Mr. (ray, t!,er e was 'mr. Sheridan lmr. TerLy. f Fo who Afterwards led the Libevtl party durin, a Portion of tize 22 ! Admninistration of Lord ...

... GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ABOUT I I ~IRELAND.| TO gH ED IHTOR OF THE DAILY NEVN. Sut,-I am directed by the Board of Conser- vators of the Shannon to call your attention to a state- ment made in the House of Commons on Monday last, the 17th instant, by the Solicitor-General for Ireland, who, in reply to a question put by Mr. Smith Barry, on the subject of the Shannon Drainage Bill, stated: Hitherto ...

... by BALMORIAL, 30r55 21. The Queen went out yesterday morning with hoi her Pioyal Highness Princess Victoria of Prussia. sin' .f o.&lole. Sir Henry Loch hae, wo are informed, been ofiered ' and has accepted, the pest of Governor of Cape Colony, las in succession to Sir Hercules Robinson. g L The Princess of Vales has consented to be present a a fancy sale aud concert to be held at Surrey Houso ...

... UJNQUALFIED MEDICAi PRACTITIONERS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. S. F. Langham held a an inquest at the Coroner's Court, Hsigh *treet,Borougb, on the body of James Abram Smith, aged I year a ud 8 mouths, the child of James Smith, caretaker, ef Shakes. Peare-house-buildings, Johu-street, Old Kent-road. The funeral was topped owing to information sup- plied to the Registrar of Birthe and Deaths, bya ...

... KAVAL AND UMITARY. -4-- T}IE NEW MMILTARY DlSTBICTS A opecial order was yesterday circulated by the Wd Office, stating that the following nen~t of the 0 tar Djistriot Commands in hn an Wales as ?? hm 1etd of Julr :- p Berwik-on weed (ao faras Derbyshire, Dur. , Le-iestienh. 1icire, Newcatle- ueNontumbrland, Nottinghshre, 'ed :er) wmf Th ?? 1)6triet (he dq Qh1 compze ?? D b ge erefon~bisle, ...

... ZUB COURT. WINDSOR CASTLE, JozE 27. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompaiied by her Iloyal Highness Princess Beatrice and her Grand Ducal Highnuss the Princess of Lein- ingen; and her Msiesty wvent nut this morning, attended by the Hon. harriet Phinps. Their R~oyal Higbuesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with ?? and Maud of Wales, attended by Lady Emily K~iugscots and Col. ...