... NOTHING more gratified the Shah of Persia when in Paris than the attention he received from the inhabitants of Belleville On the occasion of his visit to the Buttes Chaumont all the population of the Red Revolutionary and Socialist quarter turned out to greet him, their numbers and animation calling forth the remark, When do these Parisians find time to work ? The holiday aspect of the ...

... (TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA.) Sir,-It may interest your readers and the many friends of the above to read one or two little interest- ing episodes in his career. He made his first appearance f on the stage under my management in February, 1854, i at Geelong, Australia, as Eugene de Lorme, in Love's e Sacrifice, and the strange coincidence is that he also made his last public appearance under my ...

... I I t . ,, - - j An alarming collision occurred in the Irish I Channel late 4n Thursday night between the London no and North Western Railway Company's splendid pea- at senger steamer Banshee, plybig between Holyhead and North Wall, and tbe cargo boat Irene, belonging to the same company. The Banshee was the ordinary pea- se, saeuger boat leaving North Well each evening at seven pa o'clock, ...

... The skaft 1d Eleati- I-, tbe batch of 1pendintg ?? the voters of tile Skeaiord Iivision wvill like the pra'rogative tribe in ?? 0;-^ ?? . f ivirlit'llfian. of, the Rzoman Ct'n'itia. give thu first indication of i the a' s; i e. Both *andidates have aready i begun their eatnpaigu. and Mr. CIIAITLtY, Who is no foo!. does nott take that contemptuous t view oi his oppnelnt's chances exuressedby ? ...

... | TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EX'LOSION. LOSS OF OVER 150 LIVES.. ANT WERP, Sept. 8.-A dynamite explosionattended with most disastrbus effects, has just occurred to a cartridge manufactorv near the port. So far as at prscent known, malay persons, principally women and ,hjlchn, ha~ve been injured. The windows of alarge nuber of houises have been broken by the shock. andheroos o may oher hae bendainiaged. ...

... EPITOME OFFOREIGNAND GENERALNEWS t A HUGE VINE at Haugsdorf, in Lower Austria now nine years old, bears 2,000 bunches of grapes. A SERIOUS fire occurred on Tuesday in the esparto grass stores at the railway station at Alicante (Spain). Three thousand tons of the grass were destroyed. Ar Berne the man Glour. who was arrested on the charge of causing the recerit disastrous conflagration at the ...

... NORTH COUNTRY NEWS, Sir George aud Lady Julia Wombwell will entertain a large party for partridge-shooting next week at Newburgh Priory. The Duke and Duchess bf Fife are expected for the hunting aseason at The Hall, Castle Rising, Norfolk, which the Duke rents from the late Hon. G. J. Howard's trustees. A drawing~room nmeeting will be held at Auckland Castle shortly-Deputy.Chairmau of Quarter ...

... DUN DEE. TheDundee Gladstoniantliberal Association onTues- day night adopted Mr. John Leng, manag-ingproprietor of the Dundee Advertiser, as Gladstonian candidate for the vacancy cacsed by the death of Mr. 'Firth. Mr. Leng was present, and accepted the invitation. At a meeting of the Committee appointed to pro mote the candidature of Mr. John Burns, held at Dundee on Wednesday, letters ...

... \ __ bu 8 A FEAIFUL. DEATH. co A dipasirous iire broke out shortly after two o'clock O0 yesterday afto'nmodiiat the chemical works ofMesora. vt Burroughs, Wellcome, and Co.. Bell-lianei Wands- Fh e worth, where about a hundred personsara empleyed. R ?? fire was- -first observed in the drying-room. RI ithrough which passed an iron flue. The alarm v as M 0 given by the' stoker'8 wife, who lives ...

... THE FEDERkTION OF LABOUR AT HARTLEPOOL. SYMPATHY WITT THIE LONDON STRIKERS. A meeting under the aunsices of the loral branch of the NationaLl Labour Federation Society was held on Satutlay night at the Cleveland Heal, larthltqp3ol. Notwitbita nliilr the fact that two gentlesireu fron Newcastle-ML Tweddell and Mr SiBith-wvre advertised to address the meeting, only a very ?? zumber of workmen ...

... THE strike is now costing London at least Aioo,ooo a week. But as there is not public spirit or enterprise enough in her citizens to subscribe the xo,ooo which alone stands between the disputants and agreement, the loss will continue to be borne, if not with cheerful resignation, at least with stoical fortitude. We say' .IO,)O,0 because it is now tolerably certain that the Dockers would return ...

... TEES SHIPBUILLERS. In k.i 91. III I.I MI V;. 1. [a ~y ir it II No. 2. ---?4SSSRS CRtAI(A, TAYLOR, & 00. With your permisawou I will continue my remarks by making a few observations about the latest iutroauctions into this business in Stockton. These gentlemen secured some acres of ground in 1884 and laid oat their establislhment on a scale to enable them to keep pace with the improvement of ...