... fOBEI(Tl iNiTELLIGENcE BEI-TE.I S TELEGRAMS. RELEASE OF MR. WALLER. IS, FnIDAY .-DIr- Waller, late United States .nulin Maascmr vwho was sentenced to vedrS for a sdaasnar. during the expedition g Zgflte Hovas, has been pardoned by the ! frenchl Governmentc 1HE REBELLION IN MADAGASCAR. iRcarer\ A-crv has received news of the pro- te.'c revolt asnst tlhe Hovas in Madagascar. fev 1.J ouller, of ...

... ROYAL LIVER FRIBINDLY SOCIETY. The forty-sixth annual meeting of this society was commenced yesterday at the new Gallery Hall, Birmingham, there being 120 delegates present from various parts of the country at the commence- ment of the proceedings. Mr. Clayton, chairman of the committee of management, presided. The report of the committee of management showed that the premium income for the ...

... )a THE IRISH TOUTRIST DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONT TO THE EDITOB OF THE BELFAST XNEWS-LET-Rt. SmT-The pro-ranane of the above association lerits the wvarm and hearty support of every lover of poor Ould Ireland.' Eveiything should be done to develop the tourist traffia throughout the length and breadth of this counta- that we may encourage strangers to ?? and share with us the enjoyment of our ...

... THE GREAT NORTH WVALES PRIZE HORSE SHOW AND SALES. I to. ur, The first quarterly show and sales for 1896 began ., on the 18th inst. in Mr. Frank Lloyd's great Horse to Repository. Wrexham, and were continued on o., Thursday and Friday, March 12th and 13tb, for O., light horses. and were continued on 16th. 17th, and o. 18th instants for heavy horses. About 1.400 horses s were entered in the ...

... ?? POSTAL TELEGFAPH CLEPRKS ASSOCI-| T I0ON. The annual conference in connection with the P0ostal Teleogaph Clerks' Association was opened :.t Exeter yesterday. Avhen about fifty delegates roa present from London and the principl towns of the United Kingdow.. Mr. Abbey (Liverpool) mioved a resolution .affirmaing the desirability of sabuaidising an independent parliamentary repre- ssntative to ...

... SOHE NOTES OF A HOLILDAY IN' SW ITZ E;.RLINAD. Ynlour, wbich is XVortb and Truth, be they Swiss, d of hIurten} who kne]t, but not to tiaee, O Bul-be tbey Saxon fail in no age. N'ot bastards; true-r born svere ttaese men, sons of the nnen of Seznpach,: gund) ! Let the traveller. as he passes through Lucerne. turn aside to iook .a iittle at their momo- mentai L'ion, not for Thorxvaldsen's sake ...

... THE SITUATION AT THE FRONT. ! FERRET, MOxDAY.-Seventy-tliree miles of rail- e way have now been completed, and hopes are | entertained that the line will be brought within seven miles of Akasheni by the 20th inst. There fare supplies in camp sufficient to last the force for Y over a month, and the Suardeh garrison is pro- 1 vided for until the end of July. The rapid ad- - vance of the Egyptian ...

... - -. . An apt quotation is an excellent thing, and in- troduced in the course of conversation often, has a I brilliant effect; but there is a, danger on impromptu occasions-when one has not had times to printe him- self up in the subject-of falling into grave errors, with the most fatal results. If there is one subject l more than another that I cannot bear to hear mis- quoted it is Scripture: ...

... I - UTEX'S TELEGOMaS. COLLISION ON THE ELBE. DRESDEN, THuRSDA.t-A steam tug collided to- day on the Elbe with a large boat carrying a number of visitors to the town. The boat Dwas upset, and all its occupants thrown into the water and swept away by the current. Seven persons were saved. The number of drowned is not known. FAILURE .OF A FRANCO-AFRICAN I COMPANY. EMPEROR MENRLIK A DEBTOR, Psnis, ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE I. |RTIfuS T aLEC;AMS. THE CORONATION OF THE CZAR. ARRIVAL OF THE DURE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. SPECIAL TELEGRAM. Moscow, TuESDAY.-The Duke and Duchess of Connaught arrived at half-past twelve to-day by special train from St. Petersburg, accompanied by Major-General Sir Francis Grenfell, Lieutenant- Colonel W. H. H. Waters, and other members of their suite. Their Royal ...

... INPEiRIAL PARLIAMENT. I BY PRIVATE AND ORDINARY WIRES. HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY. TEe Speaker took the chair at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. A CORRECTIONi. Mr. CHANYING called attention to the fact that, though he voted with the Noes in the two last divisions on Tuesday night, his name did not appear in the division lists, and asked that the re- cord should be corrected. The SPEAKER ...

... COURT AND FASli 'IO. THE COURT. WrINDsot, C.STIEr~. Turn 1 -IiXXY T;K Q;.i ai ,I-e out yesterplay afternoon, aini Henry of Battenbcrg and Pin - tl o Hanovter. Prince and Princese Chris- It l ?? -of stein with 'r;icLese Victoria:'' ui ?? ?? dined u ith h-. Vle' aetv ]-t evenXng'. Count H-ltzfeCdc.cerian' xin . Ji I' t T States Ainlba-c~l t- and Mrs. 1Laxl. . Michael Hicks-Leaecah,]. ?? and ...