... I TRE LIBERAL PARTY.o I The 21st annual meeting of ithe council of the National Liberal federation was opened on Tuesday at Hull. Dr. ?? Watson; the president, at the afternoon meeting said the Liberal party had suf- fered a great loss by the death of Lord 1Hersehell, and he moved a vote of sym- pathy with Lady -Hersehell and her family. The meeting carried the resolu- tion by r8singl in ...

... TEE CORRECT CAB FARE. Al invention which claims to settle the question that too often arises between cabby and his fare as to ?? amount to be paid for the ride has just been success fully launched on the streets of London. This is the. Taxameter, an apparatus for recording the distance travelled, time taken, and the fare to be paid on all hired vehicles. At present it has been applied to ...

... THE LIFE TO COI. By the!t REF4. E. C. HA if WNS, Af.An I ticar of St. BOide, ILonDon B.C. WI, that w'hich is perfect ia come, thee ticet willteD is in ptrt (pattial) shal bhe lone zawy.y Cor., Xiti., 10. ! sp(:orND FoR-zox.I Our life is inspanrably associated with t~he idea of progress. It seeram to us that IF we could attain crtectios at a bound. and could not advanoe, we should imne - ...

... LI)NDON COU-NTY COUNCIL. Tlbe weeuliy i'eeting of the London County cuultb': was li.d, onl Tesuday. at Spring- t Lord Itelity, the new chairman, ptre- I TW ?? of borrowing powers for 18 rneiti' Itt t1,536,2i01. to be provided in the lere Dii o 18699 ?? auprove A. vin be reetolrsoairttios of the General ?? oumnnuteo, ar. W.. F Rilley, who Lots oon ernrooyed at the Admir.uty, was ?? ntpl;ie ...

... I SUNDAY'S SURV~EY. -a The expected report with referenrce to complaints made by certain friendly societies, that men were compelled by employers, as a condition ot employment, to join shop clubs and to discontinue their niembershipof other benelitsoeietics, came to hand yesterday. The depart- mental committee which investigated the matter was constituted of Mr. Mec85 Coelings, M.P., ...

... I AlMP EIMiAL PARA At IAIENT, | OUS E OF LODS.-MONDAY. THE P19V OFFFICE ANTD T3E TREASURY Lord STANrsY of A rDnerL~E askied whether l o ?? ?? not be allolved 'owle disrction ?? the Post O o ?? r-oeotw for 'O(t ese lofifi oveclten. T'.e MiSrrq:l of L-ALISEURY ftid it Meed toI | libe nl'U tlat the PFst o:alce paid its own e CensesLot f g'OS reteipts. [bat is to svy, i w as in loed to build ...

... Opposition to the Government bill for setting up a score or so of Little London municipalitlesis growing apace, From authorities on all sides omles condemnation of the measure, which has excited genera] suspicion. The proposal to give to the new local bodies wioer and gr'ater powers of pro. mroting and opp'oging legislation than are possessed by the London County councll is especially ...

... I P]UDENTIAL ASSURA SSE COMPANY. From its inception this comi.any has pro- gieseed year by year in such a marvelloau waj ac to make it the giant oi the insiurance world, and its fiftieth annual report just issued is a sbeet whoee iiguaec are astound- iag in their magnitude. In the Uraisairy branch the number of polihies issued during the past year was 64, ad assuiing tie suni of t. 421,59t1., ...

... out -gibtry MM$ THEIR ROMANCE & HISTORY RELATED BY THE EDITOR AND STAFF. L ONDON has for five oentaries been Lrenowned for its great trading com- panisa. The first place has always been allowed to the MERCERS; following in order being GROCE.RS, DRAPERS, FIsH- MONGERS, GOaDSMrITHES, SKINNERS, KERCHEANT-TAILORFS, HAFEPRDASHERS, SAL'r~aSTROassOrtoxElS,VIwNTNER5,and CLOTEWORRERS. Besides those ...

... ON Thursday twol American regiments of infantry, on their way to Manila, were landed at Malta, and inspected by the Governor, Sir F. W. Grenfeall. A FinEn broke out during Thursday at the village of Robran, on the Hungarian frontier, and among other houses de- stroyed wast the modest thatched building in wrhich Joseph Haydn wxas born. ACCORDING to mail advicso received at San Francisco, a gold ...

... FORTUNE-TELLING. AND WHAT IT LEADS TO. __-e For the mooment the doings of fortune- tellers are absorbed in the remarkable discovery respecting the female sybil supposed to have been strangled in Whit- field-street. The ?? Briesnieck-was last week shown to have made the telling of fortunes a cover for more reprehensible practices, and now a terrible and mysterious crime is sug- gested. It is ...

... TILB FBENCII ROYALISTS. A lUmSPEiTED PLOT. S0earchem were wade by the police at tht- headquarter, ci the Royalist Corn- ,itte,. in Paris oD Monlday. A number of portraits of the Lduke of Orleans, a. ?? Oi ?? With ?? ticl comnrnitoes and a tcicolorlred flag surmtounted byjieirs-d- l us were seized. hi. Bullet. the representative in J. aris 0i the Duke of Orleaus. en An interview with a ...