... Down to yesterday 75 fires had oc- curred in the metropolis during the pre- VioUs seaen days (including 9 on Satur- day), against 76 in the precedienr week, and 74 in the correspondlng Yveek of 1398. SuConan (14).-The smokehole in a shed, Mft. by 8ft., ill ti-e rear of 1, Cuamberland- place,Brixton-road, afishsmonger's, was burnt down at two in the afternoon as a eanse- qucuce of r;vcrhcLati.n ...

... 1 FALL DOWNSXAIRS. Y'esterday, at St. Fartholomve's has- Dital. M\:r. h' S. l~anehaml hold an inquest cooching heo deatth of Mary Ann Hills, 47, the Vf £f Jannes Hlills. an hydrrulio enginzeer, residing at Joim-etreoc, CDom- mercial-roadl. On Sunday night deeoased fell downstairs. The stairs were steep and dark. She complained of being hurt, and a doctor attended, who expressed tbe osinion ...

... SHORT HAIRED CATS. Cat culture has become a very general pur- suit of recent years. That, great interest is taekoe in the breeding and rerrieg of our : ldomestic mrenser is evidencei by the beautiful epecimeng to be seen at shows and elsewhere. l introduction of the Persina cat into this coe ntry wab probably the start- iug pont Af the holby. lhrs has led to tire cultivation ol all Linds of ...

... I 1 The C.O. of the 3rd Middlesex A.Y. has announced the result of oompetitive gun practice whiclh took place on the batteries at Shoeburyness for prizes amounting to 30 guineas. The first prize of 211. was won by No. 2 battery, under Lient. Battorsby, vith a totl1 of 1331 points; and the second prize of 107. 10s. by No. 4 battery, under Capt. Bayldon, with 111I pcint-s;t&e team s next in ...

... JOURIALISTS AT LIVERPOOL. I The proceadings of the annual confer- ence of the Institute of Journalists, held thlis year at Liverpool, wfere formally commenced on M~onday. A fter an ereur- onL upon the Liverpool Overhead lthec- troe railwray along the entire range of dockse, a distance of ahont sevevn miles, an ?? reception wvas held at the town ball. On Taseday the proceedingg vwere re- suited ...

... I ILL hIG&TS hRSERVED.] ,%,I ?? a yyV aeur. VW 8?itt.t ?? 6- Bs STEFnEN SOMERSET. r 'y The Man fror Jootannusstrg, ?? o &c. M Corate's young ladies were wit anc c ailei their day's work, one ullst coan uiornif% when a girl Whose dail as- nknown to the others took her ?? ian the ?? .and began deftly ,the daaty fabric which the fereaula. Ive her. She could lyhtave been ulnawarethat the sub- ...

... KfEETIC-N & LECTIRM-S TO.PA M. . blilonal Suday. l.eu-:o:-L B- Vl rana ail Bric i, Zs. . 1 I terworth, ann EL cc-es .3.. ,r t~o-notgi noz lfstr,~ tl.i¢ u, 2.ii , fro 1 -'larylblione, ?? 2.C j'i lr., eallicghu at u i.. a i ?? , l n t . ?? .- ?? ea( am Rye.nd alpyit 25,Attikdt, iitre lih ;u~,ehn -y, S tdi i. Ora itr-tj, L t'iiooltn,. , , ...

... |TiADE UNTON CONGRESS. The 32nd annual Tuade Union congress cponed, on Monday,in the Guildhall at Plymouth, when there were present 383 delegates, representing about a million and a quarter workina men and women. Mr. W. J. Vernon, of Plymouth (Typo- ?? society), was unanimously elected president. of the ?? their report the Parliamentary committee suggesteid that funds for old age pensions ...

... I Ballater was on Monday the scene of considerablc excitement, the ccagsion being the presentation. of new colours to the 1st batt. Gordon Highlanders by the Prince of Wales, the colonel-in Chief of i the regiment, who was accompanied by the Dukos of York and Ccncanqht. Not- withstanding that too weasher was showery the picturesque erunaony WaS wit- nessad by some 3,000 spectators, who had ...

... '15UNDAY'S SURVEY. 1sTo sass sWavAT or aLL savX worry. First Pert zenry IV., act v,, se. 4. Perhaps the warm weather has affected the peageful sheep, for it appears, for some uaknown reason, the flooks in the North of England have grown very wild and unmanageable. It would also seem that they have developed inquisitiveness to an alarming degree, if twe may idge by what took place at Winsefra ...

... ! Sir Mich-el Foster delivered kis ad- dress as president of the British associa tion beforo a large audience, in the town hall, at Dover, on Wenecsday. After touchiiig on some of tho adv(au-ces made by s tence during the rest century hs pointed out that it lad groatly lessened 7 ardship and safferiing, end bad largely increaced and -tidely dilnsed case aid comfort. After ?? CXOressCa a hope ...

... ITHU DRoW tNG SEASON. A sad yachting accident, involving the loss of two lives, occurred off Southend on Sunday. On the Saturday eveningi Mr. Sidney Woolverton, of London, with his wife, Lie only daughter, Gwendoline, aged sight, and his only sister, Miss Elizabeth Woolverton, embarked at Hole Elaven on his yacht for a sail. The strongtide drifted thorn towards Southeand pier, where the vessel ...