... PRINCE GORTCHAKOFF'S REPLY TO LORD DERBY. PARIS, June 7. Count Schouvaloff is the bearer of a letter from Prince Gortchakoff in reply to Lord Derby's letter, in which atten- tion was directed to the various points where English in- terests would be uiiecTed if Russia's action extended so far. As regards the Suez Canal, the Prince acknowledges its great international and commercial importance, ...

... LECTURE BY DR. PUNSHON. On Thursday evening, a large and respectable mdience assembled in the Public Hall to hear a lecture by the celebrated Wesleyan minister, the Rev. W. Morley Punshon, LL.D., on The Men of the MajfLwer. The chair was taken by Sir R. A. Cuniiffe, Bart., who was weli supperted on the platform by prominent members of the denomina- tion in this locality. Dr. Punshon, whose ...

... Naval Question of the Day.—Does anything extra- ordinary happen to a turret ship when the captain gets in a towering rage ? Somebody has sent our editor's butler a price list of wear resisting suits- He says it's enough to give a man delirium tremens to think about his clolbes resisting him every time he wants to wear 'em. He says the clothes would wear the man out first. THE DECLARATION ...

... irtgst fparriac^s, anD BIRTHS BAYLEY—On the 19th inst., at Wicklow, the wife of Major Bayley, and daughter of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs Tottenham, of a son. BOAST—On the 22nd inst., the wife of Mr G. Boast, police- officer, Llangollen, of a son. DOWNINu On the 27th inst., the wife of Thomas Down- ing, Soughton, Northop, Flintshire, of a daughter. EVANS-On the 21st inst., the wife of Mr John ...

... NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. FRIDAY. The Suffolk Stakes—Woodbridge, 1; Calton, 2; Blankney, 3. Four ran. Match, last five furlongs of the New T.Y.C.— Beauharnais beat Crann Tair. Plate Fiddlestring, 1 • Titania II, 2; Conquest, 3. Four ran. The Selling Stakes- Ventnor, 1; Bayard, 2; Fairlop, 3. Four ran. The Stetchworth Stakes—Greenback, 1; Caress, 2; Mourle, 3. Six ran. The Newcastle Srakes ...

... iMW T -i'; Silver: v:Jc-u.n -s 11 io(A .ciiig j; Ihe eiec'^ Uj \$v,*tce ai ...

... THE RUSSIAN ATROCITIES. The Times correspondent, at Shumba, telegraphs: —From cross-examination of six wounded female victims of Cossack barbarity near Sistova, I learn that women and children were butchered. I was slow to believe the reports of such senseless bar- barism, but now I find them to be too true. ...

... DECLARATION BY PRtNCE GORTSCHAKOFF. PESTH, :-July 26. The Figaro announces that Prince Gortscbakoff has informed tne Cabinets of Europe mat Russia will not treat directly with Turkey, but is resolved to submit the questions to be solved after the war to thearbitra- tion of the Great Powers. PESTH, July 26. It is confidently asserted here that Prince Gort-schakoff has authorised the ...

... irtgs. parries, aitbr !ltafgs. BIRTHS, POHERTY—On the 27th ult., at 10, Alma Terrace, Wrex- ham, the wife of James Doherty, of a son. ham, the wife of James Doherty, of a son. JONES-On the 6th inst., at Crecent Terrace, Wrexham, the wife of Mr John Jones, auctioneer, of a son. LEE-On the 12th ult., at Birmingham, the wife of Mr Wm. Lee, late of Overton, of a son. MORRIS-On the 7th inst., at ...

... HAWARDEN FLOWER SHOW. The fourth annual exhibition of the Hawarden Horticultural Society was held on Thursday in the grounds of Hawarden Rectory, by permission of the Rev S. E. Gladstone. The entries, as stated by Mi- George Spencer, were a considerable increase upon those of last year, the total being 470: against 440 there was a falling off in the general classes, but a notable increase in ...

... RUABON AND RHOS COTTAGERS' HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. This flourishing society held its annual exhibition in Wynnstay Park, through the kmd permission of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., on Monday last; but owing to the inclemency of the weather was not so successful as its promoters had hoped it would be. Bain fell in torrents during the greater part of the day, and the park was rendered ...

... CRICKET. WREXHAM OSWESTRY.—This match was played at Wrexham, on Saturday last, but owing to the rain the game could not be finished. Score :— Oswestry. C. F. H. Leslie, c Price, b 23 E. Powell, b Darby 7 J. P. Hamur, c Kyrke, b Aman A. S. Trevor, st. Price, b Broughton J. 49 D. Owen, c Broughton, b Darby 6 W. Trevor, c Edwards, b E. A. Cross 0 J. O'Hara, not 22 T. F. Williams, b Broughton 2 J. ...