... THE NATIONAL BIL OF COm - If the Rep t of the Select Committee ap4 tointed, at tie openg of the Ssiou, to con- sider the possibility of reducing the Civil Ser. vice expenditure, which Report is just 1ssuedi should lead to the, consequezeces b1t ought naturilly to flow frmm ite cU 4tMisd n nobody will say that the Sesdsio of- '1(aS 'was a barren one. ?? ?? almost impossible to&acertain wh, ,n% ...

... I|- SUNDAY MouNIN4;. THsI MORNING'S TELEWRAMS. ([THoUGH s EUTMRS A3E5Cy]. GERMANY. BERLIN, Saturday Night. The Emperor and Empress of Germany have 1c cepted the invitation of Lord Odo Russell to a gikrate dinner at the British Embassy on the 6th inst. No gold was coined at the Imperial Mint du'ritg the week ending the 21st ult. HAMBURGnStitirday Night. A numerously-attended meeting of electors ...

... I E P T n D A CoBDIIOG to the census or Japan tor 1872, vwhi has just beens published, the countryr osont2 princes, 1,300 noble farilies, 30,0r 0 priests 33,000,000 of inhabitants. ACcoeDlG to advices from Palermo, Bsronr d who had been carried off by a band of ?? returned to his family, afnte having paid a ransos ,2 63,000f. in gofld TAEE more Republican papers have just been i terdicted from ...

... .FOREIGN IXTMLLIGECEX.; I FRA CE.B.-In: the supplementary elections of the Councillors General; which were held on Sunday, the Conservative candidates were elected in the depart- ments of Savoy, Eure, and Orne; in the depart- ments of the Drome and the. Loire Inferidure the Radicals were t uocessfL-M Thiers has been pre- sented with a gift from the ladies of Mulhouse, and in reply to Hadame ...

... TEsy MOiAL OF. THE GREENWICH gELECTION. The result of the Greenwich election has beenbest explained by A GreenwichRadical. The three Liberal candidates did not bring about the return of the Tory; since, if one ha& stood and polled all the voteb the Liberals gave, M. Boord would have been returned by a majority of 759. We must look for the cause of the Liberal defeat in 'another direc- tion. ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY NE OFICE, . SI 4Y ORIflq. [TRBOUGHn BRUTER'S AGENCY.] FRANCE. VERSALLES, Saturday Night. At the opening of to-day's sitting of the National Assembly, several Deputies. objected to the minutes of yesterday's debate. Their observations produced much commotion, and a succession of tumultuous scenes took place. The uproar at length became so great that Ml Benoist ?? finally put on ...

... THE PUBIO -H :I X ?? return welearn that during the week ending Skturday, Aug. 2, 5,304 births and 3,556 deaths were registered in London and 20 other large cities and towns of the Unirted King- dorn. The natural increase bf po lation was 1,748. Th'emottali tyfrom allcauses in these towns was at the rate of 25 deaths a ually to every 1,00 persons estimated to be living. IThe annual rateof ...

... -- - ;; ?? LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER. I Mr. Eastwick has performed a great public service, in drawing the attention o Parliament to Asiatic affairs. The English public are be- ginning to take a lively, interest in all that concerns the securitv and welfar6 of India: and are-loondng with considerable uneasiness at Russian ativity in the East. As we pointed out some time ago, there is ...

... : I !3 in Ad ~i Owing to the nuai ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ iveth ansersinthd5L !!H~IMIF IWtmof room. ZEA.).C.~-The quotatioee~~is;-A.) lt1 - flritlsaamssetof li , I y4msil,*OI, , ,T ..BA~e ~cliient bn; tho Sussuw .,bri ge over' th Bivr~re iea~atu~tl, dai oued My 24th,- nus~so~stembl~don this pV To youean recover. ~-You bvadbetter ?? a HM .Atethe timelinite byteaehs pired the birth ?? regiabired. H K.S. ...

... PROHIBITION OF STREET ADVER- TISING. __ .. . ?? . . . - I ?? . The meddling and muddling legislation,' with respect to home questions, which brought so much discredit upon the late Go- vernment, is apparently being revived by the Conservatives. A bill relating to Metro- politan buildings and management has been prepared by Colonel Hogg, Mr. Grastham, and Sir Henry Wolff; and has been reod ...

... I THE SHAH OF PERSIA IN BELGIUM . The special correfpondcnt of, ?? Teleg-raph, writing from 'Spa on Sunday, says -On arriving at Spa the Shah of Petsia was received by the Boufg- mestre, in reply to whosd address of welcome'he expressed, through the Grand Wizier, his giatiflca' tion at visiting Belgitum, a country whose' industrial products wers known and appreciated throughout the entire ...

... TM INDIAN VAMINE. The following telegram has been received from the Viceroy, Calcutta, dated April 4, 1874:-Lieu- teuant-governor's fortnightly report states weather in fortnight singularly favourable; rain done much good early crops, enabled people to prepare ground for later crops; rain wanted in Tirhoot, where water in wells beginning to fail. Western Bengal, prices stationary; Calcutta ...