leged, and that the object-one which the Courts could not sanction-was to exempt a numerous clergy from "intercourse with the civil magistrate." He also said it was "apparently thought that the present was a favourable time and Ireland a favourable country" for reasserting the foreign authority, which many ancient and modern statutes had repudiated and forbidden. His lordship also held that a priest could not be suspended even for criminal conduct without regular proceedings, except in time of visitation, and never after induction could the priest be removed at the mere discretion of the bishop.As the other three Judges were of the opposite opinion, the case was unaffected by the ChiefJustice's view.

7.-Sir W. Lawson's Permissive Bill thrown out in the Commons by 321 to 81 votes.

The Marquis of Lorne proposes to the Archbishop of Canterbury to raise amongst the laity a central fund large enough to make it certain that no incumbent of any living belonging to the Church of England should have less than 200l. a year. "Should your grace approve the estalishment of such a fund, the Princess and I would be anxious to assist in raising a subscription." His grace promised to co-operate in the scheme, and secure also the countenance of the episcopal bench generally. The Upper House of Convocation adopt a "declaration" for the removal of doubts and to prevent disquietude in the use of the Athanasian Creed, solemnly declaring "that the Confession of our Christian faith, commonly called the Creed of St. Athanasius, is not to be understood as making any addition to the faith as contained in Holy Scripture, but as a warning against errors which from time to time have arisen in the Church of Christ; secondly, inasmuch as Holy Scripture in divers places doth promise life to them that believe, and declares condemnation of them that believe not, so doth the Church in this Confession declare the necessity for all who would be in a state of salvation of holding fast the Christian faith, and the great peril of rejecting the same. So that the warnings in this Confession of faith are to be understood in no otherwise than like warnings in Holy Scripture. Moreover, as all judgments belong to God alone, we are not required or allowed to pronounce judgment upon any particular person or persons. Furthermore, we are to receive God's threatenings, even as his promises, as they are set forth in Holy Scripture." The Bishops of Norwich and Exeter opposed the Declaration, being desirous to abolish the use of the Creed in public worship.

8.-Died, at Avignon, from erysipelas, aged 67, John Stuart Mill, author of many valuable works on logic and political economy.

9.-The Upper House of Convocation discusses a petition signed by 480 members of the Church of England, praying for the ap. pointment of "duly qualified confessors."

Panic on the Vienna Bourse, leading to the fall of over 200 firms, and the suspension of the Bank Act.

12. -Apologizing to Mr. Cubitt, M.P., for his inability to attend a Lambeth Conservative banquet, Mr. Disraeli writes :-"You will have an opportunity of impressing on the metropolitan constituencies that at the impending general election the country will have to decide whether they will maintain the integrity of the kingdom, as well as of the empire, and whether they will uphold and cherish that great body of laws and customs and traditions which have converted a small island into one of the mighty Powers of the world. There is no part of the Queen's dominions in which Conservative elements are more rife than in her capital city. But as happens frequently, when the area and population are alike vast, there is a want of leaders and organization. But without leaders and organization nothing can be done; and the metropolitan constituencies must show themselves equal to the occasion, and rise to the emergency."

Mr. Stansfeld carries a motion in the Commons for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire and report whether the existing areas and boundaries of parishes, unions, and counties may be so altered as to prevent the inconveniences which now arise from their subdivision.

At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. N. Elias, the gold medalist of the year, and the first European who had travelled through Western Mongolia, reads an interesting paper on that remote region.

13. The Dublin University Bill read a second time in the Lords.

in lots at 38,000/., and the result of this last sale shows the price of a share to be now nearly 49,000l.

14.-New Guildhall at Winchester opened by the Lord Chancellor.

Mr. Cowper's Occasional Sermons Bill rejected by 199 to 53 votes.

The Times announces the approaching marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia.

Intimation given of a concession granted by the Shah to Baron Reuter, and to any company which he may establish, of the exclusive right to construct railways, tramways, and other public works throughout his dominions, together with the exclusive right of working the mines and utilizing the forests of the country. By the second article of the concession, Baron Reuter's company obtained the exclusive right of making, and of working for seventy years, railways throughout the country. The lands necessary for the purpose to be given by the State, so far as possible; and in case lands which are private property should be required, the Persian Government undertook to use its influence to prevent exorbitant prices being charged, and would, if necessary, compel the owners to consent to a forced sale. materials to be free from import duties, and all persons engaged in the works to be exempt from taxation. The company to pay to the Government 20 per cent. on the net profits of the working of the line.

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15. The Australian Colonies (Customs Duties) Bill, designed to repeal the Act forbidding the colonial legislatures to enforce differential duties as between the colonies and the rest of the world, read a second time.

Lord Hartington's motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the case of the Irish National Board of Education, Mr. O'Keeffe, and the Callan School, carried by 159 to 131 votes; Mr. Bouverie protesting against the proposal, as contrary to all precedent, seeing the House was or would soon be in possession of all papers bearing on the case.

Died, at Heidelberg, aged 53, Prince Couza, formerly Hospodar of Roumania. 16. Mr. Miall's Disestablishment motion rejected by 356 to 61 votes.

18.-The Daily Telegraph prints a despatch dated Tiflis, yesterday, announcing that Khiva was taken, and the Khan a prisoner in the hands of the Russians.

18.-Reconstruction of the French Ministry announced. M. Casimir-Périer, Minister of the Interior, and M. Waddington, Minister of Public Instruction.

19.-Lord Salisbury's motion for an address condemning the scheme of the Endowed Schools Commissioners, respecting King Edward's Grammar School, Birmingham, carried by 106 to 60 votes.

Mr. George Smith, of the British Museum, at present engaged in Assyrian researches on behalf of the Daily Telegraph, writes from Mosul :-"I am excavating the site of the King's Library, at Nineveh, which I found without much difficulty. Many fresh objects of high importance have rewarded my search. Since my last message I have come upon numerous valuable inscriptions and fragments of all classes, including very curious syllabaries and bilingual records. Among them is a remarkable table of the penalties for neglect or infraction of the laws. But my most fortunate discovery is that of a broken tablet containing the very portion of the text which was missing from the Deluge tablet. Immense masses of earth and débris overlie whatever remains to be brought to light in this part of the great Mound."

21.-Mr. W. Fowler's bill for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act rejected by 251 to 128 votes.

The Chipping Norton bench of magistrates commit sixteen women to prison for several days on a charge of intimidating labourers employed in the room of others on strike.

22.-Died, aged 58, the Right Rev. Alexander Ewing, D.C.L., Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.

23. Died, aged 90, Alessandro Manzoni, Italian novelist and poet.

The Land Titles and Transfer Bill and Real Property Limitation Bill read a second time in the Lords.

24. The new Alexandra Palace on Muswell Hill opened.

By a majority of 360 to 344 the French Assembly adopt a vote of want of confidence in the new Ministry. M. Theirs thereupon resigned, and Marshal MacMahon was elected President. In accepting office, the latter wrote: -"I obey the will of the Assembly, the depositary of the national Sovereignty, and accept the functions of President of the Republic. A heavy responsibility is thrust upon my patriotism; but with the aid of God and the devotion of the army, which will always be an army of the law and the supporter of all honest men, we will continue together the work of liberating the territory, and restoring moral order throughout the country; we will maintain internal peace, and the principles upon which society rests. That this shall be the case I pledge my word as an honest man and a soldier."

24. The Dutch Chamber vote supplies for the expedition against Atchin.

26.-President MacMahon submits his first message to the Assembly, expressing a desire for the maintenance of peace, and the reorganization of the army, which "", we shall actively persevere in effecting, animated only by a legitimate desire to repair the strength and retain the rank which belong to France. The home policy of the Government will be imbued with a character of social Conservatism. All the laws you have voted possess that characteristic. The Government is resolutely Conservative. We have numerous laws to enact. The bills on the reorganization of the army and municipalities and educational reform are drawn up, and I believe I have selected Ministers who are competent to discuss them. You will discuss the bills which you instructed our predecessor to submit to you and those already before you, and the Government will examine them and give you the result of thier careful consideration. But previously to that the Government must act, and introduce into and impress upon the Administration the spirit of Conservatism, and cause the laws to be respected by appointing agents who will make them respected and themselves respect them. The Government will not fail in this duty, and will defend society against all factions. The post in which you have placed me is that of a sentinel who has to watch over the integrity of your sovereign power.'

cise of authority, and as calculated to weaken the position of the Church of Scotland, and injuriously to affect the rights of the clergy."

29.-Prince Frederick William, second son of the Prince Louis of Hesse and the Princess Alice, fatally injured by falling out of a window in the royal castle at Darmstadt.

30.-Another serious fire at Boston, U.S., about forty different buildings being consumed in the block between Washington and Tyler Streets. The Clickering piano manufactory and the International Hotel were among the more extensive properties destroyed.

31.-Explosion of fire-damp in the Bryn Hall colliery, near Wigan, causing the death of six shot-lighters, being the whole of the workmen employed at the time.

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Prince Amadeus presented with the civic crown of Turin.

4.-Opening of the new Infirmary at Wigan by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Next day their Royal Highnesses opened the new Town Hall, Bolton, built at a cost of 150,000l.

An obituary notice in the Times of the late J. S. Mill by Mr. Hayward, severely commented upon by the Rev. Stopford Brooke, leads to a split among the philosopher's friends regarding the committee of a Mill Memorial Institute.

5.-The Juries Bill considered in the Commons, and various exemptions from service agreed to.

The Sultan of Zanzibar ratifies a treaty with England abolishing the slave trade, and clears the bazaar the same day.

Died, at Frosinone, aged 65, Signor Ratazzi, a distinguished Italian statesman, at one time Prime Minister of the kingdom, but more frequently in opposition.

Marshal MacMahon holds his first reception as French President. An immense number of friends were present, including all the members of the Diplomatic Body (with the exception of Count Arnim), the Ministers, all the deputies of the majority, some members of the Left Centre (such as M. Target), all the generals of the armies of Paris and Versailles with their staffs, the admirals at present in Versailles, numerous officers of all arms, the Princes of Orleans, the directors of all the State Departments, numerous eminent merchants and bankers, the leading members of the clergy, the editors of the Conservative newspapers, the members of the Court of Cassation, the Court of Accounts, the Court of Appeal, and the Tribunals of First Instance and Commerce, as well as several ladies.

6.-Died at Carlsbad, Adalbert, Prince of Prussia.

Military banquet at Vienna in honour of the Czar's visit. The Emperor Francis Joseph, in his own name and in that of the army, proposed the health of the Czar and the valorous army of Russia. The assembled guests received the toast with loud cheers, and the Czar, in reply, proposed the health of the Emperor of Austria and his brave and faithful soldiers.

Close of the four days' sale of the Perkins Library at Hanworth Park, the total proceeds amounting to upwards of 26,000l.

7.-Disorderly proceedings in Dublin, occasioned by a mob availing itself for a brief period of the confusion caused by a fire in Thomas Street.

8.-The Spanish Cortes adopt the cratic Federal Republic by 210 to 2. prolonged crisis a new Ministry was under Señor Pi-y-Margall.

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Firman granted by the Sultan of Turkey to the Khedive of Egypt, sanctioning the full autonomy of that country, and enacting the law of primogeniture in favour of Ismail Pacha's family.

The Great Eastern leaves Portland Roads to lay a fourth telegraph cable between Europe and America.

9. The recently opened Alexandra Palace on Muswell-hill destroyed by fire. It broke out a little before one o'clock, and owed its origin in all probability to the carelessness of a workman leaving a brazier of lighted coal on the roof when he went to his dinner. The fire found its way into some crevice of the roof amid inflammable materials, and half a dozen other men who were at work on the roof had barely time to escape before the whole dome was enveloped in flames. When the news of the fire was telegraphed to London, Captain Shaw speedily set out for the palace with a full complement of men and engines, but they had some six or eight miles of ground to cover, much of it being up-hill, and by the time they reached their destination, the ruin which had been effected was complete and irreparable. The supply of water was very inadequate, and although there were numerous hydrants in the building, with a large reservoir and the New River at the foot of the hill, there did not seem to be any arrangement for pumping the water up in quantities. By three o'clock nothing was left of the building but the outside walls. Most of the pictures, water-colour drawings, tapestry, and music were saved, but the loan collection of china was destroyed, with the exception of two vases contributed by the Queen. During the fire several accidents occurred.

10.--Circumstantial accounts received of the capture of Khiva by General Kauffmann.

11.-General Kauffmann enters Khiva without any opposition being offered. In their march the Russian troops traversed altogether 707 versts in eighty-nine days. The halts and the works executed en route occupied forty-five days, thus reducing the actual marching time to forty-four days. The average daily march was 16 versts, the longest march being 40 and the shortest 6 versts. It was ascertained that the Amoo Daria deviates in its course, and flows in a more easterly direction than is laid down in the maps.

In explanation of his retirement, M. Thiers writes to a friend of his at Nancy :: "A government acting energetically against all disorder, and moderately, amicably, and peaceably towards all parties which are not factious, is the only government capable of appeasing political passions, and of restoring to France a certain amount of unity and well-being. Consequently, I have preferred to retire rather than to pursue a policy which was not my own, and which, in siding with the Right, was far from siding with the majority of the country. I turn to the repose of my books and to my friends, desiring nothing but the restoration of France."

12.-Replying to an address presented by the generals of monastic orders, the Pope said he fully shared in their sorrow at the sad position in which the religious bodies had been placed. At the same time, he derived comfort from two reflections--namely, that souls beloved by God must be tried by tribulations, and that there were signs that the spirit of prayer was everywhere reawakening. The censures of the Church renewed against the authors of these acts would become a powerful weapon which God would employ for the defeat of his enemies. His Holiness concluded by exhorting the "generals" to trust in God and pray.

13. A company of British seamen and marines repulse an attack by Ashantees on the castle of Elmina. The town had previously been burnt, in consequence of the inhabitants giving arms and shelter to the Ashantees, some 3,000 of whom advanced upon the castle. They were met by the marines sent out from England in her Majesty's ship Barracouta, by small-arm men and marines landed from her Majesty's ships, and also a body of Houssas. The action lasted some hours, and the Ashantees were driven back with the loss of about 300 killed and a large number wounded. News from other than Admiralty sources made mention of an impending attack on Cape Coast Castle by Ashantees, mustering 30,000 strong, about fifteen miles from the town.

Died, at Crossmyloof, near Glasgow, aged 84, Mrs. Thomson, daughter of the poet Burns by Helen Ann Park-"Annie wi' the gowden locks" -a servant at the Globe tavern, Dumfries, whose child was rocked in the same cradle with Mrs. Burns's own infant as "a neibour's bairn."

13.-Died, aged 93, Frederick von Raumer, German historian.

Lord Derby, speaking at the Society of Arts, disputes the wisdom of the proposal that the State should take over the railways. The public, he said, “had no security that railways would not be superseded as coaches and canals had been. The inventive powers of the human mind could not be limited. What would have happened if the Government of the day had bought up stage coaches and canals ?" "Lord Derby thought also there was much in the argument that the State administration of the railways would put the Government in possession of a powerful engine of corruption. Still, he did not deny that the question might have to be entertained hereafter.

14.-The Court of Queen's Bench declines to grant a criminal information against Mr. Plimsoll for a libel on Mr. Norwood, M. P., but refuses Mr. Plimsoll his costs.

15.-The first "Hospital Sunday" held in London; above 27,400/. collected in connection with the different services.

Engagement between Republican and Carlist troops near Prista, Catalonia, the latter having slightly the advantage.

16. Replying to a memorial with 60, 200 signatures against Romish teaching in the Church of England, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York write:-"We wish to state that we do not consider it to be the duty of the bishops to undertake judicial proceedings upon every complaint of a violation of the rubrics, or upon every charge of unsound doctrine that may be laid before them; obviously it cannot be desirable that the Church should be harassed by the bishops being dragged into an unlimited number of judicial investigations founded upon charges and counter-charges made by contending theological parties against their opponents, on the ground of alleged excess or defect in conforming to the ritual and preaching the doctrine of the Church. With regard to the particular matters of ceremonial and doctrine to which you direct our attention, we wish we saw a readiness everywhere manifested on the part of the laity to use all the legitimate authority which is vested in them, through the election of churchwardens, and all their personal influence to check the growth of Romanizing tendencies. The laity in many parishes possess a power, more effectual than any dread of prosecution, of preventing improper changes in ritual and extravagance in doctrine; and we must add that they occasionally show a great reluctance to use their power. We live in

an age when all opinions and beliefs are keenly criticised, and when there is less inclination than there ever was before to respect authority in matters of opinion. In every state, in every religious community, almost in every family, the effects of this unsettled condition may be traced. The evils of this kind which meet us on every side are by no means restricted to

such as your petition has brought prominently before us. It is an open question whether the tendencies to superstition or to infidelity, or those old tendencies of unregenerate human nature to a dull and heartless indifference, which, more than either superstition or unbelief, leave the heart open to the assaults of immorality, are most to be deprecated. But we rejoice to trace many hopeful signs in the Church of which we are ministers, and to note an increase of religious life in the whole nation."

16. The Grand Duke Czarewitch and the Grand Duchess Czarevna, with two sons, arrive at Woolwich on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Members of the Middlesex Bicycle Club who left London on Whit-Monday (the 2nd inst.) complete their journey to John O'Groat's, a distance of 800 miles, showing an average daily speed of about 60 miles.

The London Nonconformist Committee form resolutions expressing "the utmost dissatisfaction" at the Government proposals for the amendment of the Education Act, which the committee regard as "conceived in the interests of Denominationalism, calculated to disappoint the just expectations of Nonconformists, and interposing new difficulties in the establishment of a really national system of education."

17. Sir Robert Anstruther introduces, but withdraws after debate, a motion favouring the abolition of patronage in the Church of Scotland, Mr. Gladstone suggesting a Parliamentary inquiry into the subject next year.

18. His Majesty the Shah arrives at Dover, and is received by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Arthur on behalf of her Majesty. Charing Cross was reached late in the afternoon, and a triumphal progress made along the route to Buckingham Palace.