... Her Majesty has approved of the Victoria Cross being conferred upon Lieut. W. R. P. Hamilton, of the Bengal Staff Corps, in recognition of his gallantry whilst employed on active service in Afghanistan. This is the third Cross given tor the Afghan campaign. ...

... At the miners' conference on Wednesday, at Bir- mingham, the resolution passed at Barnsley was con- firmed, recommending united action and a general suspension of labour provided an advance in wages is not granted. The report of the mass meetings showed that the miners, as a body, were in favour of a general stoppage of labour, supposing the delegates were of opinion that such a course would ...

... The following is from the Proceedings of tie Royal Geographical Society for June: The King of the Belgians, being anxious to make the experiment, has made a present of four Indian elephants to the International African Associa- tion, in aid of their expeditions now on foot in Eastern Africa. The elephants, in charge of Mr. Carter, who has had experience of travelling in Persia, have left ...

... The Austrian Court will go into mourning for Prince Louis Napoleon. At- Dover yacht races on Saturday, the com- modore ordered all the yachts to carry their flags at half-mast high, out of respect to the late Prince Imperial. The Prince of Wales's yacht, Hildegarde, at Dover, was flying flag half-mast high all Sunday. The Arehbishop of Canterbury hac sent a message full of the kindliest ...

... According to the Paris Telegraphe, the Frecch Cabinet has beeneonsidering the possible political consequences of the death of Prince Louis Na&po- leon, and has coiae to the following conclusions. Absolute respectifor all that has the character of pegret, mourning, and remembranoe, even if their expression be pushed a little far. On the other hand, immediate and severe repression of all un- ...

... Madame Kolland, who, with her husband, has beeIJ on a tour round the world, fell into the Niagara Rivet on Saturday, and was carried over the Falls. visited Three Sisters' Island, stooped with a cup to get drink, lost her balance, and fell into the rapiJS just above the Horse Shoe Fall, being carried away too quickly for her husband to rescue her. They are frotØ Liege, Belgium. Having ...

... A FREE FIGHT. GREAT EXCITEMENT. An unprecedented series of scenes of violence were enacted in the French Assembly on Tuesday. The special correspondent of the Standard, in the course of a long and graphic account of what took place, says:— I have no hesitation in saying that the author of all the mischief was M. Paul deCas- sagnac. He laid himself out to provoke and insult the majority, but ...

... A return, prepared at the instance of Mr. Sclater-Booth, shows that the number of wives of Army Reserve men who applied to the union authorities in England and Wales for relief during the time their husbands were called out last year was 494. The total number of the children under 16 dependent on their mothers was 1354; and the total amount of out-relief given was £4:>7. jjs. 5d. A similar ...

... TERRIBLE MURDER OF A A7IDOAV IN FRANCE. The youth, named Oliivier, who recently murdered his second cousin, Madame Leclerc, a widow, aged 75, in the Rue Noilet, took his trial last week at the assizes. He replied in a firm voice to the questions of the .judge, who reminded him of his having left school on flimsy pretexts, of his petty thefts in a shop where he acted as clerk, and of his ...

... It appears (says the London correspondent of the filaitchexter (huirdicui) that attempts are being made tc form another Australian team to visit England during the summer. If those who contemplate this ste]. are well advised, they will wait a year or two until that little affair of the outrage on the team which Lord Harris took out to the antipodes is for. gotten. Just now the Australian ...

... DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. A Central News telegram, received on Thursday night, says A telegram has been received in the House of Commons to-night stating that the Prince Imperial has been killed in South Afnca. 1 he telegram announcing the death of the Prince Imperial was received last night by Mr. Pender, M.P., ID the House of Commons, and he conveyed its con- en s to his brother ...

... A very charming comic opera, with a most amusing libretto, by the late M. Bazin, entitled Le Voyage en Chine, which enjoyed a long run at the Paris Opera Comique, has been adapted for the English stage, and brought out at the resus- citated Garrick Theatre, to the great delight of the eastern amateurs. An important point has been discussed at the Manchester Board of Guardians. A pro- posal ...