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(Received February 10, 12*50 p.m.) London, February 8. The Coun'y Cricket Club's Council bave reeolved by eleven to thr< o " Ttat a batsman is oat if any part of his person ia & strnight line bstwe n iho wickets stops a ball that would hav« fait tho wick, t." Captain William Mann hasb'en appointed to Kucced CipUia Musgrave in command of H.M.S. Rapid on the Australian station. Mr J. Higgiason, of New Caledonia, has written a ledber to tha Globe on the Now Hebrides qurotioo. He charges the colonists with pursuing a cove'ous nnd pi'iful | olicy in the Pacifk, and /averts thst the New Hebrides Convention c mnot dijpluoe French domination in that group. He further stab s that the difficulty can only be settled by compromise. London, February 9. The Standard s^aiea thas Baron do Worois will succeed Lord S f aaley of Preston es Preßi lent of -the lioarJ of Trade. Mr Gladstone spoajnog afc Thorncliff declared that Southern Jgagland aloue w-b opposed to the desire of Irelaud for Home Kule. ; An impression prevails that Lord Duf fer in will succeed the Marquis of Loudot derry us Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr Alexander Macarthur, M.P., will move in the House of Commons that the Govern ment be requested to take steps for the sup pression of the sale of alcoholic liquors to natives in the Pacific. Paws, February 9. , The Press generally contain artioles on the weakness of the French navy, and declare that it is quite unable to encounter the navy of Italy. M. Wilson has been summoned to appear before the Police tribunal on the 16th instant to answer further charges in connection with the War Office fcandal.
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