Mr. Be Voeux Assistant m n i Commissioner. '"' Tlie Gazette of to-day announces n. appointment of Mr. De Voeux, Governor , Fiji, to assist as High Commissioner oMi Western Pacific. ""*•

PORTDGAL AMBITIOUS LISBUN, Janu ary 21( The Portuguese Chambers are now deki ing a resolution that the mediate between England and the rek Boers, in order to bring about a cessation t hostilities in the Transvaal. of FENIAN ALARMS IN MANCHESTER LOW DON, Januarys! Renewed rumours of expected p cn i, attacks have caused a panic in Manchestp aud all the public buildings in the towna now placed under strong military guards. THOMAS CARLYLE VERY ILL. ' LONDON, Januarys ! Thomai Carlyle, the well known autjl is^eriously ill. '

ARRIVAL OF THE SOMERSETSHIRE, LONDON, January 3i Arrived : The Somersetshire, from }L bourne, which ship left ou November 14, AN OX ROASTED ON THE THAMKB, LONDON, January 22, Severe cold continues, and the Thames frozen over. An ox has been toasted I the ice at Twickenham. GAMBETTA PEACEFUL. M. Gambetta has recently been deling speeches ou the questions of drawl policy, and their peaceful tone has oC general satisfaction. v THE IRISH AGITATION. Several mass meetings of Irish have been held in England, in order to express bym. pathy with their countrymen in Ireland. Justice I'itzgerald's summing up has been regarded as impartial and felicitous, both by the prosecution and the defence. Hi. Lordship referred to the influence exercised amongst the Land League agitators byre, turned American loiterers, and refuted the analogy which wag sought to be drawn be. tween the present land agitation in Ireland and Trade Unionism. The Bill introduced by Mr Forster in re. Hard to Ireland is generally praised by the iress as beln X & measure in the right direc tion, and calculated to effect the object in MX GLADSTONE'S HEALTH. Mr Gladstone's physician advises in order that he may obtain the repose he requires that he should accept a seat in the House of Lords. I< nends urced the same course, but Mr Gladstone has declined.
