A cablegram from London of the 9th says a sensation has been caused by a rumor that the Earl of Durham, the great land owner, inci pient politician, and bearer of an illustrious name, is about to bring an action for a judical separation from his wife. The cause assigned is a discovery that the unhappy lady is men. tally unsound. Opinions differ as to the rights and wrongs of the business, for some persons blame the husband, while others de c’are that be was wilfully deceived by bis wife’s relatives. The election of a Democratic President in tbe United States necessitates the retirement of James Russell Lowell as Minister at the Court of St. James. It Is said he will take up his permanent residence at Oxford. Ac cording to political gossip, Mr H. W. Halbert, formerly of the New York World, will be Lowell’s successor.
Mathew Arnold is about to make an ex tended tour of America,

In a rowing match, on the 14th Novetn

her. on tho Thmi-, fmm VuVev t> Morfc. Kud-ar and IVikinn for £;00, Perkins had fi-ec start, and won the race.
Twenty-four bomba were found in a shed at Stoke Newington, mi th“ 14th, by *»»nje boys. The bombs do not boar the Government mark. The police are investigating the nutter. Fred Archer, the jockey, wh‘<j|hai recently lost his wife, has left England for the United States.
Lord Tennyson's poem “ Freedom ” will not be issued till December.
Tht; Queen returned to Windsor from 11*1. moral mi the 19th November, in excellent health.
In the House nf Commons, cm the 19th, Mr Gladstone stated that tho Government was submitting its tnancial plans regarding Egypt to the Powers, and therefore were unable to disclose them.
