GREAT BRITAIN.

The amount of damages awarded to the United States by the Geneva Board of Arbitration will exceed three million, sterling only by a few thousand pounds, j At the dinner to the Arbitrators on September 8, Cantriet's toast of " Health to all nations represented at Geneva," was greeted with loud cheering, the band playing the national airs of the different nations. The Doncaster September meeting'commenced on the 10th. The most prominent feature of the racing was the Great Yorkshire Handicap, won by Dalnacardoch. Neapolitan was second ; Sylvester third. Twelve horses started. Mr Odger has agreed not to contest the Parliamentary election for Prepton, if the Liberal candidate would pledge himself to advocate the abolition of the Game Laws. I By a heavy thunderstorm at Bolton, in Lancashire, several lives were lost and the crops much'damaged. Many of the Jesuits expelled from Germany will go. to Ireland, where they are promised a hearty welcome. The Royal Mail steamship from the Cape of Good Hope has arrived at Southampton with advices to sth August. Coal has advanced in price. Twenty thousand coal miners are preparing to strike for higher wages. Rinderpest is prevalent in the provinces. Precautions have been taken to prevent it. The strike among the artisans' wives against the high price of meat continues. There is an increased demand for colonial meats. A new undertaking, entitled the National Bank of New Zealand limited, has been brought forward under influential ausp : ces; capital L 2,000,000, in shares of LlO each. Application for authority is to be made during next aeasion of the Colonial Legislature.