A jury has begun to investigate the Spuyten Duyvil railroad disaster.

The question of the revision of the French constitution is being discussed.

The insurgents in Herzegovina and Bosnia still continue to give Austria trouble.

The city of Cambridge is taking measures to obtain a water supply from the Shawsheen river.

The Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa Railway has been leased by the Canadian government to a syndicate.

A committee of the Massachusetts Legislature has been appointed to attend ex-Gov. Bullock's funeral.

A circus was yesterday destroyed by fire at Bucharest, and many lives were lost, together with a large amount of property.

On a second recount, Alderman Whitten loses his seat in the Boston Board of Aldermen, and Mr. Frost is declared elected.

A notorious gang of Irish thieves and highwaymen have had their nefarious schemes brought to light in the Cork assizes.

A trunk-line conference of railroad officials was held yesterday in New York, and a plan of settlement of the railroad war discussed.

Considerable disturbance in political circles in Virginia is anticipated in regard to the State auditorship which Auditor Massey wishes to retain.

The Woman Suffrage Association convention had another session yesterday at Washington, and was addressed by Susan B. Anthony and others.

Mr. Scoville yesterday continued his long argument in the Guiteau case, laboring to prove Guiteau insane. He also attacked Corkhill again.

Great alarm is felt in Chicago over the increasing prevalence of small-pox in that city, and the pest houses are filled. Twenty new cases are reported at Pittsburg.

Hughes has withdrawn his deposit in the Rowell race. Rowell, Vint and Panchot are the only men who have posted their money so far. Hart is in training for the race.

In yesterday's session of Congress Mr. Sherman's funding bill was discussed in the senate, and in the house the new proposed increase of membership of committees was further considered.

Miss Anna Dickinson made her first appearance in a male character at Rochester, N. Y., last evening. She made her debut as Hamlet, and her success is regarded as only qualified. Her action was feminine and her manner constrained, but her performance was warmly received by the audience.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20, 1882 - 1 A. M. For New England, fair and slightly warmer weather during the day; northerly, shifting to east and south winds; lower barometer.