... Rit ?t. Neger, V? ut ao V, racat BY H. BARTON-BAKER WHEN, in 1776, thefamous Marquess of Rockingham instituted a race for three-year-olds at the Doncaster Summer Meeting, it was given no distinctive name; two years afterwards, at a racing dinner held at the old Red Lion, the subject being discussed, the Marquess waived his own claim to entitle it in favour of Colonel St. Leger. Lord Rockingham ...

... ?? II 4tticltic TallUlIc BY MJ. II. SPIELMANN IT is interesting to know that a selection of the drawings by Lady Waterford, which aroused so mu h interest during the summer, will be included in the forthcoming Old Masters' Exhibition. This unprecedented honour to a woman is the more remarkable that many of our most eminent artists-men, too, of opposite artistic views-are practically unanimous ...

... Out Itustrations H3R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, 1.G. THIS equestrian portrait of H.R.H. the Duke of 'Connaughit was taken on the lawn outside the Government House at Ports- mouth during the visit of the German Emperor to England, by Mr. W. Gregory, of -i, Strand. It represents the Duke in his General's uniform as Lieutenant-General in command of the Southern District at Portsmouth. The portrait ...

... saars FRIDAY LAST WEEK WAS THE COLDEST DAY recorded in London for twenty-seven years. THE KHEDIVE IS EXPECTED IN ENGLAND this summer. lie starts in May on a round of visits to the Courts of Vienna, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and St. James. LONDON STRAY CATS are as devoted frequenters of the Zoo as any child. Large numbers come to the Gardens at night from great distances to pick up the remnants ...

... ci6 C U C Z, It r 411 o II t ll,!3 BY SIR ROBERT S. BALL, LL.D., F.R.S. ON the 27th ult. the scientific world received another of those epoch-making announcements which everyone who loves the truths of nature receives with breathless interest and attention. Professor Ramsay, who, in conjunction with Lord Rayleigh, recently discovered the new component of our atmosphere, now so well known as ...

... Xl prillle at If Ncaditeci TIlE recent decision of the Parks Committee of the County Council to carefully open the tumulus at the top of Parliament Hill Fields, according to tradition the burial place of Queen Boadicea, has brought about an offer so generous that one can only hope that our friends of the Council may see their way speedily to fulfilling its conditions. When the investigation ...

... SEAL ROCKS AT SAN FRANCISCO PATAGONIAN SEA-LION (Olania fitbatl), SHOWING THE MANE SEALS AMI) SEA-LIONS BY MAJOR J. FORTUNE NOTT A NOTICEABLE fact in connection with the animals which have attracted so much public attention in England and America during' the last few years, and which have been the source of some political friction between the two countries, is that so very little is known by ...

... ?? -of Vnnlln -I I. By H. H. S. pEA RSE MEN and women who know what the rapture of a run is when every nerve feels the tension of keen rivalry, and there is a wild rush to be nearest the pack as it speeds over scent-holding pastures, will hardly wonder that a glance at Mr. Charlton's inspiriting picture last week set memory going on ground where pace is the one delight and slow hunting only a ...

... it, Itrmamt (nEtror at Nblt shot NEXT to the pleasure which the German Emperor finds in our yachting meetings, and next to the pride which he takes in being an Admiral of the British Navy, are the interest and the pride he mani- fests in our Army, and in the rank which he bears in it. On a previous visit to this country, the event which was almost the chief of the entertainments organised ...

... ./ ~ ~ ~ . THE QUEEN will not open Parliament in person this year. ller Majesty continues to suffer considerably from rheumatism, ?? otherwise well in health, and the fatigue and exposure caused by a full-dress ceremony in the winter might increase her malady. At present the Queen remains at Osborne. Lord George Hamilton dined with Her Majesty at the end of last week, and on another evening ...

... Om - A CONSIDERABLE section of the Welsh Liberationists, believers in the advent of Mr. Gladstone to office after the next General Election have formulated, in what is known as the Rhyl Resolution, a demand that no Home Rule Bill for Ireland shall be introduced unless it is accompanied by a measure for the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. Mr. Gladstone, having been consulted on the ...

... THE traveller bound east for the capital of Greece begin- -i- Oriental experiences agreeably enough in the bright city of ' tu. The Lloyds' steamer from Brindisi to Corinth tarries here on it way just long enough to enable him to set foot on the shores iu1- lowed by Ulysses, to eat a dinner of Greek cuisine, drive to lie One Gun fort, return to the city and see the famous mumrnr O S. ...