... Mile End Road, which will also ca shortly publish an illustrated Christmas story, bt without either moral or object, by the same pt author, entitled From Whitechapel to Came- es lot.' )n The new edition of Sir Edwin Arnold's Light o- of the World ...

... LONDO OREPDEE. 1 ha, S ?? oinoN, Friday Night. T appalling news received in London this Vorning of the sinking of her Xajes's ship Victoria. by collision with the Camperdown, has been the all-absorbing topic of conversation in the Metropolis throughout ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. I LoNwoN, Thursday Night. LOeRD RoOSEBRY having kissed hands on his appointment as First Lord of the Treasury, there being no seals attached to that office, was able to-day to hold his first Cabinet Council, while on Saturday ...

... the proronntion, in order that the turmoil of the con- - st maw be over before the New Year holidays, as' ch are of far more importance in Scotland than tlos at Christmas. It is understood that a son of lahe IiSir Wiflliam Pearce will, if possible, be ...

... member of: the Hlouse of Commons will attend who in all the pulhished lists of the new Parliament had been ranked as a Conservative. This is Mr. Carson, D C., the new Solicitor-General for Ireland, who ha-, been returned as member for the University ...

... arriey) through the excitement produced upon the ?? o. the young in the illustrations to tlfe Obida)y literature of the season. Such illustrations a- those depicted in some of our Christmas numbers owe never before seen in Enulland. Some of ti a are so beautitul ...

... founded by William of Normandy !I THE CoNisSn CHRISTMAS IN LONDoN. X There is great satisfaction in beholdinig the revival f of the old jollity of approaching Christmas as now l ?? in the streets of London. No man stops to' enquire the cause of the evident ...

... private view of his new -theatre, the Royaf English Opera House, in Cambridge Circus. He was welcoming to that building some of the most distinguished representatives of society, literature, journalism, and art that; London could show. and the company ...

... I LONDON CORRESPONDENCE I LONDON, Thursday Night. TVre discussion on the Privilege Commitwtee's C report was not as long this everning as had been li expected, and Lord Charles Bereafcrd was under way in his criticism on the N'avy Estimates at an, hour ...

... Council to which allusion has been lately made has frightened us all, and our Christmas beef and pudding have been punished accordingly. Provisions hare been cheaper in London than has been the case for many years past, and vet the Privy Council has inspired ...

... understands the' Flitical habits of his countrymen. When he resisted in 1886 the effect of the coup was to a lare extent spoiled because it was undertaken a day before Christmas, and at a time, therefore, wihen Englishmen had their minds filled with the ...

... that there are prece- dnt;. drawn from thetimesof the IjongParliaament, 'r-r tho House sitting on Christmas Day, while t1ere was a prorogation on Christmas Eve only years ago; but no such doleful idea appears I e entertained by any other member, even the ...