... I h Lc- REVOLUTIONARY ALARMS.--The elections are now virtually completed, and people are naturally speculating on the composition of the new Cabinet, and on the probable tendencies of the new House of Commons. The surprising defeat of the supporters of Lord Beaconsfield (for everybody admits that the thoroughness of the rout was surprising) has produced in some quarters jeremiads of ...

... STUDIES IN LATE A UTUAiLV Is several English lan(l'capes be compared during late autumn their prevailing tone will be found to be yellow. The brilliant contrast of fleecy clouds against the summer skies of deep living blue is no longer seen ; the misty cloud-wrack of day, the gilded lucid spaces of dawn and twilight partake of softened yellow shades. Similarly round the woodlands, and in ...

... ?? ~ ~ ?? I DICKERMAVI IZe3URO; has been discovered by the Paris Globe as a prominent town in Natal. We suppose this is'a Gallic way to spell Pietermaritzl)urg. CREMATION IN BERLIN is being warmly advocated by the Municipality, who intend to appeal to the Government to render the process legal, and subsequently to establish the necessary buildings and apparatus. WASHINGTON has given his ...

... I eONVy~ CITY BENEFICES.-The numerous empty churches within the bounds of the City have been the subject of frequent sarcasms and serious complaints. A letter of the Bishop of London, published a day or two ago, shows that the authorities of the Church are fully alive to the importance of the subject. His lordship writes:- Neither I nor my predecessors are insensible to the evils of the ...

... SEALING TIHE TREATY OF PEACE THIS sketch represents Major Cavagnari sealing the Treaty of Peace, and was taken after the instrument had been signed, when the Major was carefully securing the precious document before sending it to Simla for the Viceroy's ratification. CONCLUDING SKETCHES OF THE AFGHAN WAR FORDING the River Cabul at Goshtia, depicts a detachment of General Tytler's force, ...

... TIIE IFCGILINr WAR THE Afghans have assembled in great force during the past week, and at the time we -are writing General Roberts and his force are actually besieged in the Shirpur cantonments. It appears that General Roberts had been aware for some time that the Afghans contemplated a general rising, and that a large number had rallied into two armies-one under Mahomed Jan, in the south, ...

... ?M POLITICAL AFFAIRS.-To a week of extraordinary political excitement hassucceeded one of comparative dulness, Mr. Lowe's speech at Grantham being the only party utterance worth notice. He condemned the foreign policy of the Government, and contrasted the present state of the Exchequer with its condition when the Liberals left office. The Tory party had sacrificed every principle it had ever ...

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... THE providing of luncheons and refreshments for thousands of persons at a time, often at, very short notice, has become quite an art. In many cases it cannot be stated beforehand even approximately how many persons will be present to be provided for; and yet there must be enough for all, or grumblers and grumbling will be plentiful. On the other hand, if foods and perishable good things are ...

... II., III. Low Travelling. In some mines the vein of coal is only some twenty or twenty-four inchess in thickness, and in these confined workings locomotion is facilitated by the use of small trollies, called jack trains, upon which the collier rests his body, whilst he pushes himself along by his toes. The sketch shows a fireman proceeding in this manner, using his hammer as an additional ...

... THERE is an almost deadly stillness over the vast expanse of shallow water which stretches away for miles to the north of the little town. Far, far off, through the dull glimmer that rests upon its surface, may be seen the brown outlines of woods with their edges indistinctly merging into the silver-giey flood below them, and here and there a vhite chateau nestling deep in their surrounding ...

... .. 1 ;, SIGNOR VERDI is building a large hospital and refuge for the poor at his native place, Busseto. FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDIA is certainly making steady pro- gress. It is now proposed to open a class in connection with the Calcutta Medical College for female students of all castes and creeds. Some of the lady teachers would be obtained from England. TilE ALBERT HALt. ANNUAL ExIlinxrioN OF ...