... GRAND FANCY BAZAAR.—On Saturday last there was a large sale of useful and fancy articles, exhi- bited in a capacious marquee, the proceeds of which are to be devoted in liquidation of the debt upon the Wesleyan chapel at this place. A number of ladies presided at the different stalls, and during the day the bazaar was thronged with people. We under- stand the sale was large, but we have not ...

... THE JAPANESE MISSION. On Monday evening the three Japanese Ambassa- dors attended the ball of the Civil Service Volunteers, at Willis's Rooms, London, to which they had received an invitation. Earlier in the evening they paid a visit to the House of Commons, where they remained for sometime, occupying seats in the Peers' and Ambas- sadora' Gallery, and then went to the House of Lords, with the ...

... The crisis appears to be past in the fens for the present. On Friday and Saturday the tides fell, and no increase of the inundations is anticipated till the next spring tides, which will reach their highest point on the 27th or 28th instant. Ten precious days are, therefore, available for the adoption of precautionary measures. Sir John Piennie, C.E., ar- rived on Friday, and fresh plans are ...

... THE COURT. THE QUEEN, with Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, arrived at Balmoral on the 2nd inst. His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal, is the Minister in attendance on Her Majesty. HER MAJESTY is not expected to return from Balmoral until the first week in June. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ARTHUR arrived ;at Portland on the 28th ult., from ...

... T O W IT TALK. £ Y CUE LONDON CORRESPONDENT. « (Hit readers teiffi mwtersiamd that we do not hold owsehw responsible for ow abb correspondents opinions. THE Exhibition, opened punctually to the day and hour, is now the one great sight of London and of England. It is a success, there can be no ques- tion the public will crowd to it; the exhibi- tors, who have anything to sell of a popular or ...

... The Speaker took the chair shortly after 6 o'clock, there facing exactly 40 members present. Markets and Fairs (Ireland) Bali, On the order of the day for the consideration of this bill as 3 Aftert short conversation, the House went into committee, Mr. ^M^M'MAHON proposed the omission of clause 12, with the view of substituting a clause exempting from the necessity of weighing at the public ...

... ..TWjE. INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR. The intention of this elegant structure, which, like Aladdin's Palace, has sprung up almost in a night under the shadow of the great Exhibition, is so admirable in itself that we think it only fair to describe it, before we attempt to give any idea of the character of the building in which it is to be carried out. No want was more felt at the Exhibition of 1851 ...

... A GOOD WORK OF FRENCH PROTESTANTISM, We read in the Journal de Bergeraa:— We had the gratification of witnessing on Monday last a religious .solemnity which we shall never forget, and can never think of without emotions of deepest sympathy, at was at Laforce. This village has, as is generally known, become within the*Tas? ten or twelve years the centre of works of Christian charity which have ...

... OUR MISCELLANY. The Volunteers' Exception.-A pleasantry of Pitt at this time has been preserved by tradition. It seems that one battalion which he was forming, or in the formation of which he was consulted, did not show the same readiness as distinguished the rest. Their draft rules which they sent to Pitt were full of cautions and reserves. The words except in the case of aqfcial in- vasion ...

... THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. The text of the treaty between the United States of America and this country for the suppression of the African slave-trade is published. It is signed by Mr. Seward on behalf of tl-;e United States, and by Lord Lyons on behalf of Great Britain. The following is article I The two high contracting parties mutually consent that ...

... Prince Arthur left Plymouth on Wednesday even- ing, for the westward. Convocation will be prorogued on the 20th inst. to a future day, and no business will be transacted. The resignation is announced of Captain Walter Crofton, chief director of convict prisons in Ire- land. The All England Eleven will play a match with the Union Club, at Southampton, on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th proximo. The first ...

... A correspondent, who is accompanying the Prince of Wales on his tour in the Holy Land, writing from Jerusalem, April 8, says The Nile expedition ended with the return of the Prince's party to Cairo, whence, after two days' rest, his Royal Highness went to Suez by special train. After a splendid lunch at the Peninsular and Oriental Company's hotel, a steamer was ordered round, and the Prince ...