... ,1 ,LIoi LXSL- to the year in which the present War Office may be said ?? been constituted, the administration of the army was con- ductc(l in a series of different departments. These departments were then amalgamated under a parliamentary Minister, the Secretary of State for War. The expediency of bringing these ?? under one head was apparent. But the very fact that it lwas apparent tended to ...

... F)l-iday, 2 O'CZCk. Chid obeninald pewd. The remains of Sir B. Guinness were deposited to-day in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, which has been draped in mourning. The coffin will lie there until Tuesday next, when it will be removed to MountJerome Cemetery, a couple of miles distant. Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Bart., son of the late Sir Benjamin Guinness, whom the Conservatives of Dublin ...

... THI BOUNDARY BILL. .tc an the Boundary Pill is the first order of the House of !il(t r di oen ig, and the decision which may be comne to in regard * ?? abl} *-l 13have n important influence on the course of the session. si*l 1auiinc and credulous persons who have been most confi- l s;a llj~ss:losat arrangements m-ay be made for an appeal to the ii iovomber are beginning to waver in their faith ...

... J1R. CROJ.TPTON ON TRADE UNVIONVIS-I-. AIlR. HENRZY Crom1'ON\, who was one of the draftsmen of the bill prepared on behalf of the trade societies some time ago, has suggested, in a letter which appeared in our columns on Tuesday last, that before Parliament has to deal practically with the sub- jcct of unionism there should be a philosophical discussion from different points of view as to the ...

... A nt published this morning, says that a large meeting was held at Circusin Madrid yesterday afternoon ; Senor Olozaga in the chair. Several the Cine 'rc delivered, urgently calling for the immediate abolition of slavery ccthe; SpL t Antilles. An immense number of persons were present, and inathe e-usasm was manifested. The Minister of Public Works and Instruc- ,rchas decreed that the ...

... The great cupola over the dome of the Holy Tomb has at last been completed, and the Governor of Palestine, as well as the general consuls of France and Russia, have signed the protocol, couched in exactly the same terms as that drawn up six years ago. There is something very strange about this simple official announcement. Accustomed though we be to omnibuses through the desert to railway ...

... THE SUPPOSED MILTONIC DISCOVERY. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-The interest excited by the supposed Miltonic discovery con- tinues, it seems, unabated. The quiet and modest letter of S. M. P. to the Times ought now to set the question at rest. He argues against the lines being Milton's from the recurrence as many as four times in them of the neuter possessive its. It has ...

... TIHE iHISTOR Y OF THE LA TE B/ISHOP OF AB YSSIIVIA. the 2;th of October, 1867, Abouna Salama (the Bishop of Abyssinia) (Icd after a long and painful illness. Abouna Salama was in many respects a remarkable man. Two such characters as Theodore and himself are seldom met with at the same time il those distant lands. Both ambitious, both proud, both passionate, it w5S inevitable that sooner or ...

... ROmE, A4ug'UsI 2 I. I AM assured on good authority that the next promotions to the Cardinalate will include Dr. Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, and possibly the Archbishop of Paris, who, at last, has consented to sign a retractation. For some time past a struggle has been going on between Cardinal )3erardi and Cardinal Antonelli, which has just terminated in an amicable colpromise. ...

... WANTED A CANDIDATE. To the EDITOR of tihe PALL MALL GAZETTE. SiR,--As I jogged homewards after my first personal introduction behind the scenes of the electioneering drama, I could not help wondering whether, after all, the processes of disenchantment are not much the same in all the affairs of life. How does a fashionable young lady feel, I thought, at the end of her first season ? What are ...

... HA GDALA DESCRIBED. AMBA MAGDALA, distant about 465 miles from Massowab, and about iho from Gondar, arises in the province of Worihaimanot, on the border of the Wollo Galla country. The approach is difficult on account of the steep ascent and narrow precipitous ravines that separate it from the rivers Bechelo and Jiddah and from the high plateaus of Wallo. It stands almost isolated-amongst ...

... IS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN DA N R? : SECOND-RATE discussions upon fundamental subjects are the peculiar product of the English long vacation. The discussions themselves are not of much value, but their general direction, the fact that they take place, and that they are regarded by the best judges as likely to interest the public at large, are by no means tunimportant as signs of the times. ...