... Fr ?? - Mp AK.. iu+- J- ws 'Jo THE ROMAN CATHOLIC JUBILEE.-The Pope's Encyclical, containing the conditions for the Indulgence of the Universal Jubilee of 1875, was read in all Roman Catholic places of worship in London on Sunday last, together with a prefatory note in which it is explained that by this indulgence is meant a remission to be obtained by those who by previous sacramental ...

... THE sudden arrest and imprisonment of Count Arnim, one of the most able and successful of modern German diplomatists, on the 4th inst., took all Ger- many, and indeed all Europe, by surprise. It bad long been known that he and his former fast friend, Prince Bismarck, were not on the best of terms, and that the Count had had to retire in disgrace from the Embassy at Paris, and thus the fact of ...

... 1OTEL GRVUMBLING I eic g ln ticnan IIho IIas lately been travelling vith his friends ail ovci Lngland, Scotland, and Wales in a l'ulillan car, and mcanwhile mia'. ing that luxurious but somewhat conlined dwvelling-place the permanent home of himself and party, is believecd to have been actuated by a spite against hotels. No doubt it wsould be an exaggeration to say that he has on the whole ...

... / ?? TnE EASTERN QUESTtoN.--The two Bulgarian delegates, Al. D. Zancoff and M. Marco D. Balacanov, wharecently arrived from Constantinople, had an interview on Tuesday with Lord Derby, to whom last Saturday they had delivered a memorial, accompanied by a petition to H1er Majesty the Queen. In reply to their expressions of gratitude for the interest taken by England in the Eastern Question his ...

... OLD SIGNS, TABLETS, ?? IN LONVDON STREE TS TtEI ancient memorials of London are rapidly becoming extinct ; scarcely a day passes but some old landmark disappears from its time-hallowed position, to become a mere memory with those who love to linger on old associations of the past. It is perhaps then fortunate for the present generation that a century or more ago there were so many writers and ...

... ?? I -Y,- M y! 29Q ?? ?? ~ Zu CHRISTMAS SERVICES.-Special services were held inmost of the metropolitan places of worship, and the congregations were, as usual, very large. At St. Paul's Cathedral there was I igh Service, and the sermon was by Dean Church, whose theme was the child-like humility which should characterise the life of true Christians. -At Westminster Abbey the preacher was ...

... Tar pzn is so much more efficient an instrument than the brush for depicting the hardships of our present copyright laws, that it is not to be wondered at that so much has been heard from the literary class concerning the grievances of which they have to complain as compared with anything that has been pub- licly set forth on the part of those who are interested in works of art. The Royal ...

... RURAL J\OTES I ?? THE WEATIIER.-It seems almost like an impertinence to speak about this trite subject of common discourse. Everybody, whether they be meteorologists scientifically or in a kind of amateur way, have their notions that they can by the rising of the clouds predict a fine or a foul day. Most of the weather prophets would have been somewhat puzzled to describe the peculiar ...

... THwE following description of this animal is given by Mr. Gilpin, vide The Scotsman's Library:- In one of his parks we were informed the Duke of Queensberry had preserved a breed of the old Scottish buffalo, which we were very desirous to see. Our conductor told us they might probably be in some distant part of the park ; and might with difficulty be found. We determined, however, to go in ...

... 8. POLITICAL AFFAIRS.--The little borough of Wilton has rejected Mr. Norris (L) and returned the Hon. Sidney Herbert (C) by a majority of 751 against t86. Dark rumours, however, are afloat respecting the Earl of Pembroke's influence on the election, and Professor Fawcett, M.P., at one of the electoral meetings went so far as to say that Sir E. Antrobus, the late member, had no wish to retire ...

... OUR ILLUSTRATION'S (ConinuedifrOm pae 490) M. GAMBETTA IfION GAMBETTA, who is of Genoese extraction, was born at Cahors, October 3oth, 1838. Having adopted the legal pro- fession, he became a member of the Paris Bar in 1859, and soon acquired fame as a forensic orator. He was much employed in political causes, and he was very popular among certain classes of the Parisians on account of his ...

... #A THE EASTERN QUESTION THE FIRST TURKISH LINE OF DEFENCE-THE DANUBE IN the event of a Russian invasion of Turkey the Danube will be the first great line of defence with which the Russians will be met, and foremost amongst the many Turkish fortresses which bristle on its banks stands Silistria. At this point the Danube is only about a quarter of a mile wide, and is studded with numerous ...