... THE MARlCHIONZESS OF RPONY'S FAMCY I DRESS BALL. The Marahiorostoa 1po iaiam iveo OI2TCbi t \ttiitny ni''ht, at thefanl sa~ on Cin Gron-gari ott I a-bet; hotl'imnt and ditsiin-?nisa.'d company goacodl let' ILtad yhi' a sloons. Co(ts anid Thinocy's battd, conlducted Iby 11r. Coott, pnitvaoi some. of the 'eaat'Luosio of the seaaon. 'Pits noble hoatessa' guusttt taera, with two or three sacep- ...

... IATSTORI04L M;A2iT1SCRIPTS- The fourth report of the Royal Coiiso nHis- Itolijel Manuscaiints has been Linued. '1he Oe-saiur The work af inspcection doirin3 thie Pact year has been nained an by Mr. AIlfred 5. H~orwood and Mr. H.. T. Riley for Englanjd tr.1 Stuart an~d Mr. Fraser for Scot- leano and Mrl. Gilber~t for Ireloncl. Professor Brewer has. cout~need his uxeminatioi cc the Cecil ...

... TIET3 DISCUCOV lES l N R I RIA. MIr. George Smith, of the ?? Museul, who has justreturned irom excavatting at Koyunjik, oni tile sie of Niueveli, ?? to the 4flpncsiwi the ?? V ?? £ u of some of tho historical ?? disecovered dursog bs the work:- I-,~ 'toe first is part of aL curious taliblet contei61g a| a ; A-syriank CopY Of ral early Babyloaiili test. PO boirls (, tlees interestiug dluomoent ...

... TilE LERDS MAIIEARCURY. T'HI: Ottomal Government announced yester- inay its deci~sin respecting COUNT A-nuus-y's projectI of reform. 11eI' Porte has resolved to ?? in. the insurgent districts the five leading points of the scheme, viz., tho establisbment of religious liberty, a modification of the s6ystem of collecting tithes, the granting of facilities to agriculturists, the applica- tion of ...

... TiHE ITMIrI STRIKE. Six new hands were taken on at the works yesterday, but thle firts is atilt short of pattern makters sand smiths. The railway officials now prevenit the pickets fromt comning on the platform or thcs approaches to the stationi. Messrs. Eastonls and Anderson ehm.a to have during nef the pastb four days secured dl) new ieee. The striko Ani committee pet the firm's gains at ...

... TEEI TRANSIT CF,' VENUS. (RrXU m.'s T'1LEDr01e t) I CONSTANTINorPL, Wednesdily.-CloildO anu railny wcitaier ?? any observation of the tramsit a of elqlis inpossible at t his plaice. cis~il.o-u N 1c, \V cdi1di .-Profeesor Ellery reports fditolI til Yiel botirti ob0 er ?? ?? all cliiies 'f tii, transit of enjus hao beou ?? cbs-roved. A r.E!: Laii, AlSbdnesdIay-Thci ohbsrvatiofls mande havli ye ...

... DEAN STANLEY ON MODERN- SCEPTICISM. Yesterday aftercicon (it being thle Festival of St. Thomas) Dean Stanley preaclsed at the afternoon service at Westminster Abbey before a large congregation. The Denn, fromn the text John xx. ver. 24, made an admirable discourse on the doubts, questicailpgs, and scepticism which prevail, illustrating his subject by reforences to the life of St. Tliomas, of ...

... L[MPERlAL PARLIAMENT, (By PRIvATE TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY. The LoRD CHANCELLOB took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question of which he had given hi'n private notice, namely, Whether it was true, as had been stated, that a Russian officer, holding the ...

... THE PiNE TO THE PALMETTO. A XonTaipet WOI'S uscLY TO'A BOUTE5LBN WOMN 'O PLrA FOB PEACE. A company of persons, chiefly from Now York and New England, were gathered together in a Saratoga paloar not long ago, when one of their number read Mrs. Virginia L. French's stirring poem, The Palmetto and the Pine which was recently copied into the .Ecceiuif Post fiom tile Nillhville (i'eiim.) -Awr ...

... AN AC HUN FiOR 6LAN'DER. In the Coiunriorr Pleas Division (Lord Colisridge end Justices llett, Grove, air I Lilviley Bltijrint in h5lnr.) jlligrinent -A-s given yesierday lit tile Ce of Seallall ?? ?ttoertei ft. Tir swiseanactictwr to r .over daulnge forUI 1tenvler, end thie Matter hiaving betu argued, the Court toik tirae to cousilu r it. Lord C'OLFE1r)sin, il giving jrdinment, wtid thnt the ...

... EXPRESS. , dM O R NI N (G TO-DAY'S LON DON PAI'ERS.54 MERCUUlY OFFICE, Wednesday, 6 a.m. DEATH OF DUKE GEORGE OF MECKLENBURG. The Timzes has a telegram from Paris announcing that Duke George of Mecklenburg died yesterday morning of liver complaint. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. A Post Berlin despatch announces that the Czar is expected at Xissengeu early in July. CHINA AND RUSSIA. A permanent Chinese ...

... REUlrLNGTON'S TYPE-WRITEfl. This reanal-kable American invention, wih l: promises to do for wItigIL that Which the sewing g-n, ,ias has d.ase for soWing;I, haa been TeCenitlY ?? t:edrl inta lhist oenitlry, aud i Dnow being largely iteld in ?? p!ies of biisnoens, newspailer offices, &e. Fly ?? meatns ely one who has acquiited a fa-ir amount of prointieney in haind- [ing the very simlnde ...