... A SKATING RINK on a large scale is being organised in Dublin. THE HERMANN MONUMENT, lately unveiled at Detmold, has cost 270,000 marks (13,500L.). A FINE ART EXHIBITION is to be opened at Poonah this month. It will consist of paintings, drawings, and etchings. A STORY SIGNED BY CHARLES DICKENS, The History of Simon Heavysides, is being published as aftuielleon in the Paris 7Tcwps. YET ...

... ?? I M . !, ?? I ?? ?? V- 14.1? THE POSITION OF RUSSIA.-There can be little doubt that the Russian Government has made up its mind to assent to all the main demands of England. Had it intended to re ...

... WEDNESDAY, s7ine 15 THE Cabinet has taken great pains to contradict the re- ports of an intended dissolution of the Chamber, as M. Ollivier knows full well that such a rumour would cause ...

... SIR .7011N SIMl F ON0 SIR JOHN SfIMEON, M.P. for the Isle oi Wight, died in Switzerland on the 22nd May last at the age of 55. He was a native of the Isle of Wight, and was the son of Sir R. G. Simeon ...

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... HOME NE WS TIu trustees of Rugby School have made their inquiries into the complaints of want of discipline, and the result appears in a short report. They consider the irregularities complained of do ...

... WHATEVER surprise was felt at the sudden announcement of Lord Northbrook's resignation of the Governor-Generalship of India was naturally and effectually allayed by the explan ...

... PHINEA S RED UX By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON) ORLEY FARM, THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS, PHINEAS FINN, THE IRISH MEMBER, ETC., ETC. [,1 Ri ghls Reserved.] CHAPTER IV. TAN ...

... . I ?? T-T- ?? M. OFFEN EAci has two new works on hand just now. ne is finishing an opera-bouffe, the Blue Bird, for the Paris Gait4; and is also writing a Spanish piece, to be brought out during the ...

... THE TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS. BY VICTOR HUGO. I. THE FIRST DAY-THE AMBUSH III. WHAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT (continued) IT was not yet six o'clock in the morning. Troo ...

... WEDNESDAY, March 9 NONE of the Ministerial dinners and official cntertain- ments which have been given, now that the Legislature is not in session, have attracted so much attention as a p ...

... GOING A WA Y DAYS IIWHAT a lovely day it is, Rosy? said a charming young lady the other morning to her sister on the esplanade. Yes, indeed it is, Milly, answered Rosy, as she gazed across the sea ...