... DUELLING PAST AND PRESENYT IT may be useful at the present time, when ?? seems to be more fash ion:il'IC en the Continent than for man~y ycars past, to inquire howv it is that public oplinioll iin this subject in England should be liametrically opposed to that prcvaliling io a imost all other countries. We can hardly claim any general superiority in in) ras to the rest of the world. Criminal ...

... ROMANTIC STORY OF A FRENCH TUTQR. The Figaro (says at Paris correspondent) supplies very curious details respecting the cause cetebire nowpendingbefore the CivilTribunal of the Heine, and which strongly resembles some of Charles Reade's lunatio asylum novels. It might, indeed, form an episode in Very Hard COah. The ose in question is an action for Isequestra- tion-the French for illegal ...

... _ _ _ I THE QUTEEN' AND THE ROYAL FA'IILY. The Queen, Princesses Louise, Beatrice, tai Prince Leopold, atteuded by the royal uitne, returned to Windsor Castle at 1.25 yesterday from Ularemont The Queen after luncheon held a council, His6 Grace the Lord Primate and irs. lqresiord left KinCm town yesterday for Englapnd The Earl of Erne and suite left iun- town yesterday for England. The Earl of ...

... - FASHION AMD: YARr. . I i : - AL ~~THE~ VICERRGAL COURjT' Ir. HIis Excellency the LdLetensst gav party lasteve tg, to- w tic he fthe e adner icbmuro eing invted, ?? Chaal h i Counat and ?? de Jarnac, Lord Strth arnu Dre Erd and rs. i utler, Sir tduncan Cameron, E gajnd. j LjeorThev. Professor Jea et apthin oier, the Meer and ?? r. Power, li r veod porn Mr C. Boyle, Capt at- cymor~A.D.C. ...

... 'P erarm f vittilono. I AN INDIAN STORY.-GeIneral$)~~ jjat~~ iag Indian story. He wvasne hlesaindon a Iennes, withi whomh wihe onegotiato a treaty but rri I cftilwol iqX ¶ 3sdipmwev'r 6kwkt, IM h r5Wcde~jrietb) cfg'jl tg Li' Jiyh9 MPIL1s MU I th4 rI Yf satfl{ ? 9 ~'Wo fll' 'nif~ak ?? U~u '1 3btjdrth a~hrtjcrgiA~ 4tii ~tv P1 ?? T'bmts~ s~e'o~btno-itle&stqeI ?? 4r11w I Qz`{~~{#p±h~h1 psblc Rl1> ...

... eW Our Correspondent's lette had not reached us vohen woe w0ent to press. THtE ?? is a return of the gross recelipts of the various Theatres and other places of amusement in New York for the month of February, as recorded on the assessment books in the internal revenue department:- Dols. Dois Grand Opea Ilonee . 8,19iD Tammeny . ?? Gad> opea Hus ?? ?? i i.8, Booth Theatre ?? . ?? 36,827 ...

... TI I E JATPANESE ENTERTAINMENT. T 'ic nore daring of the naturalists have occasion- XI ally aniu--ed their fancy and exercised their M et' ?? iD s11penlliatimg upon the justice of assign. s5 our ancestry to some of the lower animals re BLo, fO far as we are aware, none of them have yet V verntured to ?? whether the race is likely to C tako a return journey, once more assuming 51 the wondrous ...

... WE lately printed a letter from Azamat ?? k pointing out that really popular musical eat tailjments are unknown inl England, anid, wvhat is worse, there is even no thought of arranrig. them in any way. In another part of gtl same paper our correspondent found evidc IC confirmatory of his opinion. Ol WVedilesda afternoon a deputation had an interview With tloW First Commissioner of W Torks ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-Friday. Their lordships met at five o'clock. rm Th ...

... LITERARY MSCELLAHEA. A TU}iSSH BaAUTr.-I enjoyed the pl3asnre, not long since, of being introduced to a very handsome Tarki;h lady, in order to give me an opportunity of witnessing a perfect specimen of Oriental beauty. After a good deal of persuasion she allowed me to copy her profile. Her eyes and eye-lashes were intensely black, though I sRs- pect the latter were stained of a deeper'dye ...

... TUBLIC A-MUSBMENTS& I %=<am ROTAL ZATlEAZ*E6I i 8t4ppearanoe of Mr. Sotbern In a new rustic ?? .Entit' D ariies's Boot. b' B.T. Craven . X~~on set A.N 110 SUPPER,~ N~aNanddmtnnzlhce$%te7? AMr. Coos tonii11183 ~wit~hal te righial mudsl.T.ilenda _ lESB BOK Pr.A Mr.8otborneoallng GHOST. LsROYAh2 ^AI tl. Jo GMUIIIE^D nw cne FRI MAY. r. ?? Wicn M aitO J.eRis. SLin ?? 3Jr. Compt-on oe n Eaglsh.o ...

... O U R - ?? pj VL-Wo s . D r, Thson defined a oexicograpcaIl--__1 - redec 11 ?? justice to the V0.atlo I ..,g drudge, difid anud adorned. When mere MOO din awbou b on ly a a wiich h 1 atofl, is reckoned, the laborer hi n Calt en3 lre and varied knowlaedge,s s 2 0011W btb werenoa ohrctrtc haofrtbe y giveinpr dww k and care, are long and oreably gin en, 1 vatio r 'is raised far beyond the limits ...