... A 6UBN IN 2'Tha NBW OUT. For the last few months the Vestry Board of St. Mary's, Lambeth, has had under its consideration the best way of abolishing Sunday trading in the parish, but more especially in ths Lower anld Upper Marsh, corm. monly known as the New Cut, and two letters were written by hr. Roffey, the Vestry Clerk, by order of the Board, to Colonel Henderson, the Chief ...

... DEiS TBUCT'XVPB FIRB IN R0 T.ERHITHE. A fire, involving the loss of property amount- N ing to 400,000., broke out at a few minutes before five o'clock yesterday morning, on the promises of Messrs. d Mellersh and Jolliffe, phosphate manure manufaoturersC Bull Head Wharf, Rotharhithe, lying eastward of Bull S Head Dock. Messrs. Mellereh's premices covered an ax- C tent of from 80 to 100 feet ...

... OF TE PRINCE OF WALESI GREAT IMPROVEMENT. CONTINUED TRANQUILLITY. THIS MORNING'S OFFICIAL BULLETIN. LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. The following official bulletins in reference to tse state of his Royal Highness the Prince of .Wales were issued yesterday: S Sandringham, Dec. 14, 1 a.m. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales con- tinues to be restless. (Signed) 4 WILLIAM J1iNNER., M.D. WILLIAM ...

... I PIBUOt MEN ON PU33LIC AFFAIRS I 'Mr. 8t. Anbtyn, one of the liberal member ror West rnwal,sresidedat a publie distribution of eho- I leslie prizes at almnouth last evening. Speaking of the Elementary Education Act he said it ought to have a fair triaL He agreed with Mr. Lowe that it we had a tau ren to wrOkC uno it might not be advisable to adopt te denominationa ovetam, but that system ...

... THE POLYTECHNIC, The latest attraction at this popular linstitntioll, vwhere instruction and amusentent go ltand in band, is a lecture, delivered for the first time on Tuesday evelling by Professor Pepper, entitled fite Battle of Dorking answered by ' The Autnmt Alisllucvres. TIle 'Pro- feosor passed his holiday along rite troops at Aldieshot, and so struck was lie with the physiquie of the ...

... TRE sudden change which has taken place in the tone of the ultra- Russian papers with regard to Germany shows that the speech of the Emperor Alexander at the Festival of the Knights of St. George dwas not, as some people supposed, merely the expression of his per- sonal sentiments, but a real political manifesto. The Russian press is still so much under Government control that even its most ...

... NOT the least interesting of the various summaries compiled at the close of the racing year is that which shows the number of yearlings sold by public auction in the course of the season, and the prices which they realized. These statistics do not, of course, give a complete return of the produce of the year, inasmuch as many owners of racehorses, including Baron Rothschild, Sir Joseph Hawley, ...

... HEALTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. the following was the only official bulletin Mi reference to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales issued yesterday: Sandringham, Dec. 20, 9 anm. His Royal Highness tho Prince of Wales Las passed a very quiet night. The course of recovery contirnes to be quite satisfactory. The further bulletins will be issued only at ?? daily. ,(Signed) WILLI&M JEllNNEA, ...

... THE strike of the telegraph clerks has brought out a hitherto un- noticed aspect of the movement for making over private under- takings to State management. The telegraph service is really the first case in which this transfer has been consciously and delibe- rately effected. The carriage of letters had supplied a pre- cedent, but the postal system had grown up by slow degrees, and possessed ...

... AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITE THE PRINCE, OF WALES. 'ISe City of Antwerp, with advices from .New York to the 9th inst., arrived at Queenstown yesterday. Telegramsannounoingthedangerous condition of the Prince of Wales bad reached New York ?? previous day, and pro- duced the most profound sensationri Bulletins up to mid- night of the 8th inst. appeared in the papers of the fol- lowing morning. ...

... MR. GRANT DUFF AT ELGIN. The Times remarks that Mr. Grant Duff has authoritatively informed the woild that we are very near perfection at home, and that there is no question of principle open on the Continent. We have resolved (the Tilmes says) that our faith in the learned member for Elgin shall not suffer abatement through the failures of other prophets, but still we must confess that, when ...

... M. RYNAN is one of those amiable optimists in religious and political philosophy with whom it is impossible not to feel on good terms, even when we are most disposed to indulge in the smile of worldly incredulity over the charming delusions in which he indulges. None of us who have ever read his early works are likely to forget the kind of Arcadian Christianity which he there depicts: a ...