... . PRACTICAL THANKGIVING. I TO TIM 3MITOB OT nE DAnLT Ewwo S3i,-The nation which has recently ofered up its prayers for the recovery of the Heir Apparent from his most dangerous illness will happily soon be invited to the expression, at St. Paul's Cathedral and elsewhere, of public thankfulness to God for the great mercy which He has accorded to the Royal Family and the people. The present, ...

... IMPERIAL PALIAMENTI,,) ?? I to the House Of Lords last night, Lorillfn mnounced (in answer to a question from Lord ?? ' AirliO) that there is to be a join~t Committee of ail One two RHouses ?? the question of railway ho Amalgamation. The conversation which took Oh place upon this subject~ afforded Lord Salisbury an OppOrtunity to defend railway companies from the accusations cnmmonly urged ...

... SMIROVE TUESDAY IN PARIS 'AND VERSAILLES. - (now 01M OwVN OORn3P0oNDla.) - : T~~~UM8AY NLORTr. This Mardi Gras has been 'kept without any re- joicings beyond the going abroad of holiday- makers,.glad to enjoy a fine day. The Boulevards and the Champs Elysies were very crowded. It' has long been known ?? the traditional proces- sione fm-the euf Gjreswould nog take lace, the cityhnvingtdecided ...

... s 2\f^Rf!Szi l I TH~~ T1~KL4I3~~vflq~G BERVST AT ?? I i. i 1, L .S. I - I I I - 8: , - ?? . . ; !: . - ?? f ',byai Eeceptloi Oommitteei h ou ?? Councll appuinted to inake the neesary aets~itii' 0, City . pon tiseO itb' oVW St. Plau'lle Cathedratipnte da of tfankg uigA: abe0 4t ;Jl14hbi, ornderl prs7 l 'ct'ol v Lawley the chiairmen. .,.ere 0vwora sar l~.,nlaer o: emsrin r- cent, and be ...

... : adUAOR' AI:: : Arolwswj: xatmag'a Lenten pdas v i, ?? yeetaralaylka althe Roman CtOXMD pilace of wmritp in .in just ntw ti npperm topin i the xsnde n. The document sr nth afol- slwing.in a ?? of his Gacs arguanib andreai, eoning. s late changwof *ho statute law In reroetto the national unvlvetles ?? rts ot by remari ) masy be aid to have effaced. Clistian4 from the ?? culture of our youth. ...

... K. THIERS AND THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. THE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST THE PRESS. CpM ova OWN coasromnrT.) PARIS, W3DYAs Neanr. 3I. Thiers, at dinner yesterday, said to a member o the majority, ,You ask me to be fn, and re- I c prach me for not leaning upon the majority; but vhen I look for the majority, I find nothing but a conspiracy. Seeing the intrigues going on,0 I. Thiers tells the ...

... Yesterday a special meeting of the Court of Common Council, convened by the Lord Mayor, was held at Guildhall, and there was an unusually large attendance of the members on the occasion. The Loan MAYon, on taking the chair, said although he had no official communication to make to the court on the subject, it was generally known that towards the end of the present month her Majeaty the Queen ...

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... x--- - . . on Monday last we had an experience whichl left such an impression upon us that we were compelled to wait for a few days ere we could write calmly respecting it. But whether that experi- ence was of a sort to be coveted we leave readers of this notice to discover. The occasion was a performance. by the English Dramatic Club of the farce The Bilthplacc of Podqera and the comic drama ...

... THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The 7ires contemplates with the utmost reluctance the possibility that the reference of the Alabama claims to the Geneva tribunal may come to nothing; and yet this may possibly be the end of our rejoicings last summer over the reconciliation of ourselves with our kinsmen. An abortive end of the Washington Treaty must provoke great regret on both sides the Atlantic; but we ...

... TEE Russian Invalid reviews the measures which have been adopted by the Russian War Department during the past year for reorganizing the army. The consequence, it says, of the destruction by Prussia of the whole of the old political edifice of Europe, which has made her the first Power on the Continent, has been a formidable development of the armaments of the chief continental States. ...

... A Paris telegram of last night says that Al. Pouyer-Quertier is ready to pay }he ?? haif-milliard of the war indemnity, which is due on the ist of May. In yesterday's sitting of the NationalAssembly the Committee presented its report approving the proposal of NA. Trdveneuc, investing the Councils-General with power to elect each two delegates, to form an assembly, charged with the government ...