... LONDON HIP.. 3~~~ Lftfld~f, Tuueldig. Sir Charjes Dilke ha3 taken us by iurpste, starting up from his hidlng-place j'ua when wu all tbonght he had beea crushed into -ilence, His3,leoturo at Glasgow is much ?? to-day in Londob, and we are all struck with the same idea that his eloquence suvoura much of the oh. scurity and treasherous policy of the life into which' he hanbeen forced by hia ...

... I ?? VP21ERLS OF SCOTOH TOURING, (From a Correependeat.. ?? ,* , . ?? a.t.ray About 25 of the PVaPnBre of the Mountaineer steamer, which lft this.on yesterday to isit Iona and Staffa, were for a.short time In an, alarming position. Soon after the steamer got to sea it became rather rough; There is igolanding pier at Iona, and steamers are obliged to remain' at.:some distance from the shore. ...

... 1 , *. B3 CET PRIOTa};lO0Y MYI- , - I Xi I *: Tro THI}lLDITOn. OF,,H, HR~iE,4AN, ?? ?? ?? i2Slk,28thf0obr, 1872. .SE&-it a~peais fron your Itapr 6ssio'n of the- 26thlinst. ,that it ,is,tie intentioi' of the Dublina :dairy proprietora 'to :'advance t.he price of milk from fourpence to,'ivepencoe per quart from the ?? sl prbo. . We have heard a great deal lately of the combinations. of coal ...

... THE WONDERS OF THE ,WIRB.'o Students of mediveval lore may remember a romaunt by the poetess Mary of Brittany, in which that songetress celebrates the achieve- ments of the renowned magister, the enchanter; Merlin, who, according to the verse, despatched a spirit to the rim of universe, and had an answer back In less time than minstrel might his rondel chant. Still nearer our day, when ...

... -MILITARY INTEUPENCLE. I-I H. M. Inditroop ship 0,oieAiII1leave Portsmouth for Queeastowsa,inder the command of Captain a. H. Parkin, oan the 19th instant, arriving on the 21at,,to embark'the under.men-, tioned dafts on the 22nd and 23rd instant, for India, to join their respective sgrve companies -fortynine non.comrnlsponed offite ana nmen 'of the 4lct (the Welh) .Rgipeut, under the command ...

... | UIlqVERSIIY INTELLIGENCE. l . THE CATHOLIC VUNIVXRSITY. The following exhibitions huve been awarded during the past week IN CLAssICs.-En1trance-1_Patrick 'HaUrn- han. 2-John Griffin. 3-Joseph M. -yan. 4-Ricbard Pennefather. 5-Gerild J. Griffin. 6-John J. Sullivanr. 7-Henry Dodd. Second Year.-l-Joseph F. O'Carroll. 2- Nlcholas Brennan. 3-P. A.'Daly. TthirdYear.-Not awarded. - I. - JIMSBIUCI( ...

... S9COTLAND. BY HILL AND LAKE AND GLEN. ThOM OURS OWN BOHISMIAN. Mr. Kinglake, in that charming picture-book - Edthen, expresses a thought which must pre- G viously have touched the intelligence of mnllions, a and yet somehow had never found expression. H o r observes upon the silence of men in early morn. oi kg. Ho telle you how he and his Arabs mounted h their cameilsas the Sun stole up from ...

... THE CATHOLIC UNEMRSITY. 1The: academnical session was opened in the University Church yesterday with, a solemn N Masas of the Holy Ghod; ;~ The Reotot offie'.e d, asaioted by the Rev. Fathers and other members of the Community of the Maxists who conduct the University School, Leeson-street. The profes- swonal body and the students who have up to the present entered for the coming session were ...

... I TTHE SCENN' IN CALLAN. TO T HlE EDITOR OF THR FREE5MAN. Callan, October N. SIR-A very incorrect report of what is called A scnein (allan -was published In yester- day's FjimiE~N. The simple facts are that I, as Manager of the Callan Schools, am engaged in a law suit with the Education Board, and that pending this suit I have refused to allow the Board's officers to extract any information ...

... THREE GREAT SCOTCH FARMERS ON STORING THE POTATO CROP; At a recent meeting of the East Lothlaen ]PaV- .ucre' Olub, three celebrated men thus exs I pressedthemselvesonthiasubject -Mr, Beirage, of East Maine, owd it seemed to him that-of the various *ay of lifting them each had Its lad. vantages and iA- disadvantages; and it would be trseful for us to, consider which way is beat and most ...

... In r: !E LL ' -A~li l , , ,. I . . .1 . . . . . . .I. ?? ?? D b ,, _ , ' (From our Correspondent.)j ; ls Melboui; AiAgust 1st. A returaordertd by tie Legieltivt Q Qnciluo on the motion of Mr. O'Shannassy, 'ha been printed, and supplies some valuable information as to the trade of the colony. Imipqrsfor' last year, 12,300,000 L ;'ex portS, 14,300,0001. of this we impovted froni the djacet ...

... -- - I - . - . .. The Irish Total Abstinence Society had their annual soiree on Sunday evening in the late Dr. .mg Spratt's Hall. Before entering on partioulars, it oB may not be out of place to mention that the hall It in the days of the lamented Dr. Spratt was looked on, to a certain extent, as a place of re- ao fuge for the devotees of the publio-house to aabandon the use of strong drinks. ...