... LONDON, January 12, 1874. The Sculptured Reredos, your Petition, and your Bishop's letter to the Trustees of Rugby School prior to his retirement have come in for a large share of the talk of the week; and you can hardly be surprised at this, considering how hard up we are for topics of talk at the moment, when but for Mr. Lowe's circular to the Courts of Quarter Session prohibiting the ...

... THE ORIGIN OF THE ASH4,XTEE WAR I . - _ - __ -- I _- -1 . .,S_ .H I___ ?? the January number of Rasesss'a Magitzinse appears an Ldd article on the Aebautee war, which has already attracted .ey some attention, and is likely to attract more Though its of object is to expose the misconduct of the present Adminis- on tration, it is not the work of a partisan,: dlnce the author de avows his ...

... THE EXETER wHOME. At the annual meeting held in the Northernhay Room, on Monday, Captain Savile presided, The report was read, and from it wit glean the ?? number of young women has been thirty-one, twenty being new admiasions, so that the house has been full nearly all tbe year. For the most part the girls have been wall conducted, and are desirous of remaining long enough to merit a place. ...

... Sir.Ipereiv byMr.Cosin's reort of St, Sttphen's parish, In yorcnemoay ta ew errors have been made. The first place of practice by our Exonian and eminent physician, Dr. Shapter, was not Mr. Wippell'e, but in the apartments oupied by, his predecessor, Dr. Collins, I t Mr. Newcoibe's, g'lover, the next house below; also, I thinkt that Messrs. Green's premises wore originally occupsied by Mr. ...

... roe et Understanding and knowledge.Arethegreateat instrumoutf re, of pleasure; and he that is most knowing bath a capacity to be- rill comp happy, which a less knowing prince, or a rich person hatl oh not; au in this only a man's capacity is capable of enlargement ew Jeremy Taylor. it- PARBNTS AND CHILD&EN.-The gentle grace of the id. mother lives in the daughter long after her head is ...

... iv I -- l b LIBEL.-CULLJEY V. MORTIMER. if Mr. S. H. Culley, who haa the supe.. va Ilon ox r-oresery co r. in this city and neighbourhood, and Mr. William Mortimer, a n, secretary of the Western Provident Aslsciation. entered ho IC into a controversy some six years since respecting the merits re L and demerits of Forestry. The controversy ceased; bet in wi lo 1873 it was revived, and ended in ...

... DR. LIVWQSTONE'S REMAINS. The remains of Dr. Livingetone arrived at Waterloo Station by special train from Southampton on Wednesday afternoon. The body was conveyed to the rooms of the Royal Geographical Society, in Savile-row, where au examination was made by Sir William Fergusson, in the presence of Dr. Kirk, Dr. Loudon, of Hamilton, a former friend and professional attendant; the Rev. Dr. ...

... BIDEFORD.-Whilet Mr. Jeffry, of Monleigh Mills, in, and his wife, were attending market last week, theiryoungest en boy who wae left in cbarge of the elder children, strayed ale away and on the return of the parents ?? market the child - 'Wae nowhere to be found. Atixiouse eeareh wes moade all H nigh fo im nd at daylight the poor child was found th drowned in the mill pond. Two bruises were on ...

... NEMESIS; OR, THE? AVENGER. A NOVELETTE. It was midnight on a still, fair Italian night. In the unclouded azure blue of lhb skics that overhang the City of the Sea the large white stars swere slowly rising and shining down on the long expanse of the quiet waters. Through the spacious balls of Venetia di Sarelle's palace moved a gay and courtly throng of the highest of the Italian noblesse, ...

... AM=RIOA. le (FROM OUN OWN CORUtISPoNDENT.). 10 PHImADELPEIA, lot March,' e, The sun shone out strong and clear on 'WsbingtoG's it birthday, or rather that day o 'which they kept It in.thie it city. In faot we had 4nsan'3s weather. The day wesa, in general holiday, and the ladiss came out innelrhiand Id summer dresses, the men in light pants and cnoriing Ja costs. We had a gala day, or-as it ...

... M MISOELLANEA.- go el Repose iD agreeable to the human. mind; and decision is m repose. A mmanhasmadeuphis opinions' he does not. ohoose e to edisturbed; ndhe is much ?? the man who! is confirms him inahis errors, sud lease hbimaloep thsn he is to the ly man who, retftes him, or who instructs him at thbe expense at his i l0 tranquility.-S ?? Seet. ' ' I ' I I SY Xs MOXEY-POTS. '-On my 'secdind ...

... COIiTON.-Diasenters have funcny ways of obseev- t) ing the Christian fasts. The Congregation of George's ai Chapel, in this town, celebrated Good Friday with a tea- it party and a danoe I P RONITON.-Messrs. John P. Bromfield and 0. ir Harding were elected ?? a vestry meeting at St. Paul a Church on Thursday Mr. Thomas Basleigh s( Avery was re-elected rector's ohurchwarden, and Mr. S Edmund ...