... LORD L YTTON'S SPEECHES.i TnE fecurdity and versatility of Lord Lytton's genius hindered daring his lifetime the acknowledgment of his powers in all but the one thing in which his success was incontestable because it was acclaimed by the unleamned and uncritical masses of the reading population in En-land and America. Yet the popular master of fiction would have been pained to think that he ...

... THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The October session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning. The calendar contains the names of seventy-one male and fourteen female prisoners for trial. There are two charges of wilful murder-one being the case of Thomas Smith for the murder of Captain Bird at Aldershot, the other is the Newport-maiket case. There are also several cases of ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 p.m. THIE DUUKE OF EDINBURGH AND COBURG. 11hZ- L'LvlAx ad --Iav 1.Uk Gus t £ ,4L A (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) i;r E l , Thursday.-The Duke of Edinburgh has replied to the loyal congiatulations offered to him on the occasion of the birth of a son by the Diet and the ton n of Coburg by a telegram, of which the following is a translation:- .I thank the town and country of Coburg ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 p.m. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) PARIS, S:turday, Noon.-It is believed irn political circles that M. Dafaure is crgagcd in negotiations for a union between the two Centres, with a view to give the Government a majority. THE TRIAL OF COUNT ARNIM. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) 131BTL IN, Saturday.-Hcrr Pescatore, the judge entrusted with the pre- liminary inquiry into the case of Count Arnim ...

... 'THE GENEVA CROSS, A IELODRA1,4A called The Geneva Cross, said to have been repre- sented with extraordinary success in the principal cities of the United States, has now been brought to England and produced upon the stage of the Adeiphi Theatre. The author is MIr. G. F. Rowe, who some few Seanons back won applause by his portrayal of the character of Mr. Micawber at the Olympic. T The ...

... THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND COBURG. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) BERLIN, Thursday.-The Duke of Edinburgh has replied to the loyal congratulations offered to him on the occasion of the birth of a son by the Diet and the town of Coburg by a telegram, of which the following is a translation:- 1' I thank the town and country of Coburg heartily for their congratulations on the birth of my son. THE PRINCESS ...

... ROMAN IMIPERIAL PROFILES. * IN Lockhart's Life of Scott, mention is made of an illustration to the Border Minstrelsy, which had rather a curious history. The engraving was designed by Grecian Williams, from a copy made by Clerk, of a, sketch by Scott himself. Though the product of the work of three draughtsmen, one of whom could not draw a straight line, while the two others had ...

... SOMIE MUSICAL ENTERTA INVENTS. THIE fantastic version of Blue Beard now being performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, under the direction of Miss Lydia Thompson, is not precisely an opera bouffe. Neither is it a burlesque of the ordinary burlesque pattern. It is a lyrical extravaganza of a novel kind; and if it is difficult to classify it, it is impossible not to be amused by it. To be able ...

... RE U TER'S TELEGRAMS. COUNT ARNIM. BERLIN, Oct. 2S.-The release of Count Arnim on bail may be positively expected in the course of the day. The Municipal Tribunal is now deliberating upon the amount of bail to be required. GERMANY AND THE POPE. ROME, Oct. 27, Evening.-Nothing whatever is known in diplomatic circles hete to confirm the intelligence published by a London paper stating that ...

... CoTY 0pFxCn, Chcange-alley, Oorn/till. Wednesday, 1fo.a-past Tvnelt'e. Apart from the attention given to the fortnightly settlement, which was commenced this morning, there is little business in the Stock Markets. Contangoces are rather heavier in Foreign Bonds, but the abundance of money gives unusual facilities for carrying over engagements to the middle of November. The English Funds are ...

... LINLEY ROCHFORD. THOSE readers who turn to a novel only to seek in its pages the thrilling incidents that are lacking in their own lives, or the strong emotions which their own hearts are too sluggish to feel, will find but little to repay them in the book before us. The story moves slowly in it; indeed, it strikes us as a fault that the plot is hardly sufficient for the three volumes in ...

... THE fantastic version of Blue Beard now being performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, under the direction of Miss Lydia Thompson, is not precisely an opera bouffe. Neither is it a burlesque of the ordinary burlesque pattern. It is a lyrical extravaganza of a novel kind; and if it is difficult to classify it, it is impossible not to be amused by it. To be able to give a thoroughly ...