... A Boy Hamlet, a lad aged 14. has recently been amusing the natives at the New York Lyceum. He does not appear to have been very favourably received, and the mildest thing said about him by the critics is, that he may be half a woman in disguise. -Figaro, ...

... LIEUT. CAMERON AND THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, spe- cially convened in St. James's Hall, wasbeld on Tuesday, when Lieut. Cameron read an account of his Afriean exploration. The Duke of Edinburgh presided, and the hall was crowded with a fashionable company, large numbers being unable to gain ad m Stance. The Duke, in introducing Lieut. Cameron, ...

... ALEXANDRIA, April 8.—It is oftiekily announced to- day, that the payment of all bonds and cheques falling j due in April and May will be postponed for three months, and that the holders will be credited with interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. ALEXANDRIA, April 9.—A noisy manifestation was made to-dav at the Bourse, and in front of all the con- sulates by some holders of Egyptian ...

... The result of the Saturday and Sunday hospital collections was made known last week. There is an increase of £300 in the amount available for distribu- tion among the medical charities, the total being S9600, against E9300 last year. The largest participators in the division of the fund are the Liverpool Royal In- firmary, which receives £2H76, and the Northern and Southern Hospitals, to each ...

... ROME, April 9.—General Garibaldi, in accepting a donation of one hundred thousand hre from the nation and the King, states that it will enable him to co-ope- rate in the Tiber improvement worts. ROMK, April 10 (Night).—The Rev. Henry Wasse, chaplain of the Knglish Church here, asks the Voce della. J'rrita for the names of the two Anglican clergy- men,, dressed exactly I ke Romish priests, and ...

... NEWPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. In accordance with a resolution passed recently at a special meeting of the Chamber, a meeting was called for Wednesday last, for the purpose of receiving the resignation of Mr. T. B. Batchelor, the President, and appointing his successor, and also to consider generally the working of the Chamber, and to alter, if so deter- mined, any of the rules. Mr. G. W. Jones ...

... THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. Galignants correspondent at Baden-Baden, writirg on the 6th inst., says :— The Darmstadt programme for yesterday (Wednebdav) was carried out as pre- viously arranged. Her Majesty, with the Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Churchill, and General Ponsonby, left this place lit !3 a.m., having been seen to her carriage by Lord ..¡:d Lady Derby ...

... LITERARY EXTRACTS. A LEGEND OF BAI.DNESS.— In the Isthmus of Panama, the Gallinazo, a black vulture, is a very familiar object. You see it everywhere, perched on the houses and walls, or walking ab Jut un th streets and over heaps of refuse. It renders great service in cleanirg the streets, removing carrion, &c., and there is no nef d of any law to protect it. The Gallinazo is of a uniform ...

... F A C E T I A maiden speech.— Ask papa High-class literature—Giant stories. An endless source of amusement-A hoop. When the rain falls does it ever rise again ?-Yet, in dew time. When is the best time to rend the book of nature ?— When autumn turns the leaves. Many men are like a tombstone, in the respect that Here lies could be appropriately engraved upon them. Why is a mad bull an animal ...

... THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. It is difficult to say much that is new about the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. An event which has come off annually for the last 20 years, and, in all, 32 times since the first race at Henley in 1829, may almost be said to have outlived aud exhausted criticism but it still appeals as powerfully as ever to the enthusiasm of the public. Last year, indeed, a small ...

... TIJE ROYAL TITLE. A NOBLEMAN SNUBBED BY THE QUEEN. The well-informed London correspondent of the New- castle Chronicle writes:—As illustrating the interest her Majestv takes in the new title, and her desire to obtain *t, I may mention a story—which I have every reason to believe is correct—that is just now going the rounds in politicai circles. A well-known nobleman of popular 8yitipathies, ...

... (From the Daily News.) In his speech Mr. Bright endeavoured to induce Lord Sandon to take the House at once into his confidence with regard to the proposals of the measure which the Government intend to introduce. Lord Sandon, how- ever, declined to be drawn, if we may use that some- what rude expression. But he founded his opposition to Mr. Dixon s measure principally on the fact that its ...