... ?? . I-- - 'Y - 1; THE EASTERN QUESTiON--The Austrians are making vigorous preparations to put down the Bosnian insurrection. A large number of fresh troops have been mobilised, thus raising the strength of the army of occupation to 120,000 or 130,000 men, with 400 cannon, and Marshal Philippovich as Commander-in-Chief. These reinforcements are seriously needed, and until their arrival the ...

... MR. W. BRUNTON, an artist well-known for his book illustrations, is dead. Two CURIOUS PERSIAN LEOPARDS have been added to the Zoological Gardens, remarkable for their long hairy coats, bushy tails, and pale body colour. TIlE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Cabinet Pictures by artists of the British and Foreign schools will open at Thomas M'Lean's gallery on Monday next, April ist. THE PARIS ...

... . . . . -..II ?its IMPERIAL SENTIMENT.-It is a long time since any Colonial Governor has attracted so much attention as Lord Dufferin, who has now said good-bye to Canada. Every important speech he has delivered has been read at home; and probably he has been the subject of more leading articles in the London papers than all other existing Colonial Governors put together. His popularity is ...

... o o 7 THE Queen and the Princess Beatrice arrived at Osborne at the end of last week. Before leaving Windsor Her Majesty gave audience to Lord Beaconsfield, and entertained the Duke of Cambridge, 1frince and Princess Christian, and several guests at dinner. On Sunday the Queen and Princess Beatrice attended morning service at Whippingham Church, and next day (New Year's Eve) Her Majesty ...

... Frank, on his part, frenzied with fear, seized him by the hair, and roused the echoes with his screams for help. By JAMES PAYN, AUTHOR OF LOST SIR MASSINGBERD, BY PROXY, ETC. CHAPTER VWII. A RECOGNITION JOHN DYNELEY had not spared Sir Robert's bay mare upon his way to Archester; it was not his way to push a willing horse to the full extent of its powers, but human life was in the ...

... ITS GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES CyrRus, about which all the civilised world is now talking, is the most easterly island of the Medlitcrranean Sea, being situated between latitudes 340 30' and 36' N. and longitudes 320 and 350 E. In shape it is something like the outspread skin of a quadruped ; its extreme length being about 150 miles, and its average breadth throughout the greater part of its extent ...

... I ~ ~ LtLX~tL.L.ILz I l, E Ampg OW ?? THE AUSTRIANS IN BOSNIA.--The Porte has been much blamed for its dilatoriness in coming to an agree- ment with Austria, but its course has been exactly what ought to have been anticipated. Austria was commis- sioned by the Congress to occupy Bosnia for a time, and the Sultan is fully within his right in insisting that he shall be told how long it is ...

... Ad ~ - ?? THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN INTENSE sympathy has been aroused throughout Spain by the death of the youthful Queen, and when, on Friday, the 28th.ult., the day following the Queen's death, her body lay in state in the Salon de las Columnas, in the Royal Palace at Madrid, some seventy thousand persons were admitted to take a ast look at their Queen, in the very hall where, but a ...

... H OME.IIfl .(0. POLITICAL AFFAIRS.-The telegrams from Berlin continue to form the main topic of conversation in political circles, though from their vague and sometimes contradictory character it is evident that the special correspondents are often communicating mere guesses as to what is going on within the Congress Hall.- On Saturday, Lord J. Manners, M. P., speaking to a Convoca. tion ...

... ?-N O ? OUA#Aab OUR INDIAN CONTINGENT AT MALTA THE native troops ordered from India have all arrived safely at Malta and are reported to be in good health and spirits, having suffered nothing by the voyage. Twelve steam vessels and sixteen sailing ships were employed in the transport service and the total number of troops which they conveyed was 6,137 which included 1o5 European officers and ...

... O.- 5 - \ Q THE queen and the Princess Beatrice returned to Windsor at the end of last week. Before leaving town Her Majesty receivel the Italian Ambassador, who presented his credentials, and enter. tained the Princess of Wales, the Princess Louise, and the Marquis of Lorne at dinner, while the Princess Beatrice went to the Prince of Wales' Theatre. On Saturday the Duke of Connaught arrived ...

... Xeflh1A j t e * 'I lS A I Y. IOM--E ISTIC. A Cabinet Councii Wvas hell vesierday. Speaking at Whitehurch, on Tuesday n.ight,Mr. RavhoneM.P., said the great vor'; which -NoneooforaiAs ivai, o do 1 was not s0o Mcvh to antack the churel as to leave the ci;rgy of the Church of England to diststablish themselves. As to the war, he did not think anything more can- teruptildy cowardlv could be ...