... 3 ~ ~ ~ Ei, THE EASTERN QITESTIoN.--ThoughtheBerlin Congress has not brought its labours to a close so soon as had been hoped, the members have been working hard, and the sittings have been more frequent and far more prolonged than during the two first weeks, the Batoum Question being somewhat more difficult of settlement than was expected. Frontier delimitations, also, and other minor details ...

... THE SEA AEN'S ORPHANAGE AT BRIXHAjlf BRIXHAM is a thriving seaport town, situated near Dartmouth, and is celebrated in history as the place where William, Prince of Orange, landed in z688; and also where the Bellerophon lay at anchor for some days with the great Napoleon on board, before taking that illustrious prisoner to the island of St. Helena. It is one of the largest fishing stations in ...

... E I Q NT ,I TEHE CRISIS IN THE EAST.--The negotiations for the pro- posed Congress have come to a dead lock, owing to Russia having refused England's request that the terms or the Treaty of Peace should be submitted to the consideration of the meeting. Russia maintains that this has been practically done by the communication of the Treaty to the Powers severally, but yet declines to comply ...

... A NEW vocalist, says the OfiMsical World of the 16th ult., of great promise and exceptional claims to consideration, is about to appear at Her Majesty's 'Theatre. Mdlle. Ambre is by birth an African, having first seen the light at Oran, in Algiers. Her parents belonged to a distinguished Moorish family, and were highly regarded in the Court of the late Emperor of Morocco. Both were ...

... ?? I M . !, ?? I ?? ?? V- 14.1? THE POSITION OF RUSSIA.-There can be little doubt that the Russian Government has made up its mind to assent to all the main demands of England. Had it intended to remain obstinate in regard to any question deemed by the British Government of high importance, it is difficult to believe that it would have granted the conditions necessary for the assembling of a ...

... F~e,41 ICED WATER is in future to be supplied gratis to all passengers on the Midland Railway. SIR RICHARD WALLACE has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Paris Academie des Beaux-Arts. THE LITTLE Nautilus, which lately left Boston for Havre, with a crew of two men, has been spoken by an Italian vessel. The ANautilus was twenty-eight days out from Boston, and the crew refused to leave ...

... VERA ZASSULIITCII Tuis young lady, whose trial and acquittal for attempted assassination at St. Petersburg has attracted so much interest throughout Europe, is the daughter of a Russian officer, and is about eight-and-twenty years of age. For the past eleven years, however, she has endured continual persecution at the hands of the police, and it is to the sympathy univer- sally evoked by the ...

... I I I i I I RLIAMENT, THE average of interest in Parliamentary affairs during the past two weeks has been fairly struck. As noted last week, both Houses had sunk to a depth of dulness which was the more notable by reason of the unusual circumstances of the summons and the expectation of lively debates on foreign policy. It turned out that the monotony bewailed was but the torrent's stillness ...

... . I ?? T-T- ?? M. OFFEN EAci has two new works on hand just now. ne is finishing an opera-bouffe, the Blue Bird, for the Paris Gait4; and is also writing a Spanish piece, to be brought out during the Exhibition. THE STANDARD OF THE PROPHET has not been unfurled in the present war for the best of all reasons, according to the Gazette de ?? du Nord,-i.e., that it is no longer in the possession ...

... NA Y-DA Y CUSTOMS THSE days of pageants and festive shows are nearly gone; the memorials of ancient customs, which were the delight of our forefathers, are rapidly disappearing in obedience to the spirit of the age. Only one Civic procession and a few obscure country fairs are left us, to link the busy England of to-day with Ye Merrie England of ye Olden Times. The first of May was once a ...

... ) PARLIAMEN TL lX i.% -Igo w IT is a long time since such a gathering was seen in the House of Lords as mustered on Monday in anticipation of the debate on the Address, and more especially of a speech from the Prime Minister. The most remarkable portion of the gathering was furnished by the Peers themselves, who as a rule show their superiority to the emotions of lower orders of the community ...

... TIHE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. The Eurl.. of Boaconsficid, as Prime Minijfe'r.j and consequently Ministerial leader in the Honse of' Lords, gives his fash-dress Parliamentary dinner, ihis'. evenl~ing at tile Forei~n.omico to his politicall friends -anui Sulporters in the I-ouse of Lords. The Dlobe of Cam-' bridge end thle following peers have aceepted invitations :; Tue Laurl of Wharucliffes and ...