... TH7IE Governor of the Cape Colony is as far as possible from being an alarmist. Most persons, indeed, who are acquainted with his public career would be inclined to say that he leans to the side of optimism in politics. He has a high reputation for tact, for prudence,. for moderation in language and purpose, and he is not in the least likely to cause unnecessary embarrassment to the Government ...

... The fitst day of the Meeting, which naturally brings its anxieties to the staff of the National Rifle Association, passed off remarkably well. The weather ras delightful for visitors, and for the competitors there was just sufficient light and shade to keep the marksmen on the alert. Those who shot in the evening were able to aim dead on the bull's-eye, even at the 6oo yards range. All the ...

... Lord Beacor.sfield arrived at Berlin last evening, and was received at the railway station by Lord Odo Russell, Herr von Bdiow, and all the members of the British Embassy. Lord Odo Russell conducted the Prime Minister to the Kaiserhof Hotel. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived two hours later, and was re(cived at the railway station by all the members of the English Embassy. H is lordship went to ...

... lr for a moment we recur to a matter which every one who cares for the reputation of the English Parliament would be glad to forget, it is because more than one of the comments which have appeared upon the affair are of a nature to increase its disagreeable significance. It has been frequently declared of late that the House of Commons has deteriorated in character-morally as well as ...

... RY .LLL A~ .- -s - VI.-CURIOUS PONDS. THE general deficiency of moisture characteristic of these chalk hills is such that it is said agriculture flourishes best upon them in what is called a dropping summer, when there is a shower every two or three days, the soil absorbing it so quickly. For the grass and hay crops down below in the vale, and for the arable fields there with a stiff heavy ...

... OCCASIONAL OBSER VA TIONS ON THE QUESTION OF THE DA Y. It is believed that after the Greek question has been disposed of (probably on the judicious principle that the Turks must not be irritated by the claims of weak States as well as of strong ones) the next great question will be as to the fate of Batoum. Here we are in some difficulty. It is pretty generally acknowledged in England that it ...

... DISSOL UTION AND CONGRESS. (FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) BERLN, June 10. TiE Government have come to a wise resolution. They are going to appeal to the nation. The Reichstag will be dissolved, and the people wil have to decide to whose hands they choose to confide their destinies. It is further satisfactory to see in the proposal addressed to the Federal Council that the Chancellor ...

... INPANTICIDE. THE French Chambers will shortly be asked to consider a Philanthropo- scheme for the revival of (lours or turning boxes in the foundling 1103pitals A turning box is a movable contrivance into which a mother desirous of abandoning her child to public charity may place the infant without bein, asked any questions. She rings a bell, the box revolves, and the child disappears for ever ...

... HENLEY REGATTA, *; to-moirow night all the leading crews and clubs entered for this regatta mill have made their appearance on the scene of action. To a lover of rowing there is hardly a more interesting sight than the evening practice over the course during the last few days before the regatta. There is then more facility for studying the style of the various competitors than during the hutly ...

... LORD BEACONSFIELD. The Sa/urdo)y Rezriw observes that the popular verdict on Lord Ueaconsfield's conduct and on the foreign policy of his Government was rot grien on special and distinct issues. But for once the multitude anti- cipated and expressed the judgment of the country that the Prime Minister has at hcrre and abroad sustained the honour and protected the interests of England. Whatever ...

... - ~ ~ ?? q'tU1 CTTV~ THE PILENIPOTENTIARIES IN THE CITY. The Jfiorning Post observes that the civic honours bestowed on her Najes ?? Plenipotentiaries and the ovation which they received in their progress to the Guildhall were the fitting sequence to the triumphant majority with which, some hours previously, the House of Commons declared that they had deserved well of their country. In one ...

... THE RESERVE FORCES. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-Your article on The Reserve Forces raises a question of extreme importance in the eyes of all who believe, with myself, that the maintenance of a large and well-organized reserve force is essential for the security of the nation. I cannot doubt that you are right in believing that the distress which has been brought upon the ...