... ?? ---v -. - ~ t / * ?? ~u~ 1 WS I ~ 7 / THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM.-At the Pro-Cathedral, Kensington, on Tuesday, Monsignor Cape!, allding to the recent meeting on this subject at Oxford, said that h ...

... ;a 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ I mf~9.EQN TIrE EASTERN Q2UESTION.-Turl-ey's delay in carrying out the Treaty of Berlin Is arousing universal discontent, and the English, French, and German representatives at Constanti- ...

... RECENT POETR Y AND VERSE THERE is a rather unusual amount of value to be found in Among the Flowers, and other Poems, by Francis W. Bourdillon (Marcus Ward and Co.). The author is invariably musical ...

... Q ?? ?W ThE. COUROT 0 0 00 ?I??S 0 TImE Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle at the end of last week. Lord Beaconsfield, the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Mr. Cross, and Col. T. ...

... * .. POLITICAL AFFAIRS. --The opening of Parliament on Thursday is dealt with in another column. Lord Derby was not expected to be able to attend, having been unwell for some days. Mr. Mitchell Henry ...

... . C Q- fl RRAL J'~OTES W.I THE YEAR'S FOREIGN FOOD. -The recently-publlished Board of Trade Returns show that last year we expended upol agricultural commodities from abroad the enormous sum b 96,879 ...

... THE recent calamity on the Thames, whereby more than six hundred persons lost their lives, has given birth to an immense number of suggestions for the better management of vessels und ...

... THiE Postmaster-General has c ce again called the attention of the public to certain peccadilloes, little sins, on their part which mar the steady working of our postal system. Whe ...

... *.HOM-E. - POLITICAL AFFAIRS.--The Bishop of Manchester has written to the Supertor explaining that, but for severe illness, he should have attended in the House ?? and voted against the Afghan war. H ...

... I II ( THE Queen will return to Windsor from the Isle of Wight about Tuesday week. Her Majesty has been taking her usual walks and drives, has been to Ryde, and has driven through West Cowes and Newpo ...

... 1 .2 an , I an ATES'V; ?? ,lnl .a ,aAHII 1(,VNS OF ~lIG ITHUR. e OF PI,-N rpfit'flt JY' .ftso ( BRe n, he Duke ot t-af-'0 his Roya ?? h rie 5jjj be etrof f rick Charles - j ,hter of Prui o _ ci e of~ ...

... LIVERPOOL SEAMEN'S ORPHAN I IINSTITUTION. The arnnual meeting of the friends of this ?? hi was beld yesterday at thle town ball, uinder the proof- IN deney of Uis worsbip the mayor (Mr. A. B. Forwood) ...