Topics of the Week
... ?? 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 re ...
... ?? 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 re ...
... . 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 ...
... ) 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 ...
... 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 LIT ...
... 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 wh ...
... 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 i ...
... 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 spi ...
... 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 mo ...
... v ? Q( OFFENBACH'S NEW SPANISII OPERA, 4//2irt Per?'Oli!za, comes out at the Paris Bouffes this week. M. VIOLLET LE Duc, the well-known French painter and art critic, has died in Paris at the age of s ...
... S . t - road THE CRISIS IN THE EAST.-The proposition for a Con- gress at Berlin, instead of a Conferenceat Baden-Baden, has now been accepted by the various Powers, and, as the pre- liminary negotiati ...
... 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 bi ...
... ?K ?? ?? 4i?- - ?? '77, II -i - ?? ?? ?? - -. -? -C-- - - r-?- I' #1 9 Lucy had accompanied me, and we had eaten our luncheon there, sitting under a gnarled olive-tree, and looking over the matchless ...