... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE GAILDEN.-BY NBI. W. EALEY. IJ SEASONABLE GARDENING FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRtUARY 16. The seitson bas now arrived when amateurs may readily force all kinds of plants, and in structures but moderately heated. From some ?? caulse in the economy of vegetation, or nature, o linid of hardy plants, and we may in- clude som -hardy sittbecr s ton, will force nearly. no readily during mild wvinters, ...

... I*pMPRIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAT. TBE AFFAIRS OF TURKEY. o .SiLi,; asked Lord Derby ohether, in the ?? rqfiial of the Porte to allow the British event Of the Dardanelles, ?? roviding for dleet event been given to the British aInmrl. that event ' said he could only answyer the question in Lord DERBI When the fleet 'went to the Daidanelles eral thate the Turkish offer commanding ...

... GZ3JE:AeT ;ZMAST TO POOE P-FPL-. s Fromnthe Xent aend Sussem '.Virnes.] It is no exaggeration to say that A scene such as wa witnessed in Maidstone was never seen in the town be- fore. It will be remembered that three weeks before Christmas last the Maillstone Board of Guardians passed a resolution to refuse the usual Christmas. dirier to all the able-bodied paupers in the workhouse who were ...

... FIRST EDITION, 2.30 p.m. RE UT E R'S TEL E G R A M S. EVACUATION OF ERZEROUM. Sr. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.-It is officially announced that the evacuation of Erzeroum commenced on the 17th inst., in accordance with the conditions of the Armistice. On that day a first detachment of the garrison, consisting of ten battalions of infantry and six batteries of artillery, including eighteen field pieces ...

... CORRESPONDENCE THE NEXT DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK. SD /)11R of t11e PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIl-The power of well-meaning enthusiasts to bring about dis- ?? by persisting in airing their opinions at the wrong time and in tie grcng place has been more than once shown in our history. Will you aflo me~to ask] Mr. Auberon Herbert to consider quietly, or to consult cme sober friend whose judgment he ...

... THIE KHEDI VE AND THE EGYPTIAN RE VEYN UES. T-rE news that the Khedive has issued a decree instituting an inquiry into his revenues received a tolerably unanimous interpretation among all per- sons interested in Egyptian finance. It was regarded as an attempt on his part to evade the investigation which is now being pressed for by the Com- missioners of the Public Debt; and this view of the ...

... Steps are already being taken, it seems, for introducing a Russian administration, with Russian as the official language, in Bulgaria. A letter from Jassy, dated the 16th inst., in the Po/itischc Correspondenz, says:- The emigrant colony of Bulgarians here has greatly diminished in numbers during the last few weeks. Nearly all its younger and more intelligent members have proceeded to ...

... THE SICK WOMA AT. WHILE Turkey was being called the Sick Man it pleased Prince Bistriarck to style the Austro-Hungarian monarchy the Sick Woman. The joke was accepted in diplomatic circles, and for some time past it has been the fashion to talk of Austria as if she were doomed to inevitable dissolution. Some have indeed wondered how, with her jumble of ill-assorted populations, speaking ...

... -CHEAP MONEY ZNV AMERICA. ieliationist party in the United States has carried the first lc r~t in. a very dangerous as well as a very discreditable game. The c :s^ rith v lhich the Silver Bill was carried shows that the Senate as ,c(i as tlhe H-ouse of. Representatives has passed into the possession (f a;e party which regards the creditor, whether he be a public or l,?rat cerlitor, as an ...

... PARLIAMENTAR Y RE VIE W. HOUSE OF LORDS. IN the House of Lords last night, Lord Derby made an appeal to Lord Stratheden and Campbell not to bring forward his motion declaring that the terms of the armistice were such as to justify the Government in takin, every precaution to discourage encroachments on the treaties of 1856 and 1871. He had consulted with his colleagues, and they were satisfied ...