... 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. E. Taylor were the members present, and Mr. J. Lowther, the new Irish Secretary, was sworn in a member, while Her Majesty pricked the Sheriffs for England, Wales, and the Duchy of Lancaster. The ...

... Our Corresnondent in Florence writes: When Italy on her liberation adopted a govern- ment for which England served her as a model, great interest was felt for a time in her Constitu- tiopal (levelopiment. And when it was found how skllfully she bore herself through the early uliflenltjes of her position, a general admiration arose for the young kingdom's nolitical common- sense. B at there are ...

... I R-I ?, I AUiLPlHI THEATUT. TB1L ROSdA OILRlA COhLP.AY.. Tim1B EvYatIm at 8, ]OUUiA H GIRL ThUdeTa Mr J- W.M . Tuerll;r, Count A niheim, 7r. u. E COei; Pnreste;u, gr. ClAYls O Lyall- flailVhoWi, Mr. Anyr Coo k Queen of thto hlpeie Mlii IJoarpino YorH.* Bad onay. AyuNoe Coo;; and ArBino, ald Greorginn Bures. BJetslverliaueunet, exe uted ?? LTYATREl T ROYALIH TRE. t. Tllrs EvmnrNOa rt 7.0, } tE ...

... AUSTRIA AND THE EASTERN QUESTION1 SPE CifL OF COUNT ANDRASSY. ITlltOUGIn REUTER'S AGENOC.1 VIENNA, ?? 0. The Government to-day presented to both the ,Austrian and Hungarian Delegations a Bill in- demnifying the Ministry for the common expen- diture of the Monarchy during the second quarter of the finanoial year; a BiM granting a supple- mentary credit for the Foreign and War Offices; a Bill ...

... EO2?7DO?, ?4TURDAY. MARCH16, lt is annouiced by the Offiqial Journal of Athcnt o that ituesia has refused tO agreo to the praposa1 i that Gre ece should bo uadmitted to the Congress of k: the Povrers. Publi¢ feeling is said to be mrch al eciiteci against PRussia onl this accouut, U, GIeresral Ignet-ieff anid Beouf Pnoba hove arrived T at St. Petersburg. General Ignatieff was r'ecelved tl ...

... 1MPERIAL .P'ARLIARENT, ITa the T-Tonso of Lords last uiight, Lord Elphniu I- i !tonec, repyim i to Lord l~lawarr, Eaid it I ?? thnlt tho E nrydiec Nva un resO sail -whenl s~truck by tho squall, andl was inouse- tlioaolyfl heowNV upon her beam nds.l- 'The esptlll ANOI, 110 11101g111 justialed in sailing under-presa of Ii 0;1nvisasatliowhvsd wvas abaft hie beatu. There i ?? a toted of 321 ...

... (ThOtJE1?S' LICEXSE8. Yesterday mornting a eptaomitionl frontl thle various tensp(il'slleC SOCieties' watuteti UpOnI .. Clrods to ask ltho (loverunietit to supeport M~r Pcease's titotiiou or lxst nlight, andu to pass ti sue' ties'sv mlealstio .Vlthi C- gterd to greeors' liconco3s 'fit ei~tietit rtpr 'SCIttedl WOre the 2didlastt TeitUIerotiEe LeagUe, the Weetr!lo T1enlPer- alice League, the ...

... RUSSIA AND THE TREATY OF I PEACE. (FPRO3 OURl OWNLf CORWESPONDUNT.) ST. PETFRSBURG, XBCmaw 21. The Treaty of Peace, which I huvo sent you in ?? by telograph, has appeared this morning in the Qficial Joisenrl, where it fills seoven large columns. To say the truth, it contains nothing particularly now. It's principal clauses were already generally known througbout Europe. What munut have ...

... Y7I l N, 4TIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. Tim, short debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday on the sub- ject of the National Portrait Gallery served to illustrate some of the evils that flow from our present incoherent system of art administration. At the close of the discussion Mr. Mitchell Henry protested, and with good reason, against the waste of public time involved in thus inviting the ...

... VEHA T THE PEA CE COMES TO. pEACE was signed at Constantinople on Saturday, and there are great rejoicings at the Russian capital. Its inhabitants pro- ?? know no more than we do of the precise conditions of the treaty; but they see enough to justify their triumph, and Ko do w e. We need not wait for official information to knrow that, whatever the articles of the peace instrument may be, ...

... PARLIAMENTAR Y REVIEW. HOUSE OF LORDS. IN the House of Lords last night, Lord Granville asked Lord Derby whether he could confirm the news of the ratification of the treaty of peace between Russia and Turkey. He also desired to know when the Goveinment would be likely to receive information of the terms of the treaty. Lord Derby said the treaty had been ratified; with regard to the second ...

... THE GAMEKEEPER A T HOME. XVI.-TRICKS WITH FISH. A CLEVElA fish-poacher can land a jack even without a wire, and with no better instrument than a willow stick cut from the nearest osier-bed. The willow, or withy as it is usually called, is remarkably pliant, and can be twisted into any shape. Selecting a long slender wand, the poacher strips it of leaves, gives the smaller end a couple of ...