... t o 0 TS -&IC AND LOS§ j -OVER 00 ZOVO 8i - 1 Slnoe t loss of the Captain, no greater CalsaniitL ?? '&eeln one unay thasi'the sisournful accident which 0c. Marrod off the Isle of 'Wight on Sunadiy afternoon, whert at lesst 324 souls perished. The tale-is one of the simplest, iaa the details only heighten the effect which such a tragedy, however occasioned, must produce. The Envy- dice, four ...

... THE MASONS' STRIKE. At a meeting recently held in the Lambeth Baths a resolution was passed protesting against the New Lawv Courts being converted into a common lodging and boarding establishment. The resolution was forwarded to the office of Public Works, and the following reply was received to-day:- Sir,-I am directed by the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works to acknowledge the ...

... On Iu WA idPsPA3ATONS. arci~sloncay ?? th IiedMarshal Commanding.' in-hie vsitd he, camp at -Aldershott in ordei' t6 in- OPect the whole of. the non-comnmissioned- officers anud, Privtesof he ?? on cmyear's service anti under. The dt`te; 'onl arriinmg on- -the ground, at once commienced to inspeot-the men of eachs'reginient-ost Minutely. -He frequently stopped and asked. teeins as. to the age ...

... ISP3. GMADSTONE AND G2nETWEI. The late Lord Palnmerston was ree gnised by the whole world as a first-rate statesman. But had anyone so classified beajuamin D crack in his' lordship's presence, he would have been greatly surpirised and hugely amused. That the pr-esentl Preaicr is, and ?? has been, a poli- tical trickster, no one wiill contradict. But that he has ever d:svlayed statesmanlike ...

... FOREGN INTELLIGENCE. . C lle In the Chamber M1. Cnuneo d'Ornano, the Bonapartist famous for his threat of pounding.the Republicans into a mess which the very dogs 'would loathe, criticised the suspension of a mayor at Bourg. M. de Marcere de. fended the step, declaring that the Government could not retain iu office men who paraded their anti.Republican. ism. M. de Cassagnac, interposing, ...

... THE CZAR AND THE SUL- TAN IN CONGRATULA- TION. The Czar and the Sultan have coigratulated each other. The Suluam is n ot displeased to think that Turkey has beeti'dofeated because nothing has happened to him, and that is the great point with Mussulilnalas or Christians in this selnsh world. The Cr7ar is pleased because he get away from the field with a whole skin, and it does not concern him ...

... GARD ENIN G YOU THU WERE TERX5NtUTIN XmAOH 18th, '1878 BY MR. GLENNY. (Editor of `Glenny's Illustrated Garden Almanackp,) OUR WEEKLY CALENDAR. TIM ?? GARDfEN. Tyhis department mnst be cleared of all the decaying and dead, plente eind parts of plants, and maust he got ready for theesrn and sum i.,er decoration.prg The portions which have been devoted to bulbs mi~t be care- yally w eeded, so ...

... A RIXEiD MABRIAGE. Never since the legalization in tb-s colmtry of the I ceremony of civil marriage did a regis rar-odice present such an animated picture as the s ght witnessed on Wednes,,ay morning in Mount-street, (3rosvenor-square; on the occa ion of the marriaue of the- Earl -of Ioscbiry and Miss flanvab de Bothschiid. lb kee orted almost fabulous wealth of the bride in a greatb4detce ...

... I r_ _ L9 ~ IN:Vo ~tdTo!~A . In refectenle to the whdiesale dlsmireisl By the Govern- .ment, of. Victor' a of pdiblic fuc~nsisbecause. he Cmodlrtcllfuvsed grau money forthe payment 6f nSmem. bers in the Lower.Honse, the Argus of February i says:- - *Since the departure of -the mail by the. Assism ?? nlt., the'strain-on the' -oastdtion' Coll- gaeunt npon the, crisis ''into ,which4,th:i ...

... AESANOM1NsTS POI A R3X1TISH z ID -I!ION A Y reaO, ;. , * - We have reason to believe that it has been decided to employ Lord-Napier of Magdala as commander-in-chief of any expeditionary force thai way be sent out in case of war, with Sir Garnet Wolseley as chief of the staff. Lord Napier is advanced in life, as he was born in 1810. Lord Napier entered the Bengal Engineers in 1828, and saw his ...

... I:LATEST INTELLIGEXCEE ?? -4-- rSIPET Xsrscxb ANDus XLWTVp rcTEL sInArr. RAo A r~rsks OF Ta WrvD. BREAK UP OF THE CONGRESS. - RUSSIA AfD ENGLAND. - ?? March ?? 'The principal. Powers have declined to enuertain the propositio suinumitted by Russia that a Congress shall be called without England. This seems to postpone the whole Congress scheme sine die. ' The-'Berlin Government-organ, tet ...

... 9ISCELhi A eonsarabloartion Novelli and Co., Bradford, was destroyed by hire on Tues- day evenin. .The damage wilbe 0iarge- .; . :OwTnindat'mornings-finn ?? f sf6v mm wss ?? :te th6sBlkntdslnds,;4 thewestern coast ore~rhy. Five of the ciew were drowned, and two were rescued. R . chard .Btaxr was sentenced by the, Dorchester mra gistrates -to two months' hard labour for murderously ?? Henry ...