... 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 ...

... VANITY has been a vice of women in all ages- Vice is almost too strong a term for it ; indeed in some cases it might be called a virtue, for a woman without a little vanity is scarcely womanly. The strong-minded female, with a soul above a pretty gown, is not aloveable creature. But there are degrees of vanity. With the woman who is only anxious to be pleasant in the eyes of those around her, ...

... r -V3 j Ein o HW0 THE Loss OF THE EURYDICE.- -Confidence in the ships of our modern navy has been on several occasions so rudely shaken that there was a certain satisfaction in learning that the lamentable disaster of Sunday last had befallen a vessel of a thoroughly old-fashioned type. The jury appear to have returned a very proper verdict, for the evidence of the two survivors and of the ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Let us relieve the mind of a Professional Vocalist by a simple statement. If he would abstain from singing extracts from operas le would never find himself In trouble. There is no publisher in London who claims, or allows a claim to be made, for the performance of ordinary songs ; and the reason why such an announcement is not made on the copies is because it ...

... MR. GLADSTONE AND THFR REPRE- SENTATION OF GREENWICH. I Ott Cahir*a afternoon at 3 o'eloc1h a TwY til ertineroexis deputsttion from the Greeniwich Liberal Five, MI 1ieudred, headed by the presidspt, Mr. 3f. It. Jolly, the a treasurer. Mr. i. Greens, sad the ohitirnman tile secretary be of eac% of the three district committees, htad an interview e w-itle Mi. Ghudgtonoeat the Liberal Central ...

... VISIT OF THE (iRA'ND K . rNiHOLAS TO ?? SULT ,( BY SUBAIE TELERA; 7 ' (NROM OUR SEOTAL 0oRUnsittl.J, ,,CONSTANTINOPIE, Wxnnzsx J On the occasion of the ?? visit ot the Grand Duke Nicholas 'to th :Sultan yester- day, in order to avoid the excitement wbich tiighi b cause 'by -a large nfuber of Ru#ian oficeri riding through the streets of Sttoil' and Pera, the tuusiani. themselves sel'that the ...

... PIPERIAL PARLIAMENT4 rTOUSE, OF ]LORDS.-KIoNDAY, MCayct1r 26. 1lie Lorn CIA =1Tffnr.o took Lsis Seat on tile Woolsack stt O' elerk;. TTIVP CASTE1 OF MR. OLrPHTANT. Viscoorrnt IIALIFAX-T-ly lords, in rising to put a ques.- tien to thle inoble wariluis,' the Secretary of State for 111dia, of Whichl I havel givenl him privalte notice, I maysny ilt onco that it is jat reforence to thea remooval of ...

... 'NATA.L AND -MILIT.ARYI ., . I , . . , . WeOLWICE, Mawl a; ?? has bebn ?? toi;sew1 OiEAA nia piattfoms fora)te BdiRile;4i6ioiiadd j(te1 Paydi Shorief), new S.ttisegat 'Ohtinfiw' te presjdet: ?ttgementS for MDtIItipg theD giiijt i -t.he l*att' bei gi not saitibfactohry to ...

... .AFFAIRS AT THE CAPEM r (raI>OM OC CAaSIONAL 001~soNlbT 3 ~POEIT ELIZAJ3ETIE, FZB. 1b.I , This m orninfg's telegramu announcing Lord Car-t narvon's resignation and the serious crisis inf ,the fortunes of our umother country whieh 3 have led up to it will cause a thrill throughontt rthe length and breadth of South Africa.t W here shall we South Africans find a second I Lord Carnarvon ? A ...

... CONGRESS OR CONFE1EiNrml -P T0 TIIF EDlTOR OF TlM DAILY hEW. Sxn,-Tlhnt Lord. BiecolltfclXd' oninjoo, de- livered in his roply to Lord sManvere, is moerely ?? msay be seen by ?? to the protocols of thonges, Congress-that of Paris in 1866-w11i0li, Whether thle Approaching assembly is called a Co#iOr~lece ore CongrOss must hlave the weightiest influereo in regacd to procedure because no similar, ...

... 0N IMFASt3ITY - WT.?LI.4WkFNC. ' OXFORD, MAsuw 19,. Ennouo1? OF Pnoorneson J. E. T. RooEsO AS A. DELC- OGrE 07 1Ift4TTACHOD BSTODEsTa. - In a Convoerotion holden to-day the name of Jamesa It. T. -Roxera, W.A, Wor.o h cestor Collete, who had beon nominated by tho Vice C~n- cellr end Proctors to be a delegate of students not atthcd to any college or ball, was submitted to the House and approved ...