... THiE Postmaster-General has c ce again called the attention of the public to certain peccadilloes, little sins, on their part which mar the steady working of our postal system. When anything is wrong with posted letters, cards, newspapers, or book-packets we at once blame St. Martin's-le-Grand as the centre of iniquity. And yet it has been proved beyond all doubt that many of the mishaps are ...

... RAIL WAY WAIFS AND STRAYS TwELVE coats, thirteen shillings ; six pairs of trousers and three vests, eight shillings ; twelve ladies' waterproof cloaks, ten shillings; thirty pieces skirts and dress bodies, seven shillings ; twelve white shirts, seven shillings; two pairs of white drill trousers, two ditto coats, and fifteen pairs of drawers, three shillings ?? Twenty-two chemises, nine ...

... THE FURR Y-DANCE A T HELSTON * CORNWALL is far away from all the great centres, and its Inhabitants in the main are still of ancient British stock. No Odet, then, that so-called old English customs, many of which are probably rather British than English, should have lasted on the Duchy after they have died out elsewhere. Notable 1iongst these is the s Furry-dance at Helston, a May cere- y ...

... FOR many years past, owing to the peculiar position occupied by Turkey with regard to the other European Powers, the Ambassadorship to Constantinople has been regarded as one of the most important diplomatic posts within the gift of Her Majesty, and during the great events which have taken place in that quarter of the globe since the Eastern Question was rekindled by the insurrection in the ...

... RE I THE CRISIS IN T}IE EAST.-Count Sclhouvaloff arrived at St. Petersburg on Sunday, and has since been daily conferring with the Czar ; but so strict a silence has been maintained on all sides, that up to the time of writing nothing definite is known of the progress of the negotiations. There is a slight reaction against the hopefulness of last week, caused mainly by the absence of ...

... A MORNiNG RAMBLE BY AN EARLY RISER How few people in London take advantage of the beautiful summer weather, and rise at early morning to enjoy the fresh air before it becomes tainted and smoky later on, 'when the great City awakes to life and labour. The various parksareopenat six, or thereabouts, yet, despite the opportunity thus offered for imbibing the pure air and taking healthful exercise ...

... VJNFORTUN TELY as regards our comfort, but fortunately as egards our neans of locomotion, Nature has not ordained that egr sen of the world should secrete carbonate of lime, and build by concentric layers an external coating or shell in which we could live in peace, and stroke our beards like mussels or oysters. We find ourselves bound to live in houses whose rents grow dearer every lustre, ...

... RURAL J'OTE X t' D S ?? TiiE WEATHrER-If there be one thing certain above all others, it is the uncertainty of the weather. For the last two or three, or four or five days, we have had thunder, lightning, and rain-rain which has tended much to the injury of late lambs. 'then we have had days of such a shilly-shallying character that they do not seem accountable even for their own actions-days ...

... DGQ=9RLAmENf 'i.K - ~ ~ ?? MR. DAVID DAVIES, who occasionally utters wise sayings tempered with a strong Welsh accent, said on Monday night that, if the proceedings of the previous half-hour were omitted altogether from Hansard's report, it would not be any disad- vantage to the character of the House of Commons. The pro- position might be carried farther, and it might be said that if the ...

... THE HARVEY TERCIENTENARY A ?qOVETMENT, supported bya number of emninent nieoicaL men, and. warrmly espoused by public jnstitutions, has recently i ?? brothel were rosey th discovereri been made for recognisu the servicsiof Harveytte df iscoere of the circulation of t c a a lm at Folkstofe, is ative town. As early as the 1st ?? last (te tecntenary of his birthday) as muh isptoonha been obtained ...

... THE CRISIS IN THE EAST -TURKISH LINES AT BOULAIR FOR THE DEFENCE OF GALLIPOLI BEL TEIN A GREAT deal has been written about the English May-day celebrations, the joyous excursions into field and wood to gather the first tokens of Nature's bountiful blooming in flower and greenery; the Maypole ; the crowning of the Queen of the May; but much less attention has been paid to the perhaps equally ...

... WHETHER every truant knows yet, as in Goldsmith's days, howv severe and ',stern to view the schoolmaster is, it is certain that there is now added a penalty for the parents of the continuous truant, and that is the appearance before the Board. For since the days of sweetest Auburn, schools have been scattered over the land, and to expound the text, compel them to come in, School ...