... 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 ...

... I N:EWS FROM PARI, , IBY SUBMAUTNM TELEGRAPU.) (FROMf olin OWN CoRUrpElONDENT.) PARIS, Tbomn.D Vzolmr. t, The weatlber toe-iorrow is the subject of ancious £l speculation,. This morning was cold, raina being b imminent. Before noon heavy showers fell. ii Then the sun carire forth in brilliance, and there i was phenoitienal lteat for the season. Tiater a I heavy thunderstorm passed over Paris, ...

... I I1E NEGOTUTIONS BETWEEN I TGLAND AND RUSSIA. ?? (FROM OUR OWN COBRESPONDENT.) ST. PETEERSBURG, Art 26- Bvpitccng togethor the different items of infor- gstion which I have boon able to obtain from ,athoritative sourcOs, I have contrived to aseer- tamn jully the course and incidents of the negotia- tions which have been going forward since the va()oi San Stefauo. I informned you by tolograph ...

... LONDON, TUESDAY. MAY 7. Our Correspondent in St. Petersburg announces that Count Schonvaloff ia expected there on Sun- day next. According to information received by a Vienna paper, the Count does not go as the sub- stitute or successor of Prince Gortschaloft, but to report personally upon the pending negotiations between Russia and England. It is understood that he will not stay more than a ...

... 1S28 AND _I78. Tjo-day ral Address is to be prcscintect to at Earl ilust-ell. on lelittV of thle Noniconformists of y Great Brittin, r eo-iirsitrg the embinet services ir -wltich he( Tlee ?? io the cause of civil and e xeliatiiti1 ?? it) fie colarse of IL puiblic life lonig rilarit ~t~tlit premcconit, rind with especial t xi ieroeeeo to thle repeal oif the Tess hiand Corporartion t Aets, ...

... Our Correspondent in St. Petersburg telegraphs that thenews of Count Schouvaloff'spendingvisitto the Russian capital has created an excellent impres- sion there. The Count is considered the right man to bring about a complete understanding between the two Governments on the Eastern Question; and among the Russians such au understanding is earnestly desired. It is urged that the Russian ...

... | LORD SALISBURY AND THE DECLARA- I TION AGAINST WAR On Saturday last the annexed communioation Was forwarded to tho Foreign Secretary: To Tim MOST HON. TIM MARQUIS 01O SALODUiRY. W e have tho hontour to inform your lordship that a c declaration of opinion on the subject of the policy of this c country in referonco to tho affairs of Erstern Europe has r recently boon signed by upwards of ...

... The annael general meeting of tho members of hlis asscclation was held last evening at the Inae of Court Hotel, liolborn, under the presidency of Air, ti. Willize who, i open ing the proceedings, remarked that happily m:any of the difflal- ?? that had to bo confronted When the society comnmeneed its work had disappeared, and the lorng. employere Df labour and their employde were at prerent ...

... At the annual converzatiose of the Royal Society on Wednes- day last there was a more than ordinarily interesting display of the recent triumphs of science. The latest improvements on the telephone naturally attracted more attention than any other wonder, but not a little interest was shown in the results of Mr. Galton's curious experiments in combining photographs of different criminals so as ...

... Irfrid Obeninuld atwd. DENMARK AND RUSSIA. Our Copenhagen correspondent, writing on May 1, says :-In my'last letter, printed in the Pall Mall Gazette under the above heading, I mentioned as one of the reasons why the sympathy of the Danes was in favour of Russia that the remembrance of the bombardment of Copenhagen and the seizure of the fleet in 1So7 had left an impression on the popular mind ...

... AIFAIRS IN GREECE. ATHENS, Ajril 24. THE recent political success of Greece, slight as it has been, has had a distinctly beneficial effect on the people. Now that the Greeks see some prospect of tangible benefits to be acquired by moderation, they seem per- fectly prepared to take a common-sense view of their circumstances, and act accordingly. And there is good ground for hope that the shrewd ...

... The organization of the transport service has almost invariably been the weak point in English military expeditions ; and after all the rose- coloured xeports which have been issued of late from headquarters it is not pleasant to read in the criticism of the Military Correspondent of the [hsncs on the review before the Queen at Aldershot such a passage as the following: The turn-out of the ...