... VERA ZASSULIITCII Tuis young lady, whose trial and acquittal for attempted assassination at St. Petersburg has attracted so much interest throughout Europe, is the daughter of a Russian officer, and i ...

... NA Y-DA Y CUSTOMS THSE days of pageants and festive shows are nearly gone; the memorials of ancient customs, which were the delight of our forefathers, are rapidly disappearing in obedience to the spi ...

... THE QUEEN AND 1 Her Majesty and Prin--- ..Ai IILY. cas~tle sh~ortly _beforeegh 'cokoni as ing. The royal train ?? afternoon, and 'the Quee duovein ?? Tyssiver toBalnmoral, notwithstanding ~lopen arijacs whit wihsow ln a bitterly c ld ivasbill ra iug from the northa-west. cod in W The Prince anti Princess of Wvales leftshi, nine o'clock on Thureday niight, and ar Pri et Victoria station at a ...

... IRELAND, - The Lord-lieutenant of Ireland has ?? Lord Harlech to be lieutenant of the county of Leitrim in the room of the late Earl of Leitrim. The Cioenisel COhronicle states that the last of the M07 tenants on the Buckley estate have settled, and that the most cordial feelings now subsist between the tenants and their agent. The initial stage in a case which promises to be a cause crdbrc ...

... XESSES. B3IGHT AND GLADSTONE ON MUNIOCIPAL POLITIOS. I The Liberalsof Acarington have eected twenty-four Liberals as members of their first town council, carrying very ihan they nominated in each w ard, against a non. political party, which sncluded abont twelve Conservatives. Mr. Bright has addressed the following letter to Mr. John lIartley, Daisy-cottage, Accriugton: lRochdale, May 4, ...

... I n. ATE 3ZCA26 A1WD4L- . !Bishop M'Croskey, Bishop of -Michigan, in America, a prelu! e who was present at the last Pan-Anglican synod at Lambeth Palace, has become the subject of scandal. It is reported that he has bean carrying on an ipicit inter- course with several young women, particularly a girl named Fanny Richards, The Bishop of Iowa has Pablished the following:- In view of the ...

... GrAniE1~G I R G ?? i Wx T Eizrsac t lA 18th, 1878. BY DIM GLENNY. : 'iaor ot 'Glnys Illustrated Gar-den A3Lmuaack,. -JR 'WUEEKLY CALENDAR. T5LE PLOWER GARDEN. .-idiregard totiowerse bedding plants ought to be in their laues by now, and in many places they are, to make room for lalsms8, which want shifting, end plenty of light, and hundreds lqf seedlings and cuttings ox various kinds require ...

... 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 ...

... INPANTICIDE. THE French Chambers will shortly be asked to consider a Philanthropo- scheme for the revival of (lours or turning boxes in the foundling 1103pitals A turning box is a movable contrivance into which a mother desirous of abandoning her child to public charity may place the infant without bein, asked any questions. She rings a bell, the box revolves, and the child disappears for ever ...

... A1 Oxford yesterday Sir STAFFORb NORTHCOTE made a pathetic little speech, in which, after protesting against the unfairness of the opponents of the Government, he spoke as if all the troubles of the last two years were nearly over. He said, We trust that the support which has been so generously and nobly accorded to us by the great mass of the English people will, under the blessing of ...

... rfli? Obeninald gewd. THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR. The Emperor William has addressed the following letter to Prince Bismarck, dated the 14th inst.:- The act of a man fallen into evil ways, who attempted to take my life, which has for so long been protected by the merciful dispensation of Providence, has been the occasion ,f sncom1monly numerous manifestations of fidelity and ...

... rilE LEA EST OF THE GERMAN GO VERNMENT. l' is difficult at first sight to understand the motives of the German Government in introducing the measure which was so ?? rejected by the Imperial Parliament last Friday. The Socialists have disclaimed all connection with the attempted murder of the Emperor, and several of their leaders have taken the opportunity to explain that they trust solely to ...