... TRlE rOYAL AQUARIUl An iniportant addition has just been madle, rivalling, Perhbps, in interest the celebrated gorilla Pongo, to the natural history departmnut of the Aquarium, this novelty being a gigantio r mzmat~a, or Wrest Inaian smermaid, which arrived at Glasowr last Mopnlay, and is the second specimen ever bronuht to Euriop~eof thiu bow nearly estinct kind of animal. It i6 a ctt very ...

... I VE RDICT ANID SENTENCES. Tho trial of the seven prisoners for fraud and conl8s1reov to defrauid, inl connection with loan offices of Lib'on Life Assurasice Socitywa srumdad coneludod onx Saturday, at the Central Criminal Court, ft)1 bcefoer Mr. Justico Hawkins. tri Mr. Gorst, Q.C., Mr. Poland,'and Mr. Straight con- duoted the prosacution: Mr. Bosley and M. Sims do- qu felided Wood; Mr. ...

... rtji~ ebetnin'd Rb e. '-rE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN BELGIUM. 01l c03ia ~Aiiir Be/ge of ta-day publishes the news, announced by i yesterdaY afternoon, that the Belgian Ministers have resigned, and :o[Ptl ,~e(9rbafl has been entrusted by the King with the formation of I'lr.CeW iJnet. Cr ftresselsS Correspondent writes -The _7omrnal &i Li4'de, the organ of ^re t declares to-day that if he is to ...

... CAR MEN.) 'IAIN is a country inhabited by gipsies, smugglers, bull-fighters, and ,ulkteers; on whom a semblance of order is imposed by soldiers only a little less undisciplined than the rest of this gaudily attired, recklessly Lehaved population. The military have a disastrous habit of falling in love with the bright-eyed daughters of the gipsy tribes, some of whom, Yke Carmencita or Carmen ...

... AUb1IAsaN ZLUL-k-1 1.A LIn rin Xx j,1t\eie g account of the Eastern policy of Count Andrassy is given in a },Xipiiet entitled The Verdict of Facts, by an Austrian, which has jst Lon published at Leipzig. The writer says that in 1867 Count And15s' , on being appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, had a conversa- tifl en the foreign affairs of the monarchy with Count Beust. The latter 2tcClitCd ...

... 1r .- . * . THE Epsom Summer Meeting, which commences to-morrow, will apPa- rently be productive of some good sport, even apart from whatever interest may be excited by the races for ?? and the Oaks-the former of which will be contested by a' field at least as numerous as usual, though somewhat deficient in quality. The principal items in the programme for to-morrow are the Egmont Plate-a ...

... FRENCH MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SiR,-There are one or two points in a recent article on the above subject in the Tall Mall Gazette which claim a few words of comment. No foreign medical man can practise in France under the existing law unless be either obtains special leave (a practically impossible thing just now) from the Minister of Public Instruction, ...

... BLACK DOTS ON THE HORIZON PARIS, June i 2. THE French Chambers have been prorogued after an uneventful but important session. The Lower House has not done much legislative work, but it has quashed the elections of a great number of Conser- vative members returned owing to administrative pressure; and in the majority of cases it has seen these acts of retributive justice ratified by the country ...

... A MUTIN\N OL CONVICTS. - 1- _- ?? - i :J_ ?? A .\lu I L \ Iti bu' A d'stuibance took place on Friday among some convicts from Spike Island eqp~osed a, Haulbowline Dockyard. A quarrel occurred between a few of the cuncrs.u ad.d the warders on endeavouring to quell it were set upon by a nrrbei of the prisoners, who attacked them with shovels and other implements chid, they used at their work. ...

... ?? . . The Congress did not sit yesterday. According to a Reuter's telegram, the recessity for some private negotiations upon the Bulgarian question previous to the next sitting induced the Russian Plenipotentiaries to express a wish that there should be a day's interval before Congress again assembled. As soon as the Bulgarian question is disposed of, the frontiers and other matters relating ...

... FRANCE AND THE CONGRESS. The Timoes, discussing the terms of the proposal drawn up by the French Plenipotentiaries at the Congress for the government of Roumelia, says they include all that is essential both for the purposes of our own Government and for the legitimate demands of Russia. It deserves particular notice that Europe and England owe it to the French Pleni- potentiaries that this ...

... The second sitting of the Berlin Congress is held to-day, and it is under- stood that the Bulgarian question will almost exclusively occupy the attention of the Plenipotentiaries. The questi n of the admission of the Greek delegates will also, it is believed, be raised. Friday and Saturday were devoted to private interviews between the members of the Congress. Lord Beaconsfield conferred with ...