... ?? I M . !, ?? I ?? ?? V- 14.1? THE POSITION OF RUSSIA.-There can be little doubt that the Russian Government has made up its mind to assent to all the main demands of England. Had it intended to re ...

... fI3PERIAL PARLIAXENT. -, ?? f ta r4` ., ~ .. . : f of ?? ( i LOS ALEQSI 0I1- I .1, z ND 'J~ljD A1fiJ B SA~.-]larl, lR~LLE:M ords, ?? O~tOputu~ques 1304 ?? oft the Oo~ici~ f !lichihae :ivn'hm ?? :W~iehj~aelcan nly e pt'tohi~as~amatter of inxi athepresouixivi of: theoeinofc iltok _4f ha' feelathati ?? ti stawte t6.the. house wheterihe~bmoanum'bic apeared in anevening ,PaPer'lstrweek- i8' ...

... Lord Beacor.sfield arrived at Berlin last evening, and was received at the railway station by Lord Odo Russell, Herr von Bdiow, and all the members of the British Embassy. Lord Odo Russell conducted the Prime Minister to the Kaiserhof Hotel. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived two hours later, and was re(cived at the railway station by all the members of the English Embassy. H is lordship went to ...

... lr for a moment we recur to a matter which every one who cares for the reputation of the English Parliament would be glad to forget, it is because more than one of the comments which have appeared upon the affair are of a nature to increase its disagreeable significance. It has been frequently declared of late that the House of Commons has deteriorated in character-morally as well as ...

... RY .LLL A~ .- -s - VI.-CURIOUS PONDS. THE general deficiency of moisture characteristic of these chalk hills is such that it is said agriculture flourishes best upon them in what is called a dropping summer, when there is a shower every two or three days, the soil absorbing it so quickly. For the grass and hay crops down below in the vale, and for the arable fields there with a stiff heavy ...

... DISSOL UTION AND CONGRESS. (FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) BERLN, June 10. TiE Government have come to a wise resolution. They are going to appeal to the nation. The Reichstag will be dissolved, and the people wil have to decide to whose hands they choose to confide their destinies. It is further satisfactory to see in the proposal addressed to the Federal Council that the Chancellor ...

... HENLEY REGATTA, *; to-moirow night all the leading crews and clubs entered for this regatta mill have made their appearance on the scene of action. To a lover of rowing there is hardly a more interesting sight than the evening practice over the course during the last few days before the regatta. There is then more facility for studying the style of the various competitors than during the hutly ...

... The Poles are of opinion that they have some right to be considered I by the diplomatists assembled at Berlin. A correspondent at Lemberg, C writing on the 16th inst., says :- We Poles are much exercised about l the Congress, and many of us think that some means should be devised for bringing the Polish question before that assembly. Very little hope is felt of the Congress leading to any ...

... W11l) iFE IN A SOUTIHI-RNV COUIVTY. - n .,l[ l.- . . 1 .1- - - - - lx-BIRi)S OF1 T'lll CORN-FIELDS. I hk l llthorn hedge runs along some distance below the earth- X t he foot of the steepest part of the hill. It divides th 4 h onfrom) the ploughed land of the plain, which stretches tr flutc miles wide, across to another range opposite. A few stunted ~ e~o at itervals among the bushes, which ...

... THE CONGRESS. The Times observes that on all sides it seems assumed, and probably with good reason, that the Congress will secure a peaceful solution of the questions at issue. There can, at all events, be no doubt that this is the object which is profoundly desired by every one of the statesmen who will next week assemble in Berlin. It has become evident to them that a war would involve such ...

... chi? TIhE CONSTITUTIONAL FETE AT ROME. Onr loman correspondent, writing on the 3rd inst., says :-The Festival if the Statuto, which is kept on the first Sunday in June, was celebrated ,,terday in the usual fashion. In the morning there was a grand military dviw byi the King, accompanied by his staff and all the military attachrs of evayio mbassies. The streets were lined with spectators, among ...

... EXTiAVAGANCE IN TEE CITY. EXTRAVAiiANUE 1N Ion wa s I AT the Court of Con moh Council Deputy Fry, ta) chairman of the General 1Purposes Commitnelt , brought up a report from that commitfee Oni reference to them on the 29th of Jane, 1876, ,>f e consider the nature of the contraets made with D different City tradesmen, and price paid for w done for the Corporation. Mr. Walter addressed thr l ...