... TOPICS OF THE WIER. A;ONoC tbe nmany anid conspicuous advantaales of living on asl island is the considerable disadvantage of being isolated and out of the wovrld. We are sa.Fe from attack; any repeti- tion of the enterprises of Jl;Ts.1S CEsaR, WILLIAM of Nor- mandy, and NAPOLEON are out of the question ; we are not necessarily required to keep llp an alarminlg system of defence. Our sea is ...

... T11IIATRIbCAL TOUTRS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. SirI-Aei this is a question of sonice importance, I trust I may be forgiven if I should encroach a little on your valuable space in order to air nay Opinlions. Your correspondent '*Let Well Alone appears to be one of the very knowing ones. What a magnificent idea that was of his of 1dropping into the Theatre, not to witness the performance, ...

... THlE LEPROSY OF JOURNALISM. I.- SOCIETY PAPERS. The over civilisation of the latter half of the nineteenth century has produced a number of unhealthy and mischievous phenomena, as did the over civilisation of Rome'sixteen hundred years ago. The vices scathed by Juvenal and the loathsome habits described by Petronius were the noxious vapours thrown off by a huge accumulation of wealth, power ...

... At 112, Pearl-street, New York, on Ocatober 11th, the per- sonal effects of the late popular actor were sold by auction. The room was crowded, and among the number present were many professional annd intimate friends of the deceased, anxious to secure some memento of him. The articles, more than two hundred in number-with the exception of the T cart, which was in the street in front of the ...

... Ht~lff0W3:.iT Ta DO IT-THE CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE AGAIN. Ar 0is dbraongh Kensington Gardens just now will ;4txrr 'Nvature once more eudeavouring to save her my ,t+rszu1 the ruin to which man has doomed them. A'be the ground is covered with fallen leaves. Lr,.v' 4.C themselves these would gradually decay and e Viio thle roil, in the cosuse of another year, the % j) ,,t which has been drawn from ...

... :D3:. Kxrsz-zY AgDp, NJ Exmit., Dr. Kenealy has addressed the following letter to the. editor of the Timeas:- Sir,-I have just read a paragrsph in the Tii esjof d this day which CaRU for a rep y, It is ,worded in rather t f n passionate style,:but with this I have nothing to do. e a Soon sifter my-retuarn to parliament in'1875 'Mr. Bright.; +1 honoured me with a very long conversation, 1sting ...

... ATWE2WPTRD 3MUGLAZY AT ENVZL3; - - .. . H LL. - - -- . A daring attempt to plunder the residence of Lord Shmford, Enville HaU, near Stourbridge, was made on Sunday evening. The drawing and dining rooms abut on the south side, and immediately over the former is situated her ladyship's boudoir. Into this last apartment the thief or thieves first gained access, about twenty-five minutes past ...

... tlqNZEYISMK AT 7iOLNESTOITM. To TED EDITOR OF REYNOLDS'S NEWSPAPER. SIR,-Last week a working man's refreshment-house was opened in Folkestone. It is started by a company, who, if they thought they could not get a good dividend out of it, would have nothing at all to do with the con- cern. The place was opened with a publio luncheon. The i Folksetone Nelws reports the speeches delivered on the ...

... COTTON AND COAL.-Abont one-third of th spinmes and nearly one-fourth of the looms in the town ofurle are either stopped or are working short time. The ou-. put of coal is reduced by one-third, and the ironworla have curtailed one-fourth. THE state of trade is beginning to alarm the most hope- ful, for, notwithstanding the felct that during the lae five years the wages of ironworkers have been ...

... SUMMARY OF TIlS MORNING'S NEWS. The Indian correspondent of the Times states in his weekly telegram that the decision of the Home Government to reopen negotiations with Shere Ali has awakened in India a profound feeling of indignant dismay. The military aiuthorities, however, are energetically pushing on their preparations. Sixty per cent. of the Arneer's troops are said to be invalided with ...

... Jeflid CM'btninq?d otb)d. THE RHODOPE INSURRECTION. The LEzstern Bui,,-rd's correspondent at Constantinople says that the Phodope insurrection has received a fatal blow by the assassination of Omer Aga, one of its most influential leaders, at Kirdzaly. Omer and his companiont veie attacked by the band of Kara Yussuff, and murdered before assistance cculd arrive. Kara Yussuff was in very bad ...

... News from General Roberts's column of the Afghan expedition states that the British have captured Fort Kuram in the Kuram Valley. A Standard telegram says that the garrison fled to Peiwar, at the extremity of the valley, vheie resistance is expected. The principal inhabitants welcomed the British troops and brought them provisions. General Biddulph's force at Pisheen has captured the moonshee ...