... SCRAPS FROX THE COXIC JOURNALS, [From Funny Folks.1 PARILIAMIENT OUT OF SESSION. Mr. Mundella felt bound to say that a good deal of the depression in trade, and the consequent distress, lay at the door of Lord Beaconsfield and his colleagues. We are very glad to hear this. Now that the fact has been brought to its very door and is lying there, the Goverf- ment suely cannot pretend any further ...

... ADVANOC OiP WE PLAGU. We (Post) trust that nothing will be left undone by our Government to ensure early and regular intelligence as to the progress of the plague in Russia. There is nothing else thought of or talked of in Russia but the plague, the terrible and unsparing Black Death. Politics have no interest. Plans of conquest and dreams of ambition have for the moment passed from the public ...

... [ We are not responsible for the opinions expressed in the leters which ayppear in the Examiners Letter Box.] OUR SCHOOLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. 'SIR,- Eton asks what I mean by making up lee-way in playhours; the answer is, Compelling boys to perfect -themselves in school-work or composition which were not sufficiently prepared at the appointed time, under :a special master. . ...

... Brugsh-Bay, Henry.-A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs Translated from the German by the Late Henry Danby Seymour, F.R.G.S. Edited by Philip Smith, B.A. 2 vols. with coloured plates and maps. John Murray, Boddy, E. Marlett, F.R.C.S.-Hydropathy. Baillre, Tindall and Co. Corner, Caroline.-'Twixt Will and Fate. Remington and Co. Colenso, Right Rev. J. W., D.D., Bishop of Natal.-The Pentateuch ...

... OETif Obenhtuv'ud Oth# THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. The following telegrams from the Viceroy have been sent to us for publica- tion from the India Office:- January ?? soliliery very disaffected. A ?? cavalry regiment ,'t'rtcdI bodily fiom Cabol. Disorder prevails in city. Roberts reports return to ,Iti on after visiting south and west extremity of Khost Valley. People civil, promised i,, gic no ...

... Alicady it seems ald/ons d'essai are being sent up to try which Ir way the wind blows for a prolongation of the Russian occupation of th Roumelia beyond the 3rd of May. This might have been anticipated. a' 'The one object of Prince D)ondoukoff-Korsakoff and his subalterns since the conclusion of the Berlin Treaty has apparently been to render the condition of the occupied province such that ...

... The resignation of Marshal MacMahon will, it is believed, be announced in the French Chambers to-day. The Ministry resolved yesterday to abide by its JecisionI respecting the military commands, and to-day the Marshal is to preside at a Cabinet Council, at which he is expected to formally announce his resigna- yion. The two Chambers will then be summoned to meet in Congress this evening. and ...

... BERLIN. fan. 6. THE negotiations between Prince Bismarck and the Curia have come to an end; the happy peace by which the Chancellor hoped to win the support of the Centre in order to overthrow the Liberals has proved a failure; and Dr. Falk has obtained a new lease of power: that is the latest phase of the Kulturkampf. It has proved anew how little the Prince, for whom politics are a simple ...

... CORRLESP ONDENCE. REMONSTRANCE. To ?? EDITOR o.f Ale PALL MALL GAZETTE. Sii,-A pamphlet has been issued by M1essrs. Chatto and Windus containing the articles on the Rhodope Commission from the S~peclator's point of view. These articles were so ably dealt with in your journal that reprinting them is a matter of little moment; but the reprint is prefaced by an Introduction ' at once so ...

... We hear from Constantinople that in consequence of the representa- tions of France the Porte has ordered the Turkish commanders to evacuate the country occupied by the Miridites. The state of siege in Monastir has been raised, and Kiamil Pasha is reported to have sent a delegate to the mountaineers with a view to re-establish among them the old friendly relations which the recent rising ...

... PUBLIC HOUSE BROKERS AND THEIR TICTIMS. v jUivbIi. Trio very singular applications were made to Alder. man Sir Robert Carden and Mr. Alderman Finnis. The first applicant was a Mar. Brewer, who applied for a provisional transferof the Anchor and Hope, in Lower Thamnes-street, until the next general licensing session. The Beadle of Tower Waxd was in attendance to give any information that ...

... RIOTUNG ON A flACECOURSE. 1 ^11 - 1 ar ?? ?? ltrl ?? rD l : A.T Shrewsbury, Thonias Ilfttlews, I ward Ricliardg, John. tlcnncssy, and Willar M'Lcan, alias ' 1loppy, wovre charged last week wvith being conccrned in a riot at the Shrewsbuiry Races, on the 12th of Novomi- ber last, The row bogau with a crowd of fortty or fifty people raisiug a cry of Welsher aglnint two men who were, in the ...