... ENGLISH AND AMERIcAN FARMfERS IT was no doubt natural for an English farmer, speaking of America to exclaim, in his perplexity, as a member of Parliament in a speech on the motion for a Royal Commission to inquire into Agricultural depression, describes him to have done: I wish that cursed country had never been discovered. Likewise, when printed matter of the trashiest sort is eagerly ...

... ?? POLITICAL AFFAIRS. --The Metropolitan Conservative Alliance held an enthusiastic meeting in Lambeth on Tuesday. Colonel Beresford, who presided, said that he believed that Lord Beaconsfield and his colleagues ha(l taken the measure of the time, and had provided a citadel, and a field of action in which to do our best to control the deluge, whether of brutal military tyranny or of wild ...

... THlE ZULU WA R THE general advance of the British troops had been fixed for about June i when the mail left on the 27th ult., and Lord Chelmsford's headquarters had already been transferred to Land- man's Drift in readiness. General Wood's column started on the 26th ult., and General Newdigate's troops were to follow, and join forces beyond Ibabanango, a supply depot being made on the way at ...

... 0- I ?? 7 ?? HER MAJESTY has delayed her departure from Balmoral until Tuesday next in consequence of the death of a favourite servant, John Grant, who was for 25 years head.keeper at Balmoral, and was in constant attendance on the Prince Consort. The Queen gave Grant a cottage near the Castle on his retirement frorn active service through failing health in 1873, and visited him frequently ...

... I ?? . .- - .. . ?? ?? ?? THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR, by the late Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand (Iongmans and Co. ).-Thisfragmentof a history by one who, though but a junior officer at the time, bore no undistinguished part in many of the affairs described, and whose ability and independent character made for him subse- quently a place apart, if not invariably a place of favour, among high ...

... C ?? 0 C e ?? I I THE Queen's sixtieth birthday was celebrated on Saturday with the usual rejoicings. In London and the provinces there were parades of the troops and volunteers, banquets, and illumi- nations, while dinners in Her Majesty's honour were given in Paris and Berlin. The Queen herself kept the anniversary at Balmoral, where the Crathie Choir came early in the morning and serenaded ...

... SOMIE VILLAGFS NEAR BRIGHTON THERE are three villages, as you travel towards Brighton, whose names are very familiar as the three last country stations on the line. It would be worth the while of a leisurely traveller instead of rushing on to Brighton to alight at any of these stations, which are halting places for some ofthe most quaint, primitive, and picturesque Sussex villages. These ...

... V I ?6?W THE GOVERNMENT AND SIR BARTLE FRF.RE.-- Lord Lansdowne's Resolution gave rise to a very instruc- tive debate, worthy of the best traditions of the Upper House, and of the numerous statesmen well versed in Colonial politics which it contains. Beyond the fact, however, that it was calculated to raise an interesting and seasonable discussion, it is difficult to perceive that any ...

... 443r f~yTEIcUN AFFAIRS IN THE EAST. -Scant results have hitherto attended the deliberations on the Greek Question, even yet the basis of negotiations not being settled. The Turks are willing to accept the 13th Protocol of the Berlin Treaty as the necessary basis, but will not acknowledge the frontier suggested therein as obligatory, so the Hellenic Commissioners refuse to negotiate on so vague ...

... FRENCH HA BITAXS CROSSING THE ICE BRIDGE BETW1EEN QUEBEC AND ISLE D'ORLEAN;XS L.V A SVOWSY7'0/,1. ON Saturday last (the morning of the storm) I went down to the Champlain Mlarket to sketch llabitans. The weather was , pitilessly cold, and the snow drifted so violently, that it was r iliculoun.- to try and( draw'. There were not many in the market, anl no wondcr. The country folk had ...

... THE ZUL U WA R CETEWvAYO duly arrived in Table Bay on the r5th ult., and was landed at an early hour, in order to avoid the dense crowd which would have assembled had the news been known. On landing, the King was dressed in European clothing, and was accompanied by four women, one little daughter, and four followers. The party were at once conveyed to the Castle, and taken to the rooms ...

... TEIx interesting old church of Arundel has been lately brought before the public in connection with a most singular lawsuit, the parties to which were the Duke of Norfolk as plaintiff and the Rector and churchwardens as defendants, and the dispute is really as to whom the chancel, or. eastern portion of t~he church, belongs. In order to settle this point the Duke a short time back built a wall ...