... The Times of Monday says :— We have reason to believe that the various announcements which have appeared in the Press relative to the Queen's proposed visit to the Continent are inaccurate. It is the Queen's intention, after the marriage of the Duke of Connaught, to pass a short time at the Italian lakes in strict privacy. ...

... Mr. Jonathan Pavior, the oldest inhabitant of Oxford, and reputed to be in his 101 st year, died in that city on Friday in last week. Mr. Pavior was formerly a bellhanger at Oxford. On Monday the Rev. Dr. James Ingram, minister of the Free Church at Unst, Shetland, died within a month of the completion of his 103rd year, having been born in Aberdeenshire on the 3rd of April, 1776. He was ...

... A CONGREGATION CHOOSING THEIR CLERGYMAN. —It is stated that the living of Ramsholt, Suffolk, having become vacant, the patron-the Rev. H. Canham—has invited the communicants of the parish to nominate two competent clergymen, to one of whom he will present the living. This is a step in advance. ...

... It may be interesting to mention that of 1 537,276 productively industrious New Yorkers, 351,628 are farmers or farm hands; one-half of the working women of the state are house servants, while there are no fewer than 137,416 of the same. Over 150,000 men are engaged as day labourers; the machinists number 14,066; the coopers, 8,971; the iron- foundry operatives, 8,920; the blacksmiths, 19,903; ...

... English sportsmen who contemplate, as doubtless many do, making Cyprus one of their happy hunting grounds with the gun, will be glad to hear that game of various kinds is to be protected by the operation of reasonable laws regarding close times and licences for killing and selling game. The list of shootable and eatable birds and beasts on the island is a lengthy one, including deer, moumon, ...

... At a meeting held some weeks ago, the Blaena- von miners expressed themselves very strongly against Mr Halliday, and challenged him to meet them and answer their charges. A meeting, which was attended by Mr Halliday, was held on Thurs- day week evening, in the White Hart Assembly Room, which was crowded. Mr J. Wheeler had been asked to take the chair, as an impartial gen- tleman. The Chairman, ...

... To obtain publicity for one's business, if it is one which appeals to the general public, the best of all plans is that of advertising. To the merchant or dealer, says an American writer, who is sure of his ability to fill orders on the most favourable terms, the attainment of an adequate publicity is a matter of primary concern. If his circle of trade is properly the district in which he ...

... An important geographical discovery is announced from India. The course of the Sanpu, or great river of Tibet, has been surveyed by one of the native explorers attached to the Indian Survey for a distance of 200. miles eastward of Chetang, the furthest point to which it had hitherto been traced in that direction. It then turned southward into some hills which the explorer was unable to ...

... In London, a paper has been read at the Society of Arte by Mr. William Thompson, F.R.S E., F.C.S, the Injurious Effects of the Air of Large Towns on Animal and Vegetable Life, and on Methods Pro. posed for Securing Salubrious Air. A great variety of chemical facts and valuable statistics were brought forward, mainly on the authority of Dr. Angus Smith, to show that not only is the air of our ...

... The Correspondent of The Times writing from Rome ays Great pleasure is expressed by the Roman Press in anticipation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's intended visit to Italy. Although travelling strictly incognita, under the title of the Countess of Kent, Her Mujeaty will be received at the frontier by the Duke of Aosta. who will escort her to Baveno, on the Lago, Maggiore, and King Humbert will ...

... A Brazilian correspondent of the Hew York Herald gives an appalling account of a aeries of terrible visi- tations which have afflicted a large tract of Brazil since March, 1877. The scene of these disasters is the region known as the Sertao, which stretches away inland towards the south, behind the coast ranges, as far down as the latitude of Rio. It comes down to the sea in the neighbourhood ...

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