... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ?? xoE~~8~~ITUTIO~~ Thefoy-9ghh pnu1 metngof t1~ 6i 1hel oftthe'! Isttit oo,Whitahall4yexd,.' Hi itoo1'flgl , hnsethE3 Duk~e of GAxiaicou ii presldepl an _092 te ?? ?? 14, did. so at the reeo.Vst 9P the Secotprtyo O*f'r War -who' Wweet In~,ing 0-6,Osiinet; Counoiiai- . ctptan:K bWH ttle boto -readthe repoit df: tho'~cciufiil for 'the' ~at ~eir, t& 01 tsod ?? h total reepts gfor the?apst year ...

... r 81011 BIGA?D?J3? .:Our aorrenpoiznn me ries +. .lt s ¢Prospers's Island?' toi be p ly undor the awayof OCalban? t would ap ta*5im iw f .acoountathat ree usfromtffme t. tiRI ba;but ialf trne.E Brlgondage in the westex rt Is worse than ever -more: aggressive' abW ttetr organized. Imagine a eommuep of 2,99 inhb- tants being terroise4b a ban of malewtoit .iteat on sbqnesfrating sn h propiitor ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIA.ME -4-- ?? 4- The House of Lords was last night principlly occupied in Committee on the MedlealAct (1868) Amendment Bill, which was advanced by this stage. The amendments on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill were reported, and one or two other measures being advanced a stage, their lord- ships adjourned al seven otolock. In the House ?? the Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying ...

... .A ?? V ?? ROBERTS8 | TQ THE QUIEFS WFVJU. The following offiioil itd of t ehe adaress Of Gonoeal Roberts to the. ohliefs of Kuram;, dated 26th.Deqomber, 18I8, has beet laid, before Par- liament; Khine and X ?? the arrival of the British forxe in this velley, many of you have received rewards for services rndered; I wished, however, to see you again before I leavraurai fq gr host In order to ...

... The artillery ammunn ition columnn, which is to supplement the reinforcements now proceeding to the. assistance of the British forces at Natal, will embark to. morrow at Woolwich, in the steamship Andean. Two officers and 68 men of the 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery, which is stationed at Woolvich, have boen selected to repair casualties in Major arness'e battery, which shered in the massacre at ...

... THE ZULU WAP. Tho T IIITOU OF TMS YSLY DNXVMe SIn,-Now that war has been precipitated against the Zulus, and -sone of our finest soldiers have $ been decimated in the country they were invading, at the hands of a foe, whose tactics, strength, and velour have been entirely miscalculated by those who ought before- hand to have best acquainted themselves with these, the English nation, aroused at ...

... (BY SUBMARINE TqLEGRAP1.) (FROM OUR OWN 0OiRESPONDERNT.) PARIS, T1VAs WXa. ?? Lepere, the new Ministerof the Interior, bas prevailed upon the May 16 Committee of Inquiry to communicate to the Government M. Brisson'ure- port, which they had refused to do; but they will not allow the Ministers to discuss it article by article before the Committee. It is thought they have renounced the idea' ...

... fit intro- b ald sombre picture it 1, narrowed it its ni T a sense of imper- d .ercise of the intellectual 0, o will be patient of the o .ration will soon find that a.ting anlmot to a fascination, tl coulpletouess wbich he is able d y. While unskilled -triters do- t .*propos of nothiig,aindlaboriouisly t eye stage accessories which have M' nf a really illustrative or porti- t, lr. Iardy ...

... TEE gET0NCTION OF THE BUFITASLO IN NORTH I l EI AMEMICA. l AT last, wien it is too late, the Uhied Clates Govern. nlelt spenis to be gettbing alarmied :it the pirospect of thc earlv extermination of the buhallo. Sioe tho Fulhnic loailway has been run threough tla ir country the greot wild ox lhls been systeiatieallv slaughtered for its hide by parties of seeni, who are siiply travel- ling ...

... MOST of the materials now exist which enable us to forecast the probabilities of the next Budget. The Estimates for the ensuing year have been all published; the expenditure of the present financial year may be calculated with some accuracy, and the revenue up to the 8th of March-or for forty-nine out of the fifty-two weeks-is known. The year 1877-8 ended with a deficit of £2,750,cco. The ...