... TR:E LATrE EhlPEROR NAPOLEON AND TEE PA:NAM~A CANAL SCEME7I. BThe Timbes' Paris correspondent says :-At the last. ope s meeting of the Geographical Sooiety, Df. do Leeseps the ' made shine omisinmaiication: respecting 'his Panam~a fLirer [sCanal'schelne, 'As inl the nsa, ofs the Suer 'Canal,- be ef' himself, he said, would aout he, responsible tos the P ,; public. He was going to ask them for ...

... HORTIo~CULTURBAL SOCIETY.-A meeting of the com- ;mittee of this society was held in the Hall on the ,evening of Friday, to 'make arrangements for the coming'show~. Owing to the lateness of the season, it was thought expedient to postpone the show for a week or 'two, but as' the others 'in the district are not to alter, it was agreed to hold the Poa-tsoyT one on ,Wednesday, 13th August. ...

... THEE BATTLE OF ULUNDI. PS CETEWAYO'S capital has at length been taken C i. and destroyed boy Lord Chelmsford, who has l m thus made brilliant use of the opportunity he ti Iflha been allowsed of so far retrieving his military ae to reputation, before Sir Garnet Wolseley was able be 1,to talke personal command, and before General lii to Crealock;'s column, approaching by the coast, t i- bad ...

... THE FUTUE OF AGRICULTUR>E. :e tde- 1 TnsnE is no little meaning in the' fact that en Lied a nobody sees any absurdity in the resolution to Ti 'etted bestow an amount and kind of Parliamentary u latattention on the agricultural interest such aLs is h bsioneither asked nor expected for any other inito-ir: Than- rs. Every branch of our textile industries w te of is depressed almost beyond ...

... I Dr Darwin, the grandfather of the great livht, s naturalist, was a strange compound of science an~d eccentricity. He wrote most of his works on scrais r |of paper with a pencil as he travelled. His equipauge 11Iwas as odd as his habits. He rode in an old sulky, l with a skylight at top, and an awning whlich could be jdrawn over it in case of need. 'The front of the car- e Iriao'e ...

... es ASSEGAIS IN THE PvusEux.-Amongl the recent ee additions to the collection of curiosities in the2 y Arbutlinot museum should be noted two Zulu1 :s,asseaais, brought from the field of Isandiwanap, wvhereE dthey wvere found after the battle. They have been a- presented by Mr William Stuart, contractor, a friendl 2-of whose brought them home.I idMESSRS KTDD'S NEW BuILDnxGS-pi5SflT IN THE I ze ...

... WIMBLEDON Calls, Friday. Tlhe four vacant places inl the sixty were to-day, on shooting off ties, allotted to Quartermaster M'Cann, Liverpool; Sergt. Warsop, 1st Notts ; Corporal t Pixley,Victorias; and Serg~t. Cumming, 1st Dulmfries. The teams for theLords and Commons match to-morrowv are as follows :-Lords-The E~arl of Wharncliffe, Earl Spencer, and Lor7d Glencurrie; reserve-Lord n Bury and ...

... LONDON, Friday, G p.m. The weather over the Iunited Kingdom to-day has I been fair on the whole, much warmer than of late, Iand vrery quiet so far as the wind is concerned. The bharomreter is rather higher in all parts of the kingdom 1than it was on Thursday, and comparatively uniform {re~adings are reported from the whole of our districts. IThis afternoon . however, the mnercury shows some ...

... DESPATCH OF FOREIGN MlAILS FRtOM LONDON-. IDestinations Australia (8. &W.)? Tasmania&Victoria f Bermuda Brazil, Monte.t Video, and Chili Brazil. |Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 5 Canada.'.. Canary Islands. Cape of Good H~ope. . China, Ceylon, and Singapore.. Cape de Verds. Cyprus East In dies.. IEgypt. Fallkland Islands. of ...

... AMUSING IRISH BREACH OF PROIS CASE. LAt Limerick Assizes, before Juldge Barry, the case °f I A th Alice Noruzile vs. James Clagney has just been heard. feats , Mr Atkinson, in opening the pleadings, said that this Cl - was an action to recover £8,00 from the defendant for Ceri breach of promise of marriage. Plaintiff, a handlsomre Ava' -young womxan, is the daughter of a farmer re' ding in ...

... le. e e 5s e 1. a source mr cases of painful and incurable disease. He- belonged to the Jewish persuasion. f EXTRAORDINARY SQUEAM rISENEss ANSD PRUDERY. - The local School Board of Frohnleiten, in that. cc favourite resort of tourists, the Salzkammeroltt out. 'p of a spirit of loyalty, ordered portraits of the Emperor p Francis Joseph and of the Empress Elizabeth to be suspended in a ...

... . . st .. raghiifhausen! What a host of pictures does! er thei~m present to our minds, by what a halo ofl s jat and admiration is it surrounded ! TlS~exveryj ji~rxame Schaffbausen mak~es us see withti . eye of fancy the glorious Rhine Falls; m~ta4 + spirit ate penetrated withl thrilling delighstE44, vimagiatio gives so much pleasure, what Must tE~e - reality be s Ah ! only those who have stood ...