... OllY- THE superfluous stock of oratory which mem- v him bers carry down with them front St Stephen's 12 to their constituencies is seldom of the freshest I wore and most exhilarating description. But with. a a the moribund Parliament and uncertain party plat- t ,ures forms miore interest is likely to attach to the un- a rans- ilian restricted utterances of members than to the c and remarks ...

... THIE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. STATEMENT BY M. WADDINGTON. PARIS, Thursday evening. °tood . MWaddington, at a banquet given by the Prefect of the Aisne to the Council-General of the Department, i made a speech upon political questions, in the course of ance hich he reviewedl the work done by the Legislature c I during the last six Months. Speaking of the Ferry WtoI Bill, the Minister said the object ...

... 'GENER~AL GA1BALTr AND THE POPE . RO3XEi Wednesday. General Garibaldi is much better, and the Pope is in the enjoyment of perfect health. TAE AUSTRIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS. - I BERLIg, Wednesday. I It Was yesterday announced with considerable show ef authority from Vienna that Count Karolyfi is to be appointed Count Andrassy's successor. The press at Berlin, however, is decidedly sceptical on ...

... LoNDON, Thursday, 6 p.m. The weather to-day continues in a changeable state, but shows a considerable improvement on that of We& - nesday, except in the southern half of England. In Scotland and the extreme north of England the sky has been clear during the greater part of the day, but in the south it became overcast this morning after a clear night, and rain fell subsequently at all stations ...

... oW TEiE law of continuitv is a favourite phrase tve with our scientists ; so much so, indeed, that it p's briefly expresses most of their philosophy of m' *al things, from the unknown beginning to the un- Pf ut known ending, both being equally nnown. of if All or most that is certainly known is this law so ). of continuity, in virtue of which effect follows ch ;es cause. which effect, in turn ...

... .-- eI I am aware that while writing of William Wil- I it berforce one must appear to use continually the I T language of panegyric; but the real fact is that his c I was not only a very extraordinary, but a very 1 s lovely character, and one of which the faults were I Ie not likely to be put on record for posterity. It s e has been said that he was too rapid in his move- , c, ments, and that ...

... 0 ANOTHEIR RUINED iHm-.. ! ht: hintph jf wjnnrspt firnm *f ; The lastbateh of newspapers from Amenrito handi a contains accounts of a remarkable affidavit which Ihas sh an recently been submitted in. a Brooklyn divorce suit. kE ;ed From the report it appears. that Martin Kaufman, st' who has been a letter carrier in Brooklyn for five qu ue years, is the defendant in a suit brought by his ...

... SONT, fllr.hsrp n-AJ Ads -- - I .I 1.. . th SOME further, and not unneeded, light is grar ut ol trown upon the meaning of the adjective 1ng ryiof a inalieable,' as used by Sir George Macpher- by c son Grant in the following communication from self. d the his factor Kno san by ! Factor's Office, Ballindalloeb, excl tho &C I 21st August, 1879. a pr. authaa-a Sir,-My attention has been directed ...

... THE LBERALT OF EAST ABERDEENSHIRE. 1l I. I ,es Yesterday a meeting of the Council of the Liberal t off Association of East Aberdeenshire was held in Douglas I onHotel, Aberdeen. There was a good attPadance of i !he delegates from tevarious prarlishes. Onthe, motion of' i I Mr Thomson, Milton of Dumbreck, LIT J. D Fordyce of t iIn Cuish was called to pr*oside.a onl Mr Charles Duitcati, ...

... to It was a favourite maxim with Goethe that a e man might be known by his laugh. Goethe did not di, mean to say that a man might be known by what siv he laughs at., though that sometimes affords a very -1 trustworthy test of character, and one which Steele wi says he was wont to depend upon. In order to jul it look into any person's temper, he remarks, I ma s generally make my first ...

... HOLIDAY.-Wednesday was held here as the riex second annual holiday, and all places of business mit were closed. The weather was wet and threatening, tha ,ut not much rain fell. There was a considerable in- tail flux of strangers drawn together by the attractions of mu the flower show and poultry show. At 'the flower show the drawings at the door amounted to nearly £11, an advance of about £1 ...

... Rose Chalee is the type of the French gi isette of the pI, old days of our youth. She worked by day in her mn garret, and danced by night at the Barriere Bals, where she fell in, and fell in love, with Philip Him- GI minghofen, whose advances to her were accepted on the understanding that they were to be pour le bon G motif; marriage was to be the result. Philip earned J loof. per month, and ...