... MIR V. L. SANHOPE ON' THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. se 3Ir W. L. Stanhope, the member for South York- te shire, speaking at Loxuy, near Sheffield, last evul ink, ' referred to the agricultural distress, which he satd 'h had been greatly exaggerated. The only thing Go- vernment could do for the farmer was, by sound IrciS- e lation, to stamnp out plecru-pneumonia, and 'ther 2e diseases which ...

... l i _ T tisj, tt TO) THE ED)ITOR. I Thrt OR VICTORIA BRIDGE. Jo Y .i se by th e ne-wpapers of Saturday that the wit -'in--a :tuinittte of our Town Council had stol - ot to have a demonstration at laving a Re 'L--tone for Torry Bridge, owing to the out It would cost the town. I may say, as the Pel ' t~- ri be laid on the north side of the water, arc --. tLr which would cost a trifle (to such a ...

... THE ELGI1 AND NAIPN ELECTION. St ttements issued on be- I half of Sir Go :--e M ~acpherson G. ;; Bart., and bellt Go to~ ' electors,withrefe ecne to the eight poitts wherein it isstatel tale candidatres diff'' :- 1. Ganze.-.\r Biudie bhaa evaded the d irect e queetiou put to him. Will i he yes or no, support Sir r Alexander Gordon and I Lurd iMacduff's Bill, vlhich, l as everyone knows, gives ...

... NORITH flRITIoH RAILWAY MEETING. Is Ot -- -i comn- The half-yearly mneeting of the North Blitish Rail-t then vay G CUwilloEny was hold in Queen Street Hall, Edir,- k 185 bu1rgh, yester(dLy aftineron. There was a large attend- ; are ance of shaieholdeis. hlr Stirling of Klippenda;vie, mile. chlairman of the comripany presided. year The Chairl Eau, wh, lose :amid apple USC Lfnd ii hisal, ti-st. ...

... POUR LADIES' COIOLUMN. BY: ONE OF THEMSELVES, go A po~uringwettday in the mountains-the first we h E, have had slitce wAe left Lindon, cannot, I think, be, better enpioy Ed than inl recording souse of our novel ic exiperielceo. I t i cturi m how ,ne b-coni-q r' con ci ]I , to iuconvecliencues a,A -1Ii scoleforts. %iieiet-s- '-iOl i Ig seemed insurmiounthlie nad uikIearabW-. in the htur' b ...

... THE, PEDESTRI FEVER IN SAN -FR-ISCO. e The pedestrian fever has intensified to that extent a o in this vicitiitv that there is every. indication that the s. o community can hardly recover unless something ..is o done for its immediate relief. Last Tuesday morning al I there was a general domestic sensation over the entire a 0 Western Addition. Over forty boys had suddenly r disappeared from ...

... BISMARICK, A' 1 VIENNA. Lat GERMAYADFRAINCE. ~ty 'or (xve' ~.GtM. sIt Th eiofca~oisklBElLIN, Wednesday. Thesei-ofii&IPOi~cazcoreapondersceublishes agtn article which, after referring to Prince Bismarck's anvisit to Vienna and to the marks of distinction with t; lie which he has been received by the Emperor Francis c, M Josephi, the Austrian Government, and the people of t- ieVienna, concludes ...

... H.M.S. BACCHAXTE. is The man-of-war in which our yr'nD. z-lif'r hePrinces are to set sail in a few ,lavs oa tll(ir ly voyage round the world so far resenil;los tbie o!,I s. familiar type of battle-ship in that it carrie. itS m armameut upon the broadside prillcille- Tle a- Bacchante has no turrets like the Thunderer elfas, eC nor barbette batteries such as are to ioulll (Ii ie board the ...

... FRAC-E. ivading TEHE AMNESTIED COMMUNISTS. iflcipl5A h PARIS~, Siunday, mnidnight. aterials Te Radicals are wOrkia1g hard for !the relief of their erring brothers, the amnestied Communists. y' ,nd the Various errtertaipments are announced, an] sam ofC abun-ome on au-them assume en air of 3anlitical demonstration by no hie Pre- means reassuring for thle future. Last night there wasn though it ...

... Now you may know who the dark horse is in thecoming politicalcampaign. Heentered theGrand> River avenue saloon yesterday, when the day was' hottest, and removing his coat, hat, and collar, he I confidentially asked for a private word with the proprietor. Nopody ish here-you can sphoke away, was the reply, as the beer-seller lazily rinsed a glass. Are you aware, whispered the stranger, ...

... I. but d Under this expressive heading, the Pall Mall Gazette of ~e says :-In spite of the embarrassments and reverses of is which so persistently beset and befall the Government att Lo in foreign affairs, their political prospect at home has Ex y~within the last fortnight, sensibly improved. The ref lycauses of that improvement can be traced with perfect Bill j. ease and certatinty. Thle ...

... GERMANY AND RUSSIAK ASs Tuims TELEGAICALI Trio BELINue, Friday. Gxo Yesterday Prince Bismarck returned in triumph to pri: Berlin, having put the seal upion a powverful alliance, Which has not only secured the southern frontier of Germany, but has set bounds to a second tide of bar- barisrm suraing -up to the very walls of Vienna. To- day, with in a few hours of his return, appears, in the ...