... al- , -- - ?? THE ELECTRIC LIGHT has been adopted on the Hooghly Bridge at Calcutta. MR. PAUL FALCONER POOLE, R.A., one of the most prolific of our modern English painters, died on Monday in his 74th year. We shall probably publish his portrait, and, until then, we reserve further notice of his works. ENGLISH ARTISTS have not been largely rewarded at the Munich Exhibition, the only prize ...

... BRRMAth (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) RANGOON, AtTLovua 28. C Rangoon was in a state of excitement all the early part of the week. A rumour, which refused to be authoritatively contradicted, went round r that Colonel Horace Browne had struck his flag, and was coming down bag and baggage. After a time it was softened into an assertion that Colonel Horace Browne was coming down, but that the ...

... W4)(KHOUSE CEILDTEP TO TM 3LITOR 0 TIE D ? SMr,-Will you permit me to say s Iui your columns respecting a subecot to vhich rso5 tention is being given in several quarters, 'uais desirability of the formsation in every dietriet rf committees for visiting wo.'lhouse cbildren, Ce harmoony with, and wider the control of, bosidl dilansP I believe it is a faet that wherever 5 existed, with a mutual ...

... TEE HOWRlD A88SQOATIC %i The 'nnual. eport Of the nomad A AUti 6 ish ~t WitlWou±,n4IdoJa iU~tisnn. =stae amlongst tafilvariou sit o ts whis h h$vfv On' gaged the laburs nd attention of theiwio durin g qT tb .year wy be p mentoU6 to FA7W =zon an Convict Prisosft ou Intunton gr8ss of Stockholm, the em To st ion of home Po and i pri the opati of ta of a4, Co sad the quesion of capital punishdt ...

... THE NATIONAL SOCIETY AND TRADES U.avIONw. TO TUR EZITOR OP TRE DAMY MM. SIR,-At the TmadelInion Congress on Thursday last it was resolved to call the attention of the Vice- President of the Counil of Education to thecharacter of one of the National Society's readin6 books, which eon- tained unjust and false teaching about trade unionism. Will you allow me to say that a committee of clergy (of ...

... EVENTS IN RUSSIA Our' Oorrpondent at St.:Pet writes: After a short absence from St. Petersburg I find all around traces of the storm that raged here on I the 4th and 5ts ingt.-pavements dislocated, ttees d blown down, carrying with them diiLdiceltPali6l5, tg and cellars flooded, as might be exptedtwhen it is a remembered. that the Neva rose seven feet H ove b its normal level, and' that once ...

... IN spite of the embarrassments and reverses which so persistently beset and befall the Government in foreign affairs, their political prospect, at home has within the last fortnight sensibly improved. The causes of that improvement can be traced with perfect ease and certainty. The Government owe their gradual recovery of popular favour in part to the turn of events on the Continent, and in ...

... 'ACCZDENW TO THE EUPHRATES. intense excitement prevailed in Portsmonth onWed- nesday evening, in consequence of a rumour that the Euphrates had been capsized as she was being got out of dock. Happily the report was an exaggeration; for, although an accident occurred to the huge trooper, the officials acted with becoming promptitude, and all risk to the ship was averted. It will be, however, ...

... LOVE, JEALOUSY, AND SUICIDE. On Tuesday the body of a young lady, agedappareutly about 18 years, well-dreased, was discovered floating in the river Thames, near Woolwich, by a boatman named James Fulton, residing at Gravesend. On one of the fingers deceased bad a gold eneaged ring chased with true lovers' knots. Besides some ordinary jewellery. such as watch and chain, bracelets, and earrings, ...

... ABOUT FRKAMP. F\TFN-E' TITL REPUBLIC. , ru 0 !S Yt:rie Arouct, who was I ; ntnaiiy ill Poitotl, and wais * oi; Irb ber Ikllowvnl as M. do Vol- I to j. ,odve.! a French duke, the 7 ' U 'rot ?? to measure swordS : *. t is ae conttenwitulously caused ?? l e1*e2t ¾! la1 kys. contrary tl? all . yV ILil ih would certainly 'onil hilu in a (ispiute : ' , i 5tandinig. Indeed, the tm ,WtSoSt ...

... THE CAPTURE OF oETEWAYO. ?? - ?? a- 1c:_ w ~l . TuE followiig tele'gram from General Sir G. Wolseley, ?? ?? has been'eceived by. the Seoretary. of State for War, vid,. St.. Vincent, 18tbh Sept.:- Uhlundi, August,2.-29. tewayo ptured yesterday in the heart of Ngome Forest by patrol. under com- mand of Major.Marter,.Kingls DragoonGuards. Usi Bubr has submitted, and' isin my' -:oamp. A11 the ...

... THE country continues fairly quiet, and the outbreak at Herat, which so closely followed the Cabul riot, has not had any notable pendant. Only two days later than the massacre of the British Embassy the Cabulee regiments at Herat mutinied and murdered the military commandant, Falir Abmed Khan, a devoted adherent of both the Ameer and his brother, Ayoub Khan. Considering the proximity of the ...