... friecds of the pupils. (AJpplause.) It was that grati- tude which lie asked them to express. Speaking for him- self-and he had not the least tic abt lie was speaking for ?? said they were grateful to the teachers for the care and labour which they had bestowed ...

... colonial representation in an Imperial Parliament. It is a subject which ought to excite the deepest interest among all English-speaking people. On its settlement at no distant period depends the future of the English race. Whether the British Empire, instead ...

... before he landed in America, although he was then only twenty-seven years of age. Fuller, in his 1' Worthies of England, speaks with some suspicion of Smith's perils, preservations, dangers, deliverances, of which he says that we have ?? two witnesses ...

... concerning Convicts and Convict Prisons, by a Ticket-of-Leave Man (Wyman and Sons).-The author of this interesting volume speaks from personal experience, having been so unfortunate as to serve, or, as he himself puts it, to herd with professional thieves ...

... and, take him for all in all, we have seldom met with an amateur who showed himself more competent. Mr Child has a good speaking voice, and his elocutionary powers are above the' average. Somewhat more variety in the longer speeches might be desirable ...

... amount of information as re- ard's emigration that renders it a veritable handbook for the intended emigrant. Mr. Sim- mons speaks most favourably of the prospects bf thosev who have left the old, to seek their fortunes in the new world. He relates several ...

... relinquishment, of so magnificent a. work was found in the enormous rent and heavy exactions of the Theatre. Comparatively speaking a few thousands would have sufficed to rear a building in which the ?? could have resumed his good work without the hindrances ...

... take for himself as much land as he can cultivate, the same inequalities are ob- aervable as in an old country. Mr. Brasaey speaks of these things not only theoretically, but by the btht of practical experience gained by watching the erulta of colonisation ...

... them- selves. The work is so complete and elaborate as to be indescribable in the compass of a newspaper article. It must speak for itself. It will do so to some purpose. ...

... the expense of the netter or the setter, as he calls him indifferently; for we assume we are right in supposing that when he speaks of the setter's curses he does not mean the dog known by that name. He chuckles with delight over the discom- fiture of this ...

... rate of speed, the mid- day meal was served, and the ease with which they partook of it. MR STANSFELD ON SHAM IMPERIALISM. Speaking at a Liberal meeting at Colne Valley, near Huddersfield, on Saturday, the Right Hon. James Stansfeld said he hoped the next ...

... Ben. andlet the breeze passthirough' And blow away the memory of soeak s me and you; For Its no use to be spoken of, when speaking will breed pain, And from such an end as ours is none a helping thought can f gain. I But the sot who boozes hardest, the ...