... 0- I ?? 7 ?? HER MAJESTY has delayed her departure from Balmoral until Tuesday next in consequence of the death of a favourite servant, John Grant, who was for 25 years head.keeper at Balmoral, and was in constant attendance on the Prince Consort. The Queen gave Grant a cottage near the Castle on his retirement frorn active service through failing health in 1873, and visited him frequently ...

... THE SEASIDE OUT OF THE SEASOAT Tni Ecoast which fifty years ago was an almost unknown land, amongst whose aboriginal population the advent of a passing stranger was an event to be chronicled, is now fairly familiar to most Englishmen, is already looked upon affectionately as almost another home by tens of thousands of the more fortunate of the population of our great towns. But to this ...

... 0 0 O ,im E a ~ r - a ' 0 0 I'0 THE Queen and the Princess Beatrice have returned to the south for the winter. Before leaving Balmoral Her Majesty and the Princess attended the funeral of the late head-keeper, John Grant, being present at his house at Rebreck, where a short service was performed, and subsequently joining the funeral party at St. Andrew's Church, Braemar. The Queen and ...

... THE five hundredth anniversary of the founding of New College, Oxford, has just been most appropriately celebrated by the reopening of the chapel after its restoration from the designs of the late Sir Gilbert Scott. We need scarcely tell our readers that although called New College, both as to its foundation and existing buildings it is one of the most ancient Colleges in Oxford. Not only ...

... LONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONSX I . The lellowing is the offlical list of the candi . , dates for election to seato on the London School Board, I together with the polling-places for their respectivo dis- f trics. At Grceepwich there is no conteat, as all but four . candidates having been withdrawn, the latter, who are i named below, ware declared by Mlr. Bristow, the deputy 1 returning officer ...

... CHATHAM, Nov. 17. t The announcement that it is intended to send A the Duacan (30). 2,826%lirse power, Captain T. Sullivan, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir it. J. Macdonald, X.C.S I., o Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, to the Mediterranean, a as a hospital ship, is without foundation. What appears - to have gitieh rise to such a belief is the order recently a received from the Admiralty forea ...

... I- - ; . , , ;= 'i ?? I' , S ' I NEW ORGAN OF THE-REVOUTIONRY PARTY IN RUSSIA. Th e new organ of the Pevolutionazy Party in Russia has made its appearance, under the title of Neredaid Volia, i.e., The Will of thePedple; er- Socialistia Revolutions Zoview. It Ccateais twenty pages ootavo, double columns, closely printed on detahedsheeta; the first page bears date October 1, and at the end ...

... METERQLGIGAL j-PORTS&. I :tkwuaME b y I. .I -: 02i to4BBA8 B-.:v *i : .- . jMGR(~I= AND XZAMBAN BAEVBOUBTW;; 1t i i H-!. . ki E. 1. - .:1- I- -1 7 I,.. I I 4~ a i:; lili i: B I'C -1I. I i . I ? 1 H i : 11 i : i : ? I; . I ? : I I I .:?l 99 I p -I- ?? - - - A- - - - - - L., 0 20 I Vorrected to ?? ansd reducd tP 32' JF. The bla~ek lines ShoWv the heigtvtf the baromaeter 'at I a.m. O ...

... I THE A?.TROPOIHTAN BOARD OF LWORKS- The weekly meetin of B d wa4 held yeskrday; Sir J. 3[. HOG. in the air. The clerk read aletter which na been addressed to the Chairban by the Lord Mayor, in which he statod he fouid that by aresulution of the Court of Common CAouncil in November, IS74. it was decided *fJt it was inexpedient thatthe I ord or the ti' ne hein2 flsoi4s bea memnber of the Boaz ...

... 11LATEST TELEGRAMS' 'I THE AFGHAN WAR MORE FIGH [INGf 0 PROCLAMATION oF AN AMNESTY. 0 I (BY EASTERN TELEGRAH.) ; (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LAHOe.E, FamnAx, 10 Ar.m. General Macpherson had an engagement with 4 the Afghans yesterday. News from GOiadamak states that Mabomed Jan is at the head of a fresh force in the Xhyber. An expedition to Kohistaa is regarded as in- evitable. (THROUGH ...

... HOID FEVER IN HOMBERO To TV3 110TOi 0F THE MAXLX 5ZW SrR,-Having noticed when abroad this yr the large hreign circulation Of the Dcily W, epeciall in Germany, I vwnture to. invoke your aid towards making known, for the benefit of travellers in search of health er pleasure, my personal experience of the sanitasy sete of that mnuch-belauded and favourite watering place, Homburg. To plunge at ...

... THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCM o At a meeting of the Court of Common Cournill e at the Ciuficall ysterday, under the presidency a of the loai) MnuI!, i. woes unanimously resolved, ,r 0n the nlotioll of Mr. G. C. Door, to refer to a .1 ecmnnrittce the cou-idoration of the practicabtility ot d takiug steps to find out the causes of the enormous - incrtase in the clbereo for gas to Pricate consumers ...