... -1 - Jill 91 PARLIAMEN ?? IT was a complaint made with more or less truth against the late Government that, partly from disinclination, and partly from engagements in more distant parts of Europe, they were not able to bestow a proper amount of attention on the affairs of Ireland. Hence (we were told) Obstruction, designed to recall their attention to matters nearer home. It cannot be said for ...

... Th- ~1OUR.T TnlE Queen and the Princess Beatrice returned to Balmoral on Saturday from the Glassalt Shiel, where they had been spending a few days. On Sunday morning Her Majesty and the Princess attendled Divine Service at Crathie Church, the Rev. A. Campbell officiating. The Queen has received no visitors at Ealmoral this week, but has taken her usual walks and drives with Princess Beatrice. ...

... TIHE fifty-fourth Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture was opened at Edinburgh on the 31st ult. For two generations it has been the means of diffusing a taste for Art among the Scottish public; and it has been the outward sign of a School of Art, the fame of which has extended far beyond the borders of Scotland. The present Exhibition contains 1, ...

... or,, PV fE); 1IUAfA T S|Nm I 101' FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.-In the prodtuction of these two articles of consumption is thought by not a few persons to lie the farmer's hope of profit for the future. Now, without going into the question of mean profit, we would point out the riskiness of the procedure. How many Kentish farmers can afford to rely on hops alone? One year may give him a thousand ...

... ?? . i, I , - Rl R ? VS -, - ? I - TImE HOUSE OF LoRDs.--The Earl of Galloway has written to The Timnes explaining that he voted with the majority for the rejection of the Irish Registration Bill because he thought that the reason urged by Lord Redesdale was conclusive-viz., that no practical inconvenience could be occasioned, as it would not come into operation for a whole year, before which ...

... THE DISTRESS L.V THE WVEST OF IRE! lAI) TTHERE are two pawn offices in the little town of Clifdicfl..0h 1 G which are crammed to the ceiling with every kind of mnove i& tho can be spared from the poor cabins of the surrounding cofl)', 311 the islands off the wild Connemara coast. ' Here is a sketch of a woman who was discovered at ),,n one frosty morning last December, awaiting the taking ...

... THESE engravings, the second of a series several of which we have already published, are from photographs by Herr Max Ohnefalsch Richter, special correspondent of the NLue Freie Presse. The first sketch shows Mr. Richter's old cook Gerasimi with his two sons, the elder Sophocles, the younger Stasiandros. Another represents a bridal party. A young lad is seen kissing the hand of a priest * in ...

... ?? , - Z !~ ?? ~~- o - TrlE COMING; GENERAI. ELECi I ION.- Tlle excitement of the country is daily and hourly inicreasing, and the torrent of political ramtory still flovs with unabated viulence and bitterness. Among the -anifetoes issued since wve last wrote ale that of the National Ieform Union, which states that Lord IBeaconsfield's Administration lms ea nted an unenviable notoriety by ...

... & - q ~'THE ORC ~d I) ?? ALL thle Icn meui 01 tie Jivoa, I ail.i ?? c Windsor to observe the anniversary of the Prince Consort', cail, The Princess of Wales and her three daughters arrived on a visit the Queen at the end of last week, and on Saturday morning acc/ a) panied Her Majesty to the Riding School to inspect Mr. J. J C.i. man's bullock, which took so many prizes at the late Cattle Show ...

... 0TH FO, . 4 o Tiei Queen continues to receive visitors at Windsor, Tle Duke and Duchess of Connaught and the Duke and Duchess of Teck last week spent a few days with Her Majesty, Earl andl Countess Granville, Earl and Countess Sydney, Sir 13artle andl Lady Frere dined and slept at the Castle, and the Princess Louisc paid the Queen a short visit, leaving for London on Saturday morning. In the ...

... ?? Wv TURKEY AND THE POWvERS.--There can be no sort of doubt that Turkey would act wisely if she quietly accepted the decision of the Berlin Conference. Now that Europe has investigated the Greek claims and resolved to satisfy them, the territory assigned to the Hellenic kingdom must in the end be conceded. There are signs, however, that the Porte has not the slightest intention of yielding to ...

... 4jURAL J'O - THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. -Our venerable and venerated contemporary, the Quzarterly R'eview, seldom contains an article especially commending itself to the ladies, or indeed to any students of the graceful rather than of the serious side of existence. The present number, however, does contain such an article, for the popular author of A Year in a Lancashire Garden brightens ...