... RE VIEWS. 'THE HOUSE OF LORDS': An address by Sir John Bennett, ?? of London and Middlesex.- (London: David Boyne, Trafalgar-square.)-The ad. dress Is one which was delivered recently at Colchester, and is a fierce tirade on the Upper Chamber, composed of language entirely in keeping with the Lords' bitterest enemies. ' GEXERAL GORDON: Soldier, Administrator, and Christian Hero.'-(London: Ward ...

... f the Royal have this week V'een closed, and ~se been compelled to seek other sources of The interregnum will, however, be amply the production next week of. Betsy; a ,rink Dominoes type, and which hails place of the latter enjoyable trifle, vide- Ion The company which is to present the first time to the local playgoers is an gng one, andl in the person of Mr. H, Reeves *11 recognise a ...

... CLIPPINGS .FROM THE,- :, WEEKLY JOR N ?? - - I t4: , N PICKINGS FROIt PUNCH. X X Are Welsh rabbits included in 'Ground Game 7 PRILHELLENES.-The Lord'Mayor and aldermen who filled the King of the Hellenes and his suite, when they nresented him with an ad&ess, and gave them all a lunch, the other day, at Guildhal). LIVE WHILE YOu MAY.-Timid Passenger (as the gale fresbenel) : Is there any ...

... An Irishman who had just landed said: 'The first bib *f mate I ever ate in this country was a roasted potato, boiled yesterday. And if you don't believe me I caln chow it to you, for I have it in my pocket.' The Waco (Texas) Examiner tells of a man with 'one bullet in his brain and one in the head.' This leaves a very unpleasant doubt in the reader's mind as to where she man carries his brain. ...

... A CHILD'S LAUGIHTIER Laugh, happy child, laugh as thou wilt; No churl shall cbeck thy glee, Nor lute, nor lyre, nor tuneful reed Is half-so sweet to me. The Father gave thee so to laugh- Who dares to cross His will? Thy birthright this, be not afraid, But laughing, laugh thou still. A cup from being's fount thou art, And filled by hand Divine, With mingled innocence and mirth, Lih e milk and ...

... SUTTON FOAL SEOW. The annual foal show at Sutton took place on Wed. nesday, in the cricket ground, and so far as the exhibi. bition itself is concerned it was of the usual meritorious character. The society has generally been very fortu. nate- with regard to the weather, but on this occasion rain fell heavily during the afternoon, and the elements being very unsettled in the early part of the ...

... * LINCOLN SEPTEMBER RAM FAIR. This annual fair was held at Lincoln recently. About the average number of rams was shown, and there was a fair attendance of buyers, but the scarcity of money caused trade to be dull and many of the animals remained unsold at the elose. Messrs Law and Son sold a number of superior shearlings from the flock of Mr H. Dadding, of Riby, late of Panton. The following ...

... I ?? .- I |CASEL1'S BOOK or SPORTs.-NOW that the spring season has fairly set in, boys will be cover- ing every open space in the metropolis, and every country village green, in pursuit of their favourite games; our lanes will teem with bicycles, and the rivers will be alive with youthful boatmen. Oppor- tunely with this re-awakened activity in healthful out-door amusements, comes the first ...

... WIT AND HUMOU. 'How came you to fail in your exanjiistion9' ted ,s tutor of one of his pupils. I thoughtI crammed you thoroughly.' 'Well, you see,' replie' the tudent, 'the fact was, you eramned me so tight I couldn't get it out.' A celebrated lawyer once said that the three most troublesouie clients he ever had, were a young lady who wanted to be married, a married woman who wanted a divorce, ...

... A paragraph in a Utah newspaper speaks of a man who narrowly escaped being cartridgised. The best of fuen and the most earnest workers will make enough mistakes to keep them humble. Kind words are bald-beaded. They can never dye. ' Thieving in the outskirts' is the latest designation for picking ladies' pockets. A turtle dies hard, especially the upper part of him. A Dublin paterfamilir's ...

... GAINSBOROUGHE: POULTRY AND RABBIT ,SHOW.- On Tuesday 'the ifourth' annnul exhibition 'of the Gailsborough Rabbit, Bantami, and Fox Tkrrier Society was opened in the Temperances Hall, Gainaborough. There vas a large number of entries, and in some of the, classes, the competition was very keen. This was particularly the case in the poultry glasses. Pigeons were a fine lot, and. many winners at ...

... SACRED SONGS AND SOLOS.-( The Christian Office.)-The hymns bung by Mr Ira Sankey have previously been published with music, but in two parts. Messrs Morgan and Scott have now, how- ever, combined the two, and published them in a handsome volume. The new issue-as enlarged and extended-appears simultaneously with the commencement of the new evangelistic campaign of Messrs Moody and Sankey in ...