... SUNDAY L ECTURB. ?? stchuld reacish oheaofce net later than Sat.rday N l-Dr. Perfitt, Co.operative Hall, 18.9, Copenhagen-street, Caledoniu..road, at 7, lecture, Reformation ia England; R~eligious and Political Cauee.-Clhremoout Hall, Penton. street, Pentonvillo, at 11.30 r.m., discassion; at 7 p.m., Mr. Corris B. Grant, John B:a^mpdsn.-Clalreuldon ritlb, an, High-streot, linyton, at 11.30 ...

... A CRUISE IN THE LANCASHIRE IZITC'I, 1I. AFTER spending three pleasant days at Zanzibar, Mr. Francis Francis and his party proceeded in the Lacaashir-e Wich northwards to Formosa Bay, as we are told in jovial, even rollicking language in his book. They took with them Dr. Kirke, H.M. Consul- General at Zanzibar, whose portrait, with a general view of Formosa Bay, will be found on our ...

... THE SErYCHELLES THE opening of the Suez Canal was not merely a boon to merchants and tiavellers, but brought within the pale of civilisation many countries which had, till then, little intercourse with other parts of the world. Amongst these was a small group of islands in the midst of the Indian Ocean, 4' below the Equator, and a thousand miles from any land-the Seychelles. This little ...

... Ik~; ?? gm 4 - x? iu +\W-Lw K,` ?? -v ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ F CHURCH REFORMf. The Bishop of Manchester, writing to the National Church Reform Union, says that his hopes of Church Reform are mainly to see-Ist. The evils of the existing system of patronage remedied by giving to the Bishop on the one side, and the parishioners on the other, a more effective voice-probably in the way of a veto-in the ...

... OCCfASIONAL NOTES. This iorning's news from Paris is, as we explain elsewhere, just s11 to be expected. A lull has succeeded the first sweep wha tcn,.pest, and the lull may continue for a few days. The Of oth of the settlement of February, however, must again let 3 'hq wh~nirlwind for few of the unhappy people now staring ruin ]0 fme can hope to meet their engagements ; and we have no surety ...

... vIR BRIGHT AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN AT BIRMINGHAM. MR. BRIGHT. 4N\r. Bright and Mr. Chamberlain last night addressed a large meeting of tE pi]tingan Liberal Association held in the Town Hall. The first busi- t ([the meeting was to pass resolutions in favour of a change in the pro- I0te of the House of Commons, the immediate reform of the land laws, a of seats, the extension of household suffrage to ...

... TU1E STOR Y OF THE AiNTI-JR WISH RIOTS.-Il WE now conclude our correspondent's story of the ?? riots, the first part of which appeared on Saturday last The statements made in England that the authorities at Odessa are equally blamable with the officials in Kiev and warsaw is not true. I had every opportunity of ascertaining the facts on this subject, and although I will not say that a highly ...

... MEGGARS IN BOA'naCOTH. The Lord Mayor's fund for the defence of property in Ireland, or, in other words, for iilling the purses of high-class beggars at the peopfe's expense, has proven a miserable failure. Only about twelve thousand pounds has been subscribed. That is as little, comparatively, as the few barley loaves and small fishes which Scripture tells us were the only provision for ...

... DXSASTE3S AT SEA. .,A _ anL A . - . ?? -P An Vn Tuesday the crew ofthe brig Princesis, of Sunder- land, fronl Seahava efor Rtocehesater writ~h coal wnnere e ceived at the Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home, having lost their vessel on Hasborough Sand on Monday. When the vessel struck the sand a dense fog prevailed, and the sea broke ever her heavily'. The crew remained by the brig in their boat for ...

... . THE SQUIRE AT THE ST. JAMES'S. The following correspondence has appeared during the week on the above play:- Sir,-My attention has been drawn to the play entitled The Squire, now just produced at the St. James's Theatre, by a some- what general declaration on the part of the daily Press that the play is an unacknowledged adaptation fronm my novel 'Far from the Madding Crowd.' I should ...

... This exceedingly useful publication, although nearly doubled in size since it was first issued in 1868, retains its original price of one shilling, and presets not only all those distinguishing features at once commending the work as wvorthy of preservation for future reference, but an additional collection of entertainiog articles likely to afford immediate pleasure it the perusal. Among the ...

... tHE-MWE R OF 1881, The weather changes of 1881 save been 0o unusully important that the history of the year would scarcely be complete without some notice, however brief, of the more strilkng of the meteoro]ogical phenomena whiph have from time to time occurred. As the various seasons have in turn presented themselves, each element in the weather seems to have exerted itself to the utmost to ...