... The passions, like heavybodiesdownsteephills, oncein motion move themselves, and know no ground but the ?? ADVERTIrSNG BY THE ANCIENTS.-Tho Romans largely advertised private as well as public matters, and by writing as well as by word Of month. They had their prwesres, or criers, who not only had their public duties, but annonuced the time, place, and conditions of sales, and cried things lost ...

... I THE ADVENTURES OFAN AMERICAN I SPECIAL. Condense, young man, condense. If you want to get on in life, condense. These words were addressed to a young reporter by the venerable Horace Greely, in the writer's hearing; and indeed the journal he estab- lished and conducted with honour and profit for so many years, was a happy illustration of his maxim. Some- times it happens that the ...

... VAXRIETIES. A drop of ?? Falls of Niagra. .An air of ?? first breath. b, Strapping ?? and schoolmasters. *r PARADOXIoAL.-Tea comes from China and yet is t poured into it. When a pretty Irish girl is stolen away they always 0 suspect some boycotter. d Electricity in Franklin's time was a wonder; now we 1, make light of it. | A piece of steel is a good deal like a man; when you Vgot it red ho it ...

... I CORPORATION OF THE POOR, The usual wekly mieting of this: {oird was held at the office, New Buildings, yesterday. The Governor (Mr. R. Rouse) presided. The pauper report for week ended Saturday last was read as follows:-Indoor, 316; out-door, 1,294; out-relief, £130 ls. 2d. ; vagrants, 66. Corresponding week of last year 3519; 1,197*; £138 18s. 7d. ; 64. - The CLERi (Mr. Huxham) read the ...

... The usual weeldy meeting of this Board was held at the office, New Buildings, yesterday afternoon. The Governor (Mr. R. Rouse) presidedi. Before the commencement of the general business of the Court the CHAIRMAN remarked that he wanted to say a few words of their respected friend Mr. Mortimer. Since the Board's last meeting, the Lord, in His infinite mercy, had I called another from their ...

... YES Olt N)-~H~lONOUC Olt DISIIONOURt. i'co.' csay Lord Salisbury, therelboo- been a compact Si] .ad in undertstffding-~on myn honour. Nor,' salys Mr. Gladstone, with Iris hand on his heart, * ~iterl~ conpaict or undo~rstoioi~ldg~on my honour.'' it io i Ca re- of blockl or white theoc are, no other colours WE 681 tho boacrd. Lot ns see. w What saivs Lord Salisbury ait Stratford :- I do not ...

... A FLAT GaorNDs.-The stage. Wrapped in mystery- a bone in the comminuted food When the teacher asked what was the feminine of :tailor, a small boy on a front seat promptly exolaimed, Dressmaker I John, said a teacher, I'm very sorry to have to punish you.'' Then don't; I'll let you off this time, responded John. KEow thyself may be an excellent sort of proverb, but some people ...

... I LONDON, January 2, 1882. Where and how to begin- that is always a puzzle with you when you pick up a pen and write the date of the New Ye ar for the first time. You do not care to open at once with political speculations. Scandal you wieb to esebew. You cannot moraliae. I have offered you all the complimente and congratulations of the season. There is the wcaibh r, of course * you can always ...

... of Alexandria has been evacuated and the city is in flamces. is That has been indirectly, though not absolutely, the handy L- work of John Bright, through his prevention of a timely ii remedy. The city has bcen set on firo by released convicts, te who have committed horrible atrocities. The survivors who d fought their way to the beach, fighting desperately, affirma ie that one hundred ...

... It is announced that Her Majesty has been pleased to offer a to Dr. Benson, the Bishop of Truro, the Archbishopric of of Canterbury, vacant through the death of the Right Rev. r Dr. Tait, and his lordship, after full consideration, has signified his acceptance of the office. The Right Rev. r Edward Benson, D.D., Bishop of Truro, is a son of Mr. Edward White Benson, of Birmingham Heath, where ...

... MINISTERIAL, RADICAL, AND ANTI- i CONSERVATIVE SPEECHES. - ?? In oritivieliug the three epetehes that have been delivered lately at Plymouth and. Saltaeh, it ehould be remarked, ha primarily end particularly, that the etudious tare taken to Le avoid the word LRadicial wae extremely perceptible Di throughout those earefully-prepared deliveries of pain and RI pleabureof pain in poese and ...

... The . THE CONFERENCE. The Conference held a second meeting on Sunday at the Italian Embassy at Therapia. The proceedings consisted V chiefly of an interchange of views. As no secretaries were n present, and no protocol was kept, the deliberations had an 1i intimate and confidential character. The chief practical Y result was the production of somewhat clearer views as to the objects of the ...