... &I N;l - OWA I THE STATE OF IRELAND THE conditions under which social intercourse is now carried on in Ireland are fairly depicted in our front-page engraving. At dinner parties, balls, and all society gatlierings,'there is always a large attendant number of police-and detectives, and according to Truth the invitations to the Viceregal Lodge at Dublin now bear, in the corner, the letters P.P ...

... Cio _ WI THE BRITISH VICTORY.-England has good reason to be satisfied with the achievements of her troops during the present week. Most people had begun to be a little impatient about the delay caused by transport arrangements; and the grumblers who never fail to make themselves heard on such occasions had produced a slight impression by their dismal forebodings. After all, the delay was not ...

... 00 e~ >'7THS OURWT N THE QUEEN has been giving a succession of military dinner parties at Windsor, all the chief officers engaged in the late Egyptian campaign being entertained in turn, while at the end of last week Her Majesty held an Investiture of various Orders at the Castle in order to decorate those who had specially distinguished themselves. A dinner party followed, the band of the ...

... I'd VERY rose-coloured statements of the success of the Salvation Army were made at a series of meetings-morning, afternoon, and evening-held in Exeter Hall last Monday to commemorate the dedication of lox officers about to be sent to India, Africa, America, Sweden, and all parts of the United Kingdom. The success in India was described as likely to overshadow the Army's greatest triumphs at ...

... ( (5, kg I THE ST. BERNARD CLUB DOG SHOW THERE has always been a halo of romance about the dog of th2 St. Bernard Hospice, and the numerous stories of his intelligence in finding out travellers who have been lost iir the snow, and bringing the good monks to their aid, have caused him to be regarded as a very superior being indeed to the ordinary run of dogs. Until recent years, however, he was ...

... F RE B3A AS ON R-Y. SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER.-The quarterly convocation of Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday evening at Free- masons' Hall. Comp. S. Rawson acted as ?? Comp. John A. Racker as H., and Col. Greaten as J. Charters for new Chapters were granted for Goulburn, New South Wales, to be attached to Lodge No. 1,762; to No. 502, Rugby; and to No. 1,624, London. Col. Shadwell H. Clerke, ?? ...

... I -- 4-- TuE fire At Cairo destroyed C6p0,000 worth of property. l The Aus'traliin' criccote'rs li v'o defeated i picked tean of 'ght6e6iilhiladelphians b'y nine' wickets. Dsridg' the' progress 'of5 a 'sblotiin match lat Wyke. Win. S'miath, dgdd t'e 'y'car'si, was 'fatally shot. I Iu'ch damge~'hysbebaft danded in a 1sortio~nof the islandl of Cubai by a cclone. 'I'he'streams in the district of ...

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... -O rTUB ?? OF TB D1flT flWS. Siit,-I observe that the new batch of corre- spondence relative to the affairs of Zululand which has h just been laid before Parliament contains a lengthy g account of the proceedings of the great Zulu deputa- t tiou which visited Natal in April last for the purpose of a asking~for the restoration of Cetewayo, but there is one matter connected with the deputation ...

... MUWMRSITY ?? OXFOBD, JUNE 24. ST. JorSs ' Coxae.-EMleution to the Holmes Scholerehip.-Tho President (the Rev. Dr. Bellamy) ham notb- fied that Mr. A. E. Coombes, of Magdalen College School, has been elected to the Holmes fcholarsap at this society. WorrcRTRa CoLLEOB.-Eeatioa to Scholarsehip, W.-The Provost Ithe ltev. Dr. Ioge) has announed that the following geiitldmnen have been elected to ...

... LONDON, EleIDAY, December 29. In the French Chamber yesterday the grant a for the mission of M. de Brazza to the Congo Iwas passed almost without opposition. In the Senate the grant for the occupation of Tunis was also passed. I Our Paris Correspondent says it is scarcely . possible nowz to doubt that M. Gambetta ie very ill. The Thlemgrape states that four sur- ,geons set yesterday evening to ...

... SHQM2, SwEtt HOiME T1O Tf flISoS OF no DAMY NEWm SIR,-It is to be hoped that the article which appeared in your columne of Saturday last under the above title will be the means di drawing the attention of some practically benevolent persons to the subject of the dwellings of the very poor, and will lead to some re- sult for their benefit. The very poor-those who' form the very lowest grade ...