... LIBERALS AND SLA VOPHILS. IN an article by Mdme. NOVIKOFF recently published in the ?? Centinuy that ingenious lady informed us that in Russia the pseudo- Liberals, Constitutionalists, St. Petersburgers, are in close affinity with our Conservatives ; while our Liberals approach very nearly in many things besides foreign policy to the Slavophils of Russia, We may remark, by the way, as ...

... trilw House of Commons approaches the discussion of the second resolution with altogether different feelings from those with wrich it encountered the Rule of the Closure. The abuse of moving the adjournment of the House at question time is admitted, even by Mr. WARTON, but no one has ever pro- fessed to see in the irregular discussions provoked by the action of private members a serious ...

... NH .'EE I S OF TIE 10-.USE OF COMMONS AND 771f HER VOTES. )tlN l ec poJ;;on; just expired of thle parliamentary session of 1SS2, which ]ias bcen described as having begun, continued, and ended with Ireland, therc werc i.o divisions, of whlich ?? took place before and x6o after niidnigit. L ast year out of 411 divisions 12 were after midnigght. On the ,oth of last 3 uie therc were no fewer than ...

... ? ?? vli4? , b -i ;I tt.-q I q. St t.b) do TURKEY AND ENGLAND. The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily. News is assured that thle Turkish reply to Lord Dufferin's last note is one long protestation of friendshlI 'foiE'ngland, 'an 'ckhowfedgnleft of what has been 'done for Turkey in times pa'st, Rand 'th'e hope' that the ties of frendship will be drawn more cloye future. No allusion is ...

... ARABI'S WIFE.-AN EGYPTIAN ROMANCE. ,A romantic correspondent of the NVew York Herald, living at Cairo, must bear te responsibility for the following; story about Arabi's wife, which, he * ctares, xas told him by old Aja, of the Bazilar Entid, a man always laurs about speaking the truth. I asked him to tell mie what is that hich has made the life of Arabi what it is. Let mhe give you the dye ...

... TIlE analysis of the decisive division on the closure compares favourably with those that have preceded it. The majority Avas five in excess of that recorded against Mr. MARRIOTT'S amendment, although the number voting showed a slight falling off. The salient fact of last night's division was that the Irish party went almost to a man into the lobbv against the Government. If they had remained ...

... THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND MARSEILLES. (EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, Wednesday.-The Empress Eugenie has generously made a present to the city of Marseilles of the Pharo Chateau and Park, her right to which was recently upheld by law. The property is said to be worth 3,ooo,ooof THE TONQUIN EXPEDITION. (REUTERS S TELEGRAM,) PARIS, Dec. 2o.-The Jozinzal des De'bals to-day publishes ...

... FUNERAL OF LOUIS BLANC. (EXCHIANGE S7ELEGRAPH .COMrPAN'YS TELEGRAM.) PARis, Tuesday.--The funeral of Louis Blanc is now taking place. Immense crowds line the Rue de Rivoli. Nearly all the Republican deputies and senators are present in the funeral procession. There are more than one hundred deputations bearing draped lags and colossal wreaths. Military honours arc being shown to the deceased ...

... rfrid (#bejjijyq#d gewdo THE SULTAN'S ALARMS. The situation at Constantinople is, according to news which comes from, different quarters, considered to be critical. The Standard's corresp. Aent says:- Although the excitement at Yildiz attendant upon the discovery of the so-called con- spiracy to dethrone Abdul Hamid has somewhat subsided since the disbandment of the Circassian body-guard and ...

... 7 THE 4:PRESS ON. LORD SALISBURYIS SPEECH. The Times ,says :--I The gist of Lord Salisbury's speech was the familiar one that all that the Governmeiit has done was either wrong or borrowed from its opponents; either disastrous or inconsistent with Liberal professions. lut no fair-minded man can admit the accuracy of his account of the origin and causes of the E wyptian var. It is Lord ...

... EPITO.MlE OF OP'INION. THtiC GOVERNMENrT AND MR. GIBSON'S AEIENDMENT. The Times says :-i Undoubtedly the manner in which Mr. Gladstone has met the demand for giving an appeal on the question of the closure to a two-thirds majority is not calculated to abate the bitterness of party feeling. Mr. Gibson's speech brought together forcibly and compactly most of the arguments against closure: by a ...

... To whom and whatever else it has brought evil, there can be no doubt that the war in Egypt has done good to the Suez Canal. During the month of September 246 ships passed through it or into it, as compared with 1 99 in the same month of t 88 I, and only 11I9 in September, 8 8o. This great increase in the shipping was accompanied by a still more satisfactory augmentation of receipts. For the ...