... A LZETTER PFROM THM CLAIMANT. Mr. Guildford Onslow has received the following letter from the Tichborne claimant:- Portsmouth, 8th June, 1882. Dear Onolow,-I feel very anxious about you and those kind friends who were with you getfing home safely that stormy afternoon. I hope it did not increase your illness, and that you are not the worse for the journey. I remember that you told me some ...

... 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, ?? ...

... Mir, Irving took his benefit and brought another brilliantl successful season at the Lyceum to a close on the evening of Saturday last, when the house was crowded from footlights to ceiling by an audincne whose enthusiasm knew no bounds, the said enthusiasm sprinting, doubtless, from a desire to manifest keen appreciation of the grand and un tiring efforts of the actor- manager to satisfy the ...

... SABAH BERNHARDT'S COFFIN PORTRAITS. Two years ago it took Mdlle. Sarah Bernhardt's fancy to be photographed in the famous silk-lined coffin which the members of her household have so long been accustomed to. It was certainly a fantastic idea; but, inasmuch as the cele- brated artiste's peculiar fancies were already beyond number, the photographer, Mr Mlelandri, agreed to take the likeness as ...

... PA~tISIAN GOSSiP. (BY A RESIDENT.) Le Club des Iticuses (the Ladies' Laughing Club) has announced that it will give a ball, which entertainment pro- mniscs to be one of the curiosities of the Parisian season. What is this laughing club,do you ask? As its title indicates, it is, first of all, a strictly feminine 2`union ; and, secondly, at these gatherings gaiety is the order of the day.: Le ...

... M1ADAME DORVAL. -4 The present epoch may almost be called one of remi- niscences, and, without intending to make any comparisonrs, which, after all, serve no practical purpose, it is perllitted to us to remark that the French stage of the present daly has not the same splendour to boast of that it enjoyed in the first half of this century. At the Comedie Frarqaise there are uudoubtodly a few ...

... FREE l A S ON Pt . Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. Ois Monday evening the 235 girls in the Masonic Girls' School at St. John's-hill, Battersea Rise, were treated to an entertainment by Br Michael Mullen, of Bradford. The enter- tainment, which is styled 2sMirth, Music, and Mimicry, and received a favourable notice in The Eta of March 21st, 1880, consists of some capital delineations of ...

... OENEBAL Hobm NEWS. I. (BY TEEGRAH AND EXPEISS.) BRISTOL. the new pit at Bitten, where three live have been lost, Efforte wrere madae yesterday to eatinguish the iire rha t but wtout effect. The mouth of the pt will now be closed so as to btifde the conllagration. DOVER. Th ototal length of the ?? on the Admhralty Pier hjas now been tharown'opef to the public. Since the hurricane of) 877, when ...

... .POST OF1CE AMIM. The Select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the advisability of eselablishiei-g scheme of annuities and insuranee in connection. cilath e Post Offiee met for the hast time yesterday; Mr. Pwecet t i2 the ehafre.-fr. A. Igrnor CIS,- inanel sonretlry to the .Poet OMiee, Was thre fis Tio atn. rettammrcded ?? aeby *tldeh t tbtees haitpgalisi migh aplytie ...

... IME NORTH RDBING ELECTION .z. ?? ! . _ _ -r- (nOm ovti SPECAL COrSPOiNmmI.1 NOR;IMLLERON, ?? In the olden time, as gossips tell, bound a:.d dependent electors in Yorkshire went from :,11 parts of the county to the city, of Yore '0 record in some cases their own votes, but nlore frequently the votes of their landlords. A dc- scendant of these voters of the old school teh s how in 1807 his ...

... METEOUOOGIOAL BEPORT . Of DAZZ MSF 0712O 1 2EANO TM MOREfl=G BY [N EGPZ AND WOWS BK&ONETM WED. 29. 1 3. t31. S . 1. VDW. t 30 0 0 2- 0,-3 2 - I in - . I V'orreded tG sea-k l and redutced to 320 F. The blark hoies so ethe heliht of the bsroreetcr at I o'cdock on elteermc variation, diaring yest rds~yanth t Qv ECYLOte diys. The Inivtiia lettse= shor. thq dinictioi WhSt3a ?? The Jiercuer falils ...

... -amX&A* FOES.'GN IWS. (THROUGH UUTn'a AO=Cr.) FRENCH RACING. AUTEUTL, SuMa 2. Ths fe~owg q~r ibe resls 4Xvday'ste* e ?? do Ia Parte Duphind-Neo,; N ewv Gasgowrl 2; Stadhouder 3 Prxpxdta ampd arxs e,,.,anhour 2Sh| . a z do in 3st iL _ V ague, 1; Iezal 2; Md~le. da Q: O3, : * TURKEY. CONSTAN GPLE Jvac 2, EwInse. A .modifhction hem bean introdeced in tho'stamp La:w concerning contrets, whbich 1* ...