... CITY OVERSEERS.-These functionaries were appointed on Friday as under:-St. Thomas-G Ward, R. Penty; St. Maurice-G. Wright, W. H. Henning; St. John-R. E. Gudgeon, J. B. Dance; St. Michael- E. Petm an, R. G. J. Wrench; St. Swithin-A. Cross, J. Weaver; St. Peter Cheeshill-R. Tanner, H. M. Serle- St. Peter Colebrook-W. R. Morton, W. Bailey; St. Mary Kaldnre-G. T. Cox, F. J. Barrett; l St. ...

... (From Pent/h.) NWzw BSTHETic DANCE.-The Lily Bolero. cc NEW-LAID AND RU~NNING OVER-Hester (who A., is accustomed to have her eggs well boiled) : , Oh., Auntie!1 Here's your tiresome cook- 's beedn and filled .B naegg too full TE EA YCL IN ?? Cliture. (A sprin nquirera wishes to know if this makes any difference to ithe close time for fish and gsmne ) Id Mrs. Ramshstbam has somn very ...

... .. _. . - 8 I I at c1_ _ - 3 ±flLn EvJ. sL.Lfl % aJL a.U . l The Sheffield branch of the Salvatioa Army,o s recruited with soldiers from Hull, held a great i t demonstration in the town on Sunday, having three bparades through the streets with a band and flag. i They were attended by the police and followed by E large crowds, but no rioting took place. The Sal- t vation Army troops from Hull ...

... I COMI C PA:PERS. mu. (From Puaacla.' Authority for the Clitnre -Mr. Burke. i fH.R.H.'S MOTTO FOR SANDowN.- Fairplay aS a jewel!I AN IMPORTANT MEMBER TO BE AFFECTED BY 9 rTHE CLOTURE.-The Tongue. ELEPHAN-TIAsis.-A dise~ase very prevalent lately en'l a in and near the Zoological Gardens., r AN EQUIVOCAL COMPIZMENT, I'm en glad toA 7meet -you here, Captain Sprinks -sud ego glad you're the ...

... w1 Young tolhs Columno _nt It is a pretty custom, this new one, of giving East&e eggFs said a friend to me the other day. I could not, of course, contradict her, but I expect many of you North Country children are ready to smile, as Idid, at the thought of the custom being a new one. Still, there are many people who believe with her that the exchange of eggs at Easter is a recent importation ...

... 1 AILWAYSBILVANT6' GATHEIRING ATL DARIiNGTON. Yesterday afternoon, a railway servants' tea and social gathering took place ia the Friends' Schoolroom, Skiunergate, Darlington. Upwards of 200 people sat down to tea, and the tables were presided over by the following ladies:- Mesdames Beeton, Savage, Anderson, Sander- son, Appleby.l Hopper, Day, Robson, Mosmanu, Breckon, Scott, Cail, Barker, ...

... The volunteer review at Portsmouth yesterday passed off very successfully. The weather was fine, and there wvas an enormous crowd of spectators. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of Saxc- Weimar appeared on the ground about lo A.M., accompanied by Sir Garnet Wolseley and a brilliant staff, the French Mlilitary Attachd, and Colonel Allan, Chief of the Staff of the ...

... PARLIAMENTARY SUiT/MARZY. HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD LANSDOWNE, in calling attention to the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the Irish Jury Laws, referred to the great change in respect of the qualification of juries effected by Lord O'Hagan's Acts, and said that the Committee were of opinion that a repeal of that legislation would not be desirable. At the same time ...

... THE WAY. THE WIND BLOWS TO-DA Y. THE Irish members cannot exactly be said to play the part of lamb to Mr. FORSTER'S wolf, but it is certainly rather hard to understand why they should be charged with abuse of their privileges, with venom and scurrility, and so forth, because they made a stir about Inspector SIMITH'S circular. The gloomy forebodings, says the Dublin correspondent of the ...

... For once, no very great expectations are excited by the prospect of Mr. Gladstone's Budget, owing to the fact that the revenue has lost its forner elasticity. This, although in some respects an unpleasant pheno - menon, admits of an explanation which, if correct, is more welcome than the most brilliant of Budgets. When times were bad the working classes naturally curtailed their expenditure on ...

... CHARITY AT THE INNS 0F COURT7: THmu eminent persons who took part in the meeting of the Barristers' Benevolent Association last week are reported to have grievously com- plained of the scanty support afforded to the association by the members of the Bar. It appears that only a small fraction are subscribers. The slow- ness of the Bar to subscribe may be accounted for by something else than ...

... THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER- COLOURS. THEn forty-eighth exhibition of water-colour drawings at the gallery of the Institute is far front being one of the most notable of the series. It is even small in extent; for the inner room, in which interesting studies in black and white are usually hung, is closed, and only one screen .s placed in the middle of the gallery. Messrs. Boughton, Gow, ...