... rHE LADIES' COLUMN. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. HALF-PAY PUDDING.-Four oz. of suet, 4oz. of raisins, 4oz. of bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of treacle, and half a pint of milk. Mix all to- gether boil in a mould for four hours; serve with wine or brandy sauce. STEWED CUCUMBER.—Pare a cncumbes, and slice an onion cut the cucumber in thick slices, and fry them and the onion in butter. When done, take ...

... The borings for coal, which have been carried on for some time at Westbank, near Carlton, have proved successful in so far that good coal has been reached. The thickness of the seam has not yet been divulged, but the discovery of the coal at the depth named is precisely in accord with the scientific evidence recently given before the House of Commons' Committee on the Hull and Barnsley ...

... The Browning Society has had a very successful photograph taken of Guercino's Angel in the chapel at Faro, on the Adriatic, which served ae the theme for Mr. Browning's beautiful poem of The Guardian Angel. It is announced that a supplemental return may be expected to correct the errors and omissions which a writer in Mr. Forster s Collectanea pointed out in the list of members of former ...

... During service on Sunday in the Parish Church of Ormskirk, near Liverpool, a thunderstorm took place, and as the Vicar was pronouncing the benediction a report was heard like that of heavy cannon, and what seemed to be a ball of fire passed through the edifice. A cry of fire was raised, and a panic ensued, which was with diffi- culty allayed. Subsequent examination showed the stonework of the ...

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... Pretoria, June 20. Telegraphic communication between the Trans- vaal and the Orange Free States, and from here to Delagoa Bay, which has loag been defective, is now in course of being completed. Despite the sta.tem.ent to the contrary, the Boers are anxious for peace with the natives, in order to improve the country. The soxith*wost boundary line, which the Boers allege has been drawn in an ...

... In a letter to Mr. Guilford Onslow, dated June 8, Orton, who remains at Portsmouth Convict Prison, writes:— The people of no other country but this would ever have allowed a man to be plundered as I have been. Don't think me ungrateful. I know they have done all in their power for me so far as appeals go, and I am very thankful to them, and especially to those kind friends who have looked ...

... On Sunday morning at ten o'clock the Guion mail steamer Alaska arrived at New York, after a passage from Qusenstown of six days and twenty hours. ...

... [Magistrates T. GRATREX, F. J. HALL, and W. G. CARTWRIGHT, Esqrs.] STRAYING CATTLE.-Thomas Daniel, farmer, Whit- son, and William Jones, farmer, Marshfield, were summoned for allowing cows to stray on the roads in the vicinity of their holdings.-The magistrates fined them es, each. James Sully, a resident at St. Bride's, was fined 2s. 6d. for permitting his donkey to stray. -John Kite, ...

... [Magistrates T. and T. P. WANSBROUGH, Esquires.] A LADT SMUG GLEII, — Jane Martin, wife of the master of the s.s. Gemma, lying in the, Alexandra dock, was summoned for smuggling 2^8. of tobacco. Mrs. Martin did not appear.-A Custom House officer named Morgan gave evidence which eiJablished tha I defendant's culpability,—She was fined £ 3 12s: 6d.r equivalent to treble value and duty, and 3a. ...

... The Daily Nea\s understands that the Chan- cellor of the-Exchequer has no fresh proposal to make for raising the half million pledged in aid of the highway rate, whicjh was to have been wet by j an increase of th, cairiuge tax. It will be drawn r ,out oi the-general, fund c,f .'taxation. 1. report was circulated, a few dayg ago, thai ft package, containing some explosive &ub- etacce, with ...

... WASHINGTON, June 24. Senor Godoy, the new Chilian Minister, yester- day presented his credentials to President Arthur, and expressed the cordial wishes of his Govern- ment for the prosperity of the United States. The President replied in similar terms, and said he hoped that Chili would co-operate with the efforts which the United States might make in the future, to bring about a desirable and ...