... NATIONALIZAT.ION OF LAND. To the EDITOR of 'tue PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,- Agreeing with you that the above theory as propounded by Mr. George is likely to tempt the masses much more than is comlrnm0ol imagined, ILregret extremely that Mr. Fawcett, in his mention of it the otlhe day, did not put forward the real argumnent against it. Mr. Fawcett said tiht lthe aeisiver- tcit was, Would the State ...

... THE- SALVATION ARMY AND. ITS CONVERSIONS. Seo the EDIToR of thie PALL MALL GAZETT. SI-R,--Let me. exp~ress my surprise at the extraordinary doctrine which you lay down as to the -worthlessness of ail conversions which a-re not effected by preaching the Gospel in: simplicity and- in truth.; I would ask, How do you appraise the -wiorth of a conversion ? If you judge it solely by its bearings ...

... In pursuance of its charter and deed of settlement, the first meeting of the British North Borneo Company was held yesterday at the Cannon-street Hotel' Sir Rutherford Alcock presided. The chairman said that this was only a meeting held in accordance with the deed of settlement, which required that within six months of. its signature a mneeting of shareholders should be held. As the company ...

... rhe Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing last night, says :-'The general tranquillity of the country has not been disturbed duiing the past week by any untoward event, and advantage is taken of the opportunity afforded for caljm observation and reflection to examine the working of the remedial 1116asures of the Legislature and see how it may be made mnore effective. The same paper's ...

... Whether diplomacy ought to have allowed us to get into the Egyptian war or not, everybody agrees that the eminent public servant who arrives. at Charing-cross this afternoon has well earned the hearty reception that awaits him. Sir Garnet has not achieved a Waterloo or a Blenheim, but he has shown the same qualities as won these historic fields- a deliberate and well-laid combination, a ...

... ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND THE JOINT CONTROL. The Ahrnhin.g Post says ?? The Government are far from being animated by any spirit of opposition to France. But it is understood that the claims which France will put forward will be of a character involving serious and prolonged rnegotiations. The French Government, accepting the views put forward by M. Gambetta on this subject, will, it is understood, ...

... 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 ...

... ? ?? 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 ...

... 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 ...

... That the natives in Egypt do not love: their conquerors is no doubt as true as it is natural. But the excessive prominence that is given to this fact in all accounts of the situation on the Nile appearing in, some of our contemporaries can hardly be attributed solely to a disinterested desire to impart information. Most of those who tell us morning and evening of the profound antipathy with ...

... As you stand upon the hill above Dunbar, from which the Scotch rushed down to their doom upon the pikes of. Cromwell's infantry, the wide stretch of land and water over which the eye ranges, albeit but little known to the generality of Englishmen who rush through it on the Scotch express in the small hours of the morning, is yet as full of interest, and in its way perhaps as impressive, as any ...