... /Zll?;o 'I 0 ? I 1 4 THE HUGE ELECTRIC Lic~tsr TowlER. at Hell Gate, New York, which is to illuminate the harbour, will be finished in January. TIlE QUICKEST DELIVERY OF TIlE AMERICAN MArLS IN PARIS on record was made last week, when the letters and newspapers only took nine days in transit. TwVo FINE AMlERICAN Bus'rALOsare being brought to Scotland for the Duke of Argyll, who intends to house ...

... IF you will give my cook a slice of bread to dress and prepare with all those additions of wine, spice, butter, and sauce, she will make you a far more delicious dish than that Bah ! the fish is beneath contempt. My friend was perfectly correct ; the fish, a very fine carp, was beneath contempt. He was a glorious fellow, and we caught him- that is to say, I hooked him, played him. in the ...

... W . . . MR. GLADSTONE AT HOME AGAIN.-Some of Mr. Gladstone's opponents, with questionable taste, have rebuked him for his prolonged residence at Cannes. There was really rio very urgent reason why he should have come back at an earlier date. It has been said that he wished to be out of the way when the Affirmation Bill was being discussed; but he could not have imagined that a measure which ...

... ?? . ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ' ' ' ?? . ?? ?? NoRTIIAmrTONsHIRE, though badly off for seaside watering- places, was, and is, exceptionally rich in county families. Notable amongst these were the Treshams, to the Rushton branch of whom belonged Sir Thomas, father of Francis Tresham of the Gunpowder Plot. The mania for house building to which we owe Longleat, and Bess of lar dwjck's Hall More Glass ...

... ?? ?N. 44. ?? ?. - - ?U?If ?WS >? I / ? AT A LUNCHEON given to the clergy and newly-elected chdrch- wardens at Canterbury the Bishop of Dover took occasion to explain away some idle rumours as to delay in his re-appointment a, Suffragan. The Archbishop had never thought of dispensing with a Suffragan, but while Archbishop designate he could not issue a new Commission. He was confirmed, as all ...

... fIEI N TUE disastrous news from EGYPT has formed the chief political theme abroad as well as at home. The details of Hicks Pashas defeat are given elsewhere, but we may mention here that the news created great alarm at Cairo. Cabinet Councils were at once held, Sir Evelyn Baring lost no time in advising the British Govern- men to cancel the order to withdraw the troops, and measures were taken ...

... ?? ?? Rov&I THE CoUR. I / Tims QuEEN has returned to Windsor for the spring season. Before leaving the Isle of 'Night Her Majesty received Captain Shaw, who minutely inspected the ditterent appliances for the prevention of fire-spreading at Osborne. On Saturday evening Lieutenant-Colonel Guinness, Seaforch Ilighlanders, dined with then Queen, and after dinner Capti n Brook Hunt and Lieutenant ...

... THIE GRAND PARADE AT JANUS HUGEL-BATTALION OF INFANTRY TAKING UP POSITION THE GERMAN MANEUVRES THE German Autumn Manceuvres this year have been divided into two sets. The first took place between Sept. r4th and 19th, on the historic field of Rossbach, where the 4th or Saxon Thuringian Army Corps went through the customary evolutions under the eye of the Emperor. The second, those of the iith ...

... 1c~o W MR. GLADSTONr's RETURN. ,Everybody is glad to know that thc Prime Minister has recovered much of his former vigour during his brief holiday. Some surprise has been excited on the Continent, especially in France, by the fact that Tories and Liberals alike are prepared to congratu- late him on his return to the duties of his office but fortunately political antagonisms in England have ...

... r2 to - la Ik 3 . ' e Iu L 3 ?? T THE Queen was to leave Windsor yesterday (Friday) for the Isle of Wdight, accompanied by the 1'rincess Elizabeth of Hesse, Princess Beatrice having gone to .Aix-les-Bains for the waters. Her Majesty continues fairly well in health, and has been entertaining numerous visitors. Thus on Saturday the Duke anid Duchess of Albany, with the Princess of Saxe-Meiningen ...

... RURAL JNOTES ?? . . ?? ?? I/s WXHEAT wants more sunshine and less rain than we have had during the past ten days. Mildew is increasing, and despite the sturdiness of the straw the plant has not always been able to stand upright against the desolating haistorms with which large areas of the country have been visited. Each ear of corn should yield, as a rule, a good number of plump grains, but ...

... GOLD IN THE TRANSMAAL WHERE was Tharshish, whence Solomon's navy brought, besides gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks ? Tartessus, says the schoolboy. No, my young friend ; that Spanish port might account for transportable merchandise like ivory; yon may even say that the apes could be got at Gibraltar, possibly, in those early days, on the mainland of Spain itself; but how-about ...