... ?? ?? - W - SIR STAFFORD NORTIICOTE A T EDINBURGH.-Sir Stafford Northcote's answer to Mr. Gladstone's recent speeches was moderate and dignified in tone, but it cannot be said to have thrown much fresh light on the only political question in which the public seem for the present to take any interest. Probably most people agree with him that if Parliament would consent to pass a complete scheme ...

... [k1. r ?? V TUF, L.lrE Bxsuole OF NA'IAI. is still ?? a successor, no formal application for onc having been ?? until this W ck. TIIE ARcItIIsiioP oi CANrtFttut,\V has received a letter from the Church of England Council of the Diocese of -Natal, express- ing the desire of the Soutlh African Church to seel and minailin all identity with, and sublmission to, the Mother Church that is possiblc ...

... 1~~~ ?? 1E7 ?? THE DEATH OF PROFESSOR FAWCETT was referred to last Sunday by many preachers, both in churches and chapels. Pro- nouncing at Westminster Abbey an eloquent eulogium on him for the fortitude with which he had borne up against one of the direst of physical calamities, Archdeacon Farrar associated his name with those of the worthies, ecclesiastical and lay, who had been similarly ...

... I I I - Lll'?-j U?Ajx . . . . . 0 I , , ! 111115191W .P.WY - - - MR. GLADSTONE'S APOLOGY.-Mr. Gladstone was by no means so successful at Edinburgh in his defence of his general policy as in his discussion of the questions connected with the Franchise. A lamer apology has seldom been presented by a great Minister. That the achievements of his Govern- nment have been splendid he could not, of ...

... ON March 1, the annual foregathering of the clan of Welsh residents in London and vicinity to do horour to St. David's Day by wearing the leek takes place; and at the-anniversary dinners it is a mighty curious sight, as Pepys would say, to view each gentle- man decorated as to his buttonhole with the similitude of a leek, fashioned pearl-like, with green ribbons for leaves and a bunch -of ...

... IT is somewhat strange that of the many English tourists who visit Algeria so few penetrate the beautiful country of the Kabyles, where they would find a people presenting a striking contrast with the inhabitants of Algiers and the Sahel. Kabylia, indeed, offers other inducements for travel than the picturesque, and these of the most stimulative kind. The Kabyles form the most interesting of ...

... 1.0-1z , wllrk THE situation in EGYPT grows daily more critical. There now seems little room for doubt that the rebels have secured another important success in the capture of Berber, which apparently fell on May 23rd. Letters detailing the disaster have been sent by the Governor, Hussein Khalifa, to his sons with the Egyptian forces, while an Arab has reached Korosko, representing himself as ...

... B W P ARyl [SLIA'. NT = -d d THE monotony of midnight squabbles over Irish votes has been varied this week by events in Parliament of Imperial interest. On Saturday the Conference met for what proved to be the last time. Mr. Gladstone, yielding to the pertinacious demand of Lord Ran- dolph Churchill, had consented to vary the arrangement originally made, and instead of waiting till Monday to ...

... Mrs Saker's handsome presence and majestic carriage made Marie Stuart every inch a queen, and her advent on the stage was the signal for a storm of applause again and again renewed, to which the popular lady, who was evidently touched by the demonstration, had for some moments to bow her acknowledg- ments. Mrs Saker's impersonation was admirable throughout; the scenes with her poet-lover were ...

... MIR. CHARLES DU-VAL'S BENEFIT. If Mr Charies Du-Val's benefit at St. George's Hall was not so succesful from the point of view most desirable-the finaucial-it must have been highly gratifying to his feelings as a new entertainer to London audiences that so large a number of his professional brethren and sisters pressed forward to render him service. The grand complimentary benefit, taking the ...

... BY THE MEN WHO MAKE THEM. A series of interesting letters treating of How English plays are made has recently been contributed to the Pall- Hall Gazette by the men who make them. The list of con- tributions, in addition to those already given, contained the following, which, we are sure, will be of interest to our readers:- MR ROBERT REECE. I am merely a literary tailor, and invariably ...

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