... YII T11E FINE RAPHAEL, the Virgin of the Incarnation, discovered last year by a Swiss Professor, is to be sold by auction at Lausanne on the 25th inst. THE GENERAL ELECTION IN GREAT BRITAIN last year cost 4,633,7374., an average of 4s. Sd. per vote. Altogether 1,333 candidates were nominated, of whom 668 were returned. THE NOTTINGHAM CASTLE ART MUSEUM has been presented with a valuable ...

... TILE NEW NOBLESSE IN IRELAXD A SERIOUS social convulsion will one day arise from the indebted- ness of the peasantry to the usurers with whom the country abounds. TIhe regular gombeen men, or avowed and notorious usurers, are by no means those who are chiefly to blame. To these the peasantry only resort in the last extremity. Of their doings one does not hear much. Those who resort to them ...

... a. - -c QN? 4 ?? ?.iff .t -- RuSSIA and BULGARIA are still bitterly at variance, and the arrival of General Kaulbars as Diplomatic Agent at Sofia has further in- creased the tension of relations. The General lost po time in impressing upon the Bulgarians that Russia was determined to have her wishes respected, and from the first he assumed a most offen- sive dictatorial tone. On being met ...

... .. . ?? . ?? FuJSL LNOTES w . . - 1 . . ?? .. FARM PRODUCE is now very depressed in value, and the agri- cultural outlook continues exceedingly gloomy. Wheat fetches only 29s. for average samples and 26s. for rivetts, while barley makes only 22S. or 23s. for feed descriptions, and the seeding sorts, which make up to 21., are the pick 6f a year's harvest. Oats are worth about i~s. per quarter ...

... VEA THER CHART FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1886 O Esy |sir. ZS-A 2. | SEAr. i aov|T E |IE.8 Thu. FKJ. SAT SUE.M1'r. ~ S - ?? S - _ _ _ _ _ ?? r ~~~78 e A = 7724 2 _4 j 6 7 T 42 Gr.m *g~ oeietons ?? | F1U}6 4 0U/,|g4 5 ?? so 00}'7 - | -a J/I 'i | am/-ft /| I ?? ?? 81 807 29 ' EXrLANkTIOt.-The thick line shows the variations in the height of the barometer during the past week ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Every one familiar with the ruse of the itinerant vendors of prohibited naughtiness will remember that those- cautious gentlemen prefaced their proceedings somewhat as follows:- Bearimin', gen'lmen, that the law does not allow me to sell the card, but I will show you 'ow I can elude the law; I do not sell you the card, I sell you the straw, and to every ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Presuming on your well-known love of fair play, I beg leave to reply to Mr Dudley's extraordinary remarks in your last week's issue, and, knowing the pressure on your valuable space, I will endeavour to be as concise as possible. It is surprisin g, indeed, that Mr Dudley should think fit to qualify his apology to the Music Hall Artists' Association by another ...

... An American paper tells the following anecdote:- Signor Ravelli, the French tenor of Colonel Maple- son's company, unhappily quarrelled with Madame Minnie Hauk, the Geiman-Ainerican soprano, whom her compatriots justly hold in such high regard. Their differences apparently could not be accommodated, and so on certain nights when Madame Hauk and Ravelli were announced to sing togetber, the ...

... ANDERSON, Mary, Co.-Opera House, Philadelphia. ARCHER, C. J., Pantomime Co.-Winchester. ARDEX, Miss E.-T. R., Jarrow. BEATRICE Co.-T. R., Preston. BENSON, F. 1. -Yeovil. BLACK PRINCE.-T. R., Doncaster. BORROWED (Compton Coutts).-Wellingborough. BURTON, H. D.-T. R., Wolverhampton. CALLED BACK ?? R., Goole. CANDIDATE (Miss Charlotte Elliott). -Gaiety, Hastings. CASTE Co. (Robertson and Bruce).-T ...

... SALVATION ARMY DEMIONSTRATION, SUNDERLAND. [.SUDJEoT OR ILLCSTRATION,] ON Thursday, last week, Sunderland Was favoured with a visit from General Booth, the chief of the Salvation Armly, accompanied by a number of his soldiers from various parts of the globe. The international contingent, as it is called, includes three individuals who profess to hail from the Flowery Land, negro ...

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... Ike S t4 ? it V - v S1ATIU)AY, MAY S. 1883. PI - RSON A L bR A E r\mY INSTAN-C S of personal bravery have been re- ported wibtin tue last two or three days Ivhliih ought t, be cmmemoralted. in one ease the courage vas shownintlhe cause of philaniihropy and iii the othier of stern duty. On Good Friday a nuumbtler of persons in a lelasure boai at Leicetecr capsized the b-oat alid were plunged ...