... NATURE AND So Avr ?? T,_ Z Mc. ?? ?? has ?? structed at a Paris foundry. Its busilt been tthat it will realise au approsxiute u prere wmles au hour. Pd 01 THA acclinlatisation of the so.called i c can trout in Norwegian waters has beefy successful. Attermiptis are 'lnow about to I t , to acclillatise black bass obtained fr Re THu strict preservation of the eider fil tsthe south-east coast of ...

... ?? . a- DAIRY FARMTNG: TN IPELAND.-An. intoettie~g a record of thre qoasalities and values of butter pro- duced during the last sixteen yware from a dairy of 'q 21 to So1 colts on an average fa~rm in Korry appears a in. the Dublin Faor-ose:-s' Gazeite. Lasthyear was the d worst of oil, the quantity per cowv being onlyt loot, lqr. 17jlb., nod the value £8 18s S~d. The ti largest average was ...

... M. TIRA1W AND TcYNQ?3IN. JULES SIMON ON PHILOSOPHYC AND R:ELIGIO.N. (FaoM ours owN Coztassroswzxr.) PAsnS, Tuesday. The Ministry has had a narrow escape from a break- up on tho Tonquin question, which is the swvord of Damocels held over the head of all Governments. Whether they like it or not, however, the French cannot free themselves froma thoir new responsibilities in the East. It is not a ...

... LATEST FO REIGN ; .O.P>'ITAXED XNDIAL (.l'hroglgh the Iscdials National Tslegrephio Union.) . BOMBAY Wednesday.-The new taxes to be i 6po8sd by the Govebrmeant of Irdiasro exciting widespread dissatisfi~ction. The salt duty, enhanced 400 per cent,, will press hard upon the poorer classes which make up the mass of the population. The tinaucial straits ofthe Govern- . ment are due to the ...

... UI i ; 'l Y, F.lR W.Y 16, lSS3. ?? 3- -ERA V16 S I o-HUIATLATiN AT EST1A 1 STER. IF we ?? to blave all English Session we C1 s'eU owe it to I3r G.LADSTONE alnd to Mr i PlIt 5.)ne vweek has already told its a ?? tad io fiv thero lhts been the very ny ererse I aid front the sopporters of tile tl Ermutire Gouerunweit. From Mr BA.LI- y? rt, fist of the epoalcors in support tI pi Vie Adllresq, to ...

... ,We cannot un iertace to returl. conamunications of which we do not avail ourselves, vor do we hold ourseyev responsible for the opitnions expressed by our correTpoaldent8. TERCENTENARY OF THE WELSH BIBLE. Seu,-Kindly allow me to redeem a pledge given in a previous letter of mine on the above subject, and to say that a meeting of the supporters of the proposed memorial to Bishop Morgan will be ...

... MNLARGINALtIA. EARNING A LIVING. Not irany people would liks to scppors a family of nine on nine shillings a Week; but suchi is -the depti) ot poverty to which some of the laboaring lasses have 8unk teat that is not considered icsntoesible. The revelations of the condi- tion of tbe poor in London are not al)ways hlieved, but for the following case theze Is ie atsthositv of sworn evidence. The ...

... FEBRLULARY iNOTES. There is no more interesting month in the year than Feblusry, when the lengthening Jays suggest the awaken- ing of the year. Candlemas is past, which is saying that so is the time for the planting of trees, for with i. creasing sunlight comes the rising of the sap, and woodimen and nurserymen say that they will warrant the growth of rearly every tree they plant between ...

... MIls; Helen Taylor, who has become well known throubh her work amongst the people,' lectured on ?? night in the Tyne Theatre, under the auspices of the Tyneeide Sunday Lecture Society, on the Restoration of the Laud to the People. 2here was a good audience. Mr Peter Wood, who presided, attempted to make a speech. irl which he inveighed against My LordTom S'oddy ' anti the * fox- bunting ...

... TlHE SEVE! E WFATHEiU. The severity of the weatier en Wedoesaiy morninz~crased 1 the block systrm to be suspenled fora sholt time at several points of the rout! Fr m LDoidoa to Manchester, on the MlidlandRaisay. Conse'unnt y, the London train due in Yarcheater at ten o'c'ock arrived thirty minutes late. A heavy snowstorm fell at Sheffield early on Wednesday morning Atil lasted for some hours. ...

... AiFTER TIlE EVENT. The.2TiYes says :- It would be idle to deny that Mr. Buchanan has also succeeded, like the successful Gladstonian in West Southwark, in inducing many Liberal voters, who refused to go to the poll in i886, to support him. This points, we must admit, to a danger which is inherent in democratic government. The Daily Aezvs says:- The great Liberal victory in Southwark has ...

... HoW OUR PUBS ARE DUBBED. WHo dubs our pubs, that is, who baptizes them ? We often hear of the christening of ships by young ladies dressed in navy blue with gold buttons, who take a bottle of champagne and break its fragile neck over the prows of Minotaur or Hercules. But who ever was present at the baptism of a London public ? Does the genial landlord furnish a font full of strong drink ...