... LORD BRA?SEY'S IMPRESSIOI*?S O? AU8TBA2LIA. ?? ,s last oveniugatth ?? LordBrasseydelivered W! n leoture upou bbsi Re~cent Impress one inx Australia.; Lord Dunraveu n seeided, arid there was an ?? *4 large gathering. (An the platform were several Agents- j t General aurid othc ner soor 1 malrk representing our Colo- th nies. Lord Brensr.ly said he. proposed to deal mainly ij with thoprospeot2 ...

... IREILA?ND. * WI. BLUNT'S ACTION. ?? brought by Mr. Wilirid Blunagsatfi. Brnedisiioralsneisteate, wae yesterday resumied iu Dubtin. The flrst wvitness called !wYas Edwzard W~helan, u boycotted cavotal;or eu Lord Claur~iClOnlO'B etatO, who doporsd that oa his Ifathor'n deathl, iu May, iS18B, the s'unerel had to tako | lace at fien the morningt by the light of lampos. I Vstansel and policeman ...

... I Corn.. war?ta. Su?r? zeso1utiou?, each the proo I posit?io*i of ? op?uitative body of buainesa men somewhere or other in the Urnited l~ingdom, will be sub- mitthd £or the consideration of the Maccia- tion of Chamers o2 (lorasee which ese to-nmorrow, Wednesday, and ¶thuljsday. In the disposal .of thi ean amount. of worr thie iun . of business siting *at the }Idtel tro- poo gildubtiess sot a. ...

... 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 ...

... LIKE most people, I have often visited the Isle of Wight in the summer, when Ryde and Cowes are crowded with gay craft, but the idea occurred to me that we might go all over it in the closing days of last December. 1 feel that one must travel about even in the depths of winter, and where could one hope to travel more favourably than in our island garden ? The last tourists had all gone away. ...

... rpT-iN'FtJL ANXIETY ABOUT THEl CROWN PRINCE. 0NJREiNCE BETWEEN BISMARCK AND THE EMPEROR. s11 ...

... Sir John GorSt, QO., M.P., Under Secretary of State for India, was installed on Tuesday last as Wor- shipful Maeter of the Drury-lane 'Lodge, in the Grand Saloon of Drury-lane Theatre, which was specially fitted up for the occasion. The attendance of grand officers and of other members of the craft was unusually large, amongst those present being the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Onslow, the ...

... 1STAT1? OF THE OROWN rRLN?E. (1103own ou oD1rxs. Tho appoaranee of tho Crvhlrue on 'conti~sues to be satisfaetory. Laet night thie be sleep of the patient was 'Jiataat1~e hre WA. sa@ however, no fever and very hittle co~ust1b The. Pritnee did not fall aslen~, unolf i th-T ing, but them sle$ for soe.ue hoir3,'eo thetorheftT thei dootore caie to pay. their visit ty.fir. ha o wait until he awohe. ...

... EARL GEAT?VLLLE AT TRE ?ATR)NAL L?BERALOLUI3. Etert (ii31'ill ?? night at the flrft Hlouse Dinner held in tho uew ?? of the N*a~ lioel ?? Club. There was annueterous company, inulluiing Mlr. T. Riioe, ?? Mr. Craig, Li.P., Mr. Pettr 1!ssleuout, MI'.P, Colonel NOlan, IiLP., &e,-The Chneairmn, iii giving the first toast Ttte Queen, se~l there weea no p~co whearet it wvool, be drunik wtore eor- ...

... Reading the Mtars. THiE iHOrosoope, or iam1, ic dosoier of General BouL- ?? E lately been hawked in IsiCm i ad The ffeneral is to overthrow Gerniaaiy ?? HE veraber 7, 1890, and to become Preeiofi~tla le Republic in Many, 1891. Et aprcs IW bia otary. ie men may remark. But Germay need ant re tremlble eand come down, liheo ths teCO ol mn fable. A mago named ELY-STAR los ?? er published a work ...

... j HE I-PErACIZAUENT OF MR. BALFOUR. .ASTr NIGHT'S COivIMONS. is ilpet time this SessiOn the House of Conmmons-or rather the Liberal cr115 of ;:it _apve a member a really hearty welcome ; and for the first time 'Ildti lc ?? of hstening to a really great speech. Question-time It 'ld o quietly, and although tile number of questions had started ' 5a -den bound from twcntv to mo-re than forty, they ...