... THE RUSSIAN PETROLEUM , EXHIBITION. N Eo. III. la~yt -- con] (FROM OUR OWN CORRES2O'TDENT.) of 1 i St Petersburg, March 2$. 188S. buol l The official statistics of the annusl output oE in crude oil at Baku are not based upon the actual nila amount of liquid that comes to the surface, but siv upon the quantity piped from the wills to the pri refineries, eight or nine miles distant, situated gre ...

... NOTES OI? ?? i-vs E One of the most inutresting week is a volumc of ' Menlo! .!s or Ion Keith-aalconi-r, M.A., late Lor'.4,, Professor of Arabic in thle La bridge.' It is by the Ps v. R-.5c BD., and is nubl sihed by Mles~rs De:L- Bee 5t Co., Canbrid .e-ceisrs Arnder1' Sons, Dumfries, and 2Mdesrs Jona II ?? Co., Edioburab anld Glasgow, iuve The Historical Fam.iiei o I)ir . the Xerder WXar. ...

... thie Harper's is, as usual, first in the field, and con- and hd atains a plcasing variety of matter. A pap6r the descriptive of a winter in Algiers, written and ing, illustrated by Mr F. A. Bridgman, has the place ?imlg of honour, and is remarkably interesting. To lain many readers an article by C. Coquelin about up acting and authors will bave Euperior attrac- I of to n I Itiomi ard the ...

... O uar Plymouth correspondent, telegraphing |i I last night, says :-v I A strange affair has just happened near the | Ls secluded L i'lage of M'iltori Devon. M~r Crimp ; farmer, having advertised for a farm assistant, a your~ nmas who had avalked from Cornwai I hpresente. }imseli as an applicantr The woe- tL begorie and dirtry appearance rf the man, and cc lis apparent wea;kness and poverty, ...

... THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION~. (REanT'S TBLEGUNfl) t Brussels, April 18. t The preliminary opening ceremony of the ! Erussels Exhibition will take place on the 5th J proximo, in order that the space allotted to the J various exhibitors may be handed over to them. The formal opening' by the King is fixed for1 .Jun ae 2.ir ; ALARBMING SUBSmDENCc IN LoxnD .-An alarm- ing subsidence took place ...

... TBFE TINE TPES. ;A D. TI TA GAYLORD D a. L .5* .:lis Ga;-1rl. 3se namne was longt _vvasociacd w hh the Carl Rosa Opera hwnetU-. was- .st 1I ht wvelcomed to the, 1; pov in the new in wrhich she seeks to 3. esh laut~o* 1t li an experiment notl - ts r:3;s r 7r lady who has taken a j E c * a anoperatic artiste to turn aside ?? in which i vell-deserved fame 9xreee- her ?? ased challenge public1 ?? ...

... a-: ROYALTY-THE MYSTERY OF A bed be- We haeANSOM CARB ier We have heard a good deal lately about the. he Mystery of a Hansom Cab, and everybody is of supposed to have read the story of that name. an It is a capital story of its kind. Begia it, and tar you must needs read to the end at a sitting; the he mystery fairly laid bare, you cast the novel c aside, and have no -wish to take it up ...

... ?? INTEMNATIONAL , ; Co'!.vIi t 0 A PAINTING BY THE EMPRESS OF GE1:R IAN Y. jet3 Provost fir James King has received ID e wiig lettcr from Sir R. H. Coilins, the Controller of the Household oft o ft.in3e i-ache3s oxf Albany C z rrewsott. FlIher, April 2, IS8S. vd ir i ri'L r Tt-ihe Emnprers oE ; s ?? the DIlcles-s of AIb;;ey :- - , itex bicition at Glasgow a ;,Af;r'a - ?? l-ife irrui, ...

... IygE pf!ESS DXY AT TI!E AsX S _.5 0'%M r.^ ^ e ve^;- leati'' te opefling oE the 1tairibi tonl, anC in order that sonce ' e it g ?? flrce might be conveyed _I - at iemcs oral albroad, the Excuative l, re b Mi s ,oing giveen uo on oct thle press. In the tS . ; L y I t..' ti-at l:.ilie Sh-earer : s : pociaiiy 'ith tile .. ..r:s to this end, and we ?? c-nt of tue fact that ?? l ;..S arise O ia ...

... Messrs Ward, Lock & Co. have published an interesting work this week on Irish Wonders, Ghosts, Giants, Pookas, kc., and Popular Tales as told by the People, by Mr D. R. MA'Anally, t jun., illustrated by B. R. Heaton.-From the r- Cambridge University Press we have A Col. k lation of the Athoxs Code of the Shepherd of e Hermas, together with an introduction by Spyr. d P. Lambos, Ph.D., ...

... G;LAS.'-GOWt INTEINNATIONAL I LXI11 3IT ION. TtiE ISHOP'S CASTLE-III. p FSince tihe .arpe-raoee of the former notices o f the colec ton that is b)eing gathered together' for the t3i~oo'5 C'a'tie mny mot valuable and s irterestiag reics belonging to various stages of c oar natio-al isstory have, through the kindness j oi their p0o3sesors, been placed at the disposal 1 of thle ?? anthorites. ...

... ¢ GLASGOW INTERNOW so EXHIBITIoN O I . oodei* with 0- es of ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEE p ye-rs VISIT.1 on a f Tle arrangements for the Poyalvis -: card- '5 t ltyd;gow in connection with the oupea, r i ef of Glasgow International Exhibitiorn te3 t for received the sanction of the Price 2 t and Their Royal Higblnesses, who will r ¾ sfat' Central Station ten minutes e,;ore i eeri- o'clock, will be ...