... I THE ZULU CAPTIVES. The following account of the journey to Elshowe, of Dinizuiu, the yonng chief of the TJsutu bouse, is given in the Natal Mercury of the 23th of November He was escorted from Bohd's Drift by Commandant Manseli and Sub- Inspector Marshall and six men of the Zululand Mounted Police. Dinizuiu was conveyed to Verulam by train, and thence to the borders of Natal by cart, in ...

... I FACTS ANP FANCIES. MADE OF ALL WOBK.—Some women's liTes. MILITARY TOOLS.—Files of soldiers. Why is ice that is on the thaw like true generosity ?—Because it gives in all directions. Weeds are omnipresent; errors are to be found in the hearts of the most lovable. A compliment is usually accompanied by a bow, as if to beg pardon for paying it. The dishonest butcher is always ready to meat his ...

... MR BRIGHT'S ILLNESS. Mr Bright slept five hours last night, and his condition to-day is similar to that of yesterday. ...

... [EXCHANGE COMPANY'S TELSGRAH.] It has been decided to commemorate ttys Queen's jubilee by the inhabitants of Kensington by the erection of a marble statue at the east front of Kensington Place. The statue will represent her Majesty at the time of her accession to the Throne. ...

... A few days ago Ihad the good fortune (Writes a correspondent of the BBouk.seler) to spend a delightful hour vlth the most charming and refined of French contemporary writers. M. Alphonse Daudet lives in The heart of the Fau- bourn St. Germain, No. 31, Rue de Bellechasse, in which street two retired Presidents of the Republic-MacAlahon and Grevy-each possess a town residence. I must own that I ...

... THE WELShI AS A MISZIONARY 1 ~~~iA . . b .1 - -- . -- It is a serious question whether the Estab- lished Church in Wales wrill not in the immediate future be forced to consider her- self amissionary institution. It id all very well for an unassailable establishment to stand on its own foundation, and in the face of the world to proclaim Here I am; take me or leave me, just as you choose. The ...

... a't G LAMORGANSIIIU . III all Pau-.%SqaY.-A yeastry meeting of Vlio parish of U nil PNmbi'?v ?? feied on Wednesday evening in She l1 n' CopejrWorke Schoouls, flurry Port, lil. Gerard i.ti toEcigtoi, 3.1, Ine tie clisir. There was a very large attundance. Ali objection to the maetiug n IL beeng made undet' the ituspicuitif dlie vieltry hiaving 1411 i'd candiudate by Mr. IV. Howell (solicitor) ...

... SKIco's :MIDDLE WARWICT& ayr (Alderman Cooke) i strbu The Mayetr ofh yesterday afternoon . 'b e piesat n _ the Shire c(, School were gained by Oldham tion o a th , £15. a year for three y'arv. The B ead Master ye, a2 G. Willacy, M.A.) read hsrpr n nose & centre for the Cambridge Local taamonaf t a formed at the school. T he exa rsiiler . r a satisfetory..-Addreeses were delivered byic4 tes ...

... THE NEW CENTRALRESTA Birmingham has to thank the great fire which Marris and Norton's block of building es cli mtrores tion, in lieu of the unsoccessful ji entra f° tre m Zlbati but partly successful underground buie- W e and , of a public restaurant worthy of the t0 a basement. and three tipper loors a- t0' from the designs of Meears. :ssex ana in. E. Gsles, of Birmioghan and decorated and ...

... ITHE GREEN SIDE OF CHRISTMAS, I .- _. I There is no more pleasing feature in our Chtistines celebrations than the timehboouiredE custom of decorating our churches and houses with holly, mistletoe, and other enrgreean. Dame Nature has of late years robbed as of that carpet of sndw which uted to throw such a spirit of poetry and glamour of romance over the season, bit we still fortunately cling, ...

... TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN LIVERPOOL A WOMAN &ILLED6 A ?? of gas occnured Iast night, in Liverpool, whioa unfortunaey resulted in t death of a woman, and the total destruction of Meser. Boddinuton's beerhouse, 16, Eldon-street, Vaunahil-road, occuned by Mr. Gardner and his wife. The premises in question stand among a lot of old property-on one side cottage houses, and on the other a court, It ...

... - 3 THE MOORE CHARTERS OF LIVERPOOL Sir ltames A. Ficton has prepared a report with sall Bid 'regzard so, the Moore charters and documents re- soy lating: to Liverp-col, and the first part was issued DUS yesterday, the Finance sad Estate Committee of to the Corporation having ordered it to be printed 11c alnd sent to the members of the3 City Council and an, to the learned societies in ...