... Yafiift Rte3So DECIDEDLY the most striking event; of the past week 4 as been the suisifo of the Crowin Pd~nee of Austria. Here he came to commit ceif-inurdcr may never be 1publ-Ily known, bet, Al the wor-ld Fls syropatbisiog~ with the FEmgeror Francfg Joseph In his4 sore berewavemnzt. Tin3 Pritice was hisl only son, and ?? personal qualiteie wfire such atj rendered him a eulerel IuLVwh:it's ...

... RESIGNATION OF SIR JOSEPH IIAZALGETTE TILE BOARD AND THiE COUNTY COLUCIL. The usual weehly meeting of tle members of the Board of Works took placeyosterday at Spinug- gardens, Lord MAnnsRAmorem ?? Chair- man said it was his paiuful duty to announce that the Metropolis and the Board were sbortly to lose the ser- vices of another excellent aud distinguished officer.- The Clerk (Mr. Wakeiield) ...

... tM.ETPOROLO@fICAL REPORT. I DAILY YR WSSP OFIJOX. ?AflINGS ?ms MO1lNIN?? BY L?D?BTTI AND ZA?XBUA'S BAROMETER. 30'' Oorveiecd to see-keelas sr Zeacd2D to 82 cg. F. Thesbekltinc shew ths ltetehtote the bareeeterat t o'dlockr thee aud three previoce ecoewncge Tbcs dotted lines intdict t e exctrcooe svarations dnenrs yesterday end the trro prorious cays. The Mereoey fa°llS icr linee~lh O. ~laa W ...

... TERBltEiB HAVOC AMONOI4HIPPING- The weather on Friday was very stormy over nearly the whole of the United Kingdom. A furious gale raged all Friday night in the English channel from the north-east. The sea rats verv high round by the North Foreland. About midnight signals of a vessel in distress on the Goodwin sands were heard at Deal, and a lifeboat put off, as did also the Bradford. The rough ...

... TUE ELECT3RWCAL OBZNIUS 1X The Word electrical omnibus made several runs of a most satisfactory character on Thursday and Friday. On the first trip it left the depdt and went along the Thasnes-embalkineont, up Queen Victoria-strcet, through Lombard-street, down the Miniories, to the Tower of London, returning throngh Leadenhall. street, Cheapside, Newgate-streot, HIolborn-viaduct Hatton ...

... A REVOLUTION OF READERS. THE TRUE STORY OF THE UPSET IN UGANDA. DRIVEN OUT BY MOSLEMS AND WRECKED BY HIPPOPOTAMI. The Church Missionary Society received yesterday a long letter from Rev. E. C. Gordon, of which the 2iYnes publishes copious extracts, which give the first account received in this country of the revolution in Uganda. It is dated Usambiro, November 7, oIlS. WHAT CAUSED THE ...

... Lord Charles Deresford seems to be enjoying bins-self at Berlin, but be will probably not be over-well received at Sandringham when be comes back. It is no doubt pleasant to hub-nob with Emperors and Bismarcks, but it is rather difficult to do so at the sanre time you are hand-in- glove with those whom they have insulted. Not even Lord Charles ca'n both have his cake and eat it, and as he has ...

... So the veteran-the grand old Word warrior-,, Billy Russell has joined the - majority- (no, not the Shades)-I mean the Nitrates. These are good times for the graphic man. The veteran corresponder.t's fee for chronicling the trip is 3,0oo. Some titme ago I heard that a sporting offer had been made to Mr. Broadley, which that well-known fianeur declined, preferring Pall-mall and Moorish music ...

... The Christiasia post oihce has just forwarded a letter which a Scandinavian iaytnester had provided wvilh an address, of which the following is a ranslation Christiania post office, centre of light, Do yol know of a person of medium height? A frequenter he is of a well-knowsn hotel, His whiskers are fair and his trousers tlit well. The man's name is Poulsen, Ilen-street his address, On the ...

... TrAFFIC IPETURWS. Mliles Fas- hle- Total Total RAILWAYS9- Open. seagers. ebandise. 1889. 1683. w c enrding Eeb. 8. :E £ £ £ ]Belfast & N. Counties - 1,367 1,849 3,216 3,110 Kilkenny Junction ?? 207 89 4 93 211 Waterford &Centrtd. 31 179 297 475 6G5 WVeek ending Feb. 9. Xorth Fasteln ?? 1578 26,721 90,449 117,170 111,693 Wveck ending Feb. 10. Breeoonandlel yr 61 216 l$4S 1,684 1,678 ...

... Da?c?ng ?? it ?hou1d Be. SIIQULn it be ?t all? i? the ques- ticn the Ieer?ilibt ?? ask, as be ?ur?5yS the title of Mr. EDWAUn ScoTT's tract on Ds:scing as it Shoicld lIe (PirMAN). On the whole, and setting aside mere Puritanic censures, tho verdict of the ages is in favour o dancing. in the Origin of ilceicty, as pbilesopbcrs always said in the last century, dancing was the vehicle of all ...

... I THE ENCYCLOPA6IC DICTIONARY, I ?? . _ The modern tendency to make our dictiana, something more than mere catalogues of words supplemented with what the old spelli-ag.bbc used to call meanings, has found in Messa Cassell and Co.'s Encyclopnedic Dictionary what may fairly be considered its final develoeD mest. Philological science must of course be progressive, and new 'words will, as ...