... A 2 THE SEAT OF CELESTIAL C-US TOM. (FROM OUR TRAVELLING COMMISSIONER.) THE GREAT I. G. cTiiE 1. G. These letters, meaningless at home, call up instantly in the mind of every foreigner in China a very distinct and striking inage- they are as familiar here in the Far East as H.R.H. or D.T. are at home. And a remarkable proportion of those who hear them, tremble. For the image is that of ...

... TO-DAYS TITTLE TATTLE Tro-day General Boulanger celebrates his fifty-second birthday, and what- Dver may be the rumours as to his being tortured by gout and rheumatism and spending half his days in bed swaddled in flannels and fed on slops, he certainly does not look his age. He is of medium height, with a ruddy, healthy complexion, very bright keen eyes, and an abundance of light brown hair ...

... METEOROLOGICOAL REPO1X DAIDY Nsws OFIOX. SEADINGS TMS MORNG BY NEGI g ANDZAMBRA'S BAROMETs CFBL 2e. SAT. 27. SUN. 28. rON. 29. I N ?? {.W - S.4 10 L-E 3W A; - as-5. ,b MMSWY fells ?? * .,a2|OZ The ~ imetbeea~vim:dff ~The ?? ,y3'pn ousted Dreae cb, 4. Ii6Mth-W&3teh1r&lwuh-f755t 5.aga Moffdemt:*rinate times, UIm 8.YAg1nd S.W. M.eftolY tVOUeozkezY Wn*e- cc141 9C. 'rel d ?? 4 :Distziotsit WM, . ...

... Mr. Glubtone's h3ion i. GO sTONS' holiaays We l better spent than mnany people's worlduredays. While ostenibly seeking rest and refreebmant in the .. . . ..i.I neighbourhood of Naples lat winter he was seany ac:cumulating a valuable stto/ of materials for the interesting essay Which heeontribuz to the Nineteetath Ccnfury for May. ?? minds so active as Mr. GLADSTONX'S a chmnge of eMploy- ment ...

... . ?? A LADY CORRESPONDENT ON FIRST NIGHTS. 1 I ant a great lover of first nights at the play, (writes a lady correspondent, and go to them all ; and the difference which exists between the various occasions puzzles me very much. I cannot explain it, or get at the philosophy of it. For the last two seasons the first nights at the Haymarket have been the most brilliant at any of the theatres, ...

... I' Is a soldier's life worth living ? asks Lord WoL=LBY ivn The Fort- unightly ieview for May, and his answer is, Decidedly Yes..' Ee may be regarded as a prejudiced witness, but no one will deny his competence. Nor will any one deny the elevation of his point of view. There is no word in this essay about the material advantages of the soldier's life. We hear nothing about the creature ...

... : AND 1L1 !ARZ The Rinjdove, anrothsr of the mlow. tteei. wod sleathed, copper-bottomed 9A-n scew F te LIlaunch. 1 eill be tet.ed .he =u of nr d~o~tm at a lf oad an WmoX ?? ehad o M whih will deselop a maximum of nwer will drive the yessel, even ntlthe eso f a7ght ut .peea oftot more th 1 kos. The sb&p armaeut is to consiat of ix 44a. be l , two QJ. guns. ?? othmte nadrlline ges CAptain ...

... MR. PARNELL'S OPPORTUNITY MR. PARNELL ought to be a proud man tc-day-proud and grateful withal. Seldom has a popular leader had so unequalled an opportunity. Hitherto most Irish leaders have only been allowed to vindicate their acts from the dock. Speeches from the dock form, indeed, the most valuable part of the mate- rial of Irish history. Mr. PARNELL is almost the first of Irish leaders who ...

... r'zIB COMHONS IN COLLAR AGAIN. BY A SPECTATORK. the presence of le brav' General, the manner of which is elsewhere led there was not a point of interest in yesterday's sitting. In spite chroniced. or three days extra which Mr. Labouchere coaxed out of Mr. Of t (whose absence from bereavement so soon again was remarked with gneral regret), the few members who were in their places seemed loath ...

... The Zdlu Vhl DntMvLTr, CtSwX&'s SOD, hase no reami to ?? Mintelf oa ?? saie to eurend to British authoity. He I 'W in safe hiding in. the Tranivad; he| sareadwed in Natal; hoe W sent, much againd bis wish, to Zululand for trial; and he h3 just been sentenced to imprisonmenit for ten yean 'With him, his unle MMADMO receives a entence o fifteen yaws, and his friend, T SEflrAIKA Of twelvO- The ...

... WIfTH THE SISTERS OF ST. MAR PS. Will you give me a little space (writes Mrs. Alexander) to advocate the i5 sef a most deserving, though little known, institution, which has for 5oe gears been silently doing much good ? A few paces south from the b0 High.street of Kensington, in a narrow street, stands an ordinary b1i yse which the Sisters of St. Mary's Convent have converted into a home, .ere ...

... Smoa. Tam Conference on the ?? of Samoa betweenEglaid. GermAny, and the IUnited States- will hold its first sitting in Berlin to-day. Our, Corres- - pondest telegraphs that everythingpromises a -3L peaceful solution. The American delegates It have been received by Count REMFBRT Bls- ¢, yAnox, and one of them, MrB..ATEs, has made 6,j the amninde honorall for a too outspoken article WI on ...