... fHE GREAT FROST. 'The recent frost will live long in the memory of the present generation; but we can well imagine that, after the lapse of a few years, there will be very con. flicting opinions as to its severity. In Ireland and Scotland, however, and, indeed, in the extreme north of England the winter haw been so much milder, whilst in places scarcely a snap of cold has been expe. rienced, ...

... TO-DAY. 1 ARTILLERY-7,80 p.m., sword drill. o 8 p.m., gymnastics ; ball committee meeting, RarLES-7,30 p.m., recruit drill. r 7,45 pm.n F, I, K and casualv, physical I drill; 8ubaltern offleors and sergeants, I drill; buglers' praotice, NAVAL ARTILLERY-8 p.m., ambulance lecture, PRESKSTATION.-A presentation was made at the. s local bianoh of the Stubbs' Mercantile Office, on I Friday evening, ...

... No. *reek MAor people will eiperionC c ifer- ableN astoniaobent in reading .the repoito of the discasions at the reeent Headmastere' Conference at Oxford. A paterfamilias of the old style was himself fur- niahed with a classical education. He learat enongh Latin to construe Ceesar or Virgil, and enough Greek to render in mutilated *ngliah the sober recordsof Xenopbon and portions of Ithe ...

... OuT ^abiei' ZoDUmn* I I BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. Discovm Ry OF ONE'S OWN IGNOEANCE.-ARCRITEC- TUIsI.-THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS. -WEST BAM CBUIRCH.--A1N OLD EDiFi ss.-OLD Rutxcs OF ATT SAVED FEOS DESTRUCTION.- IREBTO1RATION.-WANT OF F rNDS.-A GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE.C-HoOXM EDUCATION.-QUESTIONS ANDANswnrs.-PoiE euWoRE -THE ART DESIGNER, -YELLOW GLASS WI1NDOWS9. -HYACINTHS -Da&W- ING i ...

... jiabobur O1 Dtco. LoNnoN, FaTD&Y. The railwaymen of Scotland hate made a gallant fight. and long ere this, if the struggle bhd only been between themselves and the directors, they musbt have won. Bet a far more terrible antagonist than the directors and the a general managers has bad to be eec autered, the ?? of U their own household. Men had been slowly oozing through a the pickets long ...

... SbirlefSl case, in Japan. IVIIILE the Russian authorities, who > are usually considered to represent a civilised Government, are reviving in Wnarsaw the antiquated system of the examina- tion of prisoners by torture, Japan is busily exchanging Oriental methods for European. Undeterred by the disastrous conflagration in which the new senate-house was razed to th ground, the reformers have ...

... I ?? ?? _. . _ _ _ _v_ . _ __ ?? . roof En PA ?? EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN BRISTOL. At the Bristol police court, yesterday, before Messra W. Pethick and 0. Hosegood, two little boys named Samuel Pople and Frederick Ford were charged with feloniouslybreaking and entering the dwelling house, 10, Coburjr road, and stealing therefrom a gold watch, locket and chain, seven silver spoons, scarf pin, and ...

... It0trgt sr te cU - n - ~BATH.;' pt the pflice.cort yestLerday, Worthy Cautello wag s9wmmnntd for i1treatngD a dog. Onthe application of defeneant's solicitor the case was adjourned.- Giprge Robineon was oharxed with begging. Prisoner ?? s Piokwick was charged with Rssauleing his motrher-in-law, Rachel Bigga. San- teilced to thrce weeks' imprisonment with. hard laboar. The City Coroner (Mr B. ...

... PREACHXRS FOR TO-MORROW. so TBHE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, is The Cathedral-Minor Oanon Murchison, 10.30 am,; Vean. Archdeacon Norris, 3.30 p.m. of The Mayor's Chapel-Rev F. Goodall, 11 nm.; RovJ, H. .Bright, B.30 M.sa Christ 0hur H, Olifton-Rev H, Meyer, 11 gm. and 6.30 ho p m.- Rev E. A Scott, 316 p.m. he Churcl of the Good Shepherd, Brandon ?? F. B, Pmllieps 10'30 am.: Rev . F. D. Stephens, 6 30 p ...

... ] ?? the monthly meeting of the B~iatol Council, to hbe on, held nest Tuesday, the chief matter to he dealt with will red he the question of providing the city with electric light. The Electrical Committee report as follows :-The io committee, after reminding the Couneil of their recomn- %de noendation of the 10th June, state that the committee have 'P given the subject so referred to them ...

... GENIUS AT HOMB. A meteor is a beautiful and imposing might, as we Pee it darting, distant and luminous, thzough the sky; but it is neither beautiful nor imposing am we emamine it familiarly at close quarters-a common- place metallic mass, with all its brilliancy and rapidity gone. And Ho, in a measure, is it with genius, viewed distantly in its works and in the glory I of fame, or seen close ...

... BRISTOL SANITARY AUTHORITY A mo~finr nf thp ?? lf thf. M - _ A meeting of the comrnitmtee of this authorit3y W held yesterday, at the offices, Prince street, Alder. ae mnan C. W, Cope Proctor presided, and Mr G- Pearson. ot occupied tbQ vice-ehair, and there were also presenlt.. * Messrs J. Conlthard, 13, T. Lewis, S. Lloyd, J1 Svaish, F. Gilmuore Barnettff W. R., Barker, J7. Bastow, J7 WYalls ...