... NEW BAlRONETS AND IKNIGHTS. er Mr. Leosartd Lyell, upon whom a baronetcy has c- beon conferred, has l'preseuted Orkney and Shetland At in Parliament as ?? for the past eight years. He )Y isa nephew of Sir Charles Lyeil, the eminent geologist, Iy ol whose dreath he succeeded to the family estate of be Kinuordv. The ?? ?? i well known inl scientific .LO circles. Ie was at ono timn lecturer on ...

... HOUSEKEEPING IN CHINA. Housekieeping ia China, or rather inl I long, Kong~, differs material4 fromt housekeeping in Japan. A mnultiplicity of -Servants inust be cmployed in the one a1s inl the other country, but the great difference consists in the fact that in Hong Kong nothing-can bc bought for the house save through thle compreadorc. A compradc'rc, generally speaking, in places of business ...

... ; TABLE qM &PPLIED TO TEE QUENE. I? SODA, SELTZER, &C, in ?? and in their Patent PORtCELA&I-WED SYPH ONS. /W A T E RiS CONSTANTINOPLE. A Tritnniml, iripreceienttd in the aiinals of'Anvsientent. r %V I CE 1)AI:IY. 12 Noon. 6 L.MN. CONSTANTINOPLE. BOLOSSY iIRALFY'.S Gigantic adl Superb Spectacle Colossal Stage, ?,OD Perforetrl s, Marvellous Damttes. GCand Slave Ballet bv Reil Nepesscs. ...

... 1 vil YXlR IoNoItS. ] 'hi (ire Queein hase io ptclrseit to signify her intentionr of ConfC-ring tilmt lioronir of aI blilcoietec upoll All. , It*iiaisrd Melt, Ml', sinl Nil. 'Ihegitrer Pry, M ?? inld tho holloor of knighthood uopn Mr. T'trortils )ioli, ?? Mr. D. 11. Ntaoiarlnue, ?? rind Mri 1/ Rliruter, soltcitor to thu Post Offic., Od llor t:jesty hats also blon pticilhei to apptovo of tbs l ...

... WHSIAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? IF dated days are apt to makte themselves the centre of some superstition, they are not without their uses. Taking stock is a profitable but not always an agreeable occupation, and if there were no days specially dedicated to the task it would be in accordance with hurman nature to defer the duty to that more convenient season which never comes. But New. Year's Day ...

... THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS, ALLEGED TORTURING OF THE y d PRISONERS. t O (TM(nOuou IBEUTER'S AGN=oy.) O BARCELONA, Dec. 30, s A Press representative who has been able to r ?? obtain an interview with several of the im- C e prisoned Anarchists, including Codina, Rinaldi, a Cerozuelo, Fogas, and Bernard, states that all C deny having been the actual authors of the out- a - rago in the Lieso Theatre, ...

... . . OXII Iffaff - 69-ittte. . offiret. C14,CtAeni CROSS ROAn, W.C, MNr. Leo'nard Lvell, ?? lheads the list Of New Y(!al' 1otiotit's wkithl a baronetcy, is a nleiphew of' Sir Charles Lyell, the geolog-Ist, on-1whose death he uccede ?? of Kilnsordy, Forfiarshire. H-e was him,. self for, sate timle a Jectulci ongeology at ?? ins eny street, and has been Professor of Natur~ I S ienee at thle ...

... -: HOUSEKEEPING IN CHINA. h ekel~eepin , in China, or rather in -Iong Kong, differs mattrialy from housekeeping ill Japan.. A multiplicity of servants must be employed in the cue as in the other country, but the great difference consists in the fact that in Hong Kong nothing can be bought for the house save through the coMPradore. A.ompradore, generally speaking, in places of business is the ...

... OCC~ASTONAL NOTES. We hope that Mr. Chaplin and the Opposition will stick fast by the new amendment to the Parish Councils Bill wvlhichi the member for Sleaforcl has ent'ercd. Mr. Fowler would straightwiay empower Parish Councils to hire land compulsorily for allotments. Now, the whole principle involved in such a proposal was threshed out at leugthl in the debates on the Smnall H-loldings ...

... RE VI ENTW5 NEVL LUAMPS FOR OLD.`' T-ui tolling of fairy tales would seeml, were it not for a few rare exceptions, to be a lost art. Tlle modern narrator who recasts and remodels those primitive inventions that pleased the world's childhood is only too prone to spoil all hie lays hands on, cvcn as an old building mrav be despoiled of its comeliness by a latter-day restorer. I-e is like the ...

... Thi cc days' undivided attention to ti Parish Councils Bill last -,week resulted in the reduction of the 603 anmendments ?? stood oi the notice paper on W~ednesday mornlinzg last by 62. This, under the circumstances, was substantial progress, but the I-louse to-day finds itself olO forrader, for durinug the thre days that x;'rc occupied iii disposinlgl of 62 amendments, 40 ireshi ones were ...

... FTMES AND LOSS O ?? ,, V' -v ?? .1 I. A fire occarr-ert eo Saturday nilght fit (16, StacOy-j I'Jar ,asm streert, Ullarirag-crors-road, a honnre ofth~e floors ?? er, igbt roomna, tenranted by soveral lodgers, .i which Mrs. H. Winker, a oinglo wornan, aged 60, nur I rs. Elle hie 'loa, aWidow, aged Ill ycell eat their J~vo The al an tr oItirA lershrtly Ibofore ?? n'clcl Dis th ra an thre tbird, ...