... 'PAT ITAMENT AND) THiK S1JU(4AI ! BO U NT'I EB. N . EfRFTITNG (F O 1F MBERS A meeting of rrtmembers of Ptsrliament, ?? to the ahioltiorn of the Foreign State Sugar oio-n. tiei, wnvs held lrast evening in one of tho Corninttaeo I Room- .,rof the House of Oomtmoru, SIr Thomas I Sutherloand rree~ifing. Between thirty 4nd fort) itrmb- rne were prescnt, both sides of the !lon h'ng %ell ...

... THE I)DRYF1ITS EXPULSION. I If_ FO (UEIGl (3 N CORRit ES PON DENTS IN rA I US. co ?? E'N''TS OFT ?? B l FIIENCII PRE4'S.S. DATI IL T Y NE15WS AND THE l E1111IRE 1. AN INTEE11ESTING tREMINISCENCE. (m`loM OUlt ICOMfENsroNDVN T.) PAi'lS, Wednlesdiay Nieht. ni IThe Libre Parole ' hlns tarken note of 31. Deiue'us order ?? Ilerr Frrschiit&er. It sees subjset for tlgratuiatiou in she fitt that ...

... I CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY, . ?? THE TMARRAGE OF DIVORCED PESONS, A CLERICAL PROTEST. LIPPER HOUSE. Their lordshipfn did not meet till two o'clock yes- terday, when, on the President taklin the chnir, A he alluded in feeling term,, to the loaq the Church o had sustained by the death of eo emtimtble a, lay- Sl rnia an Mr. George .tpottiewoodo, Vice-Chairman 6: of the Houso of Laymen. Tho ...

... SULTAN'S REICALCITRANCY. HOPES OF FRENCH AID. BiRITISHl' A MIRAUL S PROMPT ACET ION. FIZEINCIt ''EIATY -hAN iED OVER. Nil (itktlTi'iR'S S1'RCIALt, Si'icS.) V BOIMVBAY, Feob 23. I1 Theo PersianL (lutE ~nti!, whichl rurived tzhis S atteruouli. bi'etictlit a dispzttcht to the; Tiues of |i Ituba.. llt'ltguiiiue ?? ldet-ails of the ri-- 'YIlI incide'nt at MuscaMt. It. statken thiat news of | the ...

... Cu~m petit, ,r% who wst coflnpt{. THE proposed amalgnaandtioll of the South Edasttrai Railwvav with tha Chathaiiwnn ad ])ovoer raises (ines- '_tA.[fl~If .4O1kt V AJ VVI t O 'S IItit i Z rions of great interest, both to the travei!a.g, ,put'ilic alld to tho Ftud. unt of ecolormics. TIl ie. a practical qucstion for the pa.ssenger ?? best he put in ?? collcouial form., were 'o [ cojen in- Tho ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-In your issue of last week, under the heading of New Versions for Old Ones, your correspondent Johnnie Gideon states that Fox Cooper is, or was, the father of Harwood Cooper and the Brothers Renad. Will you kindly allow us to correct this? Fox Cooper was father to Harwood Cooper, sen., who was many years connected with the Olympic and Adelphi Theatres, and who ...

... (BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.) The key-note of Mr Tree's nature, especially in regard to the drama, is a glorious, golden optimism. The wild talk about the degeneracy of the drama and the stag- nation of the stage, only serves to amuse the popular manager of Her Majesty's Theatre. The talk about the downfall of all things theatrical has existed since the days of Thespis and his cast. The ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONI)ENT.) Lynn Fair is one of the oldest and the best of the East Anglian fixtures. It is notable for two reasons- the first being its great hold upon the affections of the good people of King's Lynn, who love their fair, and, as was testified at the end of the van dwellers' meeting bh one of the oldest inhabitants, they looked forward with pleasure to the coming -f the ...

... SEVERAL LIVES LOST. Gales prevailed in many patrts of Engladral Wales on Suindaly undt Moilday, doing great dihinsge. Along siu' south ettO wiest ?? tile ?? VI scar ?? WAd ili GhItimrganaliire and Monmtoutlislire thle sea defences gave, icily, tatn i Immenise tract of cottatry was ?? ?? ?? bltig ineercilipted in anise places. In Nortii 'iWleOs, toe), eas-t IltrietS have heeti Hlooded ...

... hOME BTU1 FOR LO)-NIDN. A.N ADNI.IRAPALE RTEFORM. The London Coxocuternmtf-rill 11 Ia einent ix' smisr f mttohmlv ndfarlriiti noivi 1V err!ors. htori if v'las pn?jllticda' lid tlet' i~tin sdd- Of nip v'jlvi l C(~ ~ ih ?? of Wo Iha'r ii lo'admirnaio in tkha l~itvi? ?Ji. Blalfouir for asipar--itisloi air 11hifl.0t'iLl fo'rwirr-diand ?? metI loa vii llflex ?? Iquart or. Nc oiir ?? iecii ' it it5 ...

... AN ELOQUENT CORPSE, YBO 733 DM703 OF SEMONIENSuwir'wma. Sri i,-There, are tri aes wvhen a-corpse in more ?? than tlie living ui.This is9 cci- tainlly the Ca:I!; with the dead bodyI Of thle Mad. M Blrodriek's anlswver to Mr. Scott inl the, Houseo of Commons with regard toi the 31;itdi's, corpse was well calectixte'd to set thle 1:ii cc of everc-v rizht- thc inki h~i g togv is Ii ma II I v ixvii ...

... ' A THREE-AIASTEJ schooner, the Rose Hill, .liied-by W7. Price a'&nd Co., of Liverpool, foundered in the Thames, off Barking, on Wednesday afterinoon, Captain Jensen, 4is wife, 'and. two children being drowne.i The vesselbad been lying in- the Tham'6s. .for-a fortnight after discharging her cargo at Lawes's chemical manure works. Her crew; with the exception of the captain ,and 'mate, had ...