... ?? vrice of a 'Ic~ , ,t WHIEN in secret con- sistory, says The Golden Penn)', the Pope resolves to send the calotte and the red cap to his future caidinal-priest or layman-a noble, one of the guards,'is chosen by him to carry the calotte in its silken box to the elect. The cardinal to be, pays into the hands of th'e messenger a gratilica- tion of 500/. A second messenger, called the able-gate ...

... I BRITAIN BEYOND THE OA TMl PACIFIC CAB A N{EW LINK OF M&IRE. AN 4ALL-BR1TISff- INM THE SIME ADOIZT) We lave repe asked of hate vby w Government delayed its decidoa iu the mna~w of the proposed Pamfio able. When Mr. Chamberlain mbA the Colonial Premiers at the Jubilee, he promised that if the Colonies interested in the Pacific cable would agree amongst themselves to guarantee a proper ...

... Mr. Elvelyn Abbott and Professor Lewis, Campbe~ll are enigaged inl editing the Letters ci Mr. Jowett, late Alaster of .Balliel. The r Le(tter vuill occupy a Volumne, which Will con1- A tamn :t portrait rof their author. They will be , !Aipplornsntnry to the biography of Mr. Jowett Ii which appeared in, 1897. Mr. John AMurry, who is bringing out this work, will abco pubjf- ledi the third volume ...

... LONDON1, IOf-YDA,17 April 17. 7 i colonvel Picq Iimrt's (Iposition beforo th1e( I C'rimlinal Cimhlro-, which ;ipoeared in thb I I l -¢:rJ \~ f#rIMT ?? . !5 C . ,, . I r ;ts;);o yesterday, cOataillc, the fullest ac-I colit yet giV enI of th e courft - InI i lI whilt ?? riroyuls in ItUW. I)o, l'aty dlo Clam describid thi3 mainer ill which le had 1 dictated tilt b'orderean11 to tilo pnisoner, in ...

... U RT AN,) 1T)r[ErhS. ?? tourists, will find much to intest * ai in tir. Frniors tiribilo's book, 'Tho &AIs v U P' eels'wlilch Ar. Vii;i'r Vltwin will , *1 :.v rotdly for pitbl re-tiln. The fiirst Qsl 'ooolk of, Ot kind,. it bo~gins3 wtut th, ?? n I'coo ncr ?? ?? in-cry I.ljirib of * ypr -ar'n'co In thkc Alp,, the Pvrc'nooo, and tho \ ?? dortrII to rho tune0 of r10ho battl of ZN t ero II. ...

... iil TERRIBLEl MORTALITY. t} w A MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. ' YALIUE OF INOCULATION. B 3' (REUTE0R'S SPECIAL SERVICE.) D BOMBAY, April 18. The third plague epidemic, which in this city t3 has cauhed the most terrible ravages, is happily ci nil the decline, and it is now possible to estimate C. the frightful mortality which has marked its progress. ?? weeks ago the Bombay populace were dying at the ...

... IIONOURUS AT EIMfNB3URGI{ UNIVEISLTY. PR'ESENTATIONS TIX) LOftDI) WOLSEL.T- ANID) L1)1D) DlJeFJtEJt.N. Tho fpring graduation ceromonial of Edinburgh Uiniversity took plaoe yrnrterdiay in dhe MeEivan 7all,, wchen Lord Wolseley and the Marquis of DurThria' received tbh honorary dogreoC of LL.D. Trih,5 VJiC Chancrllor (Sir William Muir) prescided, rand ?? supported by the Lord Reltver (the ...

... __ _MORN1NS NE'FVS. * ?? ,fr S.-o L,nil ti o ?? 110 iS11I S, * 0 -% I I Ill C',s otIS li ?? ?? - a 1 1 ('CI Ilk''! ?? .0 I itt1 I ' :it i' rnist I rv 6ii 1lt-i N' t ?? I I u s o -h. ttl I. ?? Inrl - N -~ 1 't 'o0 t'I' to:I6 It lX, tlu t1 'ii nreqo-hiof Ow r I 1nll , 1m )~tr l-, hi -i-si ' 'ort fll ?? n-o l N , di 4 !LA'r. I -t 'tr A; ?? kit: C~l'-0'- ?? t yeh- Orrllaltei.' attlt' -'otaca '1ha ...

... TOU1RNALISTS AT ROME. PRO0GRAMMIE OF9 THE CONOGRLFS. The uirth Jnternational Congroma of the Prese will be opaeud at Rome this morning, More than four hundred journaliits have nignifide thoir inten- iion to be present, and every great city in Europo, ts well an nsoe in the Iuited Mtates and thoe Colonies, will bo roerotented, The Congrassi is a gathering of Press Asenociatirmis, and uo ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Paragraphs which have appeared recording the pulling down of the old Theatre Rojal, Swansea, seem to me to require correction. Charles Mathews could not have appeared in that theatre in 1795, because it was not opened until 1806. The theatre referred to in Mathews's letter of 179:5 was an earlier house on a totally different site. Mathews did, however, in 1816, ...

... C 0 L I N E T T E. (FROMa OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.) Colinette,with Miss Julia Marlowe in the title-role, was presented for the first time in this city at the Knicker- bocker Theatre last Monday. and was accorded a very favourable reception. The piece was first performed in Philadelphia last February. Cohinette is a translation by H. a. Carleton from the French of Le No re and Martin. The ...

... ROBESPIERPRE. Volumes could be written about Robespierre, the man of the sea-green complexion, the implacable and impotent, for he has been represented and misrepre- sented by many authors, fascinated by the subject of the First Great Revolution. Carlyle seems to have gone out of his way to vilify him in The French Revolution, for bad as Robespierre was he was not altogether devoid of good ...