... 47) 0 1 i b 11 , ( I ites li 5 it LONDON OF TO.DAY' (Iliasting1s HoUse, Norfolk Streel), which is edited by Charles Eyre Pascoc, is now published for the fifteenth ?? year. The editor tales the opportunity of comparing London of fifteen years ago with the capital as it is to day, and na rticulaly draws aten tion to tilc growth of ilistriated periodical5 in that pcliod, and he claims for ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... A ratirme benefit for the Seaford Convalescent Eo~pital was gi'en at the Coronet Theatre, Notting. hill 'to Monday. and the long and varied pro- gralime attracte i a large audience, all the higher. i.Ie in the house being occupied. In the course r tile afttrtoon the Rlev. Dr. Donald M'Leod, one of ?? ttwirbers of the committee of management, '1ore the curtain and made a statement rioe rlig rhe ...

... e ALONE IN LoNDON. -Theatre Royal, Scarborough. I, AN EVIL LIFs.-Grand Theatre, Maidenbead. is AT DUTT'S CALL.-Royalty Theatre, Llanelly. - AT THE FOOT OF THE ALTAR.-Lyceum T., Newport. I. BANDMANN.PALMSIL MEs.-Pier Pavilion, Lytham. . BATEMAN, FRANK -Surrey Theatre. f BRACE OF PARTRIDGES.-Jubilee Hall, Weymouth. a BRIXTON BURGLARY.-Theatre Royal, York. e BROTHER OFFICBRS.-Weat Cliff Saloon, ...

... | I The Leieaster board of guardians ap- I peared in the Q~ueen's Bench before Jus- Itices Darling and Phillimore on bfriday to show causea why a mnandamus ehould, not issue calling on them to appoint a *vac- eination officer to fill a vacancy in the office vwhich oocurred Jast December through rssignation. The plea the gua'r. dian3 set up f'or non-appointment of a vaccination officer vwas ...

... WON BY ENGLAND. The chief event for decision at Biley sres~erday was the competition for the Elcho Shield, which was given by the present Lord Wemyss,when Lord Eleho, wo fear back as 1862. The competition is i open to teams of eight from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Walesrespectively. i The number of shots is 15 at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. The winning, teamn receives the shield, which for ...

... Mago of the Ealrefto JULY. 2. SsnDnAv.-President Garfield shot, 1881.- Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Lessons: 1 Sanmuel x,., to verse 24; Acts X., to verse 24. Evening Lessons: 1 Samuel Xvi., ?? Xvii.; 1 Johsnv. -Sun rises 49min. past .3, sets 19min. pest 8. 3. ?? ?? Albert Memorial opened, 1872. 4. TuSscTr.-Semnal Riicbardsondied, 1761. 5. WxDESDsAY.-.ItIte of WagLraM, 1809. 6. TsuoSnAY ...

... I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF I i WOMEN. Six separate meetings were held, yea- terlay, under the auspices of the Inter- national Congress of Women, that on (rganisation as a Factor in Social deve- lopment with Lady Aberdeen in the chair. An address by Mrs. Wright Sewell attracted a large audience. The co-education of boys and girls in ecbools, even to the university age, was advocated in the ...

... | I - - - - . HOUSE OF LORDS.-MoNDAT. GORDON MEMOBIAL COLlE G. :ihe LoILD CRANCELIOR, in modnig the second reading of the Gordon Memorial Col- lege it Kbartoum bill, expbliiwd tbit in the event of this being treated, as a public trust the trustees would require to. be indemnified against any supposed breaches of trust by investing-in Egyptian senrities, and this the bill proposed to ?? bill ...

... LONDON'S LATEST T REMAN. At a special meeting of the Court of Common council, at the Guildhall, on Thursday, the Lord Mayor presiding, JZIr. John. Henniker 'Keaton, M.P. for *Canterbury, was presented with the :freedqm.of~the> Ciryi in recognition of Ihis public services ?? postal *reforms.-The City Chamberlain (Sir .Richmond.Cotton) in presenting the freo- dom to Mr. Ifeaton, the dotuments ...

... . COTZ1qTED) IN PRZSON. A powerful4ookitig labourer, named JohnTborapson, 27, wAS put up for sentence on Thursday at the London County Sessions, having, at the last session, pleaded Guilty to damaging a window at a West-end public. house. Prisoner, in mitigation, said that people ran after him, calling out, Sir John, you're off again. When ho took wine it made him bombard places. ...

... TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. IMu: elurs, &C., Open Free,- -Briti'hi 2lo~ent 2 to 6.- Sooth Rvoigtii lliemt, 2 to tt-- Indian Miummn, Ito Ii._ Natnr.' istioteiy Iltesemn, 2 to 6i--llothujl Green Atutoueni, 2 to 6. ---'-tiboogicaI Alnoinoi, Jermyn.cbveet ,2 to 7.-Gieeirnich Ifospimul, 1 to ?? iouden Act Gullery, Ps~cklhi-read, 3 to 0--Kcew t'Gadens9 I to iloek.-- - Stienal GAllery, 2 to &.--Natioonl ...