... NFAA.FS NUGGETS. clever. 'Smn. ou Satuirdayv the 311ti entei'ed Czptviicornus, arid wiater ?? po':i,'i ?? 1~vaE ii']brat edt oul S;Under, find t'.tr it Lonidca Lnjiasto':s pilia ched ?? When ?? I al ii 4 Itt - itv ws~f~ Imuitlij iiid olle pnloe b u t Iitt t1V-ar, lie had becu in jjinaI li' :11! Fril'' j''4 joc'kv'y Club ?? I en'o f. i, ~ io' ,i I c'ie, dit)ite ti le cton. olf thle 'I I o~ ...

... ITHE RON a HEARTED CITY BY E. PHI LL I PS OPP EN HE I M (AUTHOR OF THE MIAN AND HIS KINGDOM, &X.) CRATTER T IL m I II Douglas- returned his greeting cordially His vis-a-vis drew-the menu towards him and studied it with interest. Setting it down, he screwed'a single eye-glass into his eyerandi;eamedover at Douglas. -Ib-the-daily grind O.K.? he inquired suavely. Douglas was-disconcerted at ...

... THE SNAKESP WELL of AN AWFUL CHINESE TORTURE. tir Death by the thousand cuts, while perhaps the br most painful, is not the most fiendishly ingenious Pu of Chinese modes of execution. It (toes not appeal to the imagination with half the horror of ex the snakes' well. hiI The Snakes' well is a dark pit tenanted with serpents and all venomous things that creep and die crawl. The victim is ...

... lR OT cD-Y AUG. 12yhitt t l al POllT^S~ldOUTf,:r S TURD.AX, AUG. 11.. DIMMEST OF THE WE .K- AT HOITA ZPY MiFL A 6RDAL.e -Definite offleial news frna the ,IC NT:EwS rOM i Britisli Ai.iLhassador at Pekin s ?? II I. brings us down to A-ugu-st 3rild -a week ago yestcrd;ay. The t Europrean colonv sheltered in the British. na L wgation was then, sale. Sir Claude 3ac- donald tells us that it ineludes ...

... 1372 All vessels in England and Wales ordered to enter the King's service and assemble at PortsmoutL. , 1372 Robertem Lckford, member for Portsmouth. 1373 Richus Abraham and PobtusLekford, members for Portsmouth. 1374 Johes ?? and Richus Robust, members for Portsmouth. 1377 July 13. Portsmouth atain burnt by the French, who were, however, driven back with great slaughter, 1377 Richus Abraham ...

... GOSPORT. We understend that Mr. William Scott, late superintendent of the Royal Clarence Yard, Gospori, has been placed on the Commission of A the Peace for the County of Cumberland. A Till old instructional battery at Forton ?? to be Dulled down and re-built. Thle 11most modern anpliances in connection with the Ic ve big en instruction will be introduced in the r L new buiilding. hes DEATH OF ...

... I a - ww r 0I 3- APPOINTMENTS. STAFF CAPTAIN. in II. J. Symons to the Thunderer, additional, it as Statf Captain and Queen's Harbour Master, Pembroke Dock, Auggst 17tb. 'a CAPTA [NS. cO Charles R. Arbuthnot to the Cambridge, to date Augulst, 24th. be RI. C. Sparkes to the Forte, Auguist 13th. *r T. J. Fleet to the \VWdrspite, additional, for the a Phaeton, September lit. J. Casement toF the ...

... DcICTORIS ERRLING WriFE u ~a PLEADS FOR FVGPEN:. *S ] lu the 1'ivorce Court. on Monday, before d 31r. Jnstice Barlns, the case of Elssery v. Lssery a aud i anuee was heard. a This was a petition by Mr. William l;:ssery, a - It's doctor, practiciug at Se tisea, for a divorce on i the grunud. of the aclultery of his wife, Irs. S~bil Eesery,with Mr. Cltirle'd Edmund launce, a Eargoon-M5a~jor i11 ...

... a APPOINTMIENTS, co OCAPTAIN. ' F. W. Fishef, to the Alexandra, April 19th. 00IJ' IIAN-Vlii;. tl Lg M. T. Parks, to the Argonaut, for Coquotte, W nt in commaud ; 1.. luddlestoue, to the ffigh- pI gli ilyer, for Orwell, in command: A. A. Lucas, tp L clI the Beaboiv. All to date April 19th. til John F. Murray &yusley, to the Argonaut, April l9th. ea Cuuningham it. De 0. Foot to the Thunderer, I ...

... C EAND TOWN HALL. MEET11NG. The large nimeting-place in the Portemouth Town Hall was filled with n grea:t audihnce ott ounday evening at a nnass rnoeetlg organieed b. the Portsmouth Federated C(ouncil, formed of represeetatives of the various temperance societies in the towa, in favour of tht Bill now before Parliament to prohibit the sale of in- toxicating driuk to chiidren :\lr. A. Grigsbv, ...

... | Jabbs is a self-made man. too 'es; the way in which he brags about him- r sice self shows that. 'hy -- XV CLS8 He: Yes. I know two men I thoroughl cre [if e asimire. dit ore 6he: Indeed' Who's the other one? ev u *-,Ta oth The Elderly Lady: They say his wife has SO: col money. WA es. Tom: Well, that isn't his fault They've only ev( ?tei been married a short timn. s e-t I - Ia ked That ...

... rl STEAl! LAu-NCH EMPLOYES OUTrxao-The emnploy~o of the Old 'Steam Launch Company hold tcir .tannual outing oil Saturday to London. A large! bnumber ot friends went with the party. TheI 0Hippodrome and other places of interest were f visited, and the party returned home at a late; h -hour, after havoig spent an enjoyable day. thre universitv College. Oxford, anld folrth so o i D~r. J. li ...