... 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 ...

... NAVAL AFO1NTMENTS. -SATUIRDAY- Ir. SATURIDAY r * Staff-Surgeon-Donald Hoskyn to the Centb es rion, to date December 17th; Harold R. Osbom, c- to the Hermione, Dec. 17th. th Staft-Engineers-James W. Agnew to the th Pembroke, o date Nov. 13th, for IJido. th Assista Payrwasters-Lanwrence A. Bebb t. th the Vivid, to date Dec. 12th; Gerald L. Clarke s, to the Wildfire, to date Dec. 12th; Leonard E, ...

... I THE NAMELESS V -LIAGR r o~f : . I.. . : :ce' A MYSTERY OF THE MENDIP 1his ible HILLS. the Lias and5tlforaakext,sbuzed0'neath' a Unit niel .ha~aefess, and lo st to memory of mn. cin ?? lain. I had been aalking Inearly all day over the ton, Mendip 1llse. 'akn xc- Many a village and hamlet had I passed in ny i, wanderings, but tone so qiutit as the one, hali d of hidden in a rosy .haze,,whch ...

... DISTRICTNEWS. tli Lg ?? edeaned ?? it toy um i- Curhr ha~ving& recovered from his recent ill- )nlDspeie at the fortnightl cotigd te LdAeatk Gaduans oil 'We Yedyfeiioi ea the oth neramebers lireggnt 'bein Gh. ev . ~l Ttinner, Dr..Ci~oueh, 'ad Mr.t .A. Rdo.-fe ?? were accorded, to those hocnrb tedt to the redent entertainmetit at ?? on. n- ry ?? Master's report shoedC tha sce m last B;oard day ...

... Their Dress and Their Doings Sashes of the Hour. The waistbaeud or sash adds a great deal to the style and smartness of the dress, and there arm many ways of wearing them. Thin dresses, aucb as muslius and grass lawns, do not lend them- selves to Jacket bodices wfitil basrques, and posi- tively demand sashes. A very pretty new fashion, when the sash is of chine or satin ribbon, and not too ...

... 1ARLY AND VOLU-NTEERS | | IN 1875 the 1Royal Military ?? ief whl was institutted by:Mrs. Ellis-W'illiaws, it primary object being the granting of annuities of £40 to mi Irt oflicers' widows nd . daughters in distressed On ,a- eircuinstauces. Recently, however, its benefits haver been extended so as to include the young is .es' at daulghters of olficers, by providingthem, through 15 its ...

... I)R. JAMESOIN. ,ord Pe HIS RELEASE FROM PIUSON. fri to to Cast e51 L ill 1PROGRESS OF THE PATIENT. to. lie een Dr. Jameson w as released fromt Holloway to. ida P'rison. onl WSednesdaty ulight. it was ramirag C heavily at the tiuie. and the air w.as old. After be tive o'clock the gaol is practically closed to all gr comers except oflicials, and at ?? o'clock it is ex locketd up for the night, ...

... fly Ind CONFERENCE ARIRANGED. at nat. It was aunouuced oun 'donday night that both er- the mnaster engineers aud-the men had agreed Less to attend a joint Coutnfrene. The date oi re- the Conference aud the selection of a neutral ?? Chairnman had been left to the l ord. Provost of bo (Ghlsgow and the Lord Ma'oof Belfast, who were the the means of bsinging the p'irties together. Both ian sides ...

... MONTE CARLO ROMANCE I I A _ ?? ...

... 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 ...