... 4j~ ?? Sucia SALISBURY, writing to the Sccretary of the Workimen's .ociet for the Defence of British Industry, says be does not iethat differential duties in favour of our Colonies, whatever e]aa>e said for or against them, can be properly described under te term ' protection. 'Irit CglNlEs BILL OF THE GOVERNMENT.-The Glad- 9torlflfl everywhere throughout the country have been, and are, , ...

... TILE NEW NOBLESSE IN IRELAXD A SERIOUS social convulsion will one day arise from the indebted- ness of the peasantry to the usurers with whom the country abounds. TIhe regular gombeen men, or avowed and notorious usurers, are by no means those who are chiefly to blame. To these the peasantry only resort in the last extremity. Of their doings one does not hear much. Those who resort to them ...

... Zi iC gp tmibcr Sland AY.-CAVTAIN CUTTLE By J. ASIIBY-STERRY WITH regard to my pet plans for the promotion of study bycong, I have received a long letter from Mr. WV. E. Stopford, of Hobart Tasmania, in which he says- It appears this idea has been starte i at your end of the world and mine at the same time. I find children jump at it, and shall be very glad if you will accept a sample of ...

... I THE BEHRING SEA AGREEMENT THE prompt conclusion of the Anglo-American compact for a close season in Behring Sea is an agreeable contrast to the delays hitherto characterising every single step in the controversy. Sir Julian Pauncefote and Mr. Wharton, the American acting Secre- tary of State, signed the agreement for their respective Govern- ments on Monday-just a fortnight after the ...

... r~1l K 1W'7 zak NMI ,i '17 !E u. ST. ALBANS is at last to have a new Bishop. The See has heen accepted by the Rev. John W. Festing, Vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street. He was educated at Wells Theological College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, The whole of his ministerial iffe has been passed in London since i86o, when he was licensed to the Curacy of Christ Church, Vest- minster, where ...

... PIERREiTTE I?WROYABLE I HISs picture not only has a French title, but is so thoroughly French in style and treatment, that one is a little surprised to find that it is executed by a lady bearing two such thoroughly Anglo- Saxon names as Ethel W~right. The fact, of course, is that the inspiration of our modern pastellists comes from France ; it was there that this fascinating branch of Art, ...

... ,Straps AN OLD PROPERTY, FULL OF HISTORICAL MEMORIES, is shortly to be sold by ?? Place, where the fair Amy Robsart met with her tragic end. A NEW SPECIES OF BEAR was shot by Captain Bower during his late travels in Thibet. The animal was chocolate coloured, with a white collar, and is quite unknown to naturalists. LONDON POLICEMEN will probably abandon their well-known bullseye before long ...

... Caurt anb (flub BY MARMADUKE HOST (heartily): Well, my boy, th:s is something like wine, isn't it? TESTY GurF.W-h-t- -es,-iWhat wi ittis t2! - THIS might be made to apply appropriately to our present ?? degrees of heat, a settled blue-grey sky, a fiery sun, and five months' of almost continuous drought ! Ye gods, what is it' anyhow ? Tallyrand I think it was that once wittily wrote to a ...

... Vhr gp5tallbet Stand tY.`-CAPTAIN CUITLt By 1. ASHBY-STERRY Mfv miseries with regard to coaling the domestic grate see..a have evoked a very wide sympathy, and from this I ;Juge it to be'° subject of far greater importance than it would appear to be at fir sight. I have received countless letters from all parts giving mnt great deal of valuable advice on this most important subject, large ...

... 4' u trn at ?? (fastie THE special representation of Carmen by members of Sir A. Harris's company at Windsor Castle on Saturday attracted a good deal of public attention, if only because this was the first perform- ance given by the troupe of ?? Italian Opera before the Queen and.Court for upwards of thirty. years. Half of the Waterloo Chamber was devoted to the stage, which was literally ...

... RFt pibxrtr aubd * 1o.evset %taglouJ bS at By VISCOUNT EBRINGTON THE meet at Hawkcombe Head is one of the favourite fixtures with this well-known pack. Hawkcombe itself runs eastward, on the right of the picture, down to Porlock town, its sides clothed with woods, each of which has seen the beginning or end of many a good day's sport. North-east-at the right-hand top corner of Mr. Chariton's ...

... Ute rcz lt objl ?? IN; Mr. John M~urray, whose ?? tmbiray lhast wey reord with deep regret, the world loses the third member of what may not unfitly be tern ei the great publishing dynasty of Albemarle Street. JOHN MLUTRAY I. The founder of the puiblishing-house was Mr. John MlacA/urray, who ega lie a an offirer of Marines. Disappointed of any urher gan lhe oas a e se by the peace of 1763, ...