... VERSILt T3LESQ Oi 2 r. M\1. I'-UFFET seems to have gathered from his prefects that if a ge'crd election took place under the sci-itf;z de Sist6 system the Republicans WNvo'ld signally triumph ; hence his determination to make a Cabinet question of the vote by arrondissement. There can be no doubt that in the present juncture an election by scruliai de lists would be a plebiscitu'm in disgl'1i5 ...

... THE POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. DTo fhe EDITOR of tlhe PALL MALL GAZETTE. Sir,-In your interesting article of to-day on the Post Office Telegraphs, you charge against the late Government the discredit of a fatal financial blunder in the purchase of the Post Office telegraphs. The late Government had plenty of faults to answer for, but this was assuredly not one of them. The discredit of this ...

... Chip fttninal? OtbA. THE MALAY OUTBREAK. 'The following telegram from Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, ?? to the Earl of Carnarvon has been forwarded to us from the Colonial Office for publication ?? PENANG, Dec. 19, 1875.-Ismail left Blanja just before arrival of troops nlever intended negotiation. Force since advanced seven miles towards Kinta twice fired on. Malays dislodged by guns and ...

... CHINA AND BURMAH. (FROM THE SECOND EDITION OF THE TIMES.) RANGOON, Oct. 2.-The Chinese report that Leeseethai has escaped, disgraced. Officials are torturing the inhabitants of Manwyfte to discover the assassins of Mr. Margary by amputating hands. An offensive and defensive treaty is reported to have been concluded between Burmah and China. Trade is reviving. LORD NAPIER OF MAGDALA. ...

... ENGLAND AND CHINA. The Times, commenting on the latest telegrams received from China, observes that the edict now said to have been published in the Pekin GCa;e/c may possibly be supplenmentary to the one announced a week ago, and may be due to M'r. Wade's determination not to be put off with any such generalities; but, at all events, it seems sufficiently specific in its statements to be ...

... TI-E rumours of the day have given sleepless nights to thousands of good unpolitical creatures who have little care because they have little understanding of the Eastern Question, and who are Qwell content to leave the more distant consequences of the parti- tion of Turkey to others' thought. They are aware that their honour as Englishmen and their property as men of business are implicated in ...

... NOWADAYS, the horsey philosopher allows that there are good horses O1 all colours and with all sorts of marks. It was not always so ; there was for a long while a great prejudice against horses with blazes, which tcrahl though properly only applicable to a peculiar streak of white on the face from the forehead to the nostrils, may for convenience be extended 50 as to include white ...

... Lord Hartington addressed his constituents in the Rossendale division of Lancashire on Saturday. Mr. Bright and Mr. Chamberlain spoke at Birming- ham. Lord R. Churchill also spoke at the same place, and declared that the action of the Radical party was retrogressive, and that he should not wonder if the great rising, flowing flood of Toryism were altogether to overwhelm the Radicals at this ...

... wo FI WHO WORK X?(XIV.-C mNqcIUSIOq. *,s thle concluding article of the series contributed to us by t;clel°i tlst officia! statistics the number of working women \ales isi 7,7c6,45. These are employed in about 280 ~c ndal.~ Of works. in the series of articles of which the present .s rar D- itgone, I lave attemspted to collect sonie information as to due ctr.l for and the nature of some new ...

... SUNDAY IN NEW YORK AND BROOKLYNr._ By THE REV. H. R. HAWEIS. Naw YORK, OC.4, LiKE; London, with a difference. New York city is very rough on open stores and buying and selling in general; but, on the other hand, the cars are in full swing at reduced fares, and excursions out of town are all the rage. The New York churches are not scattered all over the place, or connected lo-ally with ...

... THE, INCREASING IMMORALITY OF THE STAG? . The ?? York' Herald has been publishing a long senes of inter,-iewvv with actors, rmanagers, and others concerning the increasing wickedness of the New York stage. One of its latest subjects is John Gilbert, lwo can describe minutely each costume that prominent actors have worn during the last half-ceDtury, and tell you bow they spoke each line in ...

... SUM MARY OP THE YEAR I885. The summary of the year given below is arranged under different heads as follows ?? England : Political. (2) Engand: General. (a) England The New Crusade. (4) English Colonies. (5) India and Afghanistan. (6) Egypt and the Soudan. (7) Austria-Hungary. (8) Denmark. (9) Eastern Question. (lo) France. (ix) Germany. (I2) Greece. (13) Italy. (14) Russia. (15) Spain. (O6) ...