... END OF DESPOTISM. lie won't die, said my Uncle Toby; and when contra- dicted on the point, that excellent man grew vexed, and swore he should not die. Worthy people are everywhere persuading themselves, or trying hard at least to persuade on0 another, that there is nothing, after all, the matter with the Emperor, except the rheumatics, which, whether in the form of toothache or lumbago, ...

... pwokf ItkWt. Rome Notes. The Penia3amnesty demonstration, which took place in Hyde Park on Sunday last, passed off very quietly. Trafalgar Square was selected as the rendezvous of the assembly, and processions from different parts of London began to pour into it soon after one o'clock. In the pro- cession to Hyde Park the most noteworthy feature was a column of young women, decorated with ...

... Beatvs Wf the E h Home Notes. The murder of the man Callaghan, at Cork, under cir. cumstances showing that his fidelity as a Fenian was sus. pected, has caused a painful sensation beyond the limits of that city. At the inquest, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some persons unknown. At eight 0'clock on Monday morning the Holborn Viaduct was thrown open for traffic. The scene ...

... Sirit o; :tk~e &ulat,15s. THE SPiUNISH DIFFICULTY. The Dagily News remarks that General Prim's last com- bination has broken down. The new Italian Cabinet has refused, as it was sure to do, to advise the King to give his sanction to the acceptance of the Crown of Spain by the Duke of Genoa, and the desired settlement of that country is apparently as far off as ever. The first conse- quence of ...

... O.QrreCponbft. LUNATIC AND POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION. Sir,-The letters which appear occasionally in the Examiner and London Review, relative to Lunatic and Poor Law Ad- ministrationj are creditable to the intellect and hearts of your correspondents. The congregation and confinement of imbecile and lunatic patients, poor or rich, and either in a public asylum or a private rctreat-rnadhouses-is ...

... Energetic travellers or careful students of history who wish to understand the condition of some of the Continental kingdoms of Europe during the middle ages, or that of the Highlands of Scotland at the commencement of the last century, may do worse than cast a glance on a country which, if not incorporated with her Majesty's dominions, is yetl subject to the influence of British officers, and ...

... Sir,-It is much to be regretted that Lord Kin- naird did not press his very proper amendment on the Coinage Bill. Perhaps there is no Government establishment in the kingdom which requires a searching investiga- tion more than does the Mint. For some years past the mode of procedure in that department has been of rather an extraordinary character. The waste of public property has been great, ...

... Sir,-The leading article which appeared in the columns of the Examiner of January 29th, on the Poor Man's Dwelling, has been followed by a letter from the Rector of S3t George's, Bloomsbury, to the editor of the Timnes, on the subject, and this again has been followed up by a leader in the same paper; and the editor very naturally inquires why the local authorities have not proceeded to put ...

... NOTES AND COMMENTS. The elections of senatorial delegates by the Com- munal Councils in France have seriously endangered the stability of Republican institutions. It is as well that the fact should be confessed. M. IBuffet's policy of panic, which was nullified by the growing good sense of Frenchmen as long as its influence was confined to the Parliamentary arena, has at last scored a victory ...

... TiHE DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION. MINUTES OF A MEETING AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 23, 1875. Present:-The Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, in the chair, and the following Members of Parliament:- Right Hon. H. C. Childers, Marquis of Hamilton, Lord Ran- dolph Churchill, Hon. E. Stanhope, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Beresford Hope, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Hay ter Sir Henry Holland Sir Henry James, Mr. Kav ...

... NOTES AND COMMENTS. The following telegram, was quoted by the Timnes on I'hnrsday from the Journal des D6Ibals with the remark that it would certainly be news in London:- A rumour was current yesterday that the Government were about to ask Parliament for special votes, the figure mentioned being 5,000,0001. This rumour seems to have some foundation. There is again talk of dissensions in the ...

... I BY WILLIAM BLACK, Author of I Tle Adventures of a Phaeton,' ' The Princess of Thule,' &e. CHAPTER XXXIII. AN INROAD OF PALE FACES. BuT we were not always to be preached at by this miniature Madame Solomon. We had not come three or four thousand miles to be lectured up hill and down dale. Even our stern teacher herself forgot her moralities when, after a long night's rain, Boston received us ...