Bless his 'Art.—If there is anything in a name, the recently suggested appointment of Artin Effendi as Turkish Commissioner at Sofia ought to mean something. Certainly the situation is one demanding the exercise of no little diplomatic art. But the question is, whether the proposed Commissioner has got, as Robert would put it, his art in the business. There's the point.
A Pretty Kettle of Fish.—The Riots at Ostend.
THE SIGH OF THE SEASON.
Pilled at the Club.
Good-bye dinner, good-bye lunch,
Good-bye turtle, good-bye punch,