English 6. A dispatch has been received from Hon. John C. Ropes of Boston, inviting the members of English 6 to a conference on the subject of their debate tomorrow, this evening at eight o'clock, at 53 Temple street.

Is this a College? Yes, this is a Gall-age (pat. applied for). What does a College consist of? A Gym-na-si-um, a Fac-ul-ty and An E-lec-tive Sys-tem. Is the College rich? No, the College is poor, So poor that it can-not Provide Chairs for its Professors and So they are obliged to Sit on the Students.

During its first year's work last year the Society for Political Education has received fees from 1500 members. Seven auxiliary societies have been established, of which two are in connection with colleges. The course of reading for next year will include Blanqui's "History of Political Economy," Jevon's "Money and Mechanism of Exchange" and Mill on "Liberty."

The Tech grieves because donors of gifts to colleges "naturally, perhaps not always wisely, select an old and famous seat of learning as the recipient of their bequest. Nowhere is the dictum, 'Unto him that hath, it shall be given,' more exactly true than in respect to college funds. The few thousands and the library of John Harvard have yielded a return of honor beyond the power of any succeeding legacy."

MANTEL MIRRORS.-This branch of manufacturing is now carried on extensively in Boston at PAINE'S. They also are importers of gilt and bronze frames from Italy and France. Some very fine heavy carved frames in Florentine gold leaf have been put in their ware-rooms on Canal street, opposite Boston and Maine depot.