... eofAL IVE FRIENDLY It TfSOCE. TE AGAINST A LIVERPOOL DELEGATE. SECRTARY RENSTAT. STORMY MEETING. ed anuasl meeting of the delegates jteti 3., meer Friendv Society was held i the ROY~ the oices of the society, Prescot- eest~rsdf ArXthur XV. Clayton again occupied iitk5ir and on the platform there were also ttre Cb~; m~einb othe Committee of Manage- t'e~t t *icixto' tbesociety (Mr. Breomer), but ...

... THE STRIKE AT ST. 1LBN& - I THE MiN RETURN TO WORK. The strike and lockout ?? Varks, SH Helenubelongiug to Iests. Pilkington Brothers, which comsaaoea fve miuths ago, was terminated yesterday forenoon when some hun- dreds of the men returned to t,lie works in a body and gave in their names as willing to work when sent for by the firm. This course was adopted in accordance-with resolutions ...

... I I Professor orge J. Bomanes, who lectured for the Liverpool Coroation last autumn, hs just been elected president of the London Sunday KSociety. The scieniic world evidently takes a deep interest in opening libraries and museums to the public on Sundays, and the election of Professor Roinanes to the position of president calls public attention to t-is fact. Amongst the supporters of the ...

... Theeitrike of operatires at the Adelphi Flax Mill, SBalard, is still unsettled, and over 1000 workpeople are idle. ID consequence of the threatened strike of British seamen, foreign seamen are being engaged. for British steamers at Ncwcestve, aud in some cases at lower wages. The engineera, mechanics, and labourers, nnm- beriW 250, employed a the locomotive works of tbe Wterffrd nd LImerick ...

... IIMTATING BEECHAM'S PILLS. | In the Cbancery Division of the High Court of Justice yesterday, Mr. Cozens Hardy, 0.(E, moved Tbefore Mr. Justice North, on behalf of the plaintiff, the 'proprietor of the well-known Beecham's pills, who-carries on business at St. Helens, Lancashire, for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Haddook and another, who are chemists carrying on business at ...

... I UNLONISTS AND THE GOVERNMENT. MR. PARNELL AND HIS FOLLOWERS. The Press Association has reason to believe that at the Cabinet Council to be held to-morrow the Government will serionsly consider the advisa- bility of accepting some further amendments to the Iicensing clauses of the Local Taxation (Cus- toms and Excise) Duties Bill, with a view to meet the objections of the moderate ...

... MIERSEY DOCKS BOARD. LARGE SCHEME OF DOCK IMPROVE. MENT. The weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was held yesterday, at the Dock Offices, Revemze-buildings. Mr. A. Bolt, the chairman, presided, and the other members present were Sir James Poole, Messrs. G. Bolt, Glynn, Job, Kennedy, I. Bushell, Crogfield, Bowring, Robertson, B. Raibbone, lubback, Bracker, Woodwad, Allan, Beith ...

... THE POSITION I a, ?? I ~~AFRICA. TO THE EDITO3S OF THE taz'OOL 3EF. Mc Gentlemen, -W~ill you k-indly allowv ice a: space in which to call public attent-on to ,4 may be one day, and before long, a matter o- c Inational importance! It was in. the sunz'. 1888 that the late Sultan of Zanzibar Mad.e r.tc ! ?? seaboard belongintobim, to b eail stered under a royalty by the British ompive i by a ...

... THE CITY JU CE AND. LIENSWG APPEALS. Au adlournedharterly meeting of the city magistrates VWr yesterday in lhe mwgistrates' rooms~ Dale-street. Mr. XI; HMAXwell presided, and there were also prestnt Messrs.. B. Aj. Benams J. B. Morgan, Robert Gladsttin, H. Jevons, H. WN. Mede-Kiun, J. Henderson, T. Matheson, J. Sin', W. Bird, }E Browne; ¶T. Morris, R. W. Levyand, P. F. J. Hemelryk, A. H. aolie ...

... ,t'irerlloal EX ?? iT p^ p s-,, 1':IL L x SAT DAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1890. _ ?? Seswere sent cut ayetda, the Is Asitalon canes, for a Cabinet~ k- O le 3eld at theF n Offgice on ?? inn ~ ~ ~ o SnJaznFergrsson received on behalf Qt Sansv yesterday a deputation in 'tet or th.e Sww Bounties Convention. , A -deniaia is given to the report that Po'- e41ardner, M.p., is about to no seat ior Windsor. -3e ...

... HEIN U&.ivIIITON CON VALES2CENT iThO f . T'i 3anraM -emi: .4 the subseribers of the 5'w3Bn::n o 4.w H ome for Women and Chrcn r~ss !fd re:rerday. in the committee :heir~:mtlait. Tte Rev. J. F. Howson a-a :d a'n - other; ysresent were the Rev. i.Er.;h: n- ?? of -Newv Brigneco), Dr. C- La. Hibr.3rn M, rN A. T. Wright, A. Vi. rat et oenwith. F. J. Harri- EL E. Ifir:rnsr [honorary secretary aad a ...

... | FOREiGN NEWS. I _ _ _ Il TRUERCE' r~C- tbes gr nd eh cdety A jiter wasobtnild-ffintbe E k x et~eon, an Evans s c- g INUNDATIONS ON THE CONTINENT. EPPORTED DROWNING OF 30 PERSONS. VIErXA, TUbsMsoA.-ihe latest intelligence from the inundated distrints states that the floods have extended to the southern slope of the Central Alps. In Carinthia vast tracts of country have _ been laid waste by ...