... INVE1|TIONS. flkomstea ;itrrated Ofical Jo~rnala (NPatents), Icb. Sff9.) :ArPEcxrTOooS, FOR PxmFsNrs, January 27th to Feb. 1st, 1892.-I. K:elly, Biratforo, imn,~rovemuents in the delivery apparatus of printing macohines. U. H~olroyd, Bradford, imptovement3 in binders for uoevspapers and the like. Rt. S parks, Braaford, the improvement of uraw ing boaras, T squares, and rales. IB. Johnson, ...

... T0XHE I.N FLT N ZA. EPIDEMIC. i lestrda~sreturns, taken as a wh~ole, are even mnorel| t aitcoythan those of Thursday. At the Lonldon' |hospitals there w~ere fewer patien.ts, and a~t the Central| Telegraph -office and G>,eneral Post- office latest statistics justify the anticipation that those two important Deport- I ments of the public service will he very soon relieved from jthe abnormzal ...

... L EES, Thursday, January 30th. our Loudon Correspondent writes-I understand that the labour representatives and others interested in the labour question will use every effort to get the English Government to accept without limitation the invitation ef the Swiss Government to a Congress on the subject of hours of labour in factories. It was originally preposed to hold the Congress last autumn, ...

... * L, naS,Monday, February 24th, ,OGpxjjopldqa Conespqulden ?? is hoped that': the debate-on the Address will conclude to-uight. i Only two amendments of serious importance remain to be discussed-that relating to the management of Welsh business, and Mr. Cluningghame Graham's amendment on the Internatijnal Conference on the' Labour. question. Mr. Smith has already intimated that he will have to ...

... BRADFORD AND DISTRICT NONCON- FORMZIST ASSOCIATIUN. Last eve nng, under the auspices of the Bradford and' District Nonconformist Association, a lecture was givenin E3lltield Chapel, Bradford, by the Rev. P. T. Forsyth, M.A., of Leicestor, on 1 The Anticquity of Dissent, or the Principle OI Nonconformity the Trne Principle of the Church. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. FAsnmre, ...

... ,THIS IMORMNNG'S NEWS. TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. THE OPENING OF THE SESSION. MR, GLADSTON S POSITION. The Daily News says-Mr. Gladstone's letter to his supporters in the House of Commons begins with air unusually emphatic reference to the imme- hiare future. He specially requests the attendance of his followers on the gro=nd that the condition of public affairs is not without some peculiar ...

... POLITICS AND SOCIETY, LEEDS, Thursday, January 23rd The two speeches which have been made this week i, Leeds upon Imperial Federation by Mr. G. RB Park>a ?? good fortune to listen to them both, the right of Ce speaker to take very high rank indeed among h masters of persuasive oratory. The ad'.,s delivered yesterday under the auspices of th0 Chamber of Commerce was in our one of the most ...

... eMR. G{ADSTONE AT CHESTER. De( La-St might a great idberal demonstration was held at on th~amusic Hall, Cheater, at which the principal speaker ont wae Mr. Gladstone. The tight lion. gentleman was 010 accompanied from Hawarden Castle by Mr. Herbert as Gladstone, president of the Cheater Liberal Aaaociation we and chairman. of the meeting; also by Mrs. Gladstoue. The appearance of the party on ...

... TfTTLE FROM - TRUTH. The Prince of Wales is to proceed to Berhin on Wednesday, March 19th, and be will stay there tor a week as the guest of the Emperor William. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are ex- pected to arrive at Clarence House about Friday week from St, Petersburg, and their daughters are coming from CoburF next week. Lord Sydney was one of the very few survivors of the unreformed ...

... ! HoUSE oF COMMONS, Wednesday. When the leader of the House was expressing his I determination yesterday afternoon to persist in his motion with regard to the Ash-Wednesday adjourn- ment, he raised a laugh by remarking that, as a rule, | the attendance was much more satisfactory at two i o'clock on Wednesdays than at twelve. It was a little i truism which nobody could gainsay, because the Wed- ...

... LIBERAlL DEMONSTRAEON AT DEWSBURY. iSPEE3CHS BY IX. OLIYRGYD ?? AND In. ?? NLP. ?? Liberals of flewabury held a soiree yesterday e ve~nng. Tea, to w hich about 60 0 personaaat doervn, was pr ivided in two of the schoolrooms in the town, and afterwards a public mneeting was held in the Industrial Han;l -where Ithere was a very large attendance. The chair was occupied Ib)y Zfr* 7ffo [tcp~ 3£.?., ...

... MR. BALFOUB AND TEE MARQUiS OF EJ?BOX. 1Mr. A. 3. Balfou ban caused the followg letter to b e sent to a Sandal cocreeponldent, who Oa~his attentio~n to a speech of the Mazqas of Ripen in that tow Chief Secetar's Cce, Dhlt Caito .Dear Sir-Lm desired byMr. Batfour to reply to yoe letter af~ 24t~h inst. Inuha portion of thie ?? l te E3nsof Ripen to ?? you call 3 Ba.5m attenio, the 3aqi first ...