... TIL co- IE knH IS :woil ii BY' O IV R S P E C I A - Ki -E T CH ES B. Y . L- 'C O, MeI I S S, I O N E R OU R - OIWN A R T I S T. II. In our iast paper we gave, a brief preliminary Aketch of the coalfields of Lancashire indathe immediate nei~hbourhooid, and described the method of sinking to the coal seams, ;a the consfruction of the shaft preparatory to the wining of the mineral treavijes ...

... I THE HIGH COURT OF FORESTERS, I THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY B1IL. The annual conferelle of til Il[i gh Coi e 't fooreters opered at Cambridge on Mowl:v. Ill'e, .13 inorpsse of nearly 14,000 iienrmbe W- 'l t Brother Littlechild, in hfis pnside-tilf l el ?? ferring to old ago pensions, said tliy cI r-I: monetary help from the Staxtc. .md *o preient S'i silpett'isiofl. They must nolt eel i thli, ...

... PERILOUS VOYAGE OF AN ATL&NTIO STEAMER. A BLACKLEY PASSONGER'S NARR.ATIVE. Mr. S. White, manager at3lessrs. ?? Cawieyand Co.'s m printworks, Blackley, near this city, was a passenger ,s on board the disabled steamahip Sarnia which, after a v- voyage extending over nwore than a month, was towed is into Qleeoustown on Friday. Mr. White reached home le on Sunday night, looking none the worse, bat ...

... .- - LA-STON E. Mr. Gladstone loft his bedroom at three o'elock on Saturday afternoon, ad wont down to his library. Ho arpeared to be quite himself again, and did not feol anv adverse effects of the change of rooms. Mr. Gladstone left DowninF-street at 11 30 on Mon- day for Brighton. He was accompanied by Mrs. Glad. stane, and wfhs loudly heered by the crowd whi3h had collected to witness his ...

... NOTES. I SAINT DAVID. 1 [3891 Perhaps it may not be uninterestiug to your 3 readers to give a fewv jottinge from the life of St. David. IThe maay good deeds and the wonderful miracles as- signed La him are too numerous to be given in detail. I (4iralcus Camnbreusis says: - David, or, as Iis countrylmenll call 'him, Dewi, was born at that iplacO sineo called Saint Davids, inl the year of our ...

... A .ER[R TO X S P E C T. F . - : : f - B Y O UR S PHE I;A L;. CnO M M I S S I O N. it. S K E T Ch T E S iB IY OTU R: OIW N A R T I S T.. The end of the old and the beginning of the new year are always periods for retrospection and anticipation. Everybody engages in these occupations at this season. The stnttesmiia reckons up party losses and party gains; legis- lation accomplished and ...

... THE COUNTfTRY. | At Leeds, on Friday, a provision dealer named EIdomBowett was fined £10, including costs, for selling as mild Cumberland ham which on examination proved to be American. A circular baa been issued from the Local Government Office, pointing out that under the Act whiab has just passed tbe election of eoaucillors will be held in November, and that under these circum- stances the ...

... BRITISH TEMPERANCE LEAGUE ATI SOUTHPORT. SINGWLAR ADDUESS BY THP MAYOR. At thc 6.Ith annual conferenc of this League, on Wea. ?? aorning, at the Temperance Institute, Southport, nildev the presidency of Allorman J. Clegg, J.P., of 1 lie Ma-vor of Southport (Ald. Dr.Wood, J.P., C.C.) gas ell address n 'The National Aspeot of the Drink QliWetioll. in which lie said that in spite of England's ...

... THEl HEALTH -OF THE CZAL PROBABLE REGENCY. Berlin, Friday. Information has arrived here from a reliable ?? at St. Petersburg, giving details with respect to the Cziar's state-of health. It appears th.at some little time ago, his Imperial Majesty was attacked by apoplexy, and ?? lomditiik berame the subject of serious mln- mrn on the part of his medical advisor, Professor Saehayin, who ...

... VILLA., ALLOTMENT, AND COTTAGE GARDENING. PRACTICAL HINTS. ?? OUR SEPCIAL OiRDENING COufEErONDENT-. AUTUMN FLOWEIINO ROSFS. TMey are what are known as the hybrid perpetuals, the tea-scented roses, and the Chinis which bloom so pro- fusely in autumn. Of the hybrid perpetuals one does not require a large collection; what they want is simply a few which can be depended on to flower in September ...

... l BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,] IAIPROVEI) rs'EDTNG 1'ROSrECTS. Owners of stock are jelcoming the return to mild and balmy w eather, for it will enable economy in the use of feeding stuffs to be con- tinned, and permit cattle in many instances to be kept still longer on the grass. Since the departure of the snow the country has assumed quite a, verdant appearance for the time of year, and ...

... THE NEW COUNUILS. MANCHESTER. The first meeting of the newly elected Counoil for the City of Mlanchester was hold Onl Friday. Mr. Alderman A. E. Lloyd was unanimously elected Mayor for the ensaing year, and in acknowledging the vote referred to the proroess of tbe city during the [4 years he had been a member of t[le Corporation. In 1880 the area of tile city was 4,293 asires, and it is nowv ...