... Inu5A5y This bill prepared and brought before Parlia- man un became ment, by the Secretary of State for the onome a cDepartment, and intcndedl to consolidate and said ?? 6 amend the Acts relating to the regulation and g90g ,I inspection of mines, contains, in our estimation, up gley 0a great many objectionable clauses and unneces- oath tc 0 C h e sary restrictions in respect to the management ...

... IN- . . - I . . I 1 ?? Srvnnw AND WYv RAILWAY'.-Yesterday (Friday) it wvas expected that a bill of this 'company, asking for powers1to extend and otherwise improve their line, 1 would be heard in Committee of the House of Lords. The I extension is regarded with considerable interest by.the Severn and Wye Company, and they have moreover the a symlpathlly sind good wishes of ulmaly of thle ...

... | TH[E CONVICT 'WILTSHIRE'S B |I .. STATEMENT. IN go OURi Gloucester correspondent lifs been show-ssnby the WC Rev. H. G. Langton, Obaplain of the County Prison, the Le full written statement made by the prisoner, Wiltshire, (St whose sentence was recently commuted under advice of Mr. the twv Secretary Bruc. The following is a copy of as much of it as lii is ?? for pnblication:- I w'as in the ...

... LATES.' INTELLIGENCE. CORK. K IBRITISH AND IRISH mIAGNETIC TELEGRA.PH.] Ai (c'ro Ot otr own Core'sreandent). Bi CORK, Flidly. fe. There was an exciting scene at the Council. efl The Muayor declared that he did not approve of assassiuation, but he fully believed that O'Farrell -was actuated by honotu'able and high-minided wl motives. The Council finally decided on doing th nothing in the matter ...

... Militia Regiments, bearing county names, and to fosmed and recruited by men living in those 0TLI I.counties, or on their b-orders , are a, large item. in th, ,.the home defences of the country. Times have Sin( hapl hne fo hs as of the ballot, Tc 5. henman a ater f afamlywas harrassed by d th nityta emih etbe selected to take fos hiplcwehrhwolornot. Now the sal o~ rnsf thmiiiaefledonl the ...

... * THE SUTHERLATDh GOLD DIGGING. Referring to the recent discovery of gold in Sutherland- it iuns vshire, a correspondent of the 'T'imes thus describes the of the scene 'which presents itself at Kildonan Strath :-On the men hi l banks of two of the tributary burns of the Helmsdale river beef, g o'any day may he seen dishes, cradles, tome, and sluices, ment e worked by skilful diggers from ...

... PARLIAMENTARY AND MUMNICIPATL ELEOTIONS. r. -HousE or CoxonoNs. Friday. l I The select committee appointed to enquire into the smodetof cotucting Parliamentary and MIunicipall Bilectieos, o met this morniseg at 12 o'clock, the Marquis of Ilartington t inthe chair; there were also present: Sir Gcorge Grey, le Mr. Villers, Mr. Brand, Mr. James, the O'Coinjor Do), if Mr. E. Egerton. Mr. Hunt. Mr. ...

... s THE NEWPORT HARBOUR CO3MIS- 1 SIONERS ?? LONDNox. Friday. t This Bill came before the Select Committee of the House 1 of Commons, to which it lis been referred late this after- noon. The members of the committee are Captain Gros- venor, chairman, Viscount Newport, Mr. Slopford, Mr. 1 Bentall, and Sir John Duckworth. r ir. Somerset, Q.C., and Mr. Pember anpeared for the promoters, the ...

... G4ENERAL NEWS. U LI:XNflWU'lfl VT ts . Wil~h A fire broke out at 25, Mincing-lane, London, at 1 al.m,. they Six brokers' and merchants' offices 'at No. 25 were burned why out ; -sixteon offices at Nos. 22, 26, and 27 were more or less the ii dama-ed. Wvere CO1ic, Friday. likol] The Cork Ervacniner publishes a letter from the Mayor, moiii in which lie says :- What I am alleged to have said at ...

... * A large Gymnasium is about being built at the Huts Encampment for the use of the soldiers of the 3rd Depot Battalion. We understand that a new military band is being formed in connection vith the 3rd Depot Battalion, nader the auspices of the gallant and respectedcounmandaut of the Garrison, Col. J. C. Hill Jones, and Capt. Browne, 77th regiment. We learn that a cricket match is on the Tapis ...

... A Cu1RRENT event of considerable importance is i-h e assembling of pupils at the different Schools of Art in this country. Wherever these schools ig exist, the young men and young women are now 3shpassing through examinations to test their skill r. and efficiency in the several brainc es bf instruc. tion. What kind of instruction is attempted may e, be gleaned from an enumeration of the ...

... SATURDAY, 3IAY 1, 1869. N NIGHT after night the House of Commons sets , to Work at the Irish Church Bill. All Govern- L n -+1z1zo o .. ' ment business is shunted, t Go Ys bursting to air local grievances, and call atten- auc' .U- tion, writhe on their seats in enforced silence. to i CsEverythinlg ?? give way to the Plunder Bill. lou ta Mr. GOLADSTONE'S majority believes in it as the one of t ...