... LONDON, Saturday. Whitsuntide has brought us an enormous number of visitors and sight-seers from the country. Foremiost in attraction is the Italian Opera. The attempt to open a second opera-house at the Lyceum broke down ol the secosd night, add since then the Iloyal Italian Opera has had everything its own way. Covent Garden is crowded every night from the floor to the ceiling; and Messrs. ...

... WVOLVEMl HAMPTON. ?? ?? EILtIA.itL- J5.. ECtARD or (;ARDILANs.-fliLe usual weekly meeting of the members of this Board was held yesterday, when there were present Messrs. Keudrickl (Chairman), Wilcock, Langman, Cnflwick, Eagaley, aoyes, ironnmon ger, Griffiths Owen. Rogers, Holloway, Thomlpson, Lello, Hinter, Jone3, Tildesley, Hall, Healey, Sanlkey, Sparrow, and the Iev. ?? G. Horton. The ...

... [o in this series we beg to remind our readers that [Iny facts eltin to the getieral history of Birmingham, orthe. district around, will be always accoptable, that a questiS asked will be pretty sure of a satisfatory nswer, and that, u~nder certain necessary restrictions, questiOlS of local interest, bleyond ltihe mcre news of the, day ma h fuly isussd. llcomniunicationsi for thischlnmn s ould ...

... I SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT, and {BY AN INDBPRND MrlrnnJ fles )Os- TiEE follo~vill, LONDON, Friday. s Of Tir followiig Occasional Note has appeared in tily the Pall Aall Gazette:- l ?? IA correspondent, who dates from the House of %de Comm1ons, and signs himself 'A Bloated Aristocrat,' t)adsennds us this morning the following letter, which we print very willingly:- ery ' I read with great ...

... CORnUPONWNCIL NOTICES TO tRIE IPONDENT. IUM A4ie Wededjforpubfcatn must be accompanied by ?? na sen addyres of ghe t:reter, not nece'ssly too pubication, but for ?? ?? of the Editor. Coo'7tadeuij who sa any ?? Vattc UPOU ther com. Muni4ations mt keep copies of thep a e n U take to Btn ?? utio 'U n T. Biddlestone, Smethwick.-Yeg, W. T.-The agreement was not binding Daily Subscriber.-The ...

... THE CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURES. [From our loud.. kpoflhnJ Thi usual monthly meeting of the Councilof tho Central Chbanber of Agriculture was held yesterday, in the large room at the Salisbury Hotel, Fleet Street. Mr. C. S. .Ileed, ALP., occupied the chair. Amongst those present were Mr. J. A. Clarke (secretary) read the minutes of the pre- ceding meeting, and ?? Charles Clay (treasurer) ...

... faauTR'S TELEGRAM& I THE PRINCE OF WALES. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 14 The Sultan has received a telegram from Queen Victoria, thanking him for the reception given to the Prince and Princess of Wales on their visit to Con- stantinople. The two monitors purchased at Bordeaux for the Ottoman Government have arrived here. PRUSSI A. BERLIN, AorUL 14 (Evening). The semi-official Provincial ...

... NOTICIKS TO CORRElSPONDENT. A. A. S. ?? Vi* t vnas theo tlat of the visits lnmrtieirr Wtest ilclmiwich. ?? Literally tranisate'l it means By business andl by vorsties uindaunted. Jury. A prieonor khuinot bo put on his trial at all if tha bill is ignored, by thwo (OrandJnry T1. O.-The liro at I tltones titubor Ymin, B1roadt Streot, ocourrel 27th May-, 181, W. ,1) Yardley.--If yon ...

... As might be expected, some of the London papers- 'especially those which affect to represent the upper -classes -do not approve of Mr. Bright's letter; its plain. -ness and sincetity are too much for their delicate sense of propriety. The Times is of opinion that there is ground for confi- dence that a successful result of the present crisis cannot ,be endangered even by the resentment ...

... THE PONTIFF AND THE ENGLISH rRIESTROOD. ?? truuiij. The Tablet of Saturday gives an aecount of the reception of the English priesthood at the VaticaLn, on the 20th ult. 'rhe deputies were-the Very Rev. Dr. Fa: di Brane of the archdiocese, and Canons Denne, Jeffrieg, and the Rev. John Gibbons, of the diocese of Birmingham. They were accompanied by rearly all the English Catholic clergy now in ...

... To the EDITORt of the DAILY POST. Sir,-There is an other side to the story told in your impression of Saturday relating to the compensation of officers in the Bankruptcy Court on its forthcoming aboli- tion. This I will now state, premising that I am a party interested; but, as I am known to you, I will ask yeu to tell your readers, should you publish my letter, as I trust you will, 'what ...

... DISTRIOT NEWS. V.'OLVEtRIAMI'TON Thun IfOSPrAL -Yesterday, at tile USUal Wroirly M001llog Of the Bctaid of Govertia., itf the South S affordshire tiospitail, thle usual repost show,!d that t te patients in tho warids.oo tronistsbrr 86.; that. Odouig tie ?? I2eeceer and S ordinary caasesbal been received sod ats usany 71csreO,.wis It asualtkie and b9 ticket cases lied been lresatsd as out ...