... THREATENED COLLLEaS' STRIKE IN tjRI SHIRE. On Saturday last a large body of colliers asseill)ol a; the Woolpack Inn, Wakefield, to take into consideratio: the attempt of the colliery owners to reduce fully 15 pet cen;. the wages of those in their employ. Mr. B. Hie, worth, of Carlton, was called to the chair. e The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, slij A colliers had been described as a ...

... - - ?? IAnother telegram has been received this weelt, Iwhich gives us a summary of the first operatiOnS stai i pon Luckrnow,-.all of which bad been succCssf'ul. Wa Geneal Otramcrossed the Gontee on the 6th o March. From the 10th to the l3th, the Martiniere, tire thle Bankhouse, the Queen's Palace, the Kaicre- the hag'h (P) ond Urnanbarra ?? (the latter a mass of NNvi palaces adjoining the ...

... FOREIGN ISCELLANY. Tie National Bank of Turin has reduced its rate of I discount from 7 to 6 per cent. The King of Naples has sent to Paris, Prince f Ottagano to congratulate the Emperor on his behalf. According to the news from Algeria, the snow is 3 four or five feet deep at Borra. The Emperor of Russia, it is said, has sent an autograph letter to King Otho, congratulating him on the ...

... THURSDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE, WNe copy the following from the ' Northern Dail, Times' of yesterday, in reference to the debate of Tllursday nigilt: TLord Goderich wasthe first member who addressed thc Il-ouse. As he is only a second class speaker, and does not carry much weight by any of his parlia. incntary orations, last night's efforts were no cx. ception to the general rule. Tre main burden of ...

... BANGOR AND BE'AUMARIS UNION. v The fortnightly meeting of the Guardians was held tl On Wednesday last. Present-Mr. C. Bicknell in the v Chair; Rev. Morris Hughes, ex-officio ; Rev. T. J. tl Williams; Messrs. G. Simpson, G. Davies, C. Ches- r tterton, W. Thomas, LI. Lewis, T. Hughes, T. Ash- si lF urst, J. Barker, T. G. indley, P. Al. Pierce, E. Ro- / a berts, XV. Owen, W. Jones, R. M. Lloyd, ...

... VIL'.VSTIA REJOICES AT THlE ACQUITTAL OF BERNARD. Tiie lhcke iven to lrance and tle despotic system of COO ti rrI'rP by the acquittal of Beraard, has been unan- ilra eslr applaudeed by the i-bole 'r eas of Prussia-almnot Sir ot ail Gerruany. TiLe position tr'ken by the Germlan hol Preis in this question greiotl'y resermbles that of the En- gVi:. ?? rce earth'orls are nearly finished on the ...

... TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE OF LLAN- I. DUDNO, NORTH WALES. ?? LJLNU, IjLLAn [ft tOo. By T. C. RODEN F.R.C.S. (Front the British Medical Journal.) ILANDUDSo standg on1 an arm of land about four 1 miles in leupth, jotting out towards the west frot m tie *ainland of NortW allies, at Conway. lhis little ( at penilisha is terminated by alihge limestone rock, vi seven miles ic tircnimferetice, and 7l50 ...

... To the Edt'fO of the North IMales chronicle. Sin,-Tbe accompanying Circular has been sent to me by Miss Burdett-Coutts, with a request that I would malke its object known in my neighbourhood. Too much publicity cannot, I think, be given to so benevo- lent and valuable a document. I hope it may induce many to avail themseelve of the advantages it offers, I have ?? Burdett-Coutts'a sanction to ...

... 11ORTICULTUI{E AND AGRICULTURE. he GARDENING. The weathe: has nranifested a slight improvement since ne our last, though the cold winds and morning frosts lie iripede oat door groxtih generally. The orchard crops, t on with the .cepiion of the apples, which sire not yet fully ai rd inl bloom, nirc cxposed to the sharp) morning frosts, which fj arscem to jereas in intensity as we get further ...

... Lord W. Lennox has sold his cutter, the Loadstar, 48 d tons, to the Board of Admiralty, as a surveying vessel, a The number of wrecks ascertained to have taken place y during January wvas 154. d An elaborate statement just issued by the coal trade of h Northunmberland and Durham affords a good deal of ti interesting informatica, i A local journal of Saturday announces the death of the u Rev. ...

... THE NEW IRISH REFORK BILL. ada ¢ The Freeman's Journal of Saturday mornin givem Iin of _gR e ol ose the following account of the Irish Reform Bill:- ad In England 2G seats will be affected in the disfran. in Cse chassug direction. One portion of these seats will be taken in from boroughs having less than 300 electors, and the other ent from boroughs, now returning two members, with con. ...

... On Thursday morning a clever capture was effected in Sheffield, ot an athletic fellow, named William Morris, alias Mark, on a charge of uttering forged c Bank of England notes, at several fairs in 'he neighbourhood of York and other parts of' Yorkshire and the adjoining counties. e It appears that Morris has been in the habit of visiting horse fairs for some time past, and has suc- ceeded in ...