... REFORM M.NIEETI-\N GS. I 3IRETING ATBU11hINOHAMI. A town's meeting, presided over hr the MAT~oll, far the purpoce of coflet briar bIr, Brights 1tefurn Bill, was held in Birmieghittgiia on Tuceda L ight. A bifntc of the proceed~ings Its telk-graph appeared in' 3e5'crdlay's Dai~y Fie's. The f 'hlosting is a m~ore detailed report: Mlr. P. lI' M'IN i O too-ed the first ?? :-That, in the epinion ...

... 1l 1?RTEAL OF IHE 1APER DUTY. d l The annual public meeting of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on KInowledge was hold yesterday evening at Exeter-hall. The attendance at the commencement of the proceedings was very thin, and at no period was the room crowded. The chair was taken by Mr. MILNER GIBSOX, M.P. On the platform were Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. ...

... A7TBHPTIYNG TO SHOOI A WIFE. At the Birmingham Public-office on Tuesday, be- fore Mr. T. C. S. Kynneraley, a labourer, from Burton-on- 1p Trent, named William Ledbetter, was charged with attempt- lrl ing to shoot his wifewith a pistol. The prisoner and biawifere] have been separated for several mouths, and the latter ?? to Birmingham to reside. She has been living for a fortnight It past with ...

... I Bancon. ~~Miles openedl ReceIpts. elf. ?? ?? ItlS 10l2 Blat and County Down ?? 21 I7 Hkehead, Lancshldro. ?? ?? 13 03 2i0 2On 42i Bltand Tyn ?? 20 13 1532 1268 DrIsc and Exeter ..7.117.5.77!.4272 Chevrrsnk oyha 1589 1908 121612 11L913 estr ?? ?? 54 94 . . I Crand Bandon ?? 225 224 CokBlackrock, and Pasoage ?? It8 I 7 11 Deeside ..17.17..30 172 Dulein and Rfle'eZt Juntio 06 88 ly Ubldin and ...

... I THE PRINCE OF WALES AT ROME. MlAISBILLES, FEB. 11. Advices have been received from Rome to the 8th last. The Pope having-sent his Major D)omo to pay his compliments to the Prince of Wales, the Prince made yesterday an official visit to his Holiness. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Mr. Russell, the secre- tary of the English embassy at the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. AUSTRIA AND ...

... I Sbe Court. I Her Majesty received a telegraphic despatch from Sir James Clark on Tuesday night to announce that the Princess Royal and the infant prince are progressing most satisfactorily. The Qaeen and the Prince Consort left Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, and attended by the Countess of Desart, ...

... I - I~- 2'iE~ P?1?NCH GOVERNAIENT AND THE .PARIS PRESS. The following is an extract from the Paris cor- respondence of the Continental Beview . In spite of all counter manifestatione in France and 1 Europe, there is no doubt that the Emperor, accordirg to his t custom, will persist in his nline and in his engagements entered into with Victor Emmarnuel. Thisjenso'e s'neuauble that I have ...

... M)1THS AND J)BATB'S iN LONDONIt the to is a An interestingi report on the births and deaths, in t and causes of death in London, during the year 1858 135s ris boon issued from the General Regiter-office. The follow- in 1 iag are some extracts from the document:. tive ILondon has grown like a mighty tree, by extension it rather than by the internal aggregation of constituent parts; dir, and ...

... BDUCATIO IXN SCOTLdND.-ABOLIYION I nOF TBSZS. A public meeting, for the purpose of originating a movement to obtain the abolition of the test now imposed up he parochial teachers in Scoland, was held in kdin- b.ur,;h on Msonday. On the platfurm. were the Lord Pro. Vesr, Mr. A. M. Dunlop, M.P., Air. Black, Ms.P., Mr. Mon. creiff, M.P., Sir James Forrest, Bart,, Mr. Wauchope, of Edmonaton, and ...

... I 7v.ER.POOL JUVENILE RBFORHA TOIR. F.I The annual meeting of the committee and friends of the Juvenile Reformatory was held in the Council Charn- her, Liverpool, yesterday; the MAYOR presiding. Amongst those present were A. R. Brongham eand T. D. Anderson, Esqr .; Revs, Rector Campbell, T. Carter, and - Stein- thall; Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., and other gentlemen who take an interest in the ...

... ELECTION9 INTELLIGENCE. REPRBSENTATIONf OF BURY 'ST. BDMUNJNDS. Lord Alfred Hervey, formerly M.P. for Brighton, and son of the late Marquis of Bristol, has now come for- ward as a candidate for the vacant seat for Bury St. Ed- munds, and has issued an address to the electors, in which he observes ?? Having sat for many years in the House of Commons up to the time of the last diseolution,'and ...

... IMPERIAL PARL[AMENT. \ HOUSE OF LORDS-PlUDAY, FEB. 4. The Loirri CHA.NCELLOR3 took his sect on the woolsark St fiee orrrlek. Lord D CNOX NN ON gave nofee that on Tuesdaynext he should ask tole Archbiebop of Canterbury whetheor any mca-nre was Mely to he introduced in the pre~scnit session, wi~th the cauotion of iih' Bent',h of Bi'hops, to alter and amend the law relating in tire LE -pidationa ...