... HANDSWORTH FLORAL AND HORTICUL- TUBAL SOCIETY. The dinner which usually follows the annual meeting of this society was held at the Men and Chiekens Hotel on Monday evening, and was attended by about forty gentle. men. The Mayor, Sir John IRateliff, presided; and M r. CouncillorStinton occupied thevice-chair. Amongst those present were Mr. Caleb Lawden, 'Mr. E. N. Kimberley, Mr. C. J. Perry, Mr ...

... THE WARWICKSHIRE REFORMIATORY, AT WESTON. MEETING AT LEAMINGTON, YESTERDAY. Lord Leigh, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lord Calthorpe, Sir Peter Van Notten Pole, Bart., Sir Francis Shepperley, Sir Thomas Skipwith, Bart., Mr. Greaves, M.P. for Warwick, T. C. S. Kyn- nersley, Esq., and a crowded assembly, yesterday (Wednesday) met in the Music Hall, Leamington, at the annual proceedings of the Weston ...

... Ristrid vd#s. DUDLEY. FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH A SKIP ComicG Orr THE FOOT- ?? half.paet five o'clock on Friday evening last, a miner, named William Stringer, employed at Mes3rs. Cochrane's No. 13 pit, Holly Hall, met with his death under the following cireumstances : Deceased was cdmning up out of the pit, having *finished his day's work, and when within two yards of the mouth of the pit, the ...

... Qt I Effftrgpolls. , REWARDS TO INVENTORS.-A gratuity of £500. is to be voted to Commander William Rodger, on account of his patent-small pea anelor, now generally used in the navy ; andd £300. to-Mr. Clifford; as a rewardfor his invention for loweringships' ?? Service Gazette. Tlhe General Commanding-ini-Chief; it appears from the army estiinatec, receives about nine guineas a day, or £3,458. ...

... The Navy Estimates for the year 1859-60 were issued on Monday. The net increase, as compared with last year, is £96t,810. The first item in the votes is that of wages to seamen and marines. The sum required to be voted for this purpose, for the year 1859-60, is £2,487,062., being an increase of £85,463. over the vote for the last financial year. The next item, viz., victuals for the foregoing, ...

... LATEST N EWS. (By Electric and Ynternatiional Telegrap7h) OrFFiC, TUMPL BUILDINGS. NEW STIEET.. F RA N CE (Reuter's Telegram.) PARIS, Saturday, 1.15 p.m. The Bourse very inanimate; the uncertainty respecting political affairs being the sole cause. Rentes, 68. 3.20 ?? closes rather flat. Rentes, 0'7.90; money, 07.85 on account. I T A L Y. (Reuter's Telegram.) MILAN, Saturday, Feb. 19. Vie ...

... MR. BRIG aT'S BILL. An Occasional Correspondent of the Catedonian .A2cureiy, who is, we believe, as well informed on Mr. Bright'sviewsas any man we knowof, writingfromLondon, says:- Mr. Bright's bill Is understood to be prepared and printed, ready to be brought in at any time on a few days' notice, according to the usual forms of the House. Of course it would be thought disrespectful to ...

... - I pistrio 'Reivs. DUDLEY. TEE. FATAL AcoODms;T THROUG1 A SKIP BECOMING UX- ?? Tuesday afternoonlast an inquest was opened on the body of William Stringer, a collier, fifty-six years ot age, who was killed by being precipitated down the shaft of one of Messrs. Cochrane's pits, at Woodside, on Friday -afternoon last, a notice of which appeared in these columns onnTesday.. The inquest was held ...

... ?? nobillmte. - SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-A boy of 16, Nathan Willis by name, whose parents reside in a court off Hornby Street, Liverpool, was killed on Sunday by a blow on the head with a potato thrown by one of his playmates, John Sands. Sands was brought before the local magistrates on Monday and ?? N~ewss. Loss OF AN AuSTRIAN SHIP, WITH ALL HANDS, IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.-A ...

... LATEST N EWS. (Bey Electric ad intcrfttonl4 Telegraph.) OFFICE, TEMPLE BUILDING8, NEW STRUET. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. Arrived the Pera steamer, wvith East India and China mails. Dates: Alexandria, February 3rd; Malta, 6th; ,Gibraltar, 10th. No amount of specie stated.. GREENWICH ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL-YE5TExRDAY. ?? ?? 3,0 Angerstein ?? 2,511 - Majority for ...

... MEETING AT STOURBRIDGE. At seven o'clock on Monday evening, Mr. Calthorpe was an- n6unced to address the electors in the Corn Exchange, Stourbridge, and long before that time the room was literally crammed, many persons being unable to gain admittance. By dint of some exer. tion, Mr. Calthorpe reached the platform, amidst loud cheering. There were also on the platform W. 0. Foster, Eseq, M.P., ...

... [Fromr the Tomes.] Lord John Russell's proposed measure has many points of accord with that presented by the Lord Chan- cellor. It could scarcely happen otherwise, for Lord Chelmusford told us that his measure was matured after having obtained some idea of what the desires of com- mercial men were upon this matter, and Lord John Ruissell's proposition is confessedly - founded entirely upon the ...