... : HOUSE OF; LORDS (LA.ST NIGHT). Lord Re'desdaale i th abience of the Lord Chan- cellor, took his 'sea u,pon the woolsaok at five o'clock. In reply to a question fiom the Eirl of CASRNARVO, Earl DE GBuB and RIPON stated that' the government intended to allow an exemption of the horae tax in respect of the Yeomanrg Cavalry daring the present year. INDIAN FINANCE The Earl of ELLMNBOROUGH c lled ...

... TIlE PLYING OF CABS ON SUNDAY. BREAKFAST MEETING TO CAIIMEN'. Yesterday, at an early hour in the morning, the Town Ilall pro. sented a novel and singular but no less interesting speCtacle. It is well known that in connection with the recent agitation aguins Sunday trading, a question was mooted as to the legality Of cab. men plying their ordinary occupation on Sunday, and enumnnim were taken ...

... Mr. Foley, R.A., has in hand a statue of one of the Brothers in Comus. This is understood to be intended for his diploma work upon election as Royal Academician. A sketch by Hogarth, which has never been engraved, was sold at Messrs. Christie and Manson's last week. The subject being a man stay-maker, fitting a pair of stays on a lady. Her husband and a group of persons are included in the ...

... TOWN BOUNSIL. A monthly rjd specl meeting of the town oounoil I mg ryterday in the council chamber of the ?? his Worship the MsyorT. D. Andelon, rsq., P1'daiding FINANCE CoMMrEE. a~pbusiness paper contained a recommendation ,werae the salay of Mr. William Rishton, build. oveyorl from.19 ?? E ber annum ; fog t subjet to ?? approval of the rofa the Treasury, the reversionary interest in a 1 _ ...

... flu mn- A hurricane at New Orleans, on the 22nd ultimo, his did great damage; five persons were drowned. Th; Odess= Courier publishes a letter from Sebas- .Cs topol, which states that one of the most honourable ld. inhabitants of that town has rebuilt, at his own ex- mg pense, the church in the cemetery which was de- ad- stroyed during the siege. sty In one of his late despatches, Mr. Ward, ...

... EAST INDIA SALARIES AND . -.-ALLOWANCES. A return has been pnblished, on the motion of Mr. Bright, of the amount id sterling inonoy of the annual ealaries of the governor-geoneral, governors, lieutenant-governors, chief justices, puisne judges, bishops, chaplains, and all oivil and military cove- nanted servants of the East India Government. A few particulars of this return will show that if ...

... A sordid test is smetimes applied to religious and social movements. He who regards foreign missions in the light of commercial speculation caloulates the eost of Christianising a heathen, and arrives br arithmetical average at the money value of a human soul. With an object the reverse of that which prompts these Calculations, we have applied the same rule to estimate the coat 'of saving a. ...

... i ERIAL HOUSE OF LORDS. bf THURDAY, MARCH 1. The house met ati fiv oelock. Lord Ci IEimspoRD mmoved for leave to introduce the Solicitors and Attorneys (No. 2) Bill, which he said was identical with the bill introduced by the Incorporated Law Society last session. It had re- a Calved the assent' of all the law sooletle;, and the Be sanction of the whole of the judges, at After a few words from ...

... ?? 'CORRESPONDENCE' | REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS. | TO THE EDITORS OF THE LivzaPOOL MERCUR.I Gentlemen -A member of the Lancashiri Be- formers' Uuon In your paper of to-day impugns your statement as to the probable increase on the ist of dvoters by the proposed Reform Bill. I do not take upon myself to give an opinion as to the ocr- rectness or otherwise of your figures, but as be con- ...

... The Verona correspondent of the Vieuna Pres8e states that the authorities are on the traces of a revo- lutionary club, which is in intimate couneotion with similar bodies in Milan and Ferrara. Iy a document : that is now in the hands of the AusttAan police, it is L to be seen that a complete plan of the fortifioatious 5) of Venice was put into the hanis of the Emperor i Napoleon soon after the ...

... I MISSIOXARY CONFERENCE. Yesterday morning the members of the Conference met again in Hope Hall, to resumo their delibera- tions. T[he pro.eedings were opened with prager, during which the Rev. Canon Woodruff presi ed. Subsequently, during the more immediate business of the Conference, the chair was occupied by General Alexander. A paper oa education was read by the Rev. Mr. Leipold, followed ...

... WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1880. e-- - -- . FAE AM) xER RELA-- -T S FgANCE AND HER RELATIONS. THE annexations are an but completed. The Kingdom of Upper Italy is now formed. The Duehies and the AEmilian Provinces are united to Piedmont. The de- it crees of annexation were signed on the 23d inst., and, I. as the qird pro quo, the King of Piedmont next day n signed the treaty by which Savoy and the ...