... TEE COMMITTEE OF LAYMEN ON CHURCH RATES. The Committee of Laymen would now redeem the pledge they gave last summer to offer to the members of the Church some suggestions on the fitting steps to be taken, in order to secure a Eatisfaotory settlement of the long-agibated question of church rates. I. - This cannot be effected without the cordial union of all those who desire to maintain the ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. P. S.-We believe the notice is sufficient. G. G.-Yes. Eo better pay than contest the point. A Constant Subacriber.-Wo believe the Thomas Ro berts is the same. The opinion in question is not worthy the notice of A. Consistent Protestant. To the EDITOs of Utl DAILY POST. Sir,-I beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of £10. arom the Mayor, towards ...

... JOURNAL AND POST LISr. The amount of subscriptions received at the office of the Journal and Post, up to Friday night, was £$81. lIs. 6d. We have since received the following :-Members of the English Grammar and Composition Class at the Midland Institute, per Mr. George Edmonds, £1. is. 5id..; Wax- works, Aston 1all, £1. 3s. ?? Company and Self, 5s.; N. Weetly, Is.; K. G. B., ...

... IMTPORTANT MEETING OF HORSE-NAIL MAKIERS, YESTERDMY, Yesterday afternoon ao important and numerously attended meeting of hoyse-neli makers was held at the Blue Ball Inv, Cradley. Mir. Edward Hackett occupied the chair, and Mr. Phipson tbe vice obair. Botween 300 aend 400 were present. The Chairmsn explained that the object of the meeting wac to ascertain how the varioun postione of the ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 0orrespondents who get any spelcil value upon the eon- munications must keep copies of them, as we cannot under- take to return unused contributiono. Afl letters intended for publication muist be acconpanied by Mke siamnes and addresses of the writers, not necessry for publlcation, but for ae information of the Editor. W. L.-We doubt if our correspondent has any ...

... DISTRIOT NEWS. DUDLBY. ?? CHARIT SCeHooL.-To ?? RiOr of the Daily Post.- SIr, I am infermed that though the will of the late Mr. BeyliS atpnlatet that the children should be faithfully taugit the asaembl)'s catechism, which Is a Calvinistic one, it has for many years bappened that the eamr children have boon regularly taken to the Unitarirn Chapel in Wolverhampton Sreet, where the doc- trilee ...

... CORL3ESPONDENOB. To the EDuoR of t e DAILY POST. Sir,-I sltll be glad if you will correct an error n what ?? o11berwlse an exceedingly true report of the proceedings against Messrs. Benjamin and Bourley, on Tuesday last. Instead of fining the defendants 50., as reported, the Ma. gistrates expressed an opinion that a merely nominal pe- nalty would be eufficient, and imposed the fine of 20s only ...

... ! The Paps Ihas the following curious story: - As a police patrol was two nights back going its rounds in the neigh- bourhood ef the Pantheon it found a mai, attired in a most extraordinary way, lying on a stone bench at a porte-cocherc. His hair -had been covered with some clammy substance, over which copper filings had been sprinkled, so. that it was stiff and brilliant ; feathosr had been ...

... CORRESPONDENC. . Tolle EDITOR of t6e DALLY PosT. Sir,-Will you kindly lead your valuable aid to a few workang men in trying to build a reception-room for the out-patents of the General Hospital, who, under the present arrangements, have to wait on the foot-path, crowded together, until the door Is oponed at nne oo'clock. It is proposed, Lf the proper authorlties will sanction the movement, to ...

... * TB E SITUATION IN AME RICA. ARRIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT AT RICHMQND.: (FP-om ours Corrpeoneent.). LivSmroOL, WEDNESnDAY. The North American steam-ship, from Quebeo to the 3rd inet,, arrived here this morning, She brings £30,800. in specie, THE SITUATION, The Herall of the 1st, under the above stereotyped heeding, Eays:- General MoLellan has issued his two first orders as ...

... BATTALION REVIEW AT WOLVER. HAMPTON, YRBTERDAY. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Yenteeday afternoon a battallon rovlew took place on the Race Course, and It attracted a vaet concourse ot spoetators, neatrly as many Indeed as attended at either day of the rWceL The free use of the course was accorded to the voluntesre by the RaOv Com- mnttce, and the profits obtained from spectators on the stands will 'be ...

... .f5AUL~m A WILLENHALL. .A FSAUtTlEK A POLIoEMAN. - At the Wolverhampton Petty: Sessions on'Wednesday, before Mr. Partridge and Mr. Cartwright, James Yates and Honoria Thromson were oharged with' assaulting' Poliec.constable Aillcook, of the Willenhall force. Ailcook. said that on Taesday morning last, at about ?? to two, hearing several cries of Police, he ran Iuito Walsall 'Streeb, and ...