... FREEHIOLDERS' BUILDING SOCIETY. ANVUAL MIlRETING LAST NIGHT. The fourteenth annual mee ting of the meinbers of the Bislnibgham Freeholders' Building Society Was hold last ovening at the society's offices, in Bounontts Hill, Ilr. T. oeodhan in thei ehairi. 'The followin is an abstbract of the annual report :- At the termination of the fourteenth year ofthe so6ioty's existence the committee has ...

... (By lahctrc Tdcgraph.) JOUSt OP LORDS. Their Lordships niet at five o'clock. UNION BEIJIEF. The Union Relief Aid Act (1802) Continuance Bill 'passed through' committee. §TQRAGE OF GUNPOWDER. The Earl of AiRLIE asked the Under Secretary for War if it was true that 100 ttha of gunpowder were stored in Edinburgh Castle; and, if not, what was the quantity .usually kept there? Earl DE G!REY AND ...

... A REMABKABLE INVENTION. If any of our readers wish to learn how to become invulnerable, they may do sO from the following extra- ordinary telegram, which was addressed to ua by a gentle- man residing in London, and reached our office long after midnight on Thursday :-To the Editor, I have discovered a wonderful secret to make a person bullet-proof. Taske a piece of solid India rubber, four ...

... Not less than 12,000persons passed through the Institute rooms on Tuesday, to examine the silver table which it is proposed should be purchased aud presented to the Princess Alexandra, as a wedding gift from the town of Birmingham. The voluntary contributions of the visitors amounted to £9., and consisted chiefly of small sunrs from the working classes. At a meeting of the Committee it was ...

... TEE CELEBRATION OF THE H oyZ MARRIAGE IN BIRMINEH&Kz ILLUMIVATIONS. In coaplilaneo with a widely expressed desire, it h, been decided to light up St. Phillip' again to night ir order that the thousadas who were unablo io get through. thi crueh on Tuesday may have another opportunity of wit. neasing the glorious eight. By an advoetiseraent j. another column, it will bo seen that the sum of £50 ...

... TBE ARTILLERY EXPERIMENTS AT SHOE- BURYNESS. In reference to the experiments we reported yester- day, the Times says:- The practical results elicited, by the day's experiments seem to be these-first, that iron plates of 7j inches, or greater thickness, can be produced with as much perfection as to quality and strength as those of 4 inches; secondlk,.that we have already got guns the fire of ...

... (By Bletcric Telgraph..) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wo olsack at fve o'clock. OUTRAGE IN BRAZIL. The Duke of SoMERaET, in the absence of Earl Russell, appealed to the Earl of Malmesbury to put off the notice which he had given of calling attention to the arrest of the officers of the Forte by the Brazilian Government, as the ease had been referred to arbitration. ...

... ; TH Mkif.OPS AND DR COLENSO. , The ipjowing address has been presented on the part of all the Bishops to Dr. Colenso Tdekfe'BWgU Rer. J W.- oletso, D.D., Lord Bishop of ieaal. We, the'undersigsed Archbishops and Bishops of the United Church of Vngland add Ireland, address you with deep brothetly antiety, as one who shares with us the grave repsonsibilities of the episcopal office. 'It' is ...

... A lecture on Trifles was delivered in the Working Men's Reading Room and Library, op Monday last, by the Rev. J. C. Miller, D.D. The attendance wvas good, and lively. attention marked the interest felt in the lecture. Dr. Miller commenced by observing that we are living in sensation days, days of sensation paragraphs, speeches, and even sermons. Ordinary duties, little things, are in ...

... Ix,.TH13, PRINEk'S' M{XARlI~AOE. On MON1DAY NEXT, and on WEDNESDAY, | as well as on, THURSDAY, the DARIY P0l'O Will be issued on. a DOUBLE SHEET. We have made arrangements to report in the Post and Journal of Saturday, the Departure of the Princess ALEXANDRTA from Antwerp, and, . f 'possible, the arriva.l of the Fleet at the Nore. MONDAY'S P0ST ;Will contain a full description of the Lauding ...

... DINNER AND PRESENTATION TO ME. COUNCILLOR BRINSLEY. The services rendered by 1Mr. Brinsley as & member of the Town Council, have won for him the approbation of the brsgesses whose waxd he represents, and have met with a recognition which must be alike gratifying and encouraging to the recipient. A short time since it was suggested that Mr. Brinsley's services merited a more subi stantial ...

... NfOTICES TO OOtRESPONDETS. All s'tyse iasndc~ jor.~tendpolafwss usu te acco npanif bey ii names e~d t roses oJ the write~rs, not sneteusa'ily for pssbMatsen. buf for CM ttnformat ses of the Editor. cc4~.n?,loh4o set ceay speciai value upon their eons- bee~njt , copigs of them, c ie cannot utie'r- &ai to return eesetese contribhutions. tOld B3rum.-The proposal is, xvie believe, already under ...