... LIMITED LIABILITY FOR RAIL- WAY SLAUGHTER. The opening sentence of Sir J. Fergusson's speech in favour of his bill for enabling railway companies to kill their passengers st cheap proved how correctly he estimated the ad conditions of success. The cause of his inte- nd resting clients has been lost, but they cannot d complain that their advocate did not thoroughly ral understand his and their ...

... ?? I k The following is an official return from the I h Admiralty of the names of the offieers and men t y lost in the wreck of H.M.S. Orpheus, at the ' n entrance of the Ilanukan Harbour, New Zealand, . on the 7tb day of Frebruary last:- i t. William F. Burnett, C.B., commodore; William T. F. s k W. Mudge, lieutenant; Arthur Jekyll, lieutenant; k. William 11. Strong, master; Robert H. Burton, ...

... WORK FOR YUED I OED IN LAnneHr allot .It rEst, The Home Office has just iessud to i4e various It local-authorities two ciroulars upon thsssubject. D One is addressed to.those places which haveadopted the the Local Government Act, and is as follows:- BiD Rome Office Whitehall, S W May 4, 1808. R S~ir,-I am directed by Secretary Sir eorsge Groy to , inform you that as the of is Included in n the ...

... NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL, ' BOOTLA3I. L A num eroug assemblage of the members and friends of the Wesleyan denomination took place iyesterday at Bootle in connection with the public proceedings incident to the laying of the foundation . tore of a new Wesleyan chapel in Baliol-road, B'rotle. The plans for the new structure chosen in com- petition with others, were those o? Mr. 0. 0. ni- son, Clayton ...

... ?? The monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesdayat the Publi tOffices, Halt-bill. Mr. Lee presided, and amongst the members of the board present were Messrs. Hogarth, Prowee, Bicker- steth, Scott, Wollesoroft, Pritchard, Legg, Liver-. ddge, and Hitchmough. The finance committee, in their minutes of proceedings, reported the election of Mr. Turner as its chairman for the ensuing year, ...

... - 1~ r w. - I LOCAL JNTELLIGEINCE. in: ?? I rn SCIooIs or APRT.-The minutes of fte 4 Education Committee of the Privy Council, mcade in n' Fehruary and March, prescribing new arrangennents for t? grants to schools of art, have been laid before the b House of Comnions. The committee have resolved that t after the lot of October, 1863, payments will cease to s be made in respect of the ...

... I PARIS, May 28.-Their Majesties yesterday received a visit from the Duke of Brabaut. MADBID, May 27.-The rumour that the Minister of Finauce would tender his resignation is unfounded. THE POLISH IfqSURRECTION. OgAcow, May 28. On the 25th instant the band of insurgents under Oxioki, gained au iimportant victory over the Russians jnear lionicipo on the Pelica, in the governmenst of Kalish. ...

... PROBABLE LOCK-OUT AT THE IRON- WORKS IN SOUTH STAFIFORDSHIRE. (Prom our Correspondent) Certain of the leading finished-iron masters in South Staffordshire have it in contemplation to take a course whish is almost exceptional in that trade in this part of the kingdom. It will be remembered that at the adjourned meeting of irosmssters in Bismingham, on Thursday, relative to the puddlers' strike, ...

... ANNUAL MEETING AT LEAMINGTON. The committee met yesterday morning in the Pablic Hall, Leamington, at tine o'clock. The officials and dele- gates present were the same as on the previous day. The G. 31, who presided, referring tothe disagreement between the directors and Mr. Tidd Pratt, mentioned in his inau- gural address on the previous day, said that the opinion of the Attorney-General had ...

... I OLDBURY. ASSAULTINo TrBE POLICE.-At the Petty Sessions, yes- terday, before Messrs. J. T. Chance and W. H. Dawes, Samuel Shellard was charged with having assaulted Police. constable John Pitt. The defendant was drinking in the King's Arms public-house on the 27th ult., and the con- stable was called in to tar n him out, as he was creating a disturbance. Instead of complying with the reqfuest ...

... - NO T I aE. Daring the re-building of our premises the business of the Jour;,ur and Daky Post will be transacted at No. 6, Cannen Street, where advertisements and orders will be received. WOLVERH&MPTON. TOwN CouNmL-Yesterday afternoon a monthly meeting of the Town Council of Wolverhampton was held in the Council Chamber, the Mayor presiding. A minite of the Public Works Committeo showed that ...

... | B3IMIN M: ITS ISTORY AND ITS F . TV 1 FST RYAN,. UT EON. LECTURE BY MR. G. DAVWSON. Birmingham: its History and its Historian, Hutton, was the title of a lecture delivered in the Town Hall, last night, by Mr. George Dawson, before a not very numerous audience. That passion, he said, which made a man a strong lover of the place he was born in, was not only very admirable, but an absolute ...